because that is what upset the Chinese players/government: Chinese pandas in Japanese clothing. Samwise realized his mistake and started drawing Panderan in proper Chinese clothing.
complete rumor. what the Chinese didn't like was the Pandaren being depicted in Japanese clothing as they were originally drawn by Samwise Didier. now they are done with Chinese style clothing so there are zero issues.
Maybe they'll turn them into Furbolgs or some other bear like race from the Wow-lore. After all, it wouldn't be the first time chinese wow gets this kind of treatment because of their government deem it unfit for their citizens.
What I wonder is if the Chinese government will let them release it there... There was a rumor that they wanted to do Panderans a long time ago, but didn't because then they wouldn't be able to release in China. Never found out if that was true, or just a silly rumor, but I wouldn't be surprised.
Didn't Samwise sketch out a Chinese panda years (2003?) before Kung Fu panda came out in 2008? It might have even been the inspiration for the movie, heh... Haven't WoW nerds been crying for a Pandarian race since WoW was in Alpha?
Yeah as soon as I read the title of this thread I was like 'Wtf'? Samwise has been drawing Pandarens for years, and they were indeed in Warcraft 3. Pandaren Brewmaster was a pretty sick DOTA character back in 2004. It's not hard to arrive at anthropomorphizing them as a Chinese civilization. At all.
What really surprised me about their implementation of the Pandaren is how flat their culture seems compared to the old art. My impression was that they were much more unique. Like how the Tauren are inspired by native-american imagery, and then changed to fit Tauren lore. It's not straight-up native-american. Or the…
VERY mildly. Chinese-esque new area? Why not populate it with an anthropomorphic version of China's most distinctive species? Also keep in mind that the world of Kung-Fu Panda was filled with other animals as well, while this one is exclusively pandas. EDIT: And apparently, they'd already had lore about the place before…
I haven't played in, probably, 2 years now, but... Pokemon? In WoW? If I can use my Mini Diablo... :x I'm actually surprised the Padaren are being put into the game. I saw the previous post about the Chinese govt. I was also under the assumption that they took issue with the use of Pandas, or at least the death of Pandas.…