>>16431Nodus Fall and Petit Planet are both attempts by the Genshin studio hoyoverse to branch out into new spaces. Hoyoverse has breached top 10 most valuable private companies in the world and wants to go further.
They wanted to go public ~7 years ago but their application was denied because they only made a series called Honkai; their business was seen as risky due to lack of diversification. This is why Honkai 4 was retitled to Genshin Impact, and why some of the character designs in Genshin had already existed for 10+ years before Genshin did. (The "Unknown God" from the beginning of the game is based on protagonist of the studio's first ever game.)
>>16438Wokoids even tried to protest Genshin for being too white a few years ago, but they couldn't stop its momentum.
And with the latest expansion being set in fantasy Russia, the game is whiter than ever, with ballerinas and a kremlin palace.