Give Wukong His Crown

flowman·3/19/2017, 11:02:24 PM·1 votes·1,449 views
Journey to the West - Wikipedia

Wukong, the Monkey King is based off the character Sun Wukong, also the Monkey King. Sun Wukong comes from the 16th century Chinese epic novel 'Journey to the West'. Both characters carry the same growing staff, have similar armor and Wukong even turns to stone when he dies (referring to how Sun Wukong was made from stone went he was sent to Earth after being punished by Buddha).

It only seems right that he also has his crown, which was given to Sun Wukong by his master Xuanzang (which is another similarity to Wukong's relationship with Master Yi). Right now, only the jade dragon Wukong skin has this crown. This doesn't seem right, considering how important the crown is to the character in the novel.

I feel as though the crown should be added to all the Wukong skins as a way to better honor the great work of literature that created him. Maybe even add to his lore that Master Yi gave him the crown.

This is just a little thing, but it would be pretty cool for game lore and for people like me who are interested in the ideas behind the characters.

p.s. It would also be cool if there maybe was an interaction between Wukong and Master Yi, like 'Good to see you, my disciple' or 'oṃ maṇipadme hūṃ'.

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Edit: For those who downvoted me, any reason why?

1 Comments

GreenLore3/20/2017, 8:39:29 PM2 votes

The thing is that while Wukong is based on Sun Wukong,he is not the same character,or at least he is not supposed to be the same. So I think it is a good to not overdo it with the similarities.

Also Yi has already taunts for Wukong.