List of ''Jak and Daxter'' characters

The two main characters of the series.

This is a list of characters in the Jak and Daxter series, a video game franchise originally developed by Naughty Dog for the PlayStation 2. Currently, six games in the series have been released, with Jak as the primary playable character in all except Daxter for the PlayStation Portable.

Main characters

Jak

Jak is a quiet, headstrong, often troublemaking boy in the first game. His personality would take a dramatic turn in Jak II. He grows angry, impatient and reckless due to his desire for revenge from Dark Eco experiments. However, he still has some good left in him. In Jak 3 he has come to handle Dark Eco more effectively, and is also granted Light Eco as a gift, which acts a counterbalance.

Jak was born in Haven City where he lived as a young child until he was taken from his father Damas by Count Veger, only to have him lost to the Underground movement, which was headed by a Young Samos and Torn, which led to the events in Jak II. Young Samos then took Jak back in time, to Sandover Village in The Old World in the hope of protecting him. Here he raised and guarded him and is where the events of the The Precursor Legacy took place. Soon after, Jak, his friend Daxter, Samos and his daughter Keira, activated a Rift Gate found at the end of the first game. They were sent through the warp gate, as many metal heads came swarming out, including a large figure. They arrive in Haven City and Jak is then arrested and integrated into dark warrior program, where he is experimented upon with Dark Eco for two years until he is freed by Daxter. Afterwards, they come across a young boy and Kor, who is later revealed to be the metal heads leader. Kor takes them to the Underground, where they meet a younger Samos. While doing jobs for the Underground, Jak learns that Haven City was built on the ruins of his old home Sandover Village. He later finds Keira and the older Samos, and discovers that Baron Praxis is working with the metal heads, in an attempt to keep them at bay. Jak finds Praxis as he is killed by Kor in his metal head form. Jak later finds Kor in the Metal Head Nest, where another Rift Gate is found, along with the young boy. Before being decapitated by Jak, Kor reveals that the young boy is Jak. Young Samos and the young boy then head through the rift gate back in time to Sandover Village, which leads to the events in The Precursor Legacy.

Jak has a special relationship with an energy called "eco" that allows him to have certain abilities. In The Precursor Legacy he absorbs different colors of eco that give him different powers, such as speed, strength, life, and shooting balls of eco. In Jak II, he gets experimented on with Dark Eco by Baron Praxis, which gives him the ability to turn into a form called Dark Jak. Throughout the game, talking to Precursor statues allows him to gain certain abilities when in Dark Jak form, being dark blasts and bombs, invincibility, and a giant form. In Jak 3 the Precursors gift him with a new set of dark powers, including invisibility and a powerful strike, as well as being blessed with a Light Jak form, which gives him abilities such as flight, freezing time, healing, and a shield.[1] In The Lost Frontier Jak gets new eco powers, such as the Rocket Jump, and the Construct Power, which allows him to create platforms to leap from.[2] But he is unable to use his Dark Jak and Light Jak forms in this game, due to unstable eco.

Jak, alongside Daxter appear as playable characters in the PlayStation 3 and Vita title, PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale. They also featured in PlayStation Move Heroes.

In the first game, Jak's noises were provided by an uncredited Aaron Lohr. Starting with the second game up to Jak X: Combat Racing, as well as PlayStation Move Heroes, Jak was voiced by Mike Erwin. Josh Keaton replaced Erwin for unknown reasons in Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier and PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale.

In an interview, Naughty Dog's creative director said that "Jak is the hero you want to be...Jak is the stellar guy who is going to make it happen, who is going to save the world".[3]

Jak was listed 26th on the Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition's "top 50 characters of all time".[4] IGN mentioned that they liked Jak's character better in Jak 3 than in Jak II, because in Jak II he was a "whiny, brooding emo figure".[5] In a poll conducted by Game Informer, Jak was voted as the 28th best character of the decade.[6] IGN also listed Daxter and him the fifth best duo in gaming.[7]

Daxter

Daxter is Jak's sidekick and closest friend. He is turned into an ottsel (half otter, half weasel) due to events of the Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, being exposed to Dark Eco. Daxter's accident would lead the story's plot as he seeks help from Gol to turn him back to normal. Before Daxter's accident, he was an orange haired, buck-toothed coward that seemed to be the opposite to Jak's courageous and trouble-making personality. Daxter often tries to persuade women using lousy pick-up lines, much to Jak's dismay. Although Daxter is somewhat of a coward, he exaggerates his stories to make himself seem as the hero. Daxter has alternatively shown plenty of courage, even rescuing Jak in his own game Daxter which leads to the events of Jak II. Daxter gets a love interest of his own in Jak II, Tess, a weapon-designer working for the underground. It is found out in Jak 3 that his transformation had been into a Precursor, a group of ancient beings. In The Lost Frontier, Daxter is changed more by Dark Eco and has a transformation known as Dark Daxter, similar to Dark Jak. While as Dark Daxter, Daxter grows about a few inches more than Jak's height, can shoot Dark Eco blasts and can spin around like a tornado. His personality also changes while in this form as he has the desire to smash and break things.

Antagonists

Concept art of Gol.

Enemies

Supporting characters

Other characters

See also

References

  1. Andrew Alfonso (2004-05-12). "IGN: Jak 3 Preview". IGN. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
  2. Greg Miller (2009-04-01). "IGN: Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier Preview". IGN. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
  3. Michael Lafferty (2005-04-14). "Video Game News - Naughty Dog’s creative director talks about Jak X: Combat Racing". GameZone. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  4. AJ Glasser (February 16, 2011). "Top story: Guinness' top 50 video game characters of all time, News from GamePro". GamePro. Archived from the original on 2011-12-01. Retrieved 2011-05-02.
  5. IGN PlayStation Team (August 10, 2009). "The Top 25 PS2 Games of All Time - PS2 Feature at IGN". IGN. Archived from the original on June 5, 2007.
  6. Bryan Vore (December 3, 2010). "Readers' Top 30 Characters Results Revealed - News - www.GameInformer.com". Game Informer. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
  7. "Top 25 Gaming Duos". IGN. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Michael Lafferty (2005-04-11). "Jak X: Combat Racing Preview from GameZone.com". GameZone. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
  9. 1 2 Michael Lafferty (2005-08-04). "Video Game News - Highly Anticipated Sequel, Jak 3(TM), Arrives This Fall Only on PlayStation(R)2". GameZone. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  10. Randy Nelson (2009-08-19). "See Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier's high drama, hijinks". Joystiq. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
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