JE1 Task 4

Happiness

Kirby is a video game character that is knows for being a happy little character. The kirby games are always bright, colourful and happy. Everything in the kirby universe is happy and the story's are based around brining happiness back to the kingdom due to someone trying to take it away from them. When happiness is taken away from the kingdom the motivation of getting it back motivates Kirby into saving the people of the kingdom. The happiness drives the story forward, even though the kirby games are not the most story driven games, that happiness motive is still present.

Vengeance

 In the Tekken games there is a character that seeks revenge and that is his drive for the story. Kazuya Mishima is the son of Heihachi Mashima and the man Kazuya seeks is him. Heihachi threw Kazuya off a cliff to test the young boys strength. Kazuya now seeks revenge and that is the motivation for that characters story. You play as Kazuya beating the rest of the characters to reach Heihachi.

Fear

The emotion of fear is used alot in the game industry to produce reactions. A game that uses fear is the Video Game Metroid: Fusion, this game uses fear as a main part of the story as there is a very powerful evil lurking in the space station that you are in. The fear is so strong that you are forced to flee/hide when you are near it just to not get killed due to its overwhelming strength. The SA-X is an organism that infected Samus (The main character) and stole all of her abilities which made it extremely powerful, when Samus was infected she was left powerless as her armour and weapons had to be surgically removed from her body. She was left with only a weak arm cannon which made it difficult to kill even the most basic enemy, this entices fear due to the player being quite weak.

Anger

The emotion of fear can be used in video games to give motivation to reach a certain goal. An example of this is in the video game Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3. Within the story anger is used to give characters a boost in power to beat the enemy at hand, the battle between Goku and Frieza is intense with lots of emotions in the mix, as the fight draws to a close Frieza kill a character that is close to Goku, this pushes Goku over the edge and awakens a dormant power deep inside him, this gives him the power needed to finish Frieza.

Perseverance

Darks Souls uses the perseverance to keep players interested in the story, the game can be extremely difficult so players have to persevere to keep progressing through the game. The game is based on learning with your mistakes and making it further ahead each time you play. You have to learn the patterns of the enemies and the bosses to learn when to counter attack and to do the most damage.

Heroism

Lots of characters in video games exhibit heroism, many characters are heroes of their stories/games, an example of this is the video game Gotcha Force, This little known game's main character is called G-Red, his goal is to stop the destruction of earth from the invasion from the Death Borgs. G-Red is the main hero of this game and he is constantly fending off the invasion and getting stronger and gaining allies along with his Human Companion Kou.

Valour

In the video game Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 the character Minato is seen in battle against a seemingly impossible threat, the Nine Tailed Fox. He stares death in the face and comes out even, sealing the Nine Tails away into his infant son but also losing his life in the progress. His valour is strong as he protects everyone in his village with no regard for his own, he shows this by sacrificing himself so that the village is safe from the Nine Tails.

Hope

The Walking Dead video game is a game based on choices and harsh decisions. The 2 characters Lee and Clementine both have hopes for this zombie apocalypse. Clementine hopes to find her parents that failed to com back to her at the beginning of the game. Lee hopes to keep Clementine safe even if it risks his life in the process. Hope fuels both of these characters and they both have goals to reach.

Competitiveness

Pokemon is a video game based on competitiveness. All of the Pokemon video game have another character that is considered your rival. Having a rival always means that someone is one your level and there will always be a challenge awaiting you. Even though the rival battles have gotten more friendly since the originals the sense of competitiveness is still there. Another big part of the Pokemon games is the Elite 4, throughout your journey this end goal is always talked about as seen as the crowning achievement of the Pokemon universe.