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Anyone else first hear about the Ainu through arcade games? I didn't remember which one, but a Google search brings up Samurai Shodown, which looks familiar. Th
by gexla 9y ago
Anyone else first hear about the Ainu through arcade games? I didn't remember which one, but a Google search brings up Samurai Shodown, which looks familiar. The character was Nakoruru.
- dragontamer 9y agoI certainly did. I didn't know that the official Japanese Government didn't fully recognize the Ainu until 2000s. Samurai Showdown was straight up a 90s arcade game, which arguably means that Nakoruru's placement as a Ainu character would have been before the official recognition of those people. Nakoruru's moveset revolved around her Bird (either a falcon or an eagle... I forgot exactly), as well as her own dagger style. So it seems like the Ainu are very similar to the Native American tropes (Natural and close to the earth).