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Skye Reynolds
06/04/19 10:28:14 PM
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Jax from Mortal Kombat?
C.J. from Grand Theft Auto?
Barrett from Final Fantasy 7?

Lara Croft has always been an icon of video gaming. Samus Aran is a distant second as far as female icons go, but she could easily take the lead if she had a good movie to back her up. That got me thinking. Are there any black video game characters who could be considered iconic?

Like, suppose there was a Smash Bros. / Injustice style game featuring a bunch of video game characters from different franchises. Is there any character who could function as the sole representative of his or her series? Or, at the very least, one of two characters representing a franchise? I think most everyone would be cool with C.J. acting as the sole rep for GTA, but what if Mortal Kombat were represented by Scorpion and Jax as opposed to Liu Kang getting the nod?

And maybe that's not the best measurement of who is considered an icon because I certainly like Jax is more famous than C.J. despite being overshadowed by at least two or three other characters in the MK franchise. It definitely seems like somebody needs to receive the Black Panther treatment and get some serious focus to push them to that icon level.
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TheDogfather
06/04/19 10:32:40 PM
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viewmaster_pi
06/04/19 10:33:09 PM
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Cole for Gears of War fans, I guess.
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SSJGrimReaper
06/04/19 10:37:21 PM
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list black icons in gaming
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PrettyBoyFloyd
06/04/19 10:39:11 PM
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Michael LeRoi
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boxington
06/04/19 10:41:07 PM
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not a playable character, but Captain Anderson from the Mass Effect series.
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Guy_Fieri
06/04/19 10:45:39 PM
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Kratos
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DevsBro
06/04/19 10:47:54 PM
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I can think or some black video game characters but Barrett and Jax are the one ones I'd really call icons.

Others include:

Donald Anderson
Peter Stillman
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Drebin
That guy from MGS4 who hung out with Jonathan whose name I can't remember
The Gemini from MGR
Kiros
Ansem maybe?
Eddie Gordo
Brian from King of Fighters
Mr. Shepar
Knuckles
One of those GTA games had a black protagonist I think

Oh and Commander Shepard. Screw you the way I made him is canon.
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Nukleen
06/04/19 10:57:25 PM
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Skye Reynolds is racist.
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Romulox28
06/04/19 10:58:25 PM
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The Cole Train is the best thing to happen to the black community since MLK Jr
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inloveanddeath0
06/04/19 10:59:49 PM
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Skye Reynolds
06/04/19 11:12:04 PM
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DevsBro posted...
I can think or some black video game characters but Barrett and Jax are the one ones I'd really call icons.


Would you put Barrett ahead of C.J. for overall recognition and popularity?

I think people would be okay with C.J. representing Grand Theft Auto in a big crossover game. But if Barrett were called upon to represent Final Fantasy, I think people would be wanting Cloud to take his spot. Even if there were two spots available for Final Fantasy characters, I think people would want Tifa or Sephiroth to take the second spot over Barrett.
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DevsBro
06/05/19 1:07:29 AM
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Skye Reynolds posted...
DevsBro posted...
I can think or some black video game characters but Barrett and Jax are the one ones I'd really call icons.


Would you put Barrett ahead of C.J. for overall recognition and popularity?

I think people would be okay with C.J. representing Grand Theft Auto in a big crossover game. But if Barrett were called upon to represent Final Fantasy, I think people would be wanting Cloud to take his spot. Even if there were two spots available for Final Fantasy characters, I think people would want Tifa or Sephiroth to take the second spot over Barrett.

I dunno, I dunno anything about CJ

What I meant was of all the black video game characters I can think of, only those two would I call icons.
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AsucaHayashi
06/05/19 1:10:08 AM
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SixStringHero
06/05/19 1:11:19 AM
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Sergeant Johnson
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Weezy_Tha_Don
06/05/19 1:11:28 AM
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Roland from Borderlands
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inloveanddeath0
06/05/19 1:12:20 AM
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inloveanddeath0 posted...
Balrog

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SauI_Goodman
06/05/19 1:13:47 AM
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for some reason as a kid i always thought toejam was black

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steam/apps/516110/header.jpg?t=1559249625
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Sonic Cannon
06/05/19 1:21:16 AM
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Lee and Clementine from The Walking Dead
Cole from Gears of War was a pretty good pick, above, although he probably doesn't really fit your definition.
Adewale from Assassin's Creed Freedom Cry
Bayek from Assassin's Creed Origins
Keith David from Saints Row 4
TJ Combo from Killer Instinct
The agent from Crackdown (at least in Crackdown 3) is canonically black, as far as I know

EDIT: Forgot about Tyrael from Diablo 3, and Sergeant Johnson from Halo. Johnson also probably doesn't fit the bill though.
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inloveanddeath0
06/05/19 1:22:38 AM
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Sonic Cannon posted...
Lee and Clementine from The Walking Dead
Cole from Gears of War was a pretty good pick, above, although he probably doesn't really fit your definition.
Adewale from Assassin's Creed Freedom Cry
Bayek from Assassin's Creed Origins
Keith David from Saints Row 4
TJ Combo from Killer Instinct
The agent from Crackdown (at least in Crackdown 3) is canonically black, as far as I know

I was unaware that Clementine was black. I just assumed she was a darker shade of white
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boxington
06/05/19 1:24:29 AM
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^ here's a picture with her and her parents

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and Lee was mistaken for her father before, iirc.
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inloveanddeath0
06/05/19 1:26:34 AM
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Oh she is like the lightest skin black
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inloveanddeath0
06/05/19 1:27:06 AM
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I honestly only played Episode 1 also
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Sonic Cannon
06/05/19 1:28:08 AM
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The saddest thing about this topic is I really don't think I could post much better of a list than I already have.
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YukihoHagiwara
06/05/19 1:28:53 AM
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black omen
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boxington
06/05/19 1:29:54 AM
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anyway, I like Shinobu from the No More Heroes series

and there's also Garcian Smith/Emir Parkreiner from Killer 7
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YukihoHagiwara
06/05/19 1:32:05 AM
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black shadow
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GallisOTK
06/05/19 1:40:03 AM
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Sergeant Foley from Modern Warfare 2

"RAMIREZ! Use this butter knife and rubber band to take down that chopper gunner!"
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Pitlord_Special
06/05/19 1:52:53 AM
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The Sorcerer (who was the best class) from Diablo 1
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TheMikh
06/05/19 2:01:39 AM
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Big Smoke has entered an echelon of the gaming meme pantheon that CJ has yet to ascend to in spite of his latest surge
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EnrichUrCulture
06/05/19 2:13:59 AM
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inloveanddeath0 posted...
Balrog

Akuma is black.
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Darmik
06/05/19 2:18:43 AM
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The Arbiter in Halo
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inloveanddeath0
06/05/19 2:19:53 AM
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EnrichUrCulture posted...
inloveanddeath0 posted...
Balrog

Akuma is black.

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inloveanddeath0
06/05/19 2:23:08 AM
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inloveanddeath0 posted...
EnrichUrCulture posted...
inloveanddeath0 posted...
Balrog

Akuma is black.

?

I would say he is southeast asian
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TennTux
06/05/19 2:38:47 AM
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Left for dead Coach is an icon to me
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UnfairRepresent
06/05/19 2:44:02 AM
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No one mentioned Jade and that makes me sad
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Kolibri X
06/05/19 3:02:58 AM
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The boxer from street fighter
The boxer from killer instinct
The boxer from ready 2 rumble
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Darmik
06/05/19 3:30:22 AM
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Kolibri X posted...
The boxer from street fighter
The boxer from killer instinct
The boxer from ready 2 rumble


Afro Thunder!
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Smashingpmkns
06/05/19 3:32:30 AM
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y3xPUKn
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nevershine
06/05/19 3:33:18 AM
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Shaq from Shaq fu
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Sonic Cannon
06/05/19 3:59:30 AM
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Charles Barkley from Barkley's Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden
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seqntenialbeast
06/05/19 4:01:30 AM
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Michael Jordan from Chaos in the Windy City
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boxington
06/05/19 6:32:41 AM
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the casts of Def Jam: Vendetta and Fight for NY
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ssjevot
06/05/19 7:03:42 AM
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inloveanddeath0 posted...
inloveanddeath0 posted...
EnrichUrCulture posted...
inloveanddeath0 posted...
Balrog

Akuma is black.

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I would say he is southeast asian


In the recent Street Fighter movie, Assassin's Fist, he was played by a black man, but in the games he has always been just Japanese.
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FaceThePain
06/05/19 7:16:06 AM
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All aboard the Cole Train, baby!
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jumi
06/05/19 7:26:19 AM
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If it's one guy from MK, it's Scorpion. If it's two, the second will be Sub-Zero, not Lui Kang. Look at Injustice.
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Modifier
06/05/19 7:32:54 AM
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inloveanddeath0 posted...
Balrog

You must mean M. Bison, who is a pun on Mike Tyson (now there's an iconic black guy).
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SSJGrimReaper
06/05/19 7:34:33 AM
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Conflict posted...
I'm shocked nobody facetiously said Ganondorf

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