Yeah... this is just stupid. From TV Tropes:
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http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EthnicScrappy
Someone is seriously so stupid and irrational to complain that 18 Volt is somehow a stereotype or badly designed? Okay then.
It's even funnier given that (at least as far as I know), there are no Wario fans out there who absolutely hate this character. So the whole 'some' aspect seems completely stupid as hell. And his personality isn't really too stereotypical. Yes he has a boombox and looks a bit like a black person. But his defining trait is the same as 9 Volt... he's a Nintendo fan/gamer pastiche, of the older type who doesn't care much for school and just wants to play games all day.
He's arguably closer in characterisation to the old kid in Monster Squad than a traditional 'rapper' stereotype.
But yeah, anyone else find this stupid?
18-Volt from WarioWare is pretty obviously a stereotype of a black man—though not necessarily a negative one. He's more like a would-be rapper, complete with boom box and gold teeth. However, some players still dislike him, considering his only lines of dialogue are "word" (Nintendo's understanding of rap culture? Hulk Speak? Who knows?) and he seems like an arbitrary addition to 9-Volt, a more developed character.
from
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EthnicScrappy
Someone is seriously so stupid and irrational to complain that 18 Volt is somehow a stereotype or badly designed? Okay then.
It's even funnier given that (at least as far as I know), there are no Wario fans out there who absolutely hate this character. So the whole 'some' aspect seems completely stupid as hell. And his personality isn't really too stereotypical. Yes he has a boombox and looks a bit like a black person. But his defining trait is the same as 9 Volt... he's a Nintendo fan/gamer pastiche, of the older type who doesn't care much for school and just wants to play games all day.
He's arguably closer in characterisation to the old kid in Monster Squad than a traditional 'rapper' stereotype.
But yeah, anyone else find this stupid?