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Some series will never be able to change their protagonist.
Not everyone is a side character forever.
This is because they’re so synonymous with the series itself.
However, several series like this have swapped out their protagonists.
Here are some series that have changed their protagonists.
He played the lead role in the first six numbered entries.
In Yakuza: Like a Dragon, he was replaced by Ichiban Kasuga.
Both characters have ties to the Yakuza but different backstories and personalities.
Kiryu has still been around in the Ichiban era.
This is because the grizzled old veteran was the main protagonist of the first three games.
However, Gears of War 4 shifted focus to his son and fellow soldier, JD.
Marcus is still featured in the game but is a secondary character.
It feels like a passing of the torch moment.
She feels like more of a natural protagonist than JD, which is perhaps why JD was demoted.
You don’t need to build a legacy if you already have one.
The character’s name is Ryder, and they’re in charge of finding habitable planets in Andromeda.
As Mass Effect Andromeda wasn’t a huge success, Ryder’s future in the series looks bleak.
5Wolfenstein Series
From B.J.
Blazkowicz To Zofia And Jessie Blazkowicz
After debuting in Wolfenstein 3D, B.J.
Blazkowicz became the series’s main protagonist.
Wolfenstein: Youngblood, however, is set long after World War 2, and B.J.
is pretty old by this point.
Whether or not these two remain series protagonists post-Youngblood remains to be seen.
Thisinnovative VR gamefollows Alyx’s attempts to rescue her father.
In the second game, he gets infected by a Chimeran virus that slowly transforms him into a monster.
His teammate, Joseph Capelli, is the one who ultimately has to put him out of his misery.
Then, Capelli takes over as the protagonist for the third game.
He struggles to be as memorable a main character as Nathan Hale.
In them, he uses his impressive lighting powers to either help or hurt humanity.
In Infamous: Second Son, hes replaced by Delsin Rowe.
This new guy has different, but equally extraordinary powers as Cole.
Yet, while his video game is comparable to Coles, Delsin isnt as popular a character.
For many, he’s still seen as the main character of the series.
Solid Snake does return to the protagonist role for MGS4, in which he gets a proper send-off.
After that, both Raiden and Big Boss became the series protagonists.
That said, he won people around by the time he starred in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance.
Distance makes the heart grow fonder?
