By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close

Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Best Black/Dark-Skinned Nintendo Characters?

I always thought Jimmy from Wario Ware was black. Just googled it and I was like 😲



Around the Network
JWeinCom said:
Doc Louis
Kirby Sometimes
Yoshi Sometimes
Mega Charizard X
John Henry (Codename S.T.E.A.M)
Michael Edwards (Eternal Darkness)
Mr. Game and Watch

Mega Charizard X is cool but i think shiny Rayquaza is still the coolest :P



If Urbosa's a Gerudo then Gannon is black/Afro-Hyrulian too, no?

Did Link do blackface and dress up as a woman to get into Gerudo Town?

Last edited by Pyro as Bill - on 06 June 2020

Nov 2016 - NES outsells PS1 (JP)

Don't Play Stationary 4 ever. Switch!

mZuzek said:
Jpcc86 said:

Why limit it to Nintendo tho? 
Several Pokemon characters like Nessa and Kiawe are the first that come to mind, but the most memorable is Olivia for me. I guess ill throw in Mike Tyson as well, since i have a soft spot for Punch Out. I cant think of many more that stand out or that I'd consider "the best". 

Yeah, Mike Tyson. One of the great Nintendo characters.

Lost member of the Gerudo clan.



Nov 2016 - NES outsells PS1 (JP)

Don't Play Stationary 4 ever. Switch!

Xxain said:
Hiku said:

I can't remember any designed by Nintendo from games I've played.
But while I haven't played ARMS, I'm really liking Twintelle's design.

 

Incredible design. Nintendo has very few black characters, but when it was time to make another one they blew it out the water ....... I love her. 

The late-Etika said it best when he initially described her back in the ARMS Direct, "SHE'S BAD!!!"



Around the Network

I love Impa from Skyward Sword



CaptainExplosion said: 

Ok, Biden. Clearly you forgot that countries that are part of the Middle East are in North AFRICA, which was populated by black people before Arabs first came there.

I mean dark-skinned.

This thread has turned into a fucking train wreck. -_-

Yeah you really fudged it up with the definition there haha 

@Bold. Also, to be a pedant, no, North Africans were not necessarily black before Arabs arrived. Most North Africans still look the same as before the Arabs got to North Africa - they did not replace populations. Only thing is that they mixed in, but they were certainly the minority so most of the populations in North Africa/West Asia remained largely the same, gene-wise after they became Arabised. If you go back far enough, yeah sure, literally everyone was black. 

I do see you changed the thread title, so all is good :) 

On Topic: 

I'm gonna go with the Animal Crossing playable character being the best African American character Nintendo has created (or allowed the community to create) 



This the best thing I've ever seen ^ 



Does olive skinned count?



Nov 2016 - NES outsells PS1 (JP)

Don't Play Stationary 4 ever. Switch!

Pyro as Bill said:
Does olive skinned count?

You talking about all the characters from the Bean Kingdom? Because if you are, I agree. 



She's more tan in every depiction but all I can think of not mentioned already. Sorta olive skinned I guess.



Bite my shiny metal cockpit!