When your global pre-launch livestream manages to crash and burn on BOTH the Japanese and NA servers simultaneously — while Chinese players watch from the sidelines with popcorn — you know you've achieved something special. Wuthering Waves' preview stream was a masterclass in stepping on every single landmine.
During the Japanese server livestream, a male guest was caught verbally sexually harassing the game's poster girl Yangyang on camera. But that was just the tip of the iceberg — once players started digging into who this guy actually was, the rabbit hole went incredibly deep.
According to a highly-upvoted reply (Floor 5), this streamer once did an endurance stream for Nioh, vowing not to stop until he cleared it. During that stream, his girlfriend was assaulted by a stalker — an incident that blew up across Japanese internet. The truly unhinged part? He's been milking and clickbaiting his own victimization ever since, turning the scandal into his brand identity. Floor 10 reacted with disbelief: 'This is way too absurd — why would you invite someone THIS problematic?' Floor 14 added that searching for '成海瑠奈' (Narumi Runa) on the forums leads to an entire thread that'll 'make you feel like your brain got violated.' Japanese players are currently roasting Kuro Games over this casting choice.
The NA server stream wasn't any better. A heavier-set guest appeared cosplaying Yangyang in women's clothing, which at first glance looked like a diversity casting decision. But Floors 5 and 8 clarified that this was actually rexlent (or zekia) — a well-known male Punishing: Gray Raven streamer who was simply doing a cross-dress comedy bit. There was a legitimate female cosplayer at the same event. So it wasn't a political correctness thing — it was a gag.
But the NA stream still got flamed — and for a more concrete reason. The guests spent a full 20 minutes on pointless mini-games and filler content, leaving zero actual game information for what was supposed to be the crucial pre-launch preview. Floor 1 nailed the trifecta perfectly: 'NA stream goes full diversity play, JP stream brings a creep who harasses the mascot, CN stream features a long-haired dude as host — has your operation ever been THIS politically correct?' Floor 2 added: 'There's no way this happened without zero market research.'
Players directed their frustration squarely at Kuro Games' lack of production quality. Floor 5 put it best: 'Kuro Games clearly has zero competent show directors — it's total freestyle out there.' Floor 9 delivered the most savage burn: 'This just proves miHoYo has a professional localization team' — implying Kuro's global operations are leagues behind the competition. Floor 16 questioned whether this was intentional 'black PR marketing' (riding controversy for attention), while Floor 17 sighed: 'Ever since [the competition] went downhill, this company somehow got weird too — drama keeps piling up.'
One preview livestream, three servers, three different flavors of disaster. JP server invites a streamer with a disturbing harassment scandal in his past to leer at a virtual mascot, NA server goes overboard on meme content while forgetting to actually promote the game, and CN server gets called out too. For a major upcoming gacha title, this global debut certainly generated plenty of buzz — just probably not the kind Kuro Games was hoping for.
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