{"id":27732,"date":"2024-02-27T17:15:05","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T08:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=27732"},"modified":"2024-02-27T17:15:06","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T08:15:06","slug":"20240227-27732","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20240227-27732\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do Japanese games like Pok\u00e9mon represent poison using purple and not green?\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In Japanese video games, toxic environments and poison status effects tend to be purple, whereas in western games, pools of poison and objects that are toxic to the player are most often green. This has not escaped the notice of some gamers, prompting numerous social media discussions on why these different color associations exist \u2013 including a thread on Japanese X this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The thread began with user @hou_PN\u2019s report on a discussion between people from different countries about how poison is represented. They then hosted a survey on the color of poison. Although it\u2019s not clear which country the respondents came from, as it was hosted on X in Japanese, it is likely that many of the 4893 people who answered are from Japan. It revealed that 88.7% respondents associated poison with the color purple. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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