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Who's the most famous video game character introduced after 2000?
- Thread starter Phediuk
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Y'all saying Steve from Minecraft but I didn't even know he had a name and pretty sure he doesn't have any character to speak of. I DO know the Creeper however so I'd go with that. Then Master Chief.
I know the Halo franchise isn't as popular as it used to be but man, Master Chief pretty much ruled the entire 2000s decade with an iron fist. The buzz around the Halo franchise was fucking unreal.
On this note I just want to give shoutouts to InFamous 1 for having the best video game plot twist since KOTOR 1Famous I don't know, but what about infamous ?
It's less about the name, more about the image. Steve (or the default Minecraft avatar, whichever you prefer) and the Creeper are the faces of the marketing. Where you see anything to do with Minecraft you'll see both (or less often the latter on its own).
How many random people on the street would know the name of Link?
What matters is that many people know Master Chief as the Halo guy, just like they know Steve as the Minecraft guy.
I just don't think people care or have any real affection for "Steve". Certainly no one plays Minecraft to BE Steve. Now the Creeper on the other hand is something players want to fear and face. And people definitely play Halo to be Master Chief,.
There's probably an age split there. My older brother and his friends would be more likely to recognise Tommy or CJ, whereas my friends are more likely to recognise Niko.
Isabel and Squid kids
Tommy. I love Trevor but he's not as icon outside of the game.
Well Rosalina was also in Smash Bros + Mario Kart too and people actually play her ;)
It's a good example to help people understand why a title selling well (very well, in that case) doesn't necessarily translate to the sort of character fame/popularity the thread is about.
Not to pile on them, but [fastest selling][exclusive][PS4 game] is incredibly narrow for a topic about broad cultural exposure. Even assuming it were true that GoW was consistently the highest-selling game on the market (which it's not), that itself wouldn't translate into this sort of relevance any more than the above GTA premise. And certainly not retroactively going back to 2001, when the game in question is not even three months old.
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False. All 3 God of War games before the 2018 game sold 3m+. With God of War 3 selling over 5m
I would say, while Rosalina might not have the biggest following of all the characters mentioned in this thread, her fans are maybe the most rabid.
Steve from Minecraft
Master Chief from Halo
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I think the question would be more interesting if we just remove those top two because not much else even comes close.
Tracer from Overwatch?
Kratos from God of War?
Squidlings from Splatoon?
Fortnite person?
FNAF Teddy Bear Monster Thing?
Master Chief from Halo
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Anything else.
I think the question would be more interesting if we just remove those top two because not much else even comes close.
Tracer from Overwatch?
Kratos from God of War?
Squidlings from Splatoon?
Fortnite person?
FNAF Teddy Bear Monster Thing?
Where do you live where these 3 are more well known than the Minecraft bloke?
Lol at people saying Steve. Nobody knows who Steve is. At best people would look at it and say oh that's Minecraft. 99% of people don't even know Minecraft guy has a name.
What?
WHAT?
Pokemon Go is like the most played game in the world; Pichu was also in every Super Smash Brothers since melee; Pokemon Gold/Silver, and pretty much every Pokemon game since; as well as a countless number of TV episodes, merchandise, and movies.
Pichu is the pre-evolution of Pikachu, who is in contention for the most recognisable character in the world.
It also has a decade head start, and is recognisable across the world.
How on Earth is it not Pichu?
Animal Crossing, not Assassins Creed. If it were it would be Desmond.
Whaaa lol, I did not even know there was a main character for Minecraft called Steve. Not that I have played it, but still I'm into gaming. If fortnite had a character, I would go for that, saying that people (non-gamers) are very quick to recognise fortnite.
Probably is master chief..
Probably is master chief..
Lol ... I genuinely did not know. But I guess that just proves the point.
If it were Pikachu I'd agree with you, 100%. But I didn't see Pichu's image plastered across toy and videogame aisles later than 2001. I think you're overestimating the impact the Pokemon movies and Smash have on the cultural perception of game characters.
Outside of the gamers and pokemon players. I think most non gamers would just recognize Pichu as Pikachu.
Pokemon is the biggest franchise in gaming , but that doesn't mean every single pokemon is equally iconic.
The List would go
Pikachu
*Big Gap*
Charizard,Mewtwo,3 Starter pokemons
* Big Gap*
Everyone in Gen 1
*Massive gap*
Everyone else
If we're just talking in the context of Japan, that's probably a very good answer.
Probably not Steve since a lot of people don't actually know his name. It'd be interesting to run a test with this and see if people in general know it.
It's also interesting how hard it is to think of a convincing answer. For example, a lot of people saying Masterchief but man I can't imagine many people in general actually knowing that name either. But it's probably the best we got.
All the massively popular games in recent years dont really feature named character (e.g. angry birds, Candy crush, Farmville, Minecraft, pubg, fortnite, call of duty, etc) as opposed to old games (e.g. Pacman, donkey Kong, mario, etc), making it very difficult to think of a convincing answer.
It's also interesting how hard it is to think of a convincing answer. For example, a lot of people saying Masterchief but man I can't imagine many people in general actually knowing that name either. But it's probably the best we got.
All the massively popular games in recent years dont really feature named character (e.g. angry birds, Candy crush, Farmville, Minecraft, pubg, fortnite, call of duty, etc) as opposed to old games (e.g. Pacman, donkey Kong, mario, etc), making it very difficult to think of a convincing answer.
Let's not kid ourselves, it's Master Chief!
Yass. Cortana might be up there too actually - especially with personal assistant on windows If not smelling own toots I would say Minecraft, Kratos,
Someone like David Beckham hasn't been plastered all over merchandise since the early 2000s, but you'd be hard pressed to say he isn't one of the most famous figures of that era.
Steve's recent peaks may be higher, but Pichu's have been longer lasting
Thing is, this is a thread about "most famous" video game character since 2000. People don't have to know the character's name to recognize it. For that reason, Steve from Minecraft wins. I'm pretty sure I can walk up to my grandparents or any random person on the street and show them a pic of Steve and be like "Do you recognize this?" and they would say, "Oh yeah, that's Minecraft."
Whereas I'm pretty sure even my parents wouldn't be able to tell you who Master Chief is, much less what he is from.
Whereas I'm pretty sure even my parents wouldn't be able to tell you who Master Chief is, much less what he is from.
Pichu isn't the face of the series anymore (if he ever truly was). Pikachu is, was and probably always will be. If anything Pichu's the one with the high peak in a particular time frame, but it's just another Pokemon now, maybe more well known than the other non-gen 1 mons.
Meanwhile the Minecraft guy has been around 9 years, and remains at the forefront of marketing of the second highest selling game of all time. He's not exactly a flash in the pan.
