In the North American Version of the game, Emiya Alter's skin tone is lighter than in the Japanese Servers. This was done out of concern players would associate him with any racist stereotypes, but was also met with criticism that the change went against his backstory, in which his grayish black skin color (as well as changed hairstyle and eye colors) was the result of rebound effects from overuse of projection magecraft, burning his skin and distinguishing him from the original Emiya whose skin was already naturally tanned.