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Who's the most famous video game character introduced after 2000?
- Thread starter Phediuk
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This is one of the threads where some of them serious answers are funnier than the joke ones. Fucking Olimar? According to wiki the series hasn't even sold 5 million copies.
Probably Master Chief.... although Kratos and Nathan Drake are pretty close, especially after how well GOW and U4 did this gen.
How about Wreck-It Ralph? It's an edge case, as he was created for a movie, but he's a video game character both in the movies and in real video games. And since he was in a big hit movie with tons of marketing everywhere, he's probably pretty darn recognizable. Until today I had no idea who "Minecraft Steve" was (except for guessing that it's probably the name of the main guy, so I've managed to play as him without knowing the character), and I suspect that my knowledge of who Master Chief and Kratos is stems from my deep history playing games, while most people might have a passing recognition of them but maybe not.
In the eyes of the general public and not the enthusiast crowd? Probably Steve, maybe Master Chief.
that's terrifying.
Sangria. OBVIOUSLY.
i hate this guy. he is a total rip off merchant.Tom Nook, of course
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And I don't even know what he's called.
Who is this? never seen it before
But there's no story, so no one "knows" him. He's just your avatar.
Demonizing a small business owner? Tsk. You'll be hearing from your local Chamber of Commerce, sir!
cmon...people do know him. minecraft is one of the biggest games in the world. millions of kids will recognise him. story is nothing to do with it.
There's no edge case here. He's the main character of a Walt Disney Animation Studios theatrical release first and foremost. He's not a video game character.
Talk to my oldest and all his friends. He's in a ton of toys, etc. He's a thing.
Edit: Also, Mario has no story.
You can't be both a movie character and a video game character?
MineCraft is much much more popular than all the others and more lasting than the angry birds and assimilates (in the sense of broad appeal, young kids-friendly).
Master Chief doesn't talk AT ALL to most of my colleagues with children, Minecraft talks to all of them.Halo lost its relevancy, if it ever had one outside of US gamers.
Master Chief doesn't talk AT ALL to most of my colleagues with children, Minecraft talks to all of them.Halo lost its relevancy, if it ever had one outside of US gamers.
Woody has probably appeared in just as many video games as Kratos or Master Chief, and certainly more than Steve and Ralph. Does he count?
Minecraft Steve. Master Chief is undoubtedly pretty huge, but Minecraft is way bigger than Halo ever was.
You have to originate from a video game to be a video game character. Wreck-It-Ralph is a movie/film character.
You have to originate from a video game to be a video game character. Wreck-It-Ralph is a movie/film character.
Let's not kid ourselves, it's Master Chief!
Going with this guy, as well. It's gotta be.
I'm not buying this one, they slapped a name on your blank avatar, it's not a character. Maybe in the Telltale game.
I guess it does depend in the OP's definition though.
Definitely Master Chief. Everyone sees that facade and knows Halo. Everything else is well known amongst gamers, but for people that don't play video games they have no idea.
Most famous as in recognizable even among non-gamers? (Like Mario, Sonic, Pikachu, and Pac-Man are)
Minecraft iconography, without question. Even if they can't name Steve or Creeper, I would argue more people in Western societies recognize them as "Minecraft characters" than not.
Master Chief might be the runner-up among gamers, but not non-gamers. I would argue Master Chief isn't very distinguishable at all from say, Doomguy, to someone who didn't know him. In 2018 I might even say Kratos is more recognizable (among gamers and non-gamers). The real 2nd place after Minecraft, are Miis.
Minecraft iconography, without question. Even if they can't name Steve or Creeper, I would argue more people in Western societies recognize them as "Minecraft characters" than not.
Master Chief might be the runner-up among gamers, but not non-gamers. I would argue Master Chief isn't very distinguishable at all from say, Doomguy, to someone who didn't know him. In 2018 I might even say Kratos is more recognizable (among gamers and non-gamers). The real 2nd place after Minecraft, are Miis.
I would be 100% surprised. Smash roster has never even left Japan. Them jumping on the latest craze would be weird.
