I should have written criteria 1 to more specifically exclude "animals in the human world", since those stories are everywhere. Has to be roughly co-equalsDonkey Kong Jr
Sonic the Hedgehog........Huh, yeah, you know what, I guess so!
I don't really think Bojack fits the spirit of the question either. You could turn all the animal character into humans and it wouldn't change the main plot (outside of needing to rename the sitcom Bojack starred in).No, that's actually part of my point though! I'm just thinking about how many fantasy worlds have a bunch of different cool characters of different races or species, but the main character is always a human or something close to indistinguishable from a human, even when it's not necessary (like logistical reasons in live-action TV/movies). Bojack Horseman is an example that works because it's a story where the main character could have been a human but they did something else. It's not fantasy or sci-fi though.
1) Humans and non-humans co-exist in roughly equal measure.ask tked on discord. he looks for this stuff a lot too
2) The main protagonist of the story is NOT a human, or something mostly human adjacent, like elves or androids that look like humans.
Just having a conversation about this earlier today and really struggling to actually think of examples. Like the best example I could come up with was Lord of the Rings, which is a decent enough example, but hobbits are pretty close to humans.
No, that's actually part of my point though! I'm just thinking about how many fantasy worlds have a bunch of different cool characters of different races or species, but the main character is always a human or something close to indistinguishable from a human, even when it's not necessary (like logistical reasons in live-action TV/movies). Bojack Horseman is an example that works because it's a story where the main character could have been a human but they did something else. It's not fantasy or sci-fi though.Aqua Teen Hunger Force
fuck it Star Control 2. You are a human but you are also faceless and your race matters at all for like 8 minutes in the beginning of the game. Every bit of important interaction is with some alien-ass aliensNah, I love Star Control 2 but it's human perspective even though what character you are doesn't really matter
Gonna plug Nine Sols since I'm playing it right now. It's a sci-fantasy metroidvania with several alien species (and humans) and you play as a fucked up little cat thing, not a human.Oh this is actually on my shortlist of games to play since it dropped on Game Pass, yeah
I'm actually surprised at how much trouble I'm having finding video games that cleanly fit this.Something like Okami isn't quite what I'm trying to look for because Amaterasu is just one wolf who happens to be a goddess in wolf form, and it's basically just "animal in the human world" but with extra steps. I wasn't explicit in the prompt but I'm not trying to think of "animal in human world" stories because those are pretty common. It would have to be like, animal people , something that exists on the same strata as humans, or there would at least have to be an entire population of god-wolves like Amaterasu which there isn't.
Okami works, I guess?
Youre right, but its probably because most entertainment/media is produced by humans and for humans who typically relate more to being human.I'll pretty much always prefer to play as a human or human-adjacent character than something that isn't. Its me, I'm the focus group ruining originality, apologies.
ask tked on discord. he looks for this stuff a lot tooThats me!
the matter of them still being human at some point was the obvious sticking point that made me curiousIt kinda works? The main idea was "centered on a non-human person's perspective in a world where humans exist" and this is kinda more "whoa, I was human but now I'm x! Isn't that crazy?" but it's at least an explorable avenue that's adjacent to what I'm looking for. Depends on how much they embrace the transformation.
Final Fantasy 14 - Lots of races, some close to humans. You choose the main characters race.
Did I psychically manifest Okami 2 into the world with this topic