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  • I am a black female video game player and I have also always wondered why there aren't many black female characters in video games. I can only think of Sheva Alomar, Rochelle (L4D2) and lisa (DOA) but I don't think it has to do with demographics because there are always white female characters and I know it can't be that many white girls playing video games. I wish they just show more ethnic characters  instead of making the ethnic character a supporting character or nonexistent at all.

  • Sheva Alomar hands down is my favorite, but your point is valid bro. We need more brothers as lead characters! L4D 2 has a main character. Josh stone is my favorite video game character from RE 5 give him his own game. Peace

  • The Sorceress from Diablo 2 is very dark-skinned compared to the other playable characters (same as the Paladin, who is likewise dark-skinned).

  • Sheeva From Mortal Kombat 3? Was She Black?

    Video Game Characters Go According To Who Plays The Games.

    People Tend To Like Playing As Characters Who Represent Themselves.

    Example: A White Kid Will Want The White Cabbage Patch Doll...

    The Same Goes For Video Games.

    Until the Industry Starts Seeing A Peek In

    Black Female Demographics, Change Is Unlikely.

    Oh Also....CJ from GTA-SA...Hes Was Black Male Lead Character.

  • This being one huge thing I'm working on changing. I would list the names of all female playable characters, but its just fighting game cast which is to common to do. Aside from fighting games and games where you make the character I could only think of the women noted in the video.

  • Tanya from Mortal Kombat 4, damn thats sad. MORE BLACK FEMALES IN GAMES PLEASE.

  • I came across this video because I was trying to google hot black video game women. You're right! There really just aren't any. Very disappointing. I mean I can imagine in my head what some pretty hot black video game women would look like. I'm surprised character designers have not thought of more of them...I mean black women are a part of the female population.

  • @MasSergioVEVO Lol if it wasn't for the work of black people....The Civil Rights Act of 1964, Equal Opportunity Act and the Immigration Act of 1965 you wouldn't even be in the U.S. Video games are an American creation...so yes people will complain about media representation

  • I'm a black female gamer and I approve this video lol.

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  • I'm back and I totally agree. there is hardly any black female characters in video games.

  • ur complaining about something... that... well... there is black ppl in videogames... now im hispanic and u know theres barely any latinas in these tittles (if at all)... theres 1 mexican in street fighter thats all we got.. dnt see me bitching..u got more blacks than hispanics in videogames just saying.. lol

  • I actually DID think of Elena from Street Fighter.

  • alyx vance?

  • lol sheva popped into my head

  • It's about marketing. Their biggest customers are white males. White american males find it hard to identify with other races forget about minority females. Asian girl characters are sexual objects of cuteness or mommy spank me types. Like everything else, we seem to have to make ourselves a pain in the ass before things get done. If it sells, they'll make it.

  • Purna and Rochelle popped into my head. I suppose Sheva is also

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  • Purna from Dead Island and Rochelle from Left 4 Dead 2 were actually the first two characters I immediately thought of.

  • Purna from Dead Island and Rochelle from Left 4 Dead 2 were actually the first two characters I immediately thought of.

  • hahaha what about the bitch from dead island?

    shes a main character.

  • well... Theres also not many other races.There is alot of black male characters but your only focusing on the females

  • theres storm from marvel ultimate alliance, Catwaoman for the ps2,

  • You points about Sheva are completely valid. Mind you I am "light skinned" if you will and I absolutely agree that their choice was strange. Especially considering that she says that these are her people, so i would make since to make her look....more...like....them...­.lol. It is really interesting.

  • i only thought of rochelle from left 4 dead 2

  • Well I play mostly RPGs & there is usually an option to build your 'toon' in several skintones, DragonAge series for example has around 12 shades of skintone & a variety of hair styles, 1 like yours, other with large cornrows (see Sten from DA:O for hair ex).

    But you are right. & while even black males are still a smaller demo. with games becoming more common all demos are growing everyday. & even IF 0 black girls play, others might like to be able to, like black men or anyone. Options Are Good

  • all i could think of is Sheva and Rochelle from left 4 dead 2.

  • I personally think that Lisa or La Maeiposa is Dominican hence the luchador style she has (even though I dont think that Dominicans are luchadors)

  • I must admit, as a gamer, I'm getting really tired of the generic straight white male protagonists.

  • dat niga uglee as fuk aint no biches wana fuk wit dat ho sep yo muma trik haha she suk mu dik

  • cus fuk blak wumen aeent no wun wana be u blak bitch in a fukin gaeem da fuk niga u stupid n shit bru suk mu dik u ho as trik

  • Just remembered Paige from Fable 3, female Witch Doctor from Diablo III and Pit Viper from Twisted Metal.

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  • Rochelle from Left 4 Dead 2 (of course), the Sorceress from Gauntlet Dark Legacy, Houston 3 from Vigilante 8, Purna from Dead Island, CJs sister in GTA (kind of a character), the Sheva girl from Resident Evil (but I've never played it) those are all of the ones I can think of, and I'm pretty sure Lisa from Dead or Alive is hispanic (she's a luchadore and she looks hispanic)

  • Welllll, I think C. Viper from Street Fighter is mixed. LOL does that count? Probably not...

  • OH WAIT! Nix from infamous

  • uh... damn now that you mention it, not to many, I guess Yuko Nishiwaki from Persona 3, but then again she only looked black, that name is Japanese as hell, she wasn't even a playable character. Then I guess there's Shantae but i'm pretty sure she was Arabian.

  • Name black female characters from games? ok....Grand theft auto...Saints Row....done, now if you'll excuse me i'm going to play some good ol' urban Final Fantasy

  • I thought of left for dead, and dead island

  • the problem in part is that there are no black/hispanic developers/artist that are catering to our people in games/movies/manga/comics. and the media market in large is about making characters/protagonist relatable to the main audience they are selling to (white middle class america). since they are the biggest consumers on the planet. that's why u will see asains make their characters look white at times. i was going the route of dev media for blacks once. maybe i'll go back to it one day.

  • Dude ... u r talking about not having any black female characters ... what about the us Asians ... there is no single Male-female character with Asian-like eyes in the whole world ... its funny how Japanese who came up with many super heroes never drown themselves before -_-

  • @MRdivod

    asain characters are plenty in video games and such. at least more than black/hispanic. thing is, in most media any race other than white is represented in stereotypes. (blacks being gangsters/thugs/etc.) and asians being kungfu masters or ninjas. whites in ANY media outlet are painted in a broad spectrum..hell they can be everything every other race can be and then some. (tom cruz was a samurai) (jake sully became a navi in Avatar) and look what happened to avatar the airbender movie.

  • i thought of rochelle from l4d2

  • I agree, why don't black female video character don't exist.

    There are few of them, but not many.

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  • the black girl from urban chaos, for dream cast

  • purna from dead island

  • Page: Fable 3

    Sheeva: RE5

    Jade: Mortal Kombat

    Boogie/Piranha: Jet Set Radio

    Thats all I remember.

  • whisper from fable, tho she was kinda pathetic not gonna lie.

  • There is a main black female with dreads and all in the game Chaos Urban, really good game :P

  • Storm from marvel vs capcom

  • What about nix from infamous 2?

  • that nigga is a black super saiyan 

  • lol San Andreas black have girls

  • lets get this right. sheba is african. but they chose to modle her as a puertorican chula. and lisa la mariposa, is spanish for lisa the butterfly. lets face facts black women are not as atractive to the rest of the world.

  • Rochelle from Left 4 dead 2?

  • I think Seth from Lost Odyssey is black maybe, and she kicks ass though besides her and maybe Sheva and Elena and maybe 8 or so others I have to agree there is a acute lack of black female characters in video games.

    Well there is Fran from FFXII but I am not sure if she counts being a Viera and all.

  • I'm surprised and disappointed that nobody in your comments section has mentioned Shinobu Jacobs from the No More Heroes series. She's a playable character in No More Heroes 2. Please look her up if you've never heard of her. She's awesome.

  • @PSYCHOBEVO I love Shinobu she should have her own video game like a origins stories that would be so bomb

  • um Christie from tekken 4 and onwards

  • The whole thing with Sheva pissed me off. She is SO light skinned and has European features. When I first saw the trailer, I thought she was white.

  • Don't think no one thought of Elena, 3rd strike has been out for awhile and many hardcore gamers played it.

  • that one chick from virtua fighter

  • @rob4nj3 there was a black female for virtua fighter?

  • @DaMostEnigmatic yeah she kinda looked like storm from x-men i forgot her name though i think it was vennssa or something

  • rochelle she represent rochelle for ever and if dont know who she is look up left 4 dead 2

  • Well, it's kinda like wondering why there are so few black anime characters (if any exist at all)...

  • @Damauveropolis - they exist in naruto the village in the cloud is a black nation but with straight hair XD

  • @Damauveropolis Killer B from the naruto series is black. Killer Bee comes from the land of lighting which mainly made up of blacks

  • @TheChuggmister Killer B is from the manga, Naruto. We're talking about video games.

  • TANYA from Mortal Kombat!!

  • storm...mvc3 

  • Tanya - Mortal Kombat, Fortune - Metal Gear Solid 2, and Niobe - enter the Matrix are really the only ones I can think of besides the ones you named.

  • Jade I guess, but she has perfectly straight hair and green eyes so.....

  • @awatkins249108 indian lol

  • @meanmuggah11 LOL, Jade was Black in the beginning. In MK3 she was darker than Jax. She has gotten lighter with each game. She went from being Grace Jone's complexion in MK3 to a K.D. Aubert look-alike to just being, hmm tanned (?)

  • @DontAskDont your right jade was darker than jax in mk3. and if you look at her in mkd she had black features like big lips and a flat nose. even though she is being lighten she still dont look like a tanned white to me shes starting to look indian.

  • TRUE SAY example. jax got arm ripped off in mk and he's black.

  • There's Lenora, a Normal-type gym leader from Pokemon Black and White

  • i'm black and i'm female and yes i'm a gamer and not just any gamer i go hard ...yes there's not enough "coloreds" in gaming but come on, there's hardly any in the industry who do you know that's black and produces video games. that's why its time to rise up and join in on all the fun, i'm getting my programming degree and going to get into the industry so we can be represented..it takes all to be all

  • @TARDISrayne you go girl lol

  • @TARDISrayne Rock on!

  • @TARDISrayne

    yes. I'm gong into video game programming also.

  • @TARDISrayne Yaaay you. I am a gamer too Black woman and I would love to see more Black women in video games.

  • There's also Basil in Lost Planet.

  • idk if this was sed but wut about Left 4 Dead duz that count?

  • @JAEDaKiDD13 Yeah it was said, and yeah it most definitely counts

  • I facepalmed myself throughout this video.

  • Sheva Alomar is one along with all the other characters commenters have said.

  • @mariotaz gotta facepalm your comments. Wanna know who actually was created by game designers named by the viewers?

    Sheva, Lisa, Elena(all mentioned by ME in the video, along with Rochelle in the thumbnail)

    Tanya(MK)

    Aisha(Rumble Roses)

    Alyx(Half Life)

    Kim Evans(Call of Juarez)

    Flora(Far Cry)

    Vanessa(VF)

    Some Urban Chaos chick

    Storm doesn't count, white women disguised as black don't count, real athletes don't count, created characters don't, NPCs dont. So no, not ALL they said. Far from it.

  • @meanmuggah11

    DISGUISED!? Dude you are just joking right? No seriously it's just you messing around. You don't actually believe that do you? XD

  • @mariotaz Gloria in Devil May Cry 4 isn't Trish in disguise? Yeah...

  • @meanmuggah11

    So you are being serious... I understand the point, but.... so? What I get from this is. "Put in a black female lead more often and I'll be happy", regardless of the story. What about other ethnic minorities? How many Indians are there that have an important role? Dhalsim and... pointless PC

  • @mariotaz did you listen to the video? Like, did you really? I clearly said "I'm not angry or anything, its just something to think about." When did I say "ohh the game doesnt have to be GOOD it just has be a playable black chick!" If you want to talk about other ethnic minorities, make a video about it. This is my video and I decided to talk about black chicks, a percentage of my subscriber base. btw Jade, who many people are claiming as black is indian but w/e. If you don't care, keep it movin

  • @meanmuggah11

    I got that you weren't angry. But how is this something to think about? What does it take to satisfy a black person these days? You've just named a few big named games with a Black Female protagonist/supporting character but that's not enough(?)

  • @mariotaz to say that I need "satisfaction" in itself is to assume I was angry. Its my video I wanted to make and people obviously wanted to see it including you. Just drop it dude.

  • @meanmuggah11

    But you clearly aren't satisfied if you made this video. Your tone wasn't angry but you're clearly not satisfied whether you're passive aggresive. See what I'm saying. I'll drop it from here, but mainly because you still don't understand.

  • @mariotaz relax man, seems you got personal insecurities for your belly-aching

  • @DaMostEnigmatic

    "personal insecurities" from someone who has far more of a open opinion rather than being small minded about black female characters. Oh ho ho ho yes.

  • Storm!!! Capcom vs. Marvel 3!

  • Tanya from Mortal Kombat Arma.

  • As far as black female characters, we got Sheva, Purna (from Dead Island), Rochelle in LFD2, Jade from Mortal Kombat is kinda black...That's all I can think of

  • storm from marval vs capcom

  • yea, theres only a handful, shoot, theres more ASIAN game girls than black game girls, but I dunno maybe white people are more marketable, a black female lead wouldnt sell as much...

  • @TheDreadMan

    What are you basing that on?

  • i thought about NIOBE from enter the matrix :), you didnt think of her, or dose she not count since she is a movie character portrayed by a real person?

    and you should be SHOT for not thinking of storm SMH

  • @crakho3 as I said Storm DOESN'T COUNT. Neither does Jada Pinkett in that matrix game. I mean characters created specifically to be in a video game like a Marcus Fenix, Master Chief, or a Dante.

  • @crakho3 you would shoot me? lol

  • @meanmuggah11 but you said you could not think of ANY black female gamers....lol

    and yes.....in a game :)

  • @crakho3 lol when i said gamers, I meant chicks who play games. And yeah, you can shoot me, but you'd never kill me lol

  • @meanmuggah11 LMAO what you think storm doin with all those games she got, hangin them up on her wall?

  • @crakho3 she's as much a video game character as the Ninja Turtles are a rock band. lol Yeah she's done it, but that's not her purpose

  • @meanmuggah11 LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO!!!!!!!

    OMB i know why we are soo fuckin confused you ASSUMED i ment fuckin storm from xmen...ummm NO!!!

    you said there were no black female video GAMERS!!!! (as in real human's who play video games) that you know of and i said you should be shot for forgetting about STORM as in stormcloudreigns from youtube LMAO

  • @crakho3 ooooooh. I've never heard of her in my life. lol

  • @meanmuggah11 wow....look her up, meanwhile though in the blog tv convo that i was vaguely paying attencion to since i had not seen this vid yet, when the word STORM came up i assumed thats who you was talking about lol

  • The Williams Sisters were the main Players in "Tennis 2k2" from Sega.

  • You forgot about Aisha /Showbiz from "Rumble Roses." You point is thought provoking.

  • um imma smack you! how can you not think of any black female gamers when im right HEREEEE DAMMMIITTT!!!??? roiweuoiu230948309428309482309­4 lol

  • @pinkaddiction13 you know what dear? I thought of you while this was rendering and by then, it was TOO late! Forgive me, sweet child. lol

  • hell this is what i wanna know! it would be so awesome if it was more black girls (no not ghetto GTA san andreas type stuff!). i wanna be a character dammit! lol

  • Yeah ! why not mix it up ! :S

  • jade mk

  • @brianbnnr indian

  • when i play a mmo with a character editor, i sometimes create black women because they are rare. (i am a white male)

  • none came to my mind tbh

  • lol all i can think of is the girl from l4d and all the hoes in gta

  • What about Mexicans? I don't see any Mexican video game girls!

  • @fbmarz I did play a game where everybody was Mexican. "Total Overdose" for the ps2.

  • there are 2 black female characters on every tennis game MM ... :p

  • whats up motherfuckers hahaah

  • @SwagFanatiks muggah fuggahs

  • i check my phone when u got a call

  • lol i know the whole sheva light skinned thing wasn't something you wanted to make a point of but as an african i just wanted to point out that her skin tone is actually pretty common :)

    but anyways lol, yeah there are way too less black characters in gaming, even less MAIN characters. But off the top of my head: Augustus Cole(GoW), sheva, Jade(mk), Tanya(mk), Jax(mk), La Mariposa(doa), Alyx(half-life, she's Blasian [like me!!lol])...egghh...thats all i could think of...

  • @izzyk la mariposa is spanish

  • @compressiceps21 "La Mariposa" is her Luchadore Stage name. Her real name is Lisa Hamilton and her nationality is African-american.

  • Sheva and uhh uhhh ummm...

    fuck

  • Um theres also christie from tekken i know she brazlian but same thing to me

  • @Darkgears YES YES YES YES YES i was just gonna mention tekken!! i was playing tekken 6 recently and im like damn? they even have a native american where are the black girls? lolthey had a black brazillian man but not a woman. awww : (

  • This is a Very good Question and Video...Once again...the masses are lead to believe you have to be another race to be successful...in any aspect of life..and now gaming....It's Disgusting!!!!

  • Does it matter? For me they can walk with that purple skin.

  • All i can remember is Urban Chaos that was a game based on a black female cop.

  • they all have perfectly straight hair too, wtf.

  • The next GTA would be awesome if it was based on Jacob from GTA 4. They could start it with him as a youth in Jamaica..then he comes to the USA and takes over Miami...Shottas style...that would be da bomb...but it wont happen

  • @SuperCurtTV trouble is in gta 4 there was a Jamaican in that and i couldnt understand a word he was saying without looking at the narratives at all times.

  • its because yall didnt support Shaq-Fu..the greatest video game of all times! OF ALL TIMES!

  • yeah im agree with you 100% , im white but i loooove black ppl <3333

    i don't now why not so much Black Female in Video Game Characters , it think cuz a japanes games ?! i don't now ,, but anyway fuck to they don't make a black female characters =p

  • Sheva Alomar (Resident Evil 5), Storm (X-men MvsC), Lisa Hamilton (DoA), Elena (Street Fighter 3), Kim Evans (Call of Juarez: The Cartel), Jade (MK), Flora (Far Cry 2), Alyx (Half Life), Chandra (Perfect Dark), Rochelle (Left 4 Dead 2), Tanya (MK), the girl from Beyond Good and Evil, shitloads of NPCs from the Elder Scrolls and Fallout games, the one lady from GTA4 that pisses off Little Jacob (forgot her name), Farrah (Prince of Persia), and Gloria (Devil May Cry)

  • @TarenReyem He specifically said PC's, but Redguards from the Elder Scrolls certainly qualify as you can play every race that's in the game (except maybe the Daedra, but there are always mods for that).

  • @TarenReyem storm definitely doesnt count, NPC's dont count, farrah is uh...Persian.

  • @meanmuggah11 ok, I see why the NPC's don't count, but why doesn't Storm?

  • @TarenReyem because she's a creation of Marvel, spawned in the silver age of comics before she was even thought to be in a game. She's been in video games, yes, but did video game developers create her? Definitely not. She's a comic book character first. I equate it to including the Williams sisters because they were in some tennis games.

  • @TarenReyem glorias trish so that shouldnt count lol

  • The only one i thought of was rochell from l4d2

  • Christie Monteiro from tekken

  • yeah, it sucks. I can't even cosplay because there aren't that many black(dark skinned) female characters. *le sad face*

  • @Alma2Awesom3 i never even thought of that *le skype(hug)*

  • @Alma2Awesom3 i know exatcly how you feel.

  • Never realy thort about it 

  • Has there been Mexican lead roles?  If so, they were probably made to look more caucasian.

  • @garanzbrah i thought about that too, hmm....mexican females? I can only think of that chick from Dead Rising even though she's an NPC. I think Dom(male) in Gears is of hispanic descent though.

  • The closest chick I could think of to a leading role is the black lady from Resident Evil.

  • the main problem with lack of minorities in video games is lack of minority developers and people in the gaming industry. If we had more black people able to get into the VG industry we'd see more black people in video games, but I kinda know why black people dont hop into gaming like that

    when the resident evil chick came out critics were talking about how she looked like a white girl dipped in tea lol

  • @AymNaija lmao @ white girl dipped in tea! Funniest thing I read today.

  • @AymNaija i was thinking into getting into the VG area..