bobbychalkers
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Who are your favorite black Nintendo characters?
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Blastoise, bruh got the Mark Henry glare on LOCK!
Ironically racist against his own kind.
Perfect.
No, I'm not assuming his real identity was leaked.
Baron von Loathsome
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Woosh.
Haha yeah. But I'm more referring to his Super Smash Bros. comments around 3:30.
I am proof that this is not true.
HolyBaikal
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The character from my avatar! Iris!
She's the best Pokemon Champion ever.
Well, maybe she's not "black". I'm not sure what her ethnicity is supposed to be. But she does look like might be supposed to be of African ancestry. Like a lot of people, I don't think it's all that important as some people make it out to be. She is brown. Is brown close enough?
How brown she is kind of depends on which picture or thing it is. She's pretty brown in my avatar, and I think that's supposed to be official artwork. Some fanart seems to make her totally white. While occassionally some fanart makes her even darker than she looks in the official art. It also seems like they straightened her hair when she became champion.
Before she became champion her hair looks kind of thick and what some people call "afro textured hair" or "nappy hair". Maybe it's not supposed to be, but it really looks that way. Moreso than almost any other anime character.
Actually, it seems like she's almost the only black anime character ever. Or brown I guess. There's some of the other brown characters from Pokemon who seem like they might be black. And there's two black characters from Soul Eater. Unfortunately I've forgotten their names. One of them is a student who uses fists for a weapon, and one of them is a teacher at the academy. And there's Ayukawa Miyuki from Basquash!. But there's not many others...
She's the best Pokemon Champion ever.
Well, maybe she's not "black". I'm not sure what her ethnicity is supposed to be. But she does look like might be supposed to be of African ancestry. Like a lot of people, I don't think it's all that important as some people make it out to be. She is brown. Is brown close enough?
How brown she is kind of depends on which picture or thing it is. She's pretty brown in my avatar, and I think that's supposed to be official artwork. Some fanart seems to make her totally white. While occassionally some fanart makes her even darker than she looks in the official art. It also seems like they straightened her hair when she became champion.
Before she became champion her hair looks kind of thick and what some people call "afro textured hair" or "nappy hair". Maybe it's not supposed to be, but it really looks that way. Moreso than almost any other anime character.
Actually, it seems like she's almost the only black anime character ever. Or brown I guess. There's some of the other brown characters from Pokemon who seem like they might be black. And there's two black characters from Soul Eater. Unfortunately I've forgotten their names. One of them is a student who uses fists for a weapon, and one of them is a teacher at the academy. And there's Ayukawa Miyuki from Basquash!. But there's not many others...
Smiles and Cries
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it took too long lol
spindashing
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You can just feel the property values dropping.
Uncle Rupee
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Denpa Men counts cause Genius Sonority is a Nintendo 2nd party
Smiles and Cries
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Denpa Men counts cause Genius Sonority is a Nintendo 2nd party
this dude looks hype!
I need this game in HD
GiantEnemyGoomba
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Are the Gerudo meant to be black? If so, Nabooru.
deltatheta
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What is this even..
Black isn't an ethnicity. It's the color of your skin.
Because people have "nappy hair" or "afro texture hair" doesn't mean they're black.
Are brown people black?
My brain can't even compute.
Oh yeah. I actually really liked Gondo in that game. He was a memorable character.
Thanks for posting the pic. I was too lazy.
Baten Kaitos Origins was published by Nintendo and Guillo is most certainly black (both his/her voice actors are black.)
matty2Dfraud
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Smiles and Cries
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ELMA X
Nintendo is trying, even if this is the same Japan meme of Black human with white hair we see in anime and manga
I can't find the Rihanna video but you can be black in Xenoblade. That is a good start for me
Nintendo is trying, even if this is the same Japan meme of Black human with white hair we see in anime and manga
I can't find the Rihanna video but you can be black in Xenoblade. That is a good start for me
Uncle Rupee
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F-Zero is also home to some black characters
Dreams-Visions
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I honestly don't remember any. Main characters, that is.
Do you even like video games or do you just like criticizing them?
HolyBaikal
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I'm sorry if I said something offensive. I find the whole thing a little bit confusing.
I'm super sorry if I did.
A lot of people seem to use "black" to mean someone who has African ancestry. And yes, you're very right, people can have that kind of hair without being black.
I was kind of using the term in the way that people tend to call Obama "black". Even though he's kind of light brown. As in, having African ancestry or having stereotypical "African" hair and things like that.
Perhaps it's racist to do that, though. And I shouldn't. People said a lot about how Asians shouldn't have physical features stereotyped in the other thread about Asian fetishism. And I think that's probably.
I'm also so used to people saying things like "Obama is black" and by black they mean "Obama is ethnically of African ancestry" or "Obama has brown skin and afro-textured hair and has stereotypical African features".
That I ended up feeling like maybe it was appropriate to do myself. But it probably wasn't and I probably shouldn't have done that. I'm sorry.
If I said something offensive and I should go back and edit my post, I will. And please teach me what you feel is the appropriate way to talk about this subject and not do something insensitive or do or promote anything racist.
Mauricio_Magus
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She's not a Nintendo character but the series has always been in Nintendo consoles and she deserves more love:
Shantae's too good, she's also a main character.
Shantae's too good, she's also a main character.
MisterGrey3000
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She's not a Nintendo character but the series has always been in Nintendo consoles and she deserves more love:
Shantae's too good, she's also a main character.
I thought Shantae was an arab girl.
Her belly dancing is adorable by the way.
No, I just gained a pet peeve after some lecture in some class after they explained the difference between African-American and black.
It isn't offensive, it was just weirdly worded, but you don't have to worry she is black.
You don't have to question yourself in your post, it's ok lol.
The term black is suppose to represent your "race" and is based on looks. Those with dark brown skin, and even light brown skin, could be considered black. Some Indians even connect themselves with being the race "black" on their job applications and governmental papers.
There was controversy over it, and it was one of the reasons "African-American History Month" has turned to "Black History Month", as many Black individuals from the Dominican Republic/Haiti/Costa Rica had made some significant accompishes and weren't being acknowledged, despite being racially profiled and discriminated against the term black during times of hardship.
How the fuck did I forget about the GoAT Zelda character?
deltatheta
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I don't think you said anything offensive... Black can refer to an ethnicity or to just a skin color depending on context. in the context of this thread, I think most people would go with ethnicity.
She does gain an afro when electric shocked!
Soul Eater guy you're talking about is Kirikou Rung. The teacher was Sid Barett.
I'm still lost about Brock though.
CrypticMutation
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Amazeballs
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Danved. Not to be confused with Devdan. People often make that mistake. But Danved is definitely not Devdan.
Reggie always looked more Mediterranean to me. I just assumed he had a Spanish ancestry. Fun fact: Black people have less Neanderthal DNA on average than white people making them a more pure human specimen. Ain't genetic science fun? I wish I could reanimate Adolf and laugh in his face.
unempLLOYD
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I knew this was comming.
thesolidshark
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This thread is turning out much better than I expected.
Anyway, for right now, Doc or Mike Tyson from Punch-Out.
Anyway, for right now, Doc or Mike Tyson from Punch-Out.
Uncle Rupee
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