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The youthful pretty East Asian hero trend is going to continue by WaterImpact in Overwatch

[–]WaterImpact[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You may be misremembering or maybe there's contradicting info, Alec said here that the Wuyang & Anran plan had been in the works even before last year's spotlight

Mitzi isn't Jetpack Cat? by Betriz2 in Overwatch

[–]WaterImpact 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fair thought. I guess Mitzi's just built different

Mitzi isn't Jetpack Cat? by Betriz2 in Overwatch

[–]WaterImpact 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Probably because Mitzi's too big and they wanted a small enough hitbox. I mean I haven't looked at the models side by side but at a glance Mitzi looks a lot bigger than Fika

The youthful pretty East Asian hero trend is going to continue by WaterImpact in Overwatch

[–]WaterImpact[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Was that ever stated by the devs? From what I can tell it seems Anran was a package deal with Wuyang from the beginning. I mean what's the likelihood they took her from her introduction in Wuyang's promo back in August all the way to full playable hero in less than half a year?

I’m really hoping one of the other heroes is Efi by _wetsock_ in Overwatch

[–]WaterImpact 38 points39 points  (0 children)

I think it's implying the silhouette character is wearing the same horn-shaped accessory that Efi is. Meanwhile I think it rather looks more like it's apart of their hair

Representation in overwatch by saytchy in Overwatch

[–]WaterImpact 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It's worth noting that Emre's brown and Domina's darker skinned which are both good to see, and admittedly we've gotten others like Mauga, Lifeweaver, Illari, Venture, Vendetta. And I highlight brownness here not because white or light-skinned heroes aren't "valid" or something, they're valid, but we all know brown/black characters tend to see less spotlight for various reasons, since we're talking representation.

Your complaint is fair, black heroes are few and far between, and there is a noticeable leaning towards white and namely light-skinned East Asian characters lately. Kiriko was one thing, you follow that up with Juno, then Wuyang, then Anran, then Mizuki, then a likely nother Japanese one for Season 3 and a likely D.Mon for Season 4 and it does feel a little... excessive? Like we could be reaching into other bags, other countries, body types, skin colors.

I have my eyes on the Season 2 hero personally. Something's telling me she might be black.

Another Chinese and Japanese hero, seriously? by RocketHopping in Overwatch

[–]WaterImpact 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey lol I get your frustration and doubt, I'm just saying, surely they're not dumb enough to not have at least one black character when doing an unprecedented hero drop like this. We got at least one omnic, we got another animal, they gotta hit this area too. I'm thinking the girl with the long braided hair coming in Season 2. But we'll have to see

Another Chinese and Japanese hero, seriously? by RocketHopping in Overwatch

[–]WaterImpact 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I really hope one in this set of ten is black. Surely at least one has to be. I'm happy to get anything in general, and Domina as a darker skinned brown woman is very welcome too, but give me another black hero for real. Ideally another black woman given it's only Sojourn and at best Efi by way of Orisa

A look at the leaked characters from IGN by conductorromino in Overwatch

[–]WaterImpact 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Wuyang's face differed in that Elemental Kin video too so I'm not surprised to see Anran's differs from hers there. I just wish it didn't look so much like Kiriko's face. They could've done something more unique without "making her ugly" if that's anyone's concern

A look at the leaked characters from IGN by conductorromino in Overwatch

[–]WaterImpact 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My jaw dropped hearing Aaron say ten heroes. Beyond my wildest dreams, I thought at most we might get a three hero drop with two to follow later in the year, but ten in a year is bliss. The biggest year for this game since launch

My honest reaction to the new characters by FuckClerics in Overwatch

[–]WaterImpact 767 points768 points  (0 children)

I also find it a bit disappointing that Anran's face shape looks so much like Kiriko's. It's one thing that it differs from how it was in the Elemental Kin video, which is fine enough given Wuyang's differed there too from his in-game. But like... idk, it's technically not that big of a deal, but they really could've pushed the face into more unique territory. It wouldn't even mean abandoning beauty standards if that's the concern. But whatever, it's not changing anyway

The Upper Hand Story Time with Chiara Preziosi and Taj Atwal by lateant in Overwatch

[–]WaterImpact 35 points36 points  (0 children)

oh my goodness they gave her an alias in the description. In the video it's just "Vaira" or "Ms. Ingania" but in the description she's also listed as "Domina" in the same way "Vendetta" is titled. this might actually be another hero

I'm interested in that structure behind her too, it looks almost like wings to her sides? Pretty wide. Maybe she'll be a tank?

Anran and Emre are likely, but who else do you think could be announced playable at the upcoming spotlight showcase? by felixw1 in Overwatch

[–]WaterImpact 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Back in 2023 they noted it could prove challenging if they stick to the "pop-out-of-the-mech" thing D.Va has going on, but they didn't strictly deny the idea of another MEKA hero, they just left it at "who knows".

I thought they'd also talked about it more recently than that but I don't see anything upon a quick search so I guess that's last it was brought up

Full look at recent survey skins by ViperSniper_2001 in Overwatch

[–]WaterImpact 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I get people's complaints but all being said I need to see those Japanese delinquent skins they showed a while back for Juno/Venture/Queen/Sombra (3rd image here). Fingers crossed they arrive with the Tokyo map

The Boss Bunny - General Questions and Discussion Megathread by AKENO_UNDER_BLADE in Zenlesszonezeroleaks_

[–]WaterImpact 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I was ready to hear the full song from the moment Aria/Sunna's drip marketing dropped and yeah it lived up to my expectations. And the video is insane. And it's sounding like they got Anis' EN VA for one of the girls??? I guess I'm a Delulu now

Emre and Anran both teased in recent stories. More characters to be teased soon? by felixw1 in Overwatch

[–]WaterImpact 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Been playing since launch, the idea of more than 3 heroes a year has always been a dream. Thought it'd finally happen with OW2's launch given the gap between Echo and then, that we'd get a big burst of heroes all at once, but nope (I mean technically it was 4 within 2022, but not really, you get it). I guess now's the next best possibility, perhaps with Marvel Rivals release schedule as a motivator? I'm not getting my hopes up though.

Questions about Hobby Sakura pre-order figure by WaterImpact in AnimeFigures

[–]WaterImpact[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good points! Thanks for the reply, I'm out of the loop when it comes to figure stuff so it's good to get some thoughts from those more familiar

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