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    Sometimes we will go a whole game without knowing the true name of a protagonist. Oftentimes, this is remedied by unique references being made towards the protagonist, such as "The Wanderer," "The Kid," or "The Man With no Name."

    Shouldn't this be renamed to "Player-named Characters"?

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    #1  Edited By tearhead

    I have been looking for a page that deals with games that make the player create names for characters and this is the closest I found. However, the page is named "Nameless Protagonist" and that makes me think of games where the protagonist has no name and this cannot be changed. The blurb for the page reads:

    "Some games have characters with no names, names that can be chosen by the player, or names which are spelled out by the player."


    Now this tells me that this page is for any number of characters that can be renamed (e.g EarthBound and Harvest Moon) not just the protagonist. I was going to make a new page, but I don't see the sense when this page seems to be what I'm looking for... just not properly named.

    I might be wrong and this page could have been intended for games in which the protagonist has no name. If so I guess I'll make a new page. What do you guys think?

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    #2  Edited By jasondaplock

    If the protagonist has a name, regardless of its genesis, he or she is not a nameless protagonist.


    I'd say go for it.

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