Jak and Daxter are characters from Naughty Dog's PlayStation 2 game series. So far, two games featuring the two unlikely heroes have been released. The story of Jak and Daxter begins in the first game, Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy.
The two characters begin the game as human-like mischief-makers who are directly disobeying the advice of the Green Sage, Samos. He has warned them to stay away from a mysterious island, but they travel there anyway. After a short battle, Daxter falls into a pit of Dark Eco and becomes an orange Ottsel, a fictional animal resembling a combination of an otter and a weasel. The story unfolds as the duo adventures to find someone who can help Daxter return to normal.
The second game, Jak II, begins where the first left off. Jak, Daxter, Keira, and Samos travel through a rift, and Jak is captured by members of the evil Baron's Krimzon Guard. Two years later, Daxter rescues Jak from the prison where he has been tested on like a guinea pig. Jak joins the underground's battle against the Baron and has continued adventures.
In the next installment, Jak 3, Jak is banished from Haven City by a conservative element of the High Council, who blames him for the destruction and relative anarchy that now plague the city following the tyrannical Baron's fall and the all out war with rogue Metalhead forces following the death of their leader. Exiled to the Wasteland, Jak must fight for his life, but not without some help; he is joined by his loyal friend Daxter and the outlandish Pecker. They wander the Wasteland in this new adventure, facing even more perilous circumstances than ever before.
- Jak and Daxter: the Precursor Legacy was released in the U.S. on December 4, 2001.
- Jak II was released in the U.S. on October 14, 2003.
- Jak 3 will be released in the U.S. on November 9, 2004.