Epic recently revealed Shinbi, a new Hero for its online multiplayer title Paragon. The character’s design choice has been controversial with a portion of fans saying they dig it, while others are not exactly thrilled.
Shinbi is Korean pop themed and, as tipster Sang notes, has the music video reveal to prove it.
At the time of writing, the announcement clip has 1,602 likes and 670 dislikes on YouTube. Most of those are likes! But that’s a lot of dislikes for a character reveal, no?
Still, lots of folks were excited!
Others were happy that Epic seemed to have studied up on Kpop.
So @PlayStation Korea really got the inspiration from GFriend SinB/Shinbi? Now where is @GFRDofficial @Sourcemusic ??https://t.co/cjoOoWD76J pic.twitter.com/0ALSherIr1
— 🅿️🅾️🅿️ (@_popofficial) February 17, 2017
GFriend is a popular Kpop group with one member named “ShinB.” Obviously, that’s close to “Shinbi,” but Epic has yet to confirm or deny the group’s influence.
Some felt the character, however, was out of place.
how does a K-pop star fit into the paragon universe?
— Venti Lotte (@MaeveAira) February 16, 2017
Or bland.
Or awkward.
Some liked Shinbi okay, but felt that the game needed more male characters.
https://twitter.com/embed/status/832339366085275649
Lots of players didn’t like that Epic revealed yet another melee Hero. (Though, a ranged character is apparently coming later this spring.)
we need healers
— Fatrick Cakeman (@PraiseComics) February 16, 2017
https://twitter.com/embed/status/832253488734334976
And responses to some of those complaints.
This might sum up the disagreement among fans best.
The responses to @Paragon's Shinbi reveal got me in tears!
It's literally a war between K-Pop fans and non-K-Pop fans. 😂
— AC | KOS-NEX (@NeXuSIoN) February 16, 2017
