Favorite (? - maybe well-liked is better) characters in a video game

[LoneSage]

ssia

 

[Hattori Hanzo]

Galford D. Weller

 

[LoneSage]

Galford D. Weller

 

[herb]

Akuma. He's just rad as hell.

 

[Lagduf]

Ashley Riot.

 

[Tarma]

Bubsy The Bobcat.

 

[kernow]

X man from NFS 3DO (RIP)

 

[kernow]

The guy who goes NICE PARRRR on pebble beach links 3DO

 

[Takumaji]

Galford D. Weller

Mine would be Iori E. Neumann

 

[Dr Shroom]

Awesome Possum (kicks Dr. Machino's butt)

 

[BeefJerky]

 

[nuke sc]

Hyo Amano

 

[HellioN]

 

[Takumaji]

 

[Hattori Hanzo]

 

[terry.330]

The tanooki with giant balls in Sexy Parodius.

 

[fake]

Basketball boob witch from Dragons Crown

 

[Takumaji]

Thieves, but they actually give more than they take. Kinda nice, eh.

 

[Yoshi]

I am trying to think of a really relatable human character, but no one is coming to mind.

I like lots of anthropomorphic ones: Tako from Parodius and the PC Engine from Star Parodia come to mind right away.

edit: I love the design of Rikuo from Darkstalkers and the not too dissimilar Sidon from Zelda. Maybe there is something to the astrology bullshit, since I am a water sign.

edit2: Bub and Bob are Yoshi-like and Yoshi-liked.

 

[wataru330]

 

[Burning Fight!!]

Runner up: Peng bomb from The Destroyer From Jail


But the real coolest character of all time is Bates from Clock Tower II:

Its like he's self aware about being in a crap game, he ain't having none of that shit. The only reason to think of playing this game (don't)


most satisfying kick animations of all time

 

[Burning Fight!!]

X man from NFS 3DO (RIP)

he is digitally immortalised though

 

[Takumaji]

That's not just any old Pac Man ghost, it's my man Clyde.

For a game from 1980, this character was as fleshed-out and quirky as it could be, he and the other ghosts did not just home in on you but had their own thing going and Clyde defo is #1 in this regard. Not really aggressive by nature, live and let live but can have a bad day as well, altogether masterfully conceived and coded. That's also where most of the console or home micro ports of Pac Man failed. Good stuff.

 

[Tarma]

Trevor McFur, obviously.

 

[Takumaji]

Yoshi's mentioning of Bub and Bob almost made me post the entire Bubble Bobble and Rainbow Islands cast. . . man, I just LOVE these Taito games (and New Zealand Story), all those little sprites, cakes, spiders, fruits, tools, toys, etc., so cool.

I guess the fact that I also love all that amazing stuff you can find/roll up in Katamari Damacy says something about meself but damned if I know.