The original Jynx looked so much better. Why do people have to

Jynx never looked any good.

>>28614681
Slightly better than shit is still shit.

Pokemon is a worldwide thing. Gotta be mindful of things that may offend people.

Purple is so much better.

>>28614681
It's shit either way

>>28614681
>The original Jynx looked so much better.

t. genwunner.

>>28614681
>>28614793
Also, don't strawman my people, beeyotch. kys

>>28614705
Jynx is cute! CUTE!

>>28614681
Fun fact: Snow reflects UV radiation so a polar lifeform having pitch black skin is very logical.

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Regardless of its mythological/cultural origin, its appearance IS based on blackface. Using a 'blackface' character to stand in for a nigger isn't uncommon in Japanese media either, though nowadays they tone it down with just big lips for the most part.
This is simply because the blackface caricature isn't offensive to the average Japanese viewer, as Japan didn't have a history of black slavery and segregation. Where in the US such stereotypes and imagery were used to portray blacks in a negative way, to Japan blackface just looks comical and silly, with no harm intended. Obviously this didn't translate well once Pokemon hit the west, so they made a decision to change her design as to not offend anyone. It's really not a big deal either way.

>>28614724
>Pokemon is a worldwide thing.
>Gotta be mindful of things that may offend people.
I don't see how one follows the other.

>>28614681
It really didn't. Jynx looks weird with either skin color.

I still like it and have since gen 1

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>>28614900
Why do you post Mr. Popo instead of an actual black character, you Dragon Ball tourist?

The creature itself may be based on Japanese folklore, but the blackface thing is not.

>>28614681
>it's actually based on Japanese mythology and culture

Evidence? The only culture reference Im seeing is ganguro which is black face.

>>28614998
Ganguro isn't black face. Get your ameriburger centric ass out of here.

>>28615023
Wasn't it influenced by blackface though? They saw blackface in the US, didn't understand it, yet chose to emulate it because they thought it was neat or something.

>>28615023
Please explain then since you're such an expert.

>>28615023

The visual inspiration for Jynx is cartoon blackface. Unless they just happened to conceive of that completely independent of the caricatures they'd see in cartoons foreign and domestic.

>>28615106
>>28615121
It's just counter-culture meant to challenge traditional Japanese beauty standards, replacing dark hair, pale skin, and plain, subtle makeup with bleached hair, tanned skin, and eccentric makeup. It has no relationship to blackface.

>>28615023
>ganguro
>means black face

Always defend glorious nippon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Qe4AZRkFYE

>mfw nobody realizes she's supposed to be a frozen viking princess
>mfw I have no face

>>28614954
Black was the coolest guy of the Red Ribbon Army.

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>>28614998
>>28614900
>pokemon based on a yokai (Yamauba )
>muh black face muh butthurted niggers

Why didn't they just make Jynx a sea slug mermaid?
Would have been so much cooler than fat crossdresser.

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>>28615446
wow, so black.

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>>28615346
>mfw he suddenly gets a mech out of nowhere and becomes the final boss of the red ribbon arc.

>>28615283
https://thsppl.com/b-style-is-not-a-thing-868db217cb6f#.qjy7fn782

>Maybe you don’t believe me. An easy way to check for this is to just do a google search for the word ‘b-style’ (or ‘bスタイル’). And the first hit that comes up is … an employment support site. ‘B-Style’, this portmanteau of ‘Black’ and ‘Lifestyle’, is not a thing. Trust me, this is Japan. If it exists, it is on the internet.
>‘B-Style’ is probably something that Hina said because she knew the person talking to her didn’t understand what she was saying, so she tried to make an English-sounding word that would be easier for her to digest.

Please anon, you're making yourself look foolish.

>>28615446
It can be based on Yamauba while still using a blackface motif, anon. Find me a traditional depiction of Yamauba where they look like Jynx or Mr. Popo. I'm patient, I'll wait for you.

>>28614724
I'm just going to point out that actual niggers come in brown and purple but not black. So it now resembles an actual nigger even more. Thanks game freak.

>>28615283
>>28615518
Japanese people arent racist

>>28615518
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xkt8jm_mnmb-%E3%81%95%E3%81%B0%E5%A3%B2%E3%82%8A%E3%81%A8%E5%B1%B1%E3%81%86%E3%81%B0_creation

>>28615631
Theyre always so nice and well behaved

>>28614681
This is a Pokemon you don't care about at all, that you are fighting for because "muh censorship" and "muh politically correct"

>>28615675
>>28615628
Meant to reply to this

>>28615631
>traditional japanese depiction
>shows me a cartoon
>still doesn't look like blackface

What did you mean by this?

It looks like shit racism or not. Smoochum a cute though

>>28615763
It is traditional compared to Pokémon.

>>28615802
When are we getting a new evo for Smoochum so Jynx can be kicked to the curb?

>>28614681
They should've done something about Mr. Mime. He is obviously a subtle racist jab at white folk.

>>28615928
Mr. Mine looks like a clown. Clowns are not people.

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Not pictured:
>Honedge
>Doublade
>Aegislash
>Phantump
>Trevenant
>Pumpkaboo
>Gourgeist
>Hoopa
>Mimikyu
>Oricorio-Sensu
>Sandygast
>Pallosand
>Lunala
>Alolan Marowak
Outside of one or two I adore all ghosts.

>>28616378
Jynx is a Psychic type

>>28616600
Hypothetical:
>Alolan Jynx is revealed
>It's Ghost/Psychic

>>28616825
Can it be a mix of a Penanggalan and a hagfish and have a giant mouth with sharp teeth as the only facial structure and described as a nocturnal predator?

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>>28615601
>actual niggers come in brown and purple but not black
>brown and purple
>purple

Anon, are you okay? How long has it been since you went outside?

>>28616968
He's right, look it up

>>28614900
Live in Australia and some 8 year old just got raped through the media for dressing up like his hero - an islander football player.

Literally no negative association with blackface in Australian history, black face has no correlation with the football players ethnicity whatsoever. Kid just wanted to dress up like a bloke he worshiped (isn't that the literal opposite of what the PC police are afraid of?).

Some days the stupidity of society gets so bad that I almost can't stop myself clicking on /pol/.

>>28617196
You must not be very old because there certainly is a negative association with blackface in Australia.

Blackface has been a controversial thing for a long time here man since we have our history with the Indigenous.

Also look up on youtube hey hey its saturday blackface.

Who the fuck cares? Jynx's skin used to be black but now due to controversy its purple. Just accept the change and move along and stop whinning about something so insignificant

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>>28619856
Does Clover have a Golliwog mon yet? Seems like it would be up their alley.

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Jynx could have looked better

It's not based on Japanese mythology, retard. Don't talk about shit you don't understand.

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>A Japanese site gives the meaning of Rougela to Rouge +Hula.
Huh.

>Actually defending censorship to spare peoples feefees.

What the fuck is this board?

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why dont blacks have a sense of humor?
im a dirty spic and i love speedy gonzalez and lombre

Jynx has always looked like shit.

>>28620877
About half of the complaints are from white people getting offended on behalf of black people. At this point Jynx isn't even really thought of as anything other than "lol black people" so it doesn't really have many fans other than 12-year olds trying to be edgy or people that want to sex it.

>>28614724
And the Japanese have no right to be offended they are unable to celebrate a cultural figure?

People complaining about new poke designs when they literally just made a black woman into a pokemon.

>>28614681
Niggas do not even play pokemon, or at least not that many play pokemon. Who would get offended anyways? Fucking liberal pussies, getting about shit that should not offend them.

>original Jynx looked so much better
Not really

>being surprised that different cultures interpret things differently and that multinational corporations need to be mindful of those differences in order to succeed
get some fucking perspective

>>28620800
>Actually thinks people saying "this is offensive" is censorship

>>28621837
That's like saying Sambo is a cultural figure.

>>28622184
Proud combat style, comrade.

>>28614916
Then you're not very bright.

Controversy aside, the purple looks better even if Jynx is still a pretty eh design.

>>28615346
>>28615512
Black is based as fuck.
If Red Ribbon was under his control from the beginning they'd probably be a lot more competent.

>>28620877
It's usually rich white college kids who get offended over this kind of shit.

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ain't NOTHIN racist about this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn86TiufHm8