2P Skin Color

[Lauront]

She's a bit tanner in the original pics, but honestly, it's a character inspired by Nier, much like Ivalice was inspired by the series' games, with its own adaptations. Not really an issue in any case.

I know a lit of you may not get it, and im not trying to start a race war or anything like that, but here i go.

Im brown skinned and for me at least, growing up was weird. In video games in particular, the protagonist was usually lighter skinned in games, so as i got older, it was a treat to see darker skinned characters. Many of you may not even know it, but even when gta san Andreas came out, people were upset that the protagonist was black. Now, im not one for just makeing a character change to darker skin tons for the heck of it, but the point of 2p was to not be 2b. I would be upset if the character was called 2b, but sported darker skin, but with the character being called 2p, useing the name fans dubbed it for soul calibur, and the character clearly being based off that instead of the original 2b design, kinda feels a bit like a slap in the face. Is it one thats gonna make me hate the game? Nah, just shake my head on it, but ill still enjoy the content.

Just having tanner skin wouldn't make her a different race, as the biological concept does not work that way... but she's an android anyway. So there's not really anything to shake your head at.

That's why I put quotations around "supposed to relate to". I don't understand it either but noticed that a few instances of specific characters of who have more dialogue than the rest of their sub-race or having more of a presence in a positive light tend to have a lighter skin tone than the rest of their sub-race. I'm not sure if it's a coincidence or a subconscious thing on the devs' part. I was trying to connect my findings with the fact that the player 2 reskin of 2B from Soul Caliber and the artwork of 2P for the patch are both darker than what the devs have given us for the actual game and she's expected to be an important character.

No, it's quite ostensibly the case that pale skin is generally preferred in eastern cultures... you can call it a "bias", but whatcha gonna do about it? Moan on their instagram?

Like other people pointed out, it doesn't even divide that way, but I guess you need something to be up in arms about...

[MikkoAkure]

No, it's quite ostensibly the case that pale skin is generally preferred in eastern cultures... you can call it a "bias", but whatcha gonna do about it? Moan on their instagram?

Like other people pointed out, it doesn't even divide that way, but I guess you need something to be up in arms about...

I'm not "up in arms" or angry or moaning or anything. I was just making an observation and trying to add to the conversation.

[Sei_Konsetsu]

If she's a robot, she doesn't have a race/ethnicity to begin with right? :v Her skin color is completely arbitrary.

If it didn’t matter, why change it from the orginal source? Its pretty obvious its based off the 2p color from Soul Calibur, and even uses the same name fans dubbed it, so why change it at all?

I reckon people are overthinking it and looking for controversy where there's none.

Just having tanner skin wouldn't make her a different race, as the biological concept does not work that way... but she's an android anyway. So there's not really anything to shake your head at.

I don’t know about others, but I’m not out to make a controversy. The fact is, that it was changed from the original to be more light skinned. If they wanted it to be this way, why not just put 2b? I would have been fine with that, because that’s what 2b looks like, but this is clearly based of the 2p skin in soul calibur which was darker in skin tone, which while I can see why it wouldn’t bother some of you, it does slightly bother me that someone made the change because someone felt that a character that was shown to be of darker skin was less appealing than that of a character of whiter skin tone, which I’ll just shake my head at and move on.

[linay]

If it didn’t matter, why change it from the orginal source? Its pretty obvious its based off the 2p color from Soul Calibur, and even uses the same name fans dubbed it, so why change it at all?

The simplest explanation is whoever in charge of this particular render either does not know everything about the source material or simply prefers the aesthetics of a lighter skin tone. And if it really does not matter, then they can change it or stick to the source, whatever suits them.