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5 Hispanic characters in Video Games

Well I wanted to write this blog in order to give hispanic video game characters some recognition. Most people would say that hispanic ppl really are a minority in the world of video games, but to be fair, so are white ppl considering the fact that most protagonists and antagonists of video games are not even human. With that being said let's start the list.

5. Name: Screaming Mantis

Affiliation: Villian

Game: Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots

Why she's on this list: Screaming Mantis is easily the most powerful of the Four Beauties in the game and uses her psychic powers to keep the other Beauties in line. She possesses the powers to control both the living and the dead. Let's just say this IS one spicy Senorita. Her origins are from South America and being that her character basis is basically a combination of Psycho Mantis and The Sorrow, well to say it safely, I think cheating on a psychic who can also raise the dead would probably be the stupidest thing any man can do.

4. Name: Dominic Santiago (Dom)

Game: Gears of War series

Afiiliation: Hero

Why He's on this list: Dom has been the closest friend of the protagonist Marcus Fenix and was also the only noticable hispanic character throughout the game aside from Alicia Valera (who's only in the 3rd part of the series as a downloadable character). Unfortunately Dom dies in the final installment of the series saving his comrades from the Lambent, but at least we knew his sacrifice wasnt in vain.

3. Name: Carlos Olivera

Game: Resident Evil 3 Nemesis

Afilliation: Hero

Why he's on this list: Well, in the wake of the zombie apocolypse, it's pretty easy to see that in our large Latin American population, some of us would've had to survive it. That brings us to our guy Carlos. He's a mercenary with Umbrella who joins Jill Valentine in trying to escape Raccoon City. My only gripe with this guy was that he was used mostly as a trope character, having all the unnecessary cliches of a Latin loverboy who was more than likely only in the game to serve as comic relief.

2.Name: Jade???

Game: Beyond Good and Evil

Affiliation: hero

Why she's on this list: Well if there's onething that is lacking more than hispanic men in theworld of video games, it's Latina females. Jade is the most questionable person in racial categories in video games due to the fact that she could be anything from Latina to black to even Asian or Italian. Jade is the lead character in this phenominal game in which the only way to describe the gameplay is this is what happens when Metal Gear Solid has sex with Kingdom Hearts and forgot to pull out. Jade can also shut the feminists up when it comes to looking for strong femal leads who aren't in sexually revealing clothing considering that Jade wears what any woman could consider fashionable and casual on a sunny day (minus the excessive use of the color green, but i guess that's why she's named Jade). The soundtrack has a very Latin feel and calling her a Latina would be pretty believable considering her skin tone. Either way I suggest anyone should get this game because of its pure awesomeness in story, gameplay and character development.

1. Name: Vega

Game: Street Fighter 2 and on.

Affiliation: Villian

Why he's number 1: Vega deserves to be number 1 on this list for many reasons. If there was ever an unforgettable Latin character in video game history, it was Vega with his epic cage dive, his lightining fast speed and famous claw. It's cool enough just to be a ninja, but when you get to call yourself the Spanish Ninja, I think you're on hall of fame for Hispanic/Latin characters in video games forever. He was probably the hispanic community's first access to a character they can somewhat relate seeing is how he speaks Spanish (but unfortunately he is a villian and wasn't playable until the next installment ofStreet Fighter 2). Handsome, evil and just plain ruthless, Vega earns his number 1 spot quite easily.

So what do you guys think? Any other hispanic characters you think should've made the list? Opinions?

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Posted at 02/10/2012 10:27 AM

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Spiral INfinity said at 02/11/2012 02:17 PM

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This would have been a better post for hispanic Heritage month.. But considering there are barely any significant Black Video game Characters I guess this was warranted :/ (continues to wait for StarHawk)

AWorkOfFiction said at 02/11/2012 02:58 PM

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there's actually a ton more black than hispanic characters.

Spiral INfinity said at 02/12/2012 08:56 AM

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You mean Sidekicks? Because No there isn't and All that you would find are criminals, or gangsters. But you more than welcome to prove me wrong

AWorkOfFiction said at 02/12/2012 09:14 AM

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you have to remember that not all the hispanic characters in games are main characters either. in fact 2 of them are villians (not even main villians but side characters) two of them are sidekick characters and the only main character on my list is a female who may or may not even be latina. you're talking about main characters which wasnt the subject. dont try to deflect the argument. you're running out of evidence.

Spiral INfinity said at 02/12/2012 05:08 PM

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You didn't prove me wrong. You just used a girl tactic of restating something everyone knows..since you put affiliation up there. Like I said If you wanted more Latin characters to help me make a point Rico Rodriguez Just Cause series, Garcia Hotspur Shadows of the Damned, Nathan Drake is Spanish, Luis Sera Dead Rising, Luis Lopez GTA:BoGT, Danny Trejo, COD:BO/GTA: SA/GTA:VCS

AWorkOfFiction said at 02/12/2012 08:40 PM

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oh yeah what about DeeJay, Balrog, Dudley, Sean and Elena all from Street Fighter alone? Cole Train, Jace and the other guy who owned the immulsion factory in Gears of War? Raven and Craig Marduk from Tekken series, there's black major characters in both Mass Effect games. a black character in the Syphon Filter series, Sheva and Marvin, both Resident Evil characters, Mortal Kombat has Jax, Cyrax and Tanya, all black and NOT ONE latino in the entirety of the series because apparently all the hispanic ppl must've went extinct in Mortal Kombat. GTA San Andreas has a black protagonist. Siren: Blood Curse, set in Japan has a black male playable character. Rico from Killzone is black, plenty of black ppl in RE5. Shaqfu: every human character in the game is a black person and im pretty sure i can find more. I didnt write this blog to see which racial category has the least game characters. I just did this because I felt like it and obviously you're mad at the fact that no one did anything for black characters although you could've easily written it yourself. I don't see anyone preventing you from taking the time to do it. You wanna talk about me using girl tactics? I made my argument clear as day and yet you refuse to read it. This is not a blog for competition, it was made to state a point. Just bc you don't agree with it doesn't make it less true.

ApexZombie said at 02/10/2012 10:04 PM

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You did mention Carlos from RE3 but forgot about Sheva Alomar from RE5, forgot Blanka fro Street Fighter, and of course you forgot all of the hispanic characters ever in the Saint's Row Trilogy. Los Carnales (especially Victor) were just bad as hell in the first game, Carlos in the second game, and Angel De La Muerte and Killbane in the third. Hispanic Characters are there. You just gotta look.

AWorkOfFiction said at 02/11/2012 11:24 AM

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sheva alomar isnt hispanic, she's african.