Nick is the Token white guy.
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Tropes Vs. Videogame Black Guys
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Nick is the Token white guy.
And Raven.
Elena from street fighter is the one people should be taking issue with.
Wonder Black I think is Indian as well but seeing how this seems mostly satirical I have no issues about their inclusion and it makes decent points at the same time (even if it wasn't they're awfully close to being black anyways)
Hmm. Roland from Borderlands. All the vault hunters are criminals/mercenaries to some degree, he does use a bit of slang, and I guess he counts as the token black guy. Apart from that, he's easily the most sane and ethical of the original four.
Coach isn't listed as token, just athlete and huge.
Coach isn't listed as token, just athlete and huge.
Naked Prime
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Wtf Tom was black? My wife thought Big Bo was hilariously bad. Though as a 6'5" 300lb black guy from South East Louisiana I find Coach, Mad Jack, Lebueax from Condemned 2 and that one guy from Dead Island pretty misrepresenting.
IHaveCandy
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Come to think of it, Eddie Gordo isn't even black! He's Brazilian!
Isn't she Brazilian also?
Isn't she Brazilian also?
karasu
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Tropes nothing. He has straight hair and a weird mustache.
You can be black and Brazilian.
War Raichu
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how is James Heller a Token when he's the main character?
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
From a story perspective he was one of the only redeemable characters in Final Fantasy XIII but this guy's design and fighting style were pure stupidity:
Why afro. Why chocobo living in hair. Why shoot handguns like a gangsta. Why dance during fights. Why. I think that Die Hard was popular in Japan and they associate the limo driver in that movie with every black guy now.
cj_iwakura
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They remembered Travis Copeland but not Garcian Smith?
Tsk tsk.
(Definitely a killer though.)
Tsk tsk.
(Definitely a killer though.)
Japanese-African tribal girl turned contemporary exchange student? She's more tame than Balrog.
"Brazil was the last country in the Western world to abolish slavery. By the time it [slavery] was abolished, in 1888, an estimated four million slaves had been imported from Africa to Brazil, 40% of the total number of slaves brought to the Americas."
Part of Brazil's ethnic make-up.
IHaveCandy
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I'm pretty sure he is a native Brazilian. Being dark skinned isn't being black. There are a lot of dark skinned people in Brazil.
Ahh, so is the dark skin from African decendency?
eh... Dat outfit.
Also that extra outfit they made for her in the new Ultra street fighter 4.
Neither is as bad as T hawk. He is literally ALL the stereotypes.
Balrog is pretty bad though, admittedly enough, my favorite outfit of his is all the stereotypes
Black people can have strait hair, epically in fiction
Yes, south america had slaves..
Seems like you already have an idea of what he based on your assumptions
karasu
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This is blowing my mind. I need satisfaction!
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Anderson Silva is also black and brazilian. wtf
Dudley has the same type of nose as Balrog in art (short with the completely smooth top of the bridge, though thinner), same eye color as Balrog's been drawn with most recently, is based on Chris Eubank, and Capcom's explanation for his creation is that they wanted a "stylish black boxer."
Dudley's black.
... Actually, at this point, more than half of the black SF characters have blue eyes (Dudley, Balrog, and Elena)
Unspeakable Evil
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Indeed.
Gentleman Jack
Member
Strange he'd choose Dudley from SF instead of Deejay. Guess he needed to balance out Boxer.
Poltergust
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Nobody remembered him. =(
He'd be classified as NPC and Token, I guess.
Wait, he isn't? I always thought he was a black guy born in England?
We don't talk about him.
However in the event one does, they should switch his outfit to his alternate , permanently.
At least I can look cool with all the stereotypes mon.
Black characters always seem to be associated with yellow or purple.
I get yellow, if someone's gotta wear that color it goes better with darker skin tones.
Never got why purple was a thing though.
ShinMaruku
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At first she was ambiguous but in DOA5 you can tell.
Are you sure it's not just based off the Laker's coloring?
I kinda feel like it is, whenever that happens.
True, but when your character design process is "exaggerate a stereotype" then I'm not gonna give you the benefit of the doubt.
Yes. Eddie is black and Brazilian. Brazilian is a nationality, not what color your skin is.
"Anthony is the best character in the game! Anthony redeemed Other M! Anthony should be in the next Smash Bros!"
Jesus Christ, that was bad. Also, he was voiced by a white guy.
I wonder if it's a self perpetrating stereotype thing, but i was curious as to where it originated from.
I mean beyond the fact that purple and yellow do get well together.
WrenchNinja
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I thought Dudley was British Indian. Now I'm disappointed.
Racist.
thesolidshark
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Argyle was popular but NOT Al Powell? If that really was or is a thing, has to be one of the strangest things to me.
Anyway, good stuff, both from the position of being satirical and true. Agree with the (gaming) industry needing more SLJ (Sam Jackson). As far as those who are further away from the common tropes, Dudley might be my favorite, probably cause he's quotable and fun to play as.
I wonder where some other black characters would fit in this.
WrenchNinja
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captainpat
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Not really, especially in doa5 where they lightning her skin.
And where was the John Henry/mechanic/electricity connection category? Did they lump that in with "Not all human," or is that mostly a comics thing 
Dictator. Cracks me up every time.
