One tweet, two realities. Path to Nowhere's global X (Twitter) account dropped a flirty 'Date Simulator' post featuring Dreya — complete with three adorable reasons to date her — while the CN server's Bilibili had absolute crickets. Same game, different vibes? NGA immediately erupted.
It all started with a tweet from the global server's X account. Titled 'Date Simulator,' it showcased a simulated date scenario with Dreya.
But when players checked the CN server's official Bilibili page, there was no equivalent content whatsoever.
The comment section immediately split into warring factions. The outrage camp fired off with comparisons to the infamous Honkai Impact 3rd bunny girl scandal: 'They treat male players back home like garbage but roll out the red carpet for Westerners — classic xxn (小仙女, self-proclaimed princess) energy' and 'Just like the Bunny Girl incident — arrogant at home, flirty abroad.'
One commenter delivered a particularly savage take, essentially calling CN players 'ATM machines' who'd happily whale 648 RMB for a gacha pull while being treated as second-class citizens. Another sarcastically welcomed the controversy: 'The Bunny Girl fiasco kept me up for three days — maybe this game should follow suit so I can finally get some sleep.'
Some players zoomed out to blame the entire 'Shanghai dev circle' (沪圈) ecosystem: 'All these Shanghai-based gacha devs pull the same stunt — exclusive male-oriented content for global servers. Honkai does it, Arknights does it. Are CN otaku just not worthy, or are devs scared of the xxn crowd?'
The other side tried to pump the brakes. Comment #6 pushed back: 'Isn't this just a skin preview for the global server's upcoming skin release? Manufactured outrage is basically free PR for them.' But this defense got challenged fast — Comment #12 dropped a screenshot showing the tweet was posted on March 29th, not aligned with any skin launch date.
Comment #13 did the legwork and found that the CN server actually had a skin promo video and a mention in a skin compilation post.
Comment #14 called out the original poster directly: 'Can you at least fact-check before posting drama?' — backing it up with their own screenshots.
The real MVP was Comment #18, who delivered the full context: this is a recurring global-server column called 'Date Simulator' that features a new character each time with three date-worthy reasons. It's not a skin marketing push. They even provided screenshots of the column format.
Comment #19 then pointed out a key confusion: the screenshots in #14 were about skin marketing, while the original post was about the Date Simulator — two different things entirely.
Here's the thing that makes this drama spicy even after the fact-check: even though the 'Date Simulator' is confirmed as a regular column, the core question remains unanswered. Why does the global server get character-flirting interactive content while CN players get nothing equivalent? From Honkai's bunny girls to Path to Nowhere's date simulator, 'Shanghai gacha devs with global-exclusive content' seems less like a coincidence and more like an industry pattern. Whether this is just normal localization differences or a quiet diss to the home crowd — well, only the devs know for sure.
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