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mrduckbear
02/20/22 3:16:28 PM
#1:


I think it's..










Despite what you may think, there are actually quite a lot of jrpgs that featured black characters...and 9 of these games had at least one black character but only ONE did not have any. That includes either main or supporting black characters who actually had a name to them in the game and not a random townsperson.

So let's see if people can guess which did not

#1 -

https://i.imgur.com/oJLDv0P.jpg

#2 -

https://i.imgur.com/eS6Bi7u.jpg

#3 -

https://i.imgur.com/zULReqv.jpg

#4 -

https://i.imgur.com/g7gRq0W.jpg

#5 -

https://i.imgur.com/bAUAeHl.jpg

#6 -

https://i.imgur.com/1haEQAr.png

#7 -

https://i.imgur.com/vJLw82S.jpg

#8 -

https://i.imgur.com/g6gY0y7.jpg

#9 -

https://i.imgur.com/iRn6pDn.jpg

#10 -

https://i.imgur.com/UyD0J6J.jpg

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Mistere Man
02/20/22 3:55:59 PM
#2:


I know it wasnt either Suikoden or Parasite Eve, but other than that no idea.

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Alucard188
02/20/22 4:01:22 PM
#3:


The only one I can actually think of is Xenoblade Chronicles. If you consider black person being somebody not white, then every other game has a non-white character as a party member.

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SydneySweenHero
02/20/22 4:03:17 PM
#4:


I know Terranigma definitely has one because helps you out in Bloody Mary's castle as you're rebuilding the world >_>

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McMarbles
02/20/22 4:09:36 PM
#5:


The ones Im familiar with:

Suikoden II: Hauser!

BOF 2: Karn... not exactly the most progressive portrayal but its there.

Ni No Kuni: That merchant who somehow has a blond, blue-eyed daughter because god forbid we have a dark-skinned love interest...

Terranigma: The JRPG equivalent of Marvels Rocket Racer.

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DeathVelvien
02/20/22 4:09:39 PM
#6:


Alucard188 posted...
The only one I can actually think of is Xenoblade Chronicles. If you consider black person being somebody not white, then every other game has a non-white character as a party member.
Voted this myself, but wouldn't be surprised if Otharon was being counted as black for this.

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EndOfDiscOne
02/20/22 4:11:23 PM
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Alucard188 posted...
The only one I can actually think of is Xenoblade Chronicles. If you consider black person being somebody not white, then every other game has a non-white character as a party member.
Otharon

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gp1829
02/20/22 4:13:22 PM
#8:


McMarbles posted...
The ones Im familiar with:

Suikoden II: Hauser!

BOF 2: Karn... not exactly the most progressive portrayal but its there.

Ni No Kuni: That merchant who somehow has a blond, blue-eyed daughter because god forbid we have a dark-skinned love interest...

Terranigma: The JRPG equivalent of Marvels Rocket Racer.

Wasn't Karn in BOF 1?
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Smackems
02/20/22 4:13:34 PM
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I don't remember any in BoF 2

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nfearurspecimn
02/20/22 4:22:31 PM
#10:


Does Karn in BoF 1 even count?

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pfh1001
02/20/22 4:41:03 PM
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Mistere Man posted...
I know it wasnt either Suikoden or Parasite Eve, but other than that no idea.


Same. Never played most of these.
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dioxxys
02/20/22 4:43:30 PM
#12:


I think it would be more interesting naming jrpgs which doo have black characters? Because aren't they as rare as unicorns?

On top of that seems like people mistake dark anime characters who are meant to be Indian, Middle Eastern, Pacific-Asian, etc for being black.
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VandorLee
02/20/22 4:45:37 PM
#13:


Why did you bother putting PE on the list???

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McMarbles
02/20/22 8:20:04 PM
#14:


gp1829 posted...
Wasn't Karn in BOF 1?
Whoops, yes... and since thats the game listed in OP, Im still kinda right.

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Background_Guy
02/20/22 8:21:24 PM
#15:


Why are all these jrpgs so political
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Full Throttle
02/20/22 8:21:35 PM
#16:


looks like this is confusing everyone....finally :)

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dioxxys
02/20/22 9:30:44 PM
#17:


Background_Guy posted...
Why are all these jrpgs so political

Lmao please
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rivers
02/21/22 1:45:40 PM
#18:


Full Throttle posted...
looks like this is confusing everyone....finally :)
I am expecting a full breakdown of characters' racial backgrounds by the time this topic is done

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Prestoff
02/21/22 1:48:58 PM
#19:


I do remember that the first Breath of Fire game had a Black character in the Japanese version, but because he had "black face" in the Western release he was changed to a white character... which I'm not even sure if that was better or not.

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Shotgunnova
02/21/22 1:55:38 PM
#20:


VandorLee posted...
Why did you bother putting PE on the list???
Daniel = GOAT

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Cocytus
02/21/22 1:57:36 PM
#21:


Suikoden II
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Full Throttle
02/21/22 9:06:22 PM
#22:


jokes on ALL of you as only ONE person got it right whoever that is. Suikoden V was the answer as they did have a dark skinned character in the game, their origins are unknown and it was likely they were indian or native but not a black character. i used this site to get all the others however.

https://www.playernature.com/2021/10/black-characters-in-jrpgs.html

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DeathVelvien
02/21/22 9:10:08 PM
#23:


Otharon looks more Indian than black to me tbh

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