#VANESSA VIRTUA FIGHTER UPDATE#
#VANESSA VIRTUA FIGHTER SKIN#

Black women in particular, of all shades, could be seen in cinema, TV and music. Black people of all shades had much more of a presence. Of course, trends were different back in the 90s. In 1995, Sega-AM2 created their first Black woman fighter in the game, Fighting Vipers, who was also dark skinned. VanessaвЂ™s complexion change is quite shocking and confusing as Sega-AM2 never had a problem using a dark skinned woman in their game before. The closest I ever came to an article regarding VanessaвЂ™s skin-tone was from a blog that dealt with Africans in Japanese entertainment back in 07вЂі. Yet, since that time, I couldnвЂ™t find one article from any of the major gaming entertainment sites that commented on this change.

#VANESSA VIRTUA FIGHTER UPDATE#

As I mentioned before, VF5:FS is the latest update to the game, Virtua Fighter 5, which was released on both the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 on Octoshe was lightened a shade more.

#VANESSA VIRTUA FIGHTER SKIN#

Now granted, this dramatic change to her skin tone is nothing new. Nor can I fathom what would possess them to think they could get away with such a thing. Now, IвЂ™m not quite sure what possessed AM2 (the developer) and Sega (the publisher) to dramatically change the skin tone of this character. If you were to ask me ten years ago what her racial makeup was, I would tell you that she was Black and I would be confident enough not to use quotation marks. She could be Latina, Indian вЂ“ we just donвЂ™t know вЂ“ and her story-line doesnвЂ™t shed light on matters. She has a rather light complexion with long, flowing white hair. Notice I have the word вЂњBlackвЂќ in quotation marks because at this point, her ethnicity is rather ambiguous. This article will feature one character in particular, Vanessa Lewis, who is the first and only вЂњBlackвЂќ woman character in the series.

VF5: FS is the most recent update of Virtua Fighter 5 which is, as the title suggests, a fighting game, which features a wide array of characters from different nationalities, using various martial arts styles. On June 6, 2012, a video game entitled Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown (VF5:FS) was released on both the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, via digital download. This article will deal with a more subtle form of violence against women, dealing with the female image or more specifically, the Black female image.

In my previous articles, I talked about issues dealing with female oppression with physical violence against women.

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