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[Unison]

Its African American.

Not everyone's American...

 

[newsguy]

Not everyone's American...

Or African...

 

[Evenball]

Blowout

 

[callous]

I'm being serious.

Same here. Not kidding.

 

[Xenon]

wait wait how is this man not banned?

Maybe he was saying Mario is Sicilian.

[edit -smart ass delivery, Im trying to change =)]

 

[Scrow]

I mean, we all know about Carl Johnson...but what are some other black main characters in games?

who is carl johnson?

 

[kIdMuScLe]

god that is hilarious!!! i've never seen a black man like that in my life!

 

[Ponn]

Fiddy Cent.

 

[ArcadeStickMonk]

Redguard.

fitting

 

[Mr Nash]

Bobobo Bobobobo

 

[Orin GA]

Master Chief

 

[Shogmaster]

Master Chief

That would be pretty fucking cool.... But IIRC, he is a white boy in the novels.

 

[SolidSnakex]

god that is hilarious!!! i've never seen a black man like that in my life!

Have you seen the character art for that guy?

 

[Unison]

Why isn't Square banned yet?

 

[Porridge]

Yeah yeah, but where's all the brown protagonists?

 

[D2M15]

Seriously, who cares?

The marketing/publishing folks who insisted on the removal or sidelining of black lead characters in several titles before gangsta became a license to print money, for starters.

 

[D-X]

DJ K, Pirahna, Combo - Jet Set Radio
Parker, Kimberley - D2 and Enemy 0
Mooky, Diana - Deep Fear
The main charcter - Urban Chaos
Jeffry - Virtua Fighter
Tom, Mark - Shenmue
That guy in pigeon park that calls you Suzuki-San - Shenmue II
Zack - DOA

 

[jumper]

Its African American.

I don't see why that's right. I remember a few years ago, everyone was saying that to be politically correct, you should say 'African American.' But wouldn't it be politically incorrect to assume all blacks are african american? What if they're Jamaican, or anything else not related to Africa?

 

[kIdMuScLe]

Have you seen the character art for that guy?

OH SNAP!!!!!! And that was released in the US? anybody complain?

 

[Fragamemnon]

Who could forget Superfly Johnson, of Romero's classic Daikatana?

 

[Merlin]

What about Ganon from Zelda series. You don't play as him but he's a main character.

 

[captainflimflam]

you guys suprised me no-one's mentioned the blade games. anyone know the First game to feature a black guy (I'm black and british so don't start the afro american stuff on me)? I think it could be a game by a british company on the C64 called Cyborg (and it's sequel Manbot).

 

[piccolosan]

I just realized that Epsilon from Mega Man Command Mission definitely looks black to me! He hits mad hard too due to his stupid Supra Force Metal!! I can't think of another Reploid that is black...

 

[Jive Turkey]

What about Ganon from Zelda series. You don't play as him but he's a main character.

I wouldn't call Gannon black...He's got dark skin but he isn't black.

 

[djtiesto]

On another note, where are all the Hispanic characters in games? Robert Garcia is the only one I can think of off the top of my head...

 

[Alex Anderson]

Tom, Mark - Shenmue
That guy in pigeon park that calls you Suzuki-San - Shenmue II

Yeah, these are really primary characters

 

[gogogow]

On another note, where are all the Hispanic characters in games? Robert Garcia is the only one I can think of off the top of my head...

Carlos from RE3.

About black main characters, u all forgot 50 Cent's upcoming game "Bulletproof".

 

[Jive Turkey]

On another note, where are all the Hispanic characters in games? Robert Garcia is the only one I can think of off the top of my head...

Well there's pretty much the entire cast of RE4. Yeah sure they're supposed to be from Spain or some Spanish speaking European country and not Latin America but hey...Luis is a pimp and he needed to be mentioned.

 

[callous]

I don't see why that's right. I remember a few years ago, everyone was saying that to be politically correct, you should say 'African American.' But wouldn't it be politically incorrect to assume all blacks are african american? What if they're Jamaican, or anything else not related to Africa?

Uhm, ok ... you need to take some history classes.

Spain or some Spanish speaking European country

There is only Spain.

 

[Jive Turkey]

There is only Spain.

Yeah I'm an idiot and was thinking of Portugal but then they don't speak Spanish!