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Adam the Clown

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Alicia Claus

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Auron (Final Fantasy)

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Axl Low

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Axl Low
'Guilty Gear' character
First gameGuilty Gear (1998)
Created byDaisuke Ishiwatari

[26], [27] Axl Low (Japanese: アクセル・ロウ, Hepburn: Akuseru Rō)

In 2010, WeDoTech.net ranked him the third best fighting video game character of all time, stating he is a character that exudes metrosexuality, and remarking Axl stands out the Guilty Gear characters due the fact that he is a time traveller.[1]

Aya (Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad)

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Baiken

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Bass (Mega Man)

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Bass
'Mega Man' character
First gameMega Man 7 (1995)
Created byKeiji Inafune

Bass, known in Japan as Forte (Japanese: フォルテ, Hepburn: Forute)

IGN commented Bass is "who most people believe will be the character Capcom announces as the third playable hero for Mega Man 10 [...] as after Mega Man and Proto Man he's been the next most prolific playable option in the greater Mega Man classic series."[2]


Coco Bandicoot

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Cole McGrath

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Cole McGrath
'Infamous' character
First gameGuilty Gear (1998)

In 2012, GamesRadar ranked him as the 32th "most memorable, influential, and badass" protagonist in games,[3] also listing Cole as the seventh most badass game characters of the generation.[4] Complex ranked him as having the eighth best fighting game cameos for his guest appearances in Street Fighter X Tekken,[5] and as the thirty-fourth "most badass" video game character of all time[6] as well as the eleventh "most acrobatic characters in video games". They described Cole "as something in between" the "low-to-the-ground-bruiser like Wolverine" and the "flexible fighter with a swimmer’s build like Spiderman", and called him "a Jedi, but without the rags or the Imperial helmets."[7] In 2012, IGN cited Cole among the "Gaming's Most Notorious Anti-Heroes", adding he "is surely one of the biggest antiheroes of this generation."[8] Kotaku's Evan Narcisse lamented the fact that Cole will not return to other Infamous games after his death in Infamous 2, describing him as "the best superhero video games have ever produced".[9]


Dixie Kong

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Dizzy (Guilty Gear)

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Dizzy (Japanese: ディズィー, Hepburn: Dizī)

Farah (Prince of Persia)

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Firiona Vie

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Frog (Chrono Trigger)

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Ganryu

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Hiei

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Hiei is a popular character among fans of the series. He was ranked as the first, then second, then third most popular male anime character in the Animage Anime Grand Prix for the consecutive years of 1993, 1994, and 1995.[10][11][12] The Japanese publication Newtype ranked him as the fifth best male anime character of the 1990s.[13] Masashi Kishimoto has said that Hiei served as the basis for Sasuke Uchiha's character and his Sharingan.[14]

Jam Kuradoberi

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Jump Super Stars

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Jump Ultimate Stars

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Justice (Guilty Gear)

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Kage-Maru

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Kage-Maru
'Virtua Fighter' character
First gameVirtua Fighter (1993)
Created byYu Suzuki

Kage-Maru (Japanese: 影丸, Hepburn: Kage Maru)

In 2006, Kage-Maru was featured on The Armchair Empire's for Top 10: Best Ninjas, adding "[i]t's hard to forget Kage's flip attack on a downed opponent where he slams both feet right down on his or her face. It's even harder to forget when he hits them in the crotch.".[15] In 2010, PC World included him in their list of top ten video game ninja characters at number seven, ridiculing his "Richard Garriott headband" but applauding him for "an authentic simulation of Jujutsu" and that Kage-Maru is one of the more realistic depictions of ninjas in gaming.[16] IGN's Akira Mark Fujita said Kage is "by far my favorite character", prasing his "good moves, cool combos", and the fact him being a ninja, but criticizing his follow up due to his jumps and kicks "are extremely slow."[17]

Kaileena

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King K. Rool

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The King of All Cosmos

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Kuma/Panda

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UGO Networks listed Kuma as one of the "The 50 Cutest Video Game Characters", adding: "It's always adorable when bears try to do human things".[18] 1UP.com listed Kuma as one of the characters they wanted to see in Street Fighter X Tekken, stating "you can't have Tekken in the title without some sort of animal that is ready for a throwdown".[19]

Kurama

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Kurama is a popular character among fans of the series. In the Animage Anime Grand Prix, he was ranked as the third most popular male anime character of 1993 and the most popular male character in both 1994 and 1995. His alternate Demon Fox Kurama form was ranked sixteenth in 1994.[10][11][12] Yoko Kurama additionally won About.com's "Best Supporting Character" in its 2005 Anime Award Show.[20] Kurama was also ranked the third best male anime character of the 1990s by Newtype.[13]

Lady (Devil May Cry)

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Lord Raptor

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Manny Calavera

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Manny Calavera
'Grim Fandango' character
First gameGrim Fandango (1998)

Complex listed him at the five place on their list of "25 Deceptions of the Grim Reaper in Video Games",[21] and placed Manny first in a 2013 list of "12 Old School Video Game Characters Who Were Style Icons", and the writer Hanuman Welch stated "[n]ot since the film Casablanca has a white tux been done this much justice."[22] Entertainment Weekly elected Manny the 20th coolest videogame character, describing he as "[e]asily the suavest videogame character without a pulse."[23] In 1999, GameSpot included him on the list of top ten heroes in gaming, stating he can be dead but he has more in common with Jake Gittes from Chinatown than with Day of the Dead's Bub[24] while GamesRadar ranked him as the 43th "most memorable, influential, and badass" protagonist in games in 2012, saying he is "one of the most endearing skeletons ever".[25] Empire also ranked him the thirtieth greatest video game character, adding that "Grim Fandango is universally regarded as being among the greatest games ever made, and that's in no small part down to one Mr Manny Calavera."[26] UGO Networks listed him as the thirty-fourth best heroes of all time in entertainment.[27]


May (Guilty Gear)

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Nariko (Heavenly Sword)

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Pai Chan

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PaRappa the Rapper (character)

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PaRappa the Rapper
'PaRappa the Rapper' character
First gamePaRappa the Rapper (1996)

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PaRappa the Rapper (Japanese: パラッパラッパー, Hepburn: Parappa Rappā)

PaRappa ranked as the third best PlayStation dog according to PlayStation Official Magazine in 2012, as "by way of an early rhythm game and just as he wins the heart of the girl, he wins the heart of us;"[28] a similar list by Joystick Division in 2011 declared him the tenth "most brilliant canine protagonist of any video game."[29] UGO Networks included PaRappa on their list of "The Coolest Helmets and Headgear in Video Games" at number 16, describing him as the "history’s freshest hip-hop puppy pup."[30] In 2012, . That same year, GamesRadar ranked him as the eighty-seventh "most memorable, influential, and badass" protagonist in games, saying "[h]e may not be the most courageous character on this list, but anyone who can win the heart of his flower girlfriend by learning martial arts from an onion headed Kung Fu master is a hero in our book."[31]


Potemkin

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Potemkin (Japanese: ポチョムキン, Hepburn: Pochomukin)

GameSpy in their review of Guilty Gear X stated Potemkin filled the "hulking brute" role in the title.[32] This sentiment was repeated in their review of Guilty Gear X2, noting him as "the heaviest heavy ever conceived".[33]

Psycho Mantis

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Razputin

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In 2008, The Age ranked Razputin as the 45th greatest Xbox character of all time, stating he is "the linchpin of your journey through [Tim] Schafer's bizarre mind", and "probably the strongest new platform hero of the last decade."[34] In 2012, GamesRadar ranked Razputin as the 13th "most memorable, influential, and badass" protagonist in games.[35]

Ryo Hazuki

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Sackboy

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Sackboy
'LittleBigPlanet' character
First gameLittleBigPlanet (2008)

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The character has been often noted for his cuteness.[36][37] GamesRadar said the "greatest strength" in LittleBigPlanet is "the way the Sackboy moves and interacts with his environment"[38] while Eurogamer assigns the series' popularity to "Sackboy's increasing appeal."[39] Sackboy was ranked fifth in Complex's "20 Cute Video Game Characters You Don't Want To Mess With", with the writer Britanny Vicent adding: "Behind those precious, buttoned eyes lie the drive to maim."[40] GamesRadar they ranked Sackboy as the 58th "most memorable, influential, and badass" protagonist in games.[41] He was included in GameSpot's "All Time Greatest Video Game Hero" contest and reached the "Round 2" round before losing to Ryu Hayabusa.[42] The 2011 Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition lists Sackboy as the 50th most popular video game character.[43] On other hand, Cheat Code Central placed him at the fifth place in their list of "Top 10 Most Overrated Video Game Characters", saying "[t]he vacant smile, dead black eyes, and annoyingly cheery little bugger actually isn't that adorable at all", and adding he has no "mascot-worthy" to represent Sony.[44]


Simon Belmont

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Slayer (Guilty Gear)

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Trish/Gloria

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Tron Bonne

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Venom (Guilty Gear)

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Yusuke Urameshi

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Justin Kovalsky of Animerica said "Ever hear the folk song "Bad Leroy Brown," by Jim Croce? Well, Yusuke is like old Leroy, but 14 and Japanese."[45] In the Japanese magazine Animage Anime Grand Prix popularity poll, Yusuke was ranked as the thirteenth most popular anime character in 1993, the tenth in 1994, and the eighth in 1995.[10][11][12] In March 2010, Yusuke was ranked sixteenth best male anime character of the 1990s by the Japanese magazine Newtype.[13]

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