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    Mortal Kombat: Special Forces starred Jax and his fight against the Black Dragon clan. I never did finish this game, only remember you were able to fight against Jarek, and that it was a boring game.
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    Protoype 2's main character hero is James Heller. Although he is made to be angry all the time and he typically uses foul language when he speaks so not exactly sure if anyone would consider it a 100% positive portrayal.

    Example of his salty language:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuS6ZJrfZXQ
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nz17 View Post

    What was her character like? Could you play the whole thing through an "honorable path?"
    Walking Dead: He. And absolutely. Although in the first episode he's on his way to prison for a murder he didn't commit. But the entire game revolves around moral choices and his attempts to protect a little girl from zombies.

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    In "I have no Mouth" there's Ellen. She's one of 5 protagonists, who in all honesty have personal flaws (which is a big part of the story). She's ultimately a good person though and has to come to grips with her irrational fear of the color yellow (spoiler: she was raped by a man in yellow).

    The "white" guys all have way more horrible stories. One's a wife beater, one's a coward, one's a pathological liar, and the other is a Nazi war criminal.

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    I remembered another one.

    Mark from Persona.



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    This one might go over a lot of peoples heads. I don't want to give it away though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mangar View Post
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    Yeah, probably the first ever.

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    Sazh from Final Fantasy XIII. Does he count?
    "If each mistake being made is a new one, then progress is being made."

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    Quote Originally Posted by kupomogli View Post
    I remembered another one.

    Mark from Persona.
    Since no one got it, depending on whether you were in the west or Japan, the character named Mark in Revelations Persona was a different color. On SMT Persona, the remake for the PSP, he was white on all versions. Apparently because of how he acted/spoke, Atlus USA made him black.

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    I got it, but I had nothing to say about it previously. Your information on the origin of the character is all wrong, though. The game is set in Japan, and the characters are all Japanese. None of them are white. The character's original name is Masao. He's just the tip of the iceberg of the changes made to Westernize the game, since back in those days they thought the Japanese names and setting would alienate players. They all had their names and race changed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aussie2B View Post
    I got it, but I had nothing to say about it previously. Your information on the origin of the character is all wrong, though. The game is set in Japan, and the characters are all Japanese. None of them are white. The character's original name is Masao. He's just the tip of the iceberg of the changes made to Westernize the game, since back in those days they thought the Japanese names and setting would alienate players. They all had their names and race changed.
    Okay, thanks for the clarification. I've only played Revelations Persona. Though to be fair, calling them white I don't think would matter that much. How many Japanese characters are actually portrayed as Japanese and not white? Whether Japanese locations or fictional, most characters look much closer to a portrayal of a white character than Japanese one in many games and anime. Ninja Scroll is very Japanese, but both Jubei and Gemma are a much closer resemblance to a westerner than a Japanese character. The main character and main villain of the movie.

    The Japanese only have themselves to blame by not making the portrayal of the characters more identifiable to themselves. Any confusion comes from them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kupomogli View Post
    Since no one got it, depending on whether you were in the west or Japan, the character named Mark in Revelations Persona was a different color. On SMT Persona, the remake for the PSP, he was white on all versions. Apparently because of how he acted/spoke, Atlus USA made him black.


    I wonder why they felt it was necessary to change the hat? Did they think the old one was a tinge stereotypical once his skin tone was altered?

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    Quote Originally Posted by kupomogli View Post
    Okay, thanks for the clarification. I've only played Revelations Persona. Though to be fair, calling them white I don't think would matter that much. How many Japanese characters are actually portrayed as Japanese and not white? Whether Japanese locations or fictional, most characters look much closer to a portrayal of a white character than Japanese one in many games and anime. Ninja Scroll is very Japanese, but both Jubei and Gemma are a much closer resemblance to a westerner than a Japanese character. The main character and main villain of the movie.

    The Japanese only have themselves to blame by not making the portrayal of the characters more identifiable to themselves. Any confusion comes from them.
    Uh, every Japanese character is seen as Japanese in Japan. Anime/manga-style isn't exactly a realistic representation of any race, and people among a race don't all look the same either. It's only Westerners projecting themselves on the media that they automatically assume that the characters look/are white.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aussie2B View Post
    Uh, every Japanese character is seen as Japanese in Japan. Anime/manga-style isn't exactly a realistic representation of any race, and people among a race don't all look the same either. It's only Westerners projecting themselves on the media that they automatically assume that the characters look/are white.
    Not saying this is definitive. But, clearly some Japanese people think anime characters look Japanese:

    https://youtu.be/2DhoBuU1Dtc?t=2m6s

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    Quote Originally Posted by celerystalker View Post
    I can think of a few off the top of my head:
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mangar View Post
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    I'm guessing that you are just kidding.


    Quote Originally Posted by Nz17
    What games am I looking for? I'm not looking for sports games as those usually feature a black player due to his skill at his particular sport and that player is usually not the only choice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ozzy_98 View Post
    Ummm... You sure you're thinking of the right game?
    Yes. Adon and Samson are portayed as powerful, heroic, and purely good.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nz17 View Post
    What games am I looking for? I'm not looking for sports games as those usually feature a black player due to his skill at his particular sport and that player is usually not the only choice. And let's not count games where you use a random character generator or where you design the look of a character or other things like that where who you play as is up to a player's design. And as we are talking about "good guys," let's not include games where the main playable character is a gangster or a rapper or a convict or a "violent criminal."
    Rapper doesn't necessarily equate anything bad, whether bad influence or criminal.
    Looking for:
    Chūka Taisen (Cloud Master) manuals
    Monon Color + games

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    Yeah, that was probably an unfortunate short hand or oversight. He probably meant 'gangster' rapper, or one of an unsavory variety.

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