Along the way she rescues Double H, who was kidnapped by the DomZ and subjected to torture. They initially attacked Hillys about 20 years ago, sometime after Pey'j and a newborn Jadearrived on the planet. Beyond Good & Evil public relations manager Tyrone Miller stated that a rumor existed that she was the inspiration for Jade. If Jade loses all of her hearts, she will restart from the last checkpoint. [9] In addition, Jade's costume appears in the 2008 video game Prince of Persia for the character Elika. Double H, a heavily built human IRIS operative, assists Jade during missions. He feels that the developers made Jade racially ambiguous, intending to allow players to see themselves in her. In Beyond Good & Evil, she and her uncle Pey'j, a half-pig half-human, work together to both rescue orphans they were taking care of and expose governmental corruption. [3], "Michel Ancel - next project is still a secret, Rayman platformer sequel possibility, and Jade talk", "Beyond Good & Evil 2 Still In Development", "Is This New Beyond Good & Evil 2 Footage? When she runs out of money to power the lighthouse's shield generator, Jade takes a photography job cataloging all the animals on Hillys. Beyond Good & Evil Wiki Guide. It becomes clear that the Alpha Sections are being possessed and manipulated by the DomZ. This is essentially not a bad thing when the level of detail in the world is done with the utmost care and highest settings possible. Her tools consist of a Daï-jo combat staff that she uses as a melee weapon, a Gyrodisk Launcher for ranged attacks, and her camera for taking photos and collecting evidence. The player controls Jade solving puzzles, fighting enemies, and obtaining photographic evidence, as well as companions whom the player can control via button commands. Quick, Venn, jump up! [8] The same figure is also shown in a leaked development video from Ubisoft, escaping from a city. Ancel set about creating a character that resembled a real person rather than a "sexy action woman", and Miller points out that the focus on Jade is on her role, situation, and the meaning of her actions in the game. Beyond Good & Evil takes place in the year 2435 on the mining planet of Hillys, located in System 4. ", "Review: Young Female Fighters Show Up in PSP, DS Games", "Ten Babes who Should and 10 Babes who Shouldn't Meet Your Mom", "50 Greatest Heroines In Video Game History", "Are These The Top Women Game Characters of All Time? She is a photo-journalist, and was created by Ubisoft developer Michel Ancel, with the goal of creating a character resembling a real person, rather than a "sexy action woman". She lives on the planet Hillys with her adoptive uncle, Pey'j. Jade and Pey'j are care-taking the children of Hillys orphaned by the DomZ. Michel Ancel, creator of the Rayman series, envisioned the game as the first part of a trilogy. [16] They also listed her as one of the "10 babes who should meet your mom," for being as "devoted,"[17] and listed her in their "Babes of the Week: Brunettes" article, stating that she has a heart of gold. [26] In an article discussing racial ambiguity in video games, Wired editor Chris Kohler uses Jade as an example of someone whose race is ambiguous, also bringing up a reader's blog post listing Jade in his list of black characters. "[19] San Francisco Chronicle editor Peter Hartlaub listed her as one of the top nine greatest video game heroines, describing her as tomboyish and a regular girl caught in the middle of a conflict. [13] GamesRadar listed her as one of the seventh most tasteful game heroines, stating that while she has a mastery of several disciplines that would take many years to accomplish, she comes off as a normal person, leaning more towards competence than eye candy. If Jade is attacked, her health gauge will deplete. [6] In an interview with Play, Ancel described Jade as having "a soul like a real person" rather than simply a puppet for the players to control. She has been compared to other such characters, including Alyx Vance from Half-Life 2. [18] UGO.com listed her as the 46th hottest game babe, calling her "righteous. But he managed to find a substitute energy in the souls of all those kidnapped from Hillys. The story follows the adventures of Jade, an investigative, who works with a resistance movement called the IRIS Network to reveal a planet-wide alien conspiracy. [25] Kotaku editor Stephen Totillo compared her to Kendra Midori, protagonist of the Avatar video game, describing Midori as a "nature-loving scientist lady" while describing Jade as a "nature-loving photographer," stating that she would feel at home in the world of Avatar. She is recruited by the IRIS Network, which suspects that the Alpha Sections are behind planet-wide disappearances. Another version of the game included a story very similar to the final one, but with a couple of significant differences. She is a photo-journalist, and was created by Ubisoft developer Michel Ancel, with the goal of creating a character resembling a real person, rather than a "sexy action woman". Pey'j (voiced by David Gasman), a boar-like creature, is Jade's "uncle" and guardian figure. The player controls Jade and allies, solving puzzles, fighting enemies, and obtaining photographic evidence. More IRIS Network - The Beyond Good and Evil Wiki. There, Jade finds Pey'j dead, but a 'prodigious energy' within Jade seemingly brings him back to life. Jade was created by Beyond Good & Evil developer Michel Ancel, whose wife, Alexandra, a character artist for the game, played an important role in her creation. Through the Space Monkey Program, Ubisoft Montpellier will be developing the game alongside its community of fans. After failing to extract Pey'j from the slaughterhouse in time, Jade learns that Pey'j was, in fact, the secret chief of the IRIS Network. "[15] Play featured her in their first annual "Girls of Gaming" issue, praising her as the "ultimate thinking man's (and woman's) heroine. We start getting a sense of who Jade is from the moment we see her, and refreshingly… An underground resistance movement, the IRIS Network, fights the Alpha Sections, believing them to be in league with the DomZ. They also described her as being inoffensive, with her outfit "nigh on asexual. This article is a stub. The sequel, Beyond Good & Evil 2, is currently in development. It is also available for retail purchase as part of the Ubisoft Xbox Live Hits Collection, packed with 'Outland' and 'From Dust'. A full HD, re-mastered, version of the game was released on Xbox Live Arcade in March 2011 and on PlayStation Network in June 2011. ... Jade's abilities are at their max (the gyrodisc launcher was the key thing). Edit: tl;dr. At the end, Jade's still Jade. Textures and character models were improved. Using the power, she is able to defeat the DomZ High Priest, though nearly losing control of her soul in the process, and revive and rescue those that have been abducted. Beyond Good & Evil is an action-adventure video game developed and published by Ubisoft and released in late 2003 for the GameCube, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, and Xbox platforms.