Talk:Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs/@comment-26459635-20170429235801/@comment-186.19.68.150-20191123021157

First off: The Incas were a MUCH larger empire than the Aztecs. The Aztecs just governed three close cities directly, they were more a city-state like a Polis than an Empire. The Incas governed a massive span of land with tens of ethnicities not counting their tributaries, spanning thousands of kilometers from north to south of the Andes and numerous fortified cities like Macchu Picchu which was only discovered by europeans in 1900's.

Secondly, while the Aztecs were completely wiped out during the conquest in 1821 and few years, Incan remnents held out to 1570, not even counting a brief restoration during the 18th century (Inca Tupac Amaru II) AND again during the 19th entury (Peruvian-Bolivian union state)

Thirdly, the game is set since the 15th century, because it features Zheng He's Chinese expeditions, which happened BEFORE the official discovery of the americans by western europeans.

Fourth, also Mayas weren't featured, even as there are unconquered Mayan communities today (Lacandon people) and are much more culturally and geopolitically significant than Sioux, and they weren't assimilated like US natives, also there are politically independent mayan separatists like the EZLN communities.

So why they did it? It's simple: USA money. They feature two USA natives because they want to appeal to a USA audience and south american natives just aren't important to the developer even if much more powerful.