More Resident Evil 5 racism claims

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aspirin said:

aspirin said:
In a recent interview (I'm trying to find the link) they say the game is set in Africa not Haiti.

Ok here's the link : http://blog.capcom.com/archives/1116

"So for the setting we thought :
How about using the place where humankind was born ?"

"[...] but we thought we would use Africa which is now called the birthplace of humanity, as the model.
That's how we came to use a place in Africa as the setting for Bio 5. "

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Very interesting interview with Jun Takeuchi.

Thanks for finding that.  If it's Africa, then that's more acceptable, depending on where exactly.  I'd think a lot of Africans would be thrilled to have a major franchise game be using Africa as a setting, but there will be a vocal minority that'll complain.