Umamusume: Fairly Derby has been out for years in Japan, and the roster of Umas is way bigger in that model of the sport. The newly-launched Western model of the sport goes to take time to catch up, however there are a ton of surprises in retailer for gamers as soon as that content material releases.
Individuals have named their horses after some weird issues over time, with Skibidi Rizz not too long ago gaining some viral traction after profitable his very first race. Although it’ll be a whereas till we see him in Umamusume if in any respect, he’s not the one horse with a title that presents the chance to do one thing loopy.
Enter Air Shakur, a actual horse named after the one and solely Tupac Shakur. It’s not recognized when she’ll arrive within the model of the sport that simply launched within the West, however, due to followers from Japan, we all know what her marketing campaign entails.
Her total equipment is made up of hip-hop references, with each distinctive marketing campaign occasion named after a pivotal album, observe, or bar from the time.
Air Shakur’s story is a weird love letter to American hip-hop
In what is probably going one of many strangest cultural mash-ups in historical past, Umamusume’s Air Shakur is a horse girl based on a actual horse based on one of the crucial well-known hip hop artists of all time. The true horse was additionally bred by two American horses in a Japanese farm, with it solely ever operating races in Japan.
He additionally simply so occurred to be one of many quickest horses in historical past, completely smoking the competitors in races the place he behaved. Regardless of his brief life, Air Shakur was notorious.
This horse ran quick and sizzling, with it being so temperamental that its trainers drew straws to see who must cope with it on the day as a result of they had been all fearful of coping with him. He sadly died at the age of 6 as a result of he kicked proper via a fence, breaking his leg within the course of and dying as a results of the damage.
The quantity of actual life lore behind this horse mixed with all of the potential for references created the proper storm. Air Shakur is beloved in Japan and has spurred a love for the style of music that won’t have existed within the nation in any other case.
From the ‘All Eyez on Me’ sticker on her laptop computer to ‘Can’t C Me’ and ‘Ambitionz’ being the precise names of her story occasions throughout profession missions, the references aren’t in any respect refined.
It’s not simply Tupac songs both, along with her additionally having a debuff referred to as “99 Issues” after the long-lasting Jay-Z line. So, whereas she might take a whereas to come back to the Western Umamusume consumer, you need to be wanting ahead to her launch when you’re a fan of the sport.
