

Near the end of the plot, it is revealed that Daxter is same species as the Precursors, a group of ancient beings said to have created the world and the Eco in it. In Jak 3, Jak is thrown out of Haven City, into the wasteland, and Daxter follows him. After the events of the plot, Daxter takes over Krew's bar, and renames it the "Naughty Ottsel". Along the way, they take jobs from a slum lord, Krew, and Daxter meets his love interest, Tess. They begin a quest to find out where they have been sent to, and meet back up with Keira and Samos. Two years later, Daxter finds Jak and helps him break out of jail. As they appear, guards take Jak away to jail.

In Jak II, a gate opens that sends Jak, Daxter, Keira, and Samos into Haven City, a future version of their world. Before Daxter's accident, his original appearance is that of an orange-haired, buck-toothed cowardly boy. Daxter's accident leads the story's plot as he seeks help from Gol, to turn him back to normal. Daxter accidentally falls into a vat of Dark Eco, and he is turned into an ottsel (half otter, half weasel). Appearances ĭaxter first appears in Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, where he and Jak take a boat to Misty Island, a place Samos the Sage warned them against visiting. Daxter was voiced by Max Casella throughout the entirety of the series, with the exception of Richard McGonagle voicing the character in his incarnation as Dark Daxter in Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier. This is implemented by the developers as a method to keep the player engaged in the exposition of the series' narrative. Daxter also carries the majority of their conversations together, particularly in the first game where Jak is presented as a silent protagonist and Daxter does all the talking.

Daxter is usually found perched on the shoulder of his close companion Jak, the player character of the Jak and Daxter series. ĭaxter is Jak's sidekick and closest friend.
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In an interview, Didier Malenfant, president of Ready At Dawn, justified the development of a spin-off game centered on Daxter, as he considered him to be the best character in the series and that he is "Naughty Dog at its finest". Daxter is just a little bit concerned, a little bit afraid and he would rather take the easy way out." He also said they use Daxter as a "secret weapon" for when scenes start to get boring. In an interview, Naughty Dog's creative director Dan Arey said that "Jak is the hero you want to be, and Daxter is the hero you're afraid you are.
