My overall thoughts summarized from this video! (this is probably gonna be long sorry) 1) Genshin 4.8 looks cool. I don't think it's anything crazy, but I'm always excited for the summer events + new content = win 2) Emilie looks aight. Her design is growing on me a bit, but still not a huge fan and in general I just don't use dendro a lot tbh. Will wait to see how it feels to play her ingame before making any final conclusions tho. 3) Skins are fire. I love the Kirara skins design, too bad I don't use her LOL 4) Natlan shows promise and a lot of characters look dope, but the lack of range in skin tone once again raises questions. Don't get me wrong, I'm honestly super excited for this region and can't wait to learn more about it/the characters (the Capitano reveal was crazy), but I would be lying if I said I wasn't a bit disappointed and confused with the choice of color palette for the overall range of these skin tones. (TL;DR you can’t properly pay homage/take inspiration by just picking and choosing certain parts of different cultures, but leaving out the most important aspect being the people) It might’ve been hard to follow along in the video since this was just off the top of my head and my initial reaction, but I think the biggest red flag that arises with this situation is that while this is a fictional game, Genshin impact takes inspiration from different cultures/regions in our real world. To borrow and use all these aspects of several different (real) countries, but leave out/replace the people that belong to them is just not a great message to be sending. I'm sure to many people, it feels as if they're being told that their cultures are beautiful and befitting to be used as source material in the game, but they themselves aren’t worthy of being there. Yes, at the end of the day it's a fictional game and HoYoverse chooses to put whatever they want in Genshin Impact, but to a lot of people it would be nice to see not only the music/architecture/clothing etc… of their cultures and countries being represented, but also they the people themselves in this game. Though it may seem this way on the outside, HoYoverse is definitely not a singular entity and there is no way these choices for the designs were made by a singular person. This was a choice that had to be mutually reached by all parties and teams involved in creating this game, and for that reason I can't imagine that the reason behind it is something that can be so easily explained. I'm sure they're also well aware of community sentiment, so for that reason like I said in the video, I would just love to understand more of the creative direction process behind the scenes at HoYoverse and why it is that they went with this route. For my thoughts about Natlan as a region and it's gameplay, I like what I see so far but don't have too many thoughts about it until we're shown more about it. Sorry for the long paragraphs but just wanted to better explain my thoughts from this video after I've had more time to process everything! Overall still excited for the content that's coming up, but just wish there was a bit more representation of the people from the cultures/regions that Natlan is supposedly based on.

As someone who lives in a country that is being used as inspiration for Natlan, I am grateful to hear you talking about the problem that is occurring with Natlan

wdym 'scaramouche again' 😭 he hasn't appeared for over a year

As a 1.0 player, and poc, I really did expect them to kill it with the designs and add more diversity since we have been asking for it for quite a while. They have came a long way since I first started playing. There is no way they havent heard us... the clothes and skins are cool but for Natlan diversity... I am disappointed.

this is the 3rd post.

did no one really notice that a skill/burst (maybe) for the pyro archon was revealed when coming at Capitano???😭😭😭😭😭 LIKE GUYS, SHE TRANSFORMED INTO A PHEONIX!?!?!?

I'm South American and honestly? I'm used to being disappointed in people for dismissing our culture when it comes to pop media. They can showcase our lands, our music, our food... But we are too weird to show, I guess. lmao Really hurts to see a game I love so much constantly downplay their colorism and flat out ignore users' feedback. I know that from now on, I won't spend a penny on it. Esp since dollars are 5x my currency, what on Earth was I thinking?

ant maining nilou is one piece of lore i learned today 😯😯

damn we really officially not having any dark-skinned archon lol

Capitano the GOAT. Approve your praise and glazing, keep going🔥🔥 He is for sure menace, the strongest harbinger, apex of strength, absolutele power, HIM

2:22 “What in the bootleg Dvalin was that-“ Wise words -Ant 4.8 reaction “livestream”

13:58 anyone noticed that her pupils look like fish!?

I think the region looks nice. Archon is a bit iffy but I'll get used to it. Hoyo really needs to use darker tones though like, Other than Iansan in this trailer, there is pretty much nobody who is dark/even like brown ish. I wouldnt mind if they just darken the skin tone, even a little bit. (also now theres drama with one guy whose based on a god(unsure?) so thats a thing now. Hope they make tweaks before the region comes out.)

Natlan music is lit 🔥

Dehya looks more fitting for natlan than the pyro archon lol. She looks cool but like you said, looks out of place. if they used a more "divine" like outfit and dehya's skin tone on her then it would've been perfect imo.

im so, so dissapointed in natlan, i was so excited to at least see other countries being represented in the game ( my country el salvador is not that relevant in games so i had no hope for it to at least be taken as an inspiration ) but when chasca appeared, i got a bit happy, the only thing i didn't like is that her skin is PAPER WHITE and that she's cryo, when in my country, chasca is the virgin of water, it would jave been amazing to see blue colors and a hydro vision on her, maybe not our clothes but our colors. she's very pretty, i love her, but i just wish they took their time in making her look like she's the virgin of water. TT

I’m so hyped for Natlan !!!

As a poc i alr knew we werent getting any proper representation, but i also know that its down to more than just simply "colourism" or "racism". Business wise, its probably not as profitable to make dark characters as sad as it is. Ive js learned to take it as what it is. The majority dont care about it, the majority dont even like the cultural influence that natlan has. I at LEAST appreciate the work and effort put into music and architecture

I’m so disappointed to be honest.. I think most of us were excited that there would be actual and better indigenous representation but this is what hoyo “cooked” up? Man I hope they change models and correct names. Very excited for Capitino lore !!

I just want genshin to have a wider diversity of characters, and I know damn well that isn’t happening next nation cuz we’re going to the most snowy area 💀

If they made archon have a blue flame it would have been nice …

if Sunset Shimmer was a Genshin character she'd be Mavuika

I literally just opened youtube T-T wasnt expecting to be this early

The only reason is its for business, ig. Hoyo definitely has a capable research team. And what they produce is definitely the result of the research they conducted. Many players say that they want characters with darker skin tones, but maybe the results of their research say that characters with light skin tones are more desirable, so

its here ! wow so many years and wow

time flies so fasttt im still stuck in time thinking that we just got fontaine 😭

I think the fitou will have to win the tournament to get the gnosis

I love the Natlan characters, they look so cool aaa

I cant wait for natlan omg 😭

I’m honestly really disappointed and I won’t be pulling on any Natlan banners except for Iansan, and even then I’ll be pulling on whatever non-Natlan banner has her on it. We’ve been so conditioned to crave even the slightest hint of melanin that we’re willing to ignore how whitewashed the characters really are-especially the one based on Olorun, the Yoruba deity! Like wow, that was the nail in the coffin for me. Just look up Olorun + Yoruba and you’ll see what I mean. I used to get Welkin and BP here and there, but no more. Dark & brown people shouldn’t be erased from their own damn cultures.

Cant waitto!

Now imagine playing Capitano in a team of little kids😭

Is anyone excited for natlan their new pryo archon .Which character are you going to pull for 🥰🥰

Natlan is a Xiao 2.0, Yaoyao 2.0, and basically furina 2.0

Actually, I love mavuika (pyro archon) when her phoenix form (?) showed up

NATLAN IS HERE! WHICH MEANS NEW MAP, NEW CHESTS, NEW AREAS TO EXPLORE, MORE CHARACTERS TO MEET AND MOST IMPORTANTLY NEW WAIFUS TO SPEND MY LIFE'S SAVINGS ON.

his one hair that keeps blowing up and down is making me mad😭

14:41 HOYO FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, GET THAT GEO VISION OFF HER 😭😭

All this issues topic rising with skin tone i think we should wait a bit more as well i mean there are probably more characters to be revealed and if they haven’t they might now change the designs, hopefully.. i am hoping the same with areas since first teaser came out

I'm thinking the tournament is like hunger games. Xilonen is so pretty

I built kirara cuz of her skin as a DPS 😃 bloom kirara

Its kinda ironic that the Pyro Archon is the coolest Archon we have seen thus far. Her design looks so badass; the spectacles, the full leather bodysuit, man... she is so pretty. Definitely will be pulling for Mavuika.

The diversity... there is none

She looks like Mereoleona from black clover

Was waiting for ur reaction video❤❤

I believe that the reason why hoyoverse didn’t make the characters’ skin tones darker, is because they are an Asian company and they mostly care to satisfy their Asian audience, which most of them think it’s more beautiful and cute if someone has lighter skin tone. Please don’t start writing hate comments on my comment, because I am fully against what they are doing, but at the end of the day, hoyoverse already made the designs and (unless someone decides to sue them or something) there is nothing we can do about it.

:D I’m saving for Capitano :)

Capitano shows up, lets out a Brother Hanu quote, and walks away... I love him

Guys the designs are Amazing the lore problably is very imteresting and the map and the musics either, the colour of the skin is a small part, and its a fantasy game, if the creators want to make the characters more white is not our problem

Honestly all hyv games are pretty colorist, so i wouldn’t say they have a wider variety than genshin Example: hi3, whitewashed a canonical black character, made her mom be the stereotype of black people. She’s the only “dark-skinned” character too. ZZZ: there is a poster for a music album with a stereotypical depiction of a black person. HSR: Arlan is the only darker character in the entire roaster lmao. I looked at his traces names and they’re like “Swift harvest” “Shackle breaker” What the hell? His kit is also not good tbh. The new chara in the teaser they released has the same pattern: white hair “dark skin”, they can’t even design a character Genshin is no better: Xinyan, Dehya, Cyno, Candace and even Sethos all have clunky and bad gameplay at best. Kaeya is honestly the exception, he’s free, his gameplay is simple and useful. And he’s probably gonna be the only one with darker skin to have a good kit. They always make a darker skinned character and make their kit bad. Dehya could’ve been like Tighnari - he’s a standard character but his kit is still good. I was fighting this since sumeru, i’m so done lmao

the new event looks like a fkin' disney ahh event.

Natlan isnt some wild barbaric land, many NPCs noted before that it is land of graffitti and hot sprinfs, good vacation and i suppose bikers vibe isnt faraway x) also Brazil is famous for latex so not unusual what pyro archon wears❤ Andas for characters, I am disappointex that we dont gave some tall fair build man character. That enemy guy is actually wonderful material of bara character we want playable. I am sad it will be enemy only design which isnt cool anymore that hoyo does that. They better make Capitano playable now as compensation for lack of good tall male characters or we'll rant🎉

Besides the characters being painfully white, the archon design is such a letdown. There's really nothing besides her pupils and the symbols in her hair that signify any relation to Natlan. She looks like a wannabe rockstar more than anything, and that's not really interesting

guys should i pull for navia and then save for yelan or just save for yelan instead? (i have 50 pulls)

I wish hoyo wasn't afraid of melanin. (Its genuinely disapointment, i mean the archon is meant to be māori inspired.... her design is insane but hoyo has presented to us a white woman.)

5:39 the fact that the NPC's design caught Ant's attention more than the characters themselves is really saying something about the "out-of-place" Natlan character designs 💀

25:34 Theres literally only one character that have darker skin tone in Honkai Impact, its Carole Pepper. We only have Arlan in HSR. We have Kaeya, Xinyan, & Iansan ( if you don't count tanned skin tone like Dehya, Cyno, Xilonen etc ). What is bro yapping about LoL

I need Venti, Xianyun, Ganyu, Xiao, Mavuika, Xbalanque for my collections 'cause I already have the following that I want: Zhongli - my 1st Archon. Nahida - 1st 5☆ dendro. Raiden - Finally I got her after lost to her from her rerun during Sumeru when I got Qiqi. Nuevillette - my strongest character and 1st solois character. Miko - My 2nd Electro Goddess after getting Raiden my 1st electro Goddess. Qiqi - Immortal since she's Zombie but not part of my collection except c6 but since not yet c6 she's not part of my collections, sorry for Qiqi mains😅😁

We got Himeko, March and Dan Heng in Genshin now, where’s Welt at

21 ; 41 i just noticed the mark on capitano shoulder its similar to the phys set ( sands piece )

We are getting Natlan soon and Ant not black yet. 😢

the whole community things the skintones are off, ppl who still think it’s not a big deal are such glazers

Who gonna be the power car

These are only 9 of 17 omg they look fireeeee

I'm excited about natlan

Ant not subscribing to Genshin channel kinda got me 😭

Where has bro been💀

finally someone else who thinks citlali gives fu xuan vibes

Heyiii from which app do you edit your videos !??

Am i the only one who sees that the pyro archon looks like female diluc

WHY ARE YOU POSTING AT 7😭

Yoo early

3:55 kequing 😔

One looks like Verina from Wuthering waves

Mavuika looks so cool but I think Pyro Archon should have elegant designs especially she's the Goddess of War so for me the outfit doesn't look like warrior but the color of outfit black and red really futs pyro archon but the design I hype it but more like racer than archon but still cool if they made modern design of warrior comparefrom old warrior outfit. But remember the line "are you brave enough to compete?" I'm already excited. I hope the Pvp will have more than 4 characters if they add some new mode😁😁

CLOSE ENOUGH WELCOME BACK NARUTO AND SASUKE

Fun Fact: The Japanese VA of Kinich (The Dendro Guy) is the one who voiced Sasuke The Japanese VA of Ajaw (The 8-bit Dragon with Kinich) is the one who voiced Naruto Another Fun Fact: The Japanese VA of Mavuika (The Pyro Archon) is married to the Japanese VA of Zhongli (The Geo Archon)

yo its the valorant guy

I'm excited I know Twitter is going to go mental tho with blackwashing these new characters and ruining other people's artwork. I hope we get more darker-skinned characters, in that aspect I'm disappointed.

Is she the new archon?❤

I wish there was a tiny, chibi sized playable male character!!! 😭 Not Xiao. 🤣🤣 Also we need more male archons!! 😭😭 not just Zhongli! Venti doesn’t count (or does it???)

Hi today is my birthday so does Someone have a vp code👀😅btw i have no skins

25:30 Liked the video but I dont get you point here tho ? Your saying genshin doesnt have a wider variety of skin tones and has less then their other games but hsr has 1 poc and his skill are named after slavery and zzz has 1 poc and she gets whitewashed alot, genshin atleast tries to add more poc and more frequently

RIP Iansan, girl has .5 seconds of screentime and got hit by a ball, no lines whatsoever, theyre abt to give her the worst kit imaginable just cuz she's the darkest in the cast

Sorry but Kirara deserves c6 and full lvling building❤ her shield is amongst best in game and more durable than Leyla's.

i HOPE capitino is a very EVIL fatui member and not the fatui of change of hearts that suddenly being friendly, kind and assist our dear traveler of their journey🙏

People remeber its just a game!

I don't see a problem with the characters colors. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ They already did sumeru like this. It's just some inspiration from SA for the region nit characters. Before you come at me I'll say I come from India which inspired some of Sumeru and I am a Muslim. I don't mind the character colors. It's just a game snd uts made for Chinese where the revenue is the most. So Hoyo will cater to them rather than the rest of the world

so skibidi

Oh kirara will be free?

All i gotta day is that people like yo complain about skintones and its those same people who are later posting their gacha pulls for the same exact characters they were bashing ang demanding s recoloring of...ive seen many people close to me and on social media who were high levels mad about the sumeru characters and ranted about them, but as soon as those same characters came out, they were thr first people to pull, so i just see hypocrisy because if youre dedicating yourself to demand more skin variety and still pull for them its like you dont actually care! So yea, thats my stance

Tbh hoyo flopped with this one

yeahh

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Been waiting to see what they would do for Natlan since 2.0 but shit, ig I expected too much. Don’t get me wrong I love the music and the characters design except for the skin tone cause????why is my culture being used as inspiration on characters that don’t even have my skin tone.

i am not trying to be rude but what other hoyovers games have darkskin char ?

I Feel there is nothing special things for natalan... And 4.8........

Antony why aren't you more exited for Natlan??

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