Ngaphambi kokuthi siqale, ake ngikhulume ngento eyodwa: ukumelwa kwabezindaba kubalulekile. Njalo kade, njalo kuzoba njalo, kodwa abaningi balokhu bebuza ukuthi kungani. Noma nini lesi sihloko sivela, imibono ifana “kungani kunendaba? Kungani ungakwazi nje ukudlala umdlalo?” vela futhi uma uke wakucabanga lokhu, kungenzeka ukuthi ubulokhu umelwe kahle. Eminyakeni yakamuva, imboni yemidlalo iye yabandakanya wonke umuntu futhi ngenkathi inqubekelaphambili isadingeka, ngokubonga, lokho akunciphisi. Nokho, naphezu kwezinyathelo ezinhle, leyo mizamo iyaqhubeka nokubhekana nokuphikiswa okukhulu.
Lapho uNintendo engakwazi ukuchaza izinhlelo eziyisisekelo zokuhlukahluka ngaphandle kwezinsolo “zokwehlukanisa” noma “ukukhombisa ubuhle”, kuyinkinga. Ngilahlekelwe isibalo sokuthi ngibone kangaki ukumelwa kwe-POC (abantu bemibala) kuchazwa ngokuthi “okuphoqelelwe” noma “kwezombangazwe”, futhi kuyafana LGBTQ + abalingiswa. Kubagxeki abanjalo, ukumane uxoxe ngalezi zinto kungaphezu kwamandla. Basitshela ukuthi sizosizwa kangcono ngokuthula nokuthi ukugqamisa lezi zinkinga kumane kujulise ukuhlukana, okungaba yisimanga ukube bekungekho obala ngokuphelele. Akukho lutho lwezepolitiki ngabantu abakhona noma abafuna ukudlala njengabo emidlalweni yamavidiyo, ukuzifaka kuleyo mihlaba kuyingxenye yokuphunyuka. Phela, kukangaki sonke siziphindaphinda (noma okungenani sizame ukwenza!) ngaphakathi komdali wezinhlamvu?
Njengendoda yaseBrithani-Caribbean, ngokwami, ngifuna nje ukubona abalingiswa be-POC bemelwe. Asidingi izincazelo ezinhle, izizathu zendaba enemininingwane futhi, sicela ngenxa yothando lukankulunkulu, akukho mibono ehlukile. Bavumele nje babe lapho njengelungu elivamile labalingisi, umsebenzi owenziwe. Akusona isicelo esingenangqondo leso. Ngezinye izikhathi - hhayi ngaso sonke isikhathi, ngempela, kodwa ngezinye izikhathi — ngingathanda ukudlala njengomuntu ofana nami, ukubona abalingisi okungenzeka babelane ngolwazi. Imidlalo eminingi ayidingi indaba, kodwa sivame ukutshalwa imali uma injalo, futhi yilapho kuba okungaphezu “komdlalo nje”. Ngokucabangela lesi sangemuva samanje, kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi isiphi isethulo esesivele sinaso, futhi eminyakeni embalwa edlule, uNintendo uthuthuke kancane.
Manje, ngeke ngifune i-Nintendo njengesisekelo sokumelwa kwe-POC futhi angikwazi ukuziba lapho kuke konaka khona phambilini. UMnu. Game & Buka usebenzisa i-silhouette yoMdabu waseMelika (ngaphambi kokuthi isuswe ngokushesha) ku-Super Smash Bros. Ultimate mhlawumbe isibonelo sakamuva kakhulu. Idizayini yokuqala ye-Jynx ka-Pokémon idume ngokufana ne-blackface, futhi idizayini yaseJapan ye-Skull Kid ekuqaleni yathola ukugxekwa okufanayo. Singakhohlwa Punch-Out !! noma ngabe, kusetshenziswa izinkolelo ezifana nokuqamba iqhawe laseRussia ekuqaleni "I-Vodka Drunkenski”, ngaphambi kokuyishintshela ku-Soda Popinski.
I-Breath of the Wild yasinika uLady Urbosa, inkosi enesibindi kodwa enozwelo, ethathwe ngokushesha nguCalamity Ganon.
Kuyavunywa, izenzakalo eziningi ezisohlwini lapha zingokomlando futhi izikhathi zakamuva zibonise isenzo esihle kakhulu sebhizinisi. Kanye noMongameli weNintendo uShuntaro Furakawa's isiqinisekiso sakamuva ekusekeleni ukuhlukahluka, ngonyaka odlule wabona uNintendo ejoyina Microsoft, Sony nabanye abashicileli ku ukwabelana ngokusekela kwabo yemiphakathi yabaNsundu kanye ne-BLM emhlabeni jikelele. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngokusho kuka-a I-tweet manje isusiwe, omunye umsebenzi wakwaNintendo uphakamise ukuthi inkampani yayinjalo iminikelo ehambisana kabili nezizathu ezihlobene, ukweqa izinga layo inqubomgomo yokumane ifanise iminikelo. Impela, njenganoma iyiphi inkampani noma imbangela, ungaphikisa ukuthi ibingenza okwengeziwe - futhi ngandlela thize, ngithambekele ekuvumeni - kodwa iqiniso lokuthi sibona isenzo esibonakalayo siwukuthuthuka.
Ngaphakathi kwemidlalo yayo, ukumelwa kwe-POC bekulula kuze kube yiminyaka yakamuva, futhi ukubukeka okuphawulekayo 'kwangaphambilini' kwakuyisizwe samaGerudo ochungechungeni lweZelda. Ngenkathi uGanondorf eyinkosi yaseGerudo, i-franchise isilethele izibonelo eziqinile zikaGerudo owagcina wamphikisa, njengokuthi Ocarina of Time's Naboruu, iNhlakanipho yoMoya. Muva nje, Ukuphefumula Kwezilwane wasinika u-Lady Urbosa, inkosi engesabi kodwa enozwela, ethathwe ngokushesha kakhulu uCalamity Ganon. Ngokuqondene nomlandeli ka-Urbosa, u-Riju, sithole umlingiswa othakazelisayo — okhuphukele esikhundleni sakhe emncane kakhulu, egcwele ukungabaza kodwa ekugcineni engumholi onekhono.
Phakathi kwalokhu okufakiwe kweZelda okubili, umthombo omangazayo wokumelwa kwe-POC nawo wavela kuma-2010's. I-Metroid: Enye i-M, futhi nakuba ngingeke ngenze sengathi akukho ukugxeka okuvumelekile okuzungeze ukuvezwa kukaSamus kulowo mdlalo, ithimba le-Team Ninja lenze umsebenzi omuhle nesosha le-Galactic Federation u-Anthony Higgs, omunye wabangane bakhe bakudala. Ukuhlangana kabusha ku-BOTTLE SHIP, u-Higgs akagcini nje ngokuzibonakalisa njengesosha elikahle, ungomunye wabalingisi abambalwa ababonisa u-Samus inhlonipho yangempela kulo lonke uhambo. Ngokungangabazeki, ubungane babo bekungenye yezinto ezinhle kakhulu zika-Other M.
U-Higgs akagcini nje ngokuzibonakalisa njengesosha elikahle, ungomunye wabalingisi abambalwa ababonisa u-Samus inhlonipho yangempela kulo lonke lolu hambo olusha.
I-Fire Emblem ingesinye isibonelo esivelele, nakuba kuze kube Izindlu ezintathu lokho akuzange kudlulele ngale kwezinhlamvu ezincane ezingabuthwa. Eceleni kuka-Edelgard kanye no-Dimitri, uClaude wenzela umholi othakaselayo ngempela we-Leicester Alliance, okhululekile ngaphandle kodwa ngaphansi kukasomaqhinga onobuqili. Indima ka-Dedue ayinakubukelwa phansi futhi nakuba engavelele kangako, isikhundla sakhe njengomgcini othembekile ka-Dimitri sagqamisa ubandlululo kwabaningi ngaphakathi koMbuso Ongcwele waseFaerghus olwalubhekiswe ezweni lakubo, i-Duscur. U-Petra naye, u-Brigid's Crown Princess onenhliziyo enhle oyisithunjwa sezepolitiki soMbuso Wase-Adrestian, ngemuva kokuthi izwe lakhe liphoqwe ukuba lingene ngaphansi kwesandla sakhe.
Ikakhulukazi ku-Switch, ilabhulali kaNintendo iqhubekile nokuthuthuka kule ndawo. Ngenkathi I-Pokémon Ilanga Nenyanga yethule abalingiswa abambalwa be-POC abafana noCaptain Trial Ilima kanye noKiawe - ngingakhohlwa uKahuna Olivia wase-Akala Island - Inkemba neShield yakhela phezu kwalokho ngokunikeza izethulo ezibalulekile nembangi yethu iHop, iGym Leader Nessa kanye nompetha wesifunda saseGalar, uLeon. I-Splatoon 2 ifake u-DJ omusha no-Marina kanye nozakwethu webhendi u-Pearl, ukubingelela njalo uma uvuselela igeyimu ngemininingwane yomdlalo, kuyilapho ARMS' U-Twintelle ube yintandokazi kubadlali, ejoyinwa nguMisango ohlwini olubanzi.
Ukuba nalezo zinhlamvu ngaphakathi kuyisinyathelo sokusondela ekujwayeleni ukubonakala kwe-POC, kodwa bambalwa abangaphikisa ngokuthi abathuthukisi be-indie bavame ukudlula uNintendo (kanye nabashicileli abaningi abakhulu) ngokuhlola amasiko angamelweli kahle. URaji: I-Epic yasendulo yenzelwe uhambo oluncomekayo ngonyaka odlule, inikela ngesisekelo esifushane kodwa esithakazelisayo esisekelwe ezinganekwaneni zamaHindu. I-Aerial_Knight Ayikaze Iveze muva nje usinike isethi ye-action-platformer esesitayeleni ngaphakathi kwe-Detroit yekusasa, ngenkathi ezayo Ama-Aztech Onkulunkulu Abakhohliwe icabanga iMesoamerica engazange ibuswe amandla aseYurophu.
Lokho akusikho ukukhohlwa I-Dandara: Izilingo Zokwesaba, inkundla yemidlalo ye-action-adventure esebenzisa inganekwane yase-Brazilian. Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, ngakhuluma no-João Brant we-Long Hat House, ngibuza ukuthi yini ekhuthaze abathuthukisi ukuthi bakhethe lesi silungiselelo. Uqinisekisile ukuthi uma sebeklame umdlalo wegeyimu, bafuna "ukwengeza "i-Brazilianty" ethile kumageyimu wethu," benethemba lokukhombisa abantu ukuthi izwe labo linjani. Uma ubheka izingxabano zaseBrazil, bathola ugqozi ku I-Quilombo dos Palmares, kancane kancane isuka endleleni yomlando eqondile iye endaweni engokomfanekiso.
Eqaphela ukuthi kufanele kube mayelana nobugqila, u-Brant wavuma ukuthi lesi "kwakuyisihloko esinzima kakhulu ukusingathwa" esasidinga "ucwaningo oluningi ukuze sikwenze ngenhlonipho", wangitshela ukuthi ukholelwa ukuthi iBrazil iphatha umlando wayo ngobugqila kabi. Ekugcineni, baphendukela eqhaweni lase-Afro-Brazilian Dandara, exoxa ngomfanekiso ongaphakathi kwalezo zinganekwane futhi ewuqhathanisa nolwazi oluncane olwaziwayo ngokuphila kwakhe. Ekugcineni, bakhetha igama lika-Dandara “njengenhlonipho”, bedlulela emibonweni emisha yendaba kuyilapho behlanganisa izici zomlando wase-Brazil. Nakuba bekungahloselwe ukufundisa abadlali ngokugcwele, u-Brant wangitshela ukuthi le ndlela iklanywe “njengesimemo” sabadlali ukuze bafunde kabanzi, futhi kunomlando othakazelisayo ngaphakathi.
Ngokuhlola lawa masiko angamelelwe kancane, abathuthukisi be-indie basibonise kahle lokho okungafezwa amageyimu. Imizamo kaNintendo ayikafinyeleli kulesi sigaba kuze kube manje - futhi nakuba lokhu kungase kube ukujwayela kwencwadi yamahlaya, sisazowabona akhuluma ngakho ngendlela yakwa-Sony yakamuva. UMiles Morales umdlalo uyakwenza - kodwa iqiniso liwukuthi i-POC ekugcineni ithola ukubonakala okukhulu ezihlokweni ezinkulu, okuyinto enhle.
Lokhu akuyona indaba yokufuna ukuzibona njengoMario, imayelana nokubona abathuthukisi bevuma iqiniso lokuthi sikhona, ukuthi asibona nje abalingiswa abaseceleni noma ngemuva kwemicabango. Isenzo sokuba khona nje akusona “ezepolitiki” futhi akuzona zonke izibonelo ezingenasici, kodwa imboni ebanzi yenza izinyathelo ezifanele. Kancane kancane, uNintendo uye walandela, into engithemba ukuthi izoqhubeka yakhela phezu kwayo.
