Tetris wouldn't be a character. The mountain used to carve the statues, however, would be made of Tetris Blocks.
Who's the Mount Rushmore of video game characters?
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Tetris wouldn't be a character. The mountain used to carve the statues, however, would be made of Tetris Blocks.
Mario, Sonic, Lara Croft for sure.
For the last slot, I'd say Master Chief, Snake, Ryu, or Cloud. Pikachu is the no brainer option, but it's in that weird spot of mainly being popular outside of the games, at least originally, and in terms of original popularity for R/B, Charizard was always the big one.
For the last slot, I'd say Master Chief, Snake, Ryu, or Cloud. Pikachu is the no brainer option, but it's in that weird spot of mainly being popular outside of the games, at least originally, and in terms of original popularity for R/B, Charizard was always the big one.
If anything it's the opposite, and a very good chance an American didn't make that post, lol.
Mario Mario, Link, Samus Aran, and Master Chief Petty Officer John-117!!!
you're coming from an alternate reality where Sega was big in the US and not everywhere else? my assumption of them being an american comes with america centric people failing to understand the impact of sega and their ips on the rest of the world because US was nintendo land
No doubters are Mario, Sonic, Pikachu
Sure as shit ain't Lara Croft. Probably Kratos or Chief are closer
Sure as shit ain't Lara Croft. Probably Kratos or Chief are closer
Eh, I choose not to deface an indigenous sacred mountain with video game characters. I mean it's (slightly) less insulting than who is there now, but…
Yeah it's this, as long as Pac-Man is represented by his game silhouette. Even today everyone knows what that is.
Mario, Sonic, Pikachu and a Creeper from Minecraft.
Absolutely nothing else comes remotely close imo.
LoZ is one of my favourite series of all time but there's no reality in the current age where the young'uns of today are going to recognise Link over Minecraft.
Absolutely nothing else comes remotely close imo.
LoZ is one of my favourite series of all time but there's no reality in the current age where the young'uns of today are going to recognise Link over Minecraft.
This is it
Honorable mentions to Link, Steve, Ryu, Master Chief, and Doom Guy
The alien from space invader, I feel like everyone recognizes what that is even though they might have never touched a videogame in their life. The other ones are Mario and Pac Man, the 4th one is kinda hard, I feel like Pikachu was popularized more due to the anime and not the game (although a pokemon character should be in it) and Sonic is in a somehow weird spot too due to his fame dimminishing a lot in the late 90' and 2000'
I'm from the uk, but was being a bit facetious about Sonic, I'd had a lot of coffee. I do think it is over-rated though - Mario is still way more iconic and relevant to kids today than Sonic was. You said yourself that it was a 90s thing.
I'm not sure the brand HAS survived, outside of people who were kids or teens in the 90s.
Agree with the list. Mario and Sonic are easy choices as most iconic mascots in games. Pikachu to represent a 25 year old "trend" that has transcended video games. Entire generations have grown up with Pokémon as a cultural touchstone. Ryu is instantly recognizable as the face of a franchise that took the world by storm and has continued to stay relevant.
I saw a kid who can't have been older than six wearing a sonic T-shirt in the UK two days ago. Haven't seen any kids wearing mario T-shirts since.
Mario
Sonic
Link
Cloud
If there were to be 10 on a monument, it should be the noble nine (https://board8.fandom.com/wiki/Noble_Nine, the top 9 characters in GameFAQs contests) + Pikachu
Sonic
Link
Cloud
If there were to be 10 on a monument, it should be the noble nine (https://board8.fandom.com/wiki/Noble_Nine, the top 9 characters in GameFAQs contests) + Pikachu
Hmm probably dressed by parents old enough to be late stage sonic-stans 🤔😃
Also six year olds don't get mario t shirts because Nintendo IP is expensive 😃🫣