No, not the enhanced edition of the game, but something else:

"This is your new Chuchel.

In reaction to a number of requests we’ve seen coming from the players throughout the year, we ultimately decided to swap Chuchel’s colours and change his body colour from black to orange. We acknowledge that due to significant differences in culture and history between Central Europe and other regions, we did not consider the possibility of Chuchel, a living dust bunny, being associated with ‘blackface’, a theatrical racial stereotype which emerged in the United States in the 19th century.

We would like to sincerely apologize to anyone who has been offended by the original appearance of Chuchel. As a team of peace-minded creative people, we simply do not want any of our games and characters even remotely associated with racism or any other form of hate crime. In order to avoid any further misinterpretations, Chuchel’s appearance will be changed on all platforms in the upcoming days and weeks.

Thank you for your understanding and ongoing support,
Amanita Design"

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Thoughts? I'm indifferent but curious about what others think. You can still see the old design on the store page before it is updated.

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Reminded me of these recent news titles "Prada apologizes for 'racist' monkey figurine after Facebook backlash"

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we did not consider the possibility of Chuchel, a living dust bunny, being associated with ‘blackface’

Ohh, you fools XD

This one sentence sounds so baffled by it all and I love it.

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I really liked it black, it had a Burtonesque feel. Perhaps someone will mod it back one day.

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I downloaded the older version and now playing with it. I think 2/3 finished. Once I'm done I'll just uninstall and forget it.

Fuck SJW.

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Does this mean that Totoro's dust sprites are also racist because they are black? People are so friggen stupid, I can't even. The alt left and the alt right are all a shower of nutjobs.

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