Yin Tiger is a blacksmith and a boss in Black Myth: Wukong, but why does the character in a games based on a Chinese novel have a Birmingham accent?
Speaking to the BBC, voice actor James Alexander, from Birmingham, explained that since Yin Tiger is “a bit stoic and a bit irritable as well […] the Brummie accent leans in nicely to having that kind of humble nature to it, but also you can be quite threatening with it as well.”
The BBC reports “the creators [of Black Myth: Wukong] loved his accent so much they encouraged him to keep it for the part.” It adds that the success of the game has led to a “tourism boom” in China, as fans flock to locations featured in the game and mentioned in the original 16th Century novel.
Black Myth: Wukong has sold over ten million copies since it launched in August. “I woke up the morning it was released and had a message on my phone saying there were two million people playing, which was just mad,” Alexander said.
As well as Yin Tiger, Alexander voices several other characters in the game. A scorpion lord “who’s drunk because he’s got an unfortunate back story where he lost his wife to a large chicken,” a rat man with a West Country accent, and a “very threatening ox” who’s been given more of a Cockney twang.
Black Myth Wukong will be getting an expansion, according to a report. We don’t know what it will entail, when it will come out, or how much it will cost, but it’s coming.
In other news, Super Mario Party Jamboree reviews are in, and almost every critic loves it, with some calling it the best game in the series.