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Jak is a fictional character and primary protagonist of the ''Jak and Daxter'' series, being the titular playable character in all games in the series with the exception of the spin-off game ''Daxter''. He was created by Naughty Dog Inc, and made cross-over non-canon appearances in ''PlayStation Move Heroes'' and ''PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale'', serving as one of three protagonists in the game former. From his introduction in ''Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy'' to the last Naughty Dog-developed game ''Jak X: Combat Racing'', Jak was voiced by Mike Erwin. In the High Impact Games-developed ''Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier'' and ''PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale'', he was voiced by Josh Keaton. Throughout the series, Jak's gameplay carried signature platformer attributes. Perhaps most notable is the character's unique ability to channel "eco", a powerful substance of multiple colors and varying specialties, giving the player an array of powers to help battle enemies. Jak's character received positive reception. He was listed 26th on the Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 's "Top 50 Characters of All Time", and in a poll conducted by Game Informer, Jak was voted 28 in the top 30 video game characters of the decade. He and his sidekick Daxter were listed in the top 25 best duo in gaming, coming in fifth place by IGN. However, IGN also noted that they liked Jak better in ''Jak 3'' than in ''Jak II'' due to his developed maturity; "he wasn't a whiny, brooding emo figure like in the second game." ==Character development== Initial character design began in the year 2000, when Naughty Dog commissioned various artists to "scribble characters" for their next PlayStation 2 title. After several revisions, from wolf-like characters to various human concepts, Naughty Dog animator John Kim drew a concept of a "tall, slender, and agile" character that "sported jaunty, spiky hair," with an "exaggeration, weight, and thickness" that Kim described as "BAM!"; an internal mantra that served to describe the characteristics of the new personalities in the title. Bob Rafei proceeded with this concept and designed various concept art poses that would eventually depict a 15-year-old boy with spiky green-blond hair, blue tunic, and athletic physical attributes. Jak's character was described to have a clear "racer" design, sporting goggles and other aviator's equipment throughout the series.〔 In the first game, Jak was featured as a mute teenage boy, quiet and headstrong, with a sober attitude who "has yet to realize his potential." He had a brave and adventurous personality, much to the frustration of his watchover Samos Hagai, spending most of his time with his equally trouble-making but much less brave best friend Daxter. However, Jak's character would take on a much more mature tone in the following game,〔 when he was thrust into the future and imprisoned for two years, subjected to repeated "dark eco" treatments. He gained a significant personality shift in this game, vengeance-stricken and jaded by the experiments. He was also no longer a mute, a conscious decision made by Naughty Dog to give the character more dialog.〔 Jak was described during this game as a "brooding emo figure," due to his torture and sole mission to exact revenge on Baron Praxis (the conductor of the experiment and tyrannical ruler of Haven City).〔 However, later in ''Jak 3'', Jak matured and regained his fiery head-on attitude reminiscent from the first game. Albeit frustrated and distrusting, being cast to the Wasteland and betrayed by his city, he was more still collected and calculated. He also gained a "Light Jak" form to balance the dark mode that was imbued in him by the experiments a year prior, which aided in controlling his dark personality.〔 Towards the end of the game, after saving the world from the "Dark Makers", and in ''The Lost Frontier'', Jak was displayed as fully mature, adventurous, and rational. Jak was described by former Naughty Dog creative director as "the hero you want to be ... the stellar guy who is going to make it happen, who is going to save the world."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jak (Jak and Daxter)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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