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Notable non-binary video game characters?

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I've tried making lists of my favourite male and female gaming characters. Evidently, those two groups make up the vast majority of videogame characters, but that doesn't quite cover the entire range. So I feel that ERA would be able to come up with a good list of non-binary characters.
 
Rotobit

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Quina from Final Fantasy IX, though it's from a time when the localizers went with s/he instead of "they". Also they're kind of a gag character, but they're still pretty awesome in their own unique way.

You can also be referred to with custom pronouns in Read Only Memories
 

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Kris from Deltarune
 
Enduin

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Guillo from Baten Kaitos Origins. A living doll that is Agender and voiced by both a male and female voice actor.

Look at this magnificent bastard:
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Bomblord

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Sakura Wars 5 has Subaru
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You can seriously upset them if you attempt to gender them in dialogue options.
 
collige

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Puck from Dota 2

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All strings use "it" to refer to Puck, even though every other monster-type hero in the game is gendered.


Also, Turing and TOMCAT from 2064 ROM.
 
Jazzem

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Had no idea Hollow Knight was genderless, neat :)

NiGHTS came to mind for me, I assume they'd count?
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Would the Fae from FFXIV Shadowbringers count? Though they are ruled by a 'king' they all use they/them pronouns.
 
Odeko

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Vivec from Morrowind is intersex, with different in-game sources referring to them with different sets of pronouns.
 
Morrigan

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NiGHTS from the game of the same name, and possibly Gogo from FFVI, come to mind.

Not sure about Gogo, I think the gender is just ambiguous/unknown but they might not necessarily be actually NB...? If that makes sense.

In-game description says:
A man shrouded in strange clothing... Or perhaps a woman? Perhaps not even human at all...
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SirMossyBloke said:
Fl4k is a robot right? Wouldn't that literally be binary.
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lol
 
SchrodingerC

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Uhh, Lust from Darksiders 3 I believe?

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Pretty sure Lust was referred to as they by fury a few times.
Also it is refreshing to have a Lust that goes beyond the usual titty bait depictions.
 

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Oheao said:
I've tried making lists of my favourite male and female gaming characters. Evidently, those two groups make up the vast majority of videogame characters, but that doesn't quite cover the entire range. So I feel that ERA would be able to come up with a good list of non-binary characters.
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As in presentation?
 
xir

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earliest i can think of was elemental gearbolt, outside of the not-always-so-well-handled poison and the birdo instruction book stuff?
 

PtM

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Oheao said:
I'm not sure what you mean exactly. I think the character has to actually be non-binary in-game though and not some JK Rowling "Oh the person was gay" without having mentioned it at all in the actual material.
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I haven't expected one in Pokemon, but I guess Go's a bit removed from Nintendo.
Also thought Leo was just a tomboy, though I admittedly lost track of Tekken lore.
 
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