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The Rising Sun Flag is still used in JSDF(Japanese military) so I think there is no harm.

https://www.quora.com/Why-is-the-Rising-Sun-Flag-considered-offensive

https://www.quora.com/What-would-happen-if-you-waved-the-Japanese-Rising-Sun-flag-in-public

In my opinion this is silly. The flag is as appropriate as it could possibly become because it represents what the flag actually looked like in real life. It also annoys me that other historical material like documentaries and books are allowed to use all correct symbols but when it comes to games people suddenly become overly sensitive. Anyone offended by a historically accurarate flag should maybe reconsider if a game about history and war is the right game for them?

falcon93 wrote:

In my opinion this is silly. The flag is as appropriate as it could possibly become because it represents what the flag actually looked like in real life. It also annoys me that other historical material like documentaries and books are allowed to use all correct symbols but when it comes to games people suddenly become overly sensitive. Anyone offended by a historically accurarate flag should maybe reconsider if a game about history and war is the right game for them?

Destructo the Great wrote:

falcon93 wrote:

In my opinion this is silly. The flag is as appropriate as it could possibly become because it represents what the flag actually looked like in real life. It also annoys me that other historical material like documentaries and books are allowed to use all correct symbols but when it comes to games people suddenly become overly sensitive. Anyone offended by a historically accurarate flag should maybe reconsider if a game about history and war is the right game for them?

then why don’t the axis flag use the swatzika? Your answer is just silly and doesn’t make sense

How about you also contact Wikipedia and ask them to replace the flags of various nations?

I’m talking about the pan Asian flag in this game not about Wikipedia

Destructo the Great wrote:

then why don’t the axis flag use the swatzika? Your answer is just silly and doesn’t make sense

@freezy ok so can you change the Rising sun flag to maybe a modern Japanese flag

Destructo the Great wrote:

@freezy ok so can you change the Rising sun flag to maybe a modern Japanese flag

If we ever changed it then probably into something non-japanese and more general asian, because the Pan-Asian Doctrine is supposed to represent multiple Asian nations (for the current one we just picked the most well known during ww2).

freezy wrote:

Destructo the Great wrote:

then why don’t the axis flag use the swatzika? Your answer is just silly and doesn’t make sense

Because as a German company displaying the Nazi flag is forbidden by law, unless you got some exception (like for art or education), which normally games don't have.

freezy wrote:

We don't see the need for that, as this flag is not forbidden by law in our country, unlike the Nazi flag.

If we ever changed it then probably into something non-japanese and more general asian, because the Pan-Asian Doctrine is supposed to represent multiple Asian nations (for the current one we just picked the most well known during ww2).

Forgotten history = repetition

Also, both the flags of the Axis and Pan-Asian are military flags - the Iron cross is still sometimes used in the German Military (bundeswehre)

Dude.

It's a WW2 game.

If you don't like the facts and images from real human history, go play World of Warcraft.

It's not like the game is celebrating any offensive war practices. Or showing explicit images. For every flag on the planet, there is a group of people who hate it, for one or more reasons. Flags represent borders, which are exclusionary, and which are never derived peacefully.