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[Ratpoison]

Appogee, on 10 February 2016 - 10:34 AM, said:

The history is irrelevant. The fact that someone once painted a Japanese flag on a YLW Mech doesn't YLW any less of a Chinese God of Death, nor does it make Kintaro Golden Boy any less of a Japanese-themed Mech.

And that's without even pretending that PGI are particularly mindful of BattleTech back stories in the first place.

Now that PGI, Catalyst Game Labs, and Hairbrained Schemes are collaborating on the look of Battletech, it would be kinda nice if they'd give these parts of the lore a bit of a makeover...

[LegendaryArticuno]

^ Hairbrained Schemes is too occupied with making kickstarter infographics and leather jackets for kickstarter backers to be of any use.

[Shuruga]

Just for trivia, there is a Japanese anime series "Golden Boy" starring "Kintaro Oe" as main character. This might be the source of this mech's name.

The series is really funny, but may not be suitable for young viewers. It is evidently a product of the good old 90ies.

But for the mech, go ahead and buy it. It will not fail you. This is one of the best medium LRM mechs you can get hold of. I have it in my daily routine.It also makes a nice SRM mech but brawling may be shorter-lived.