This game character’s outfit resembled the colors of the Philippine national flag. The character was dressed up with a yellow top, belted with red and clothed with a blue mini skirt. The Filipino crowd took it as recognition and fame for the Filipino’s National hero, Jose Rizal. Although many were delighted of this new Philippine-inspired character, not everyone had all smiles on its release.
Some patriots feared that the
world might resemble the Filipinos and its national hero to the new Tekken
character. Other officials took it as an insult based on the character’s set of
clothes and how it resembles the colors of the country’s very own flag. It may
have seemed to describe the Filipino people and how they dress up or anything
like that. The world might get an impression that somehow the Filipinos
resemble the traits bared upon by the new Tekken character. Although the game developer
said that if the Filipino citizens won’t support Josie Rizal, they would most
likely replace her with any other character which they can do any time.
Honestly, I
was partly happy when the Philippine’s got recognized even just through a game
character. Although the
developer said that he has already known the characteristics of our country and
our national hero’s even before he made Josie Rizal. I’m getting mixed signals
regarding this new game character. This new character may have recognized or
insulted our country or was it named in
honor of our late hero, Dr. Jose Rizal because they just wanted to? Who knows what it's up in their sleeves, what’s
up in Josie Rizal’s flair sleeves.
The new Tekken 7 character somehow made the name of our country's hero a casual and an easy thing well in fact we had handled Dr. Jose Rizal's name well and with much due respect and after everything, his name would just be used for a game character? I guess part of this is half right and half arguable. Right in a way that we can see the creativity of the game developer Harada, how he customized our hero's name and how he made use of our flag's patriotic colors in the character's outfit and half arguable in the sense that somehow our hero's regal name was belittled and violated and worse, converted into a girl's name.
I guess this is a warning for us Filipinos, that we should be vigilant and sensitive enough to sense that the world is now using new ways to step down and violate our country's important personas. The world has grown wiser and has took discrimination into a whole new level. Although some may say that it's only a game character, but for me its not just a mere game avatar, Josie Rizal holds the reputation of the whole Filipino civilization. Would you like to hear foreigners saying: "Oh look at that character Josie Rizal in Tekken 7. Look at her outfit. Maybe that's what the Filipinas commonly wear in their country." It doesn't sound good to the ears right? Although none has said that exact statement but who knows what the world has been speculating about the game character? About our hero? Our own country? Our own reputation? It's only a game character, there's nothing serious about it but it has hit a nerve to some patriots.
May I ask you, would you like your national hero's name to be taken into a game character and be converted into a girl's name? It would sound cool right? An adaptation of your national hero? Who wouldn't want that? But, before you take on a name for a game character, choose a viable and an appropriate name to make fun with.
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