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old characters in video games

Tyrell Badd.

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How you gonna mention KoF and not mention the Old Man team?

Other badass old guys
Gen
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Zantetsu
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Shout outs to Gouken
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Genbu no Okina from Last Blade
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Tung Fu Rue
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Lau Chan
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Waldo from UNREAL BLACK THINGS
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Jubei from BlazBlue
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Jubei from Samurai Spirits
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Jubei Yamada
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...and age don't stop this beast
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Viconia (Baldur's Gate; Dark Elves, long life. My favourite character followed by Imoen then Minsc)

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Kraden (Golden Sun; token old sage guy)

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dat wisdom
 
My favourite senior game character:


He's 35! A 35 year old character in a bubbly JRPG full of teens!
They still manage to make him look and sound ancient. The cut scenes set ten years previously have him looking around 25, but I suppose 35 in a JRPG is way past time for retirement. I mean, I'm older than that and don't look quite so different from my ten-years-younger self!

They do the same in XII- Balthier is about 23 but his dialogue makes him sound like a world-weary veteran that's seen it all rather than someone barely out of their teens, just to contrast with the 16-year-olds.

I suppose to the target market, characters in their twenties and thirties really are ancient :-)
 
What?! Poppa Blox is the shit. Dude needs his own game. Granted, I'm not far into Pushmo World. Do we got some amazing Papa Blox backstory?

See I liked him, then I got to the ending. Beat the game and see what he does, then report back and see if you're bemused or disappointed in him.
 
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The Dragoon Devas Radius, Viper, Zappa, and Garai from Chrono Cross. These mofos fought against Crono and co. back in 1,005 A.D. They used to tear up the battlefield.
 
See I liked him, then I got to the ending. Beat the game and see what he does, then report back and see if you're bemused or disappointed in him.

I'm always bemused due to my username. But I'll still finish it and report back!! Gives me some motivation to get through more animal puzzles.
 
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The Dragoon Devas Radius, Viper, Zappa, and Garai from Chrono Cross. These mofos fought against Crono and co. back in 1,005 A.D. They used to tear up the battlefield.

My man.

Although we don't know if they fought against Guardia. Probably not, since it was Porre who destroyed Guardia, not El Nido. Porre would later go and try to colonize El Nido.
 
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Virtue's Last Reward's Tenmyouji

I don't know how many will agree with me, but I liked his ending the best. Tenmyouji is awesome.

Anyway, Pokémon has quite a few old characters.
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Good ol' Professor Oak
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Blaine (Red/Blue Gym Leader)
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Wulfric (X/Y Gym Leader)
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Agatha (Red/Blue Elite Four member)
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Drake (Ruby/Sapphire Elite Four member)
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Drasna (X/Y Elite Four member)
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Spenser (Emerald Frontier Brain)

Other than Oak, they're all pretty powerful bosses. Even people that only played the originals will remember Agatha's pain-in-the-ass Gengars.
 
Nowi and Tiki from Fire Emblem: Get bunked they're both over 1000 despite appearances.

Rowen from Tales of Xillia.

Radius from Chrono Cross.
 
My man.

Although we don't know if they fought against Guardia. Probably not, since it was Porre who destroyed Guardia, not El Nido. Porre would later go and try to colonize El Nido.

Well, since El Nido was politically close to Porre even before the colonization (El Nido's (re)discovery by mainlanders was by Porre explorers), it's assumed that they were allies in the war against Guardia. Karsh even says that, during that war, Viper "made quite an impact as the leader of the Acacia Dragoons and was promoted to general". Since he was already the leader of the Acacia Dragoons, he was most likely promoted by Porrean overlords rather than a hypothetical living father or defeated Guardians. Radius does seem to have regrets about the whole thing though.
 
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Labyrinthia from Wild Arms XF - she is 34, which in the world of RPGs, is old... the middle-aged woman isn't at all a common RPG archetype, and she's a cool character too. A tactician, a powerful mage, but with an unassuming personality like a kindergarten teacher.
 
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Malcolm Corley, CEO and founder of the last domestic motorcycle manufacturer in the US of A, Corley Motors (Full Throttle).
 

Master Li, Jade Empire.

Goes from wise old man to cold ambitious bastard without a major personality change. Love how calculating is he about everything

Kreia's a good one too.
 
How you gonna mention KoF and not mention the Old Man team?

I think you mean Team Dad.

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"Leona! Leona, how man tickles does it take to make a squid laugh?"

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"Ugh, I don't know. How many?"

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"Ten tickles. Ten tickles, Leona."

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"Ugh, I'm so tired of this."

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"Hi, So Tired Of This, I thought you were Leona."

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"..."
 
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