#Shadow warrior 2 voice actors series

#Shadow warrior 2 voice actors series

Nine years later, the series is taking another step. in HollywoodĪndrew Cooper/Sony Pictures Entertainment Mike Moh portraying martial arts legend Bruce Lee in 2019's Once Upon a Time. 'One thing we did take out was a lot of the cheap jokes that had a lot of racial stereotyping and kind of sexist jokes,' explained Nigel Lowrie of Devolver in an interview with Engadget, replacing them with 'a little smarter comedy than the cheap ones that were in there.' However, when the series was rebooted in 2013, both Devolver Digital and Flying Wild Hog turned a new page. The original 1997 game was criticized for offensive racial humor. Capcom also cast Europeans of Asian descent to voice the English version of The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, which takes place in London but revolves around Japanese leads.įor its part, Shadow Warrior has a long, complicated relationship with its Asian-inspired setting. Bethesda and Tango Gameworks noted how casting for its Asian main character in the upcoming Ghostwire: Tokyo was crucial to getting its setting right. Video game studios have had to pay more attention to how they cast characters of color. For years, Lo Wang was played by Jason Liebrecht, a white man, but for this title, publisher Devolver Digital and developer Flying Wild Hog tapped Hollywood actor Mike Moh for a more authentic cultural portrayal.

It's got plenty of gunplay, sword fights, and fantastical monsters, but for the first time in its 25-year history, it now features an Asian actor to voice its Asian protagonist. Shadow Warrior 3 is the latest in a series of blood-soaked action games following assassin Lo Wang. Lo Wang (left) with archenemy-turned-ally Zilla