Thinking about it, Zangief got unveiled at a Russian event right? Since we know Laura will be officially revealed at the Brasil Game Show. next week, that means that Capcom has still been every consistent at revealing characters at events at/near their country of origin. Wouldn't this increase the likelihood that if there is a reveal at NYCC, it would be of an American SF character (perhaps even from NYC as those hopeful for Alex are pulling for) rather than Dhalsim?
BTW, are there any upcoming game events in India? What with Dhalism seemingly more on the table and/or Zen being hypothesized to be an Indian character?
I'm assuming Shiite/Sunni tensions probably play into this.
A) Would Capcom be even aware this distinction exists?
B) Would anyone, even those living in a Middle Eastern country, care? I doubt Rashid's faith would be a prominent part of his character or story. Faith doesn't come into play for any other past SF character from what I can recall.
C) If push comes to shove, just choose a Sunni-dominated country of origin since they are the majority? Even then, I'm not aware of any country that has ALL Sunni or ALL Shiite, rather just one is a minority in a particular country. You can still hail from a country with a majority religion/denomination and not practice it.
They have nothing to lose by not disclosing the character's nationality.
I dunno, if they just said an African character was from "Africa" or Laura was just from "South America" I can imagine that annoying people. Lord knows people can be dismissive of continents they aren't very familiar with. :/
