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« on: May 02, 2007, 07:29:37 PM »

...that aren't basketball players (i.e. Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City, and Shaq Fu don't count) or rappers (no Def Jam: Vendetta).  Or really any characters that aren't based on people in real life (no Michael Jackson's Moonwalker).

No seriously, the discussion on the front page got me thinking...

Jax from Mortal Kombat? Sad



That guy from Unreal Tournament?  What's his name, Marcus?



Crackdown:



CJ from San Andreas (thanks BMcC, I can't believe I forgot that one):



Brandon just told me that Lyle from Lyle in Cube Sector is black.  I guess he is!  Nice!  Go indie gaming! Smiley



And apparently Jade from Beyond Good and Evil is black.  Didn't know that:


(what's up with black people and the color green in video games?)

And Akuji from Akuji the Heartless:



By the way, I'm talking about main characters, so unfortunately Superfly Johnson from Daikatana doesn't count.  Too bad, seeing as how he's like... such a great representative of African Americans in video games.

Can we think up any more?
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« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2007, 07:43:19 PM »

By "main" do you mean playable or just integrated into the fabric/story of the game?

Oh, I thought of that chick from HL2 and her dad.
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« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2007, 08:10:48 PM »

Cole Train! Bring it on sucka, this my kinda shit!



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« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2007, 08:12:46 PM »

Haha! That vein on his arm cracks me up so much...

I guess Normal Mapping has found its raison d'etre.

maybe he just decided to plant a little tree inside his arm.
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« Reply #4 on: May 02, 2007, 08:22:35 PM »


from Punchout 2: Doc Strikes Back!
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« Reply #5 on: May 02, 2007, 08:32:18 PM »

By "main" do you mean playable or just integrated into the fabric/story of the game?

Oh, I thought of that chick from HL2 and her dad.

I thought of her, too, but no, I mean playable!

Haha! That vein on his arm cracks me up so much...

I guess Normal Mapping has found its raison d'etre.

maybe he just decided to plant a little tree inside his arm.

I have a vein like that, actually.  It's not on my arm, though... Wink
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« Reply #6 on: May 02, 2007, 08:58:32 PM »

This is going to be a short thread!

*ba dum pish*

But seriously, Alyx is going to be playable in the new expansion for HL2 i think.  So we're almost to double digits!  I thought I'd add one more:



Oops, forgot to add, its the guy from Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure, or MEGUCUP, as nobody calls it ever.  Hard-pressed to tell you what his name is, but while he is VOICED by a rapper he isn't based on any real life character AFAIK.

Also, not sure if this counts, but Kratos is voiced by a black guy Tongue
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« Reply #7 on: May 02, 2007, 09:25:13 PM »

o0o, I got a good one: the guy from that really friggen long N64 game, Shadow Man.

Seriously, it takes like 200 hours to beat.
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« Reply #8 on: May 02, 2007, 09:26:34 PM »

Eddie from Tekken,
Zack from DOA,
That chick from Street Fighter with the kapwerra moovs
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« Reply #9 on: May 02, 2007, 09:46:47 PM »

If Jax's there you can't forget about:


Balrog (M.Bison for our Japanese friends, the smart asses at Capcom knew that for M.Tyson Japan=Getting pwnd, so he wasn't going there to sue anyone).


Mick & Mack: Global Gladiators (Genesis)


Adam from SoR


Skate from SoRII


"Blood" from Vendetta


Paul from Friday the 13th (NES)


Michael from Maniac Mansion


Nelson (Rival Turf)

And there are lots and lots!, I gotta go to sleep now, though...  Huh?
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« Reply #10 on: May 02, 2007, 10:44:46 PM »

Morgan freeman in Half-life lol.
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« Reply #11 on: May 02, 2007, 11:32:04 PM »



...Barret is probably the ultimate example of racial insensitivity in games. I'd go into the topic more, but I have to catch a bus!

p.s. nice finds guillermo
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« Reply #12 on: May 02, 2007, 11:55:25 PM »

Two I can think of that weren't mentioned are Black Orchid from Killer Instinct, and Windleaf from Shadow Madness (which if you don't remember is a RPG for the PS1 by the same team that made Jade Cocoon and Secret of Evermore).





Note the green in both.
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« Reply #13 on: May 03, 2007, 12:08:12 AM »

Just to say I've seen the Jade Is Black discussion a few times, all in relation to that one article. No evidence there to say she is (and even, according to the game's ending, evidence to the contrary), so I don't think she should be included. There are loads of black main characters in this thread though, loads more than I thought and loads more than I've seen in any other discussions. Great stuff!
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« Reply #14 on: May 03, 2007, 12:17:56 AM »



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« Reply #15 on: May 03, 2007, 12:51:22 AM »

Nice job, guys!  Guillermo, you named some great ones.  I'm noticing a lot of fighting games... which is fine, but for one thing like every race is always represented in fighting games, and the "main characters," i.e. the Ryu and Kens and Axels are never black.  But regardless:


(Sean and Elena from SFIII)

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« Reply #16 on: May 03, 2007, 05:43:56 AM »

the one drop theory is in full effect here if anybody is seriously considering alyx and jade to be black.

they are like...this new "best off" race that will eventually rule all.

by the way,. alyx and jade look a LOT alike.
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« Reply #17 on: May 03, 2007, 05:48:22 AM »

Sean was supposed to be the Ryu/Ken replacement. Even though Alex was always going to be the SFIII star.

Btw, Derek, why fucking "main characters who are black"? What about "Main characters who aren't white". I think it's pretty fucking ridiculous that half of the videogame world's ninjas are white guys. Not to mention how ridiculous it is when a character isn't white how they have to act their racial stereotype.

Also, the worst is when another race is a parallel to a race of people in the real world. I'm pretty sure Final Fantasy's Bangaa race is modelled after Jamaican people. Uh, what.
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« Reply #18 on: May 03, 2007, 06:10:06 AM »

remember when cliffy said his characters werent gonna be stereotypical?

ah, that was funny.

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« Reply #19 on: May 03, 2007, 06:40:07 AM »

I say that we should make Mr. Balding black!
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