Resi 5 defiantly not racist says Takeuchi
Well that’s ok then
Speaking out against the allegations of racism that threatened to engulf Resident Evil 5, the games producer Jun Takeuchi has said he's "surprised" by the reaction it received.
The criticism has centred on the use of what some have seen as negative racial stereotypes in the promotional trailers, but speaking to MTV Takeuchi said, "There are black members in the development team. We do have staff working on the game, who are aware of the historical background and we are constantly checking these kinds of things with them. We certainly didn’t anticipate the reaction. We were quite surprised,"
"I think everyone understands that we never set out to with the intention to make anything that was racist - that was never our intention." he continued.
"We think it was a bit of a misunderstanding when we published the first images of the game back in the day. And we think that as we move along and allow people to see more the game and more of what’s going on and more of the story; people will get a better idea of the game."
Resident Evil 5 is due out on the 13th of March 2009 for the PS3 and Xbox 360.
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