NoblesseOblige
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Kika from Suikoden IV
Came here to post this. Kika is my favorite Suikoden character.
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Your favorite video game characters no one is usually talking about
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Came here to post this. Kika is my favorite Suikoden character.
No one ever talks about Armored Core
I also think I'm one of the few people who think Asura's Wrath was awesome, the demo with Augus had me go out and pre order the game right away.
dude!
slick7rick
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Always my favorite of the FF7 cast, Cid had a great history and backstory.
MisterJoynt
Neo Member
I came here initially to say this, but I also have the following to add.
Leo Stenbuck from Zone of the Enders.
Zack from Zack & Wiki.
nintendork666
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Stan may have pioneered active camouflage in videogames
My pick would be Nomad the Squid from Dillon's Rolling Western.
Love his design, along with Dillon himself. They should make a Nintendo Red Dead type game in that world.
It really is a shame that such great character design was wasted on that game.
Bubbavelli
Banned
Vito Scaletta from Mafia II was pretty cool. His voice acting was on point as well
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Ashley from warioware, she has goten some slight boost in popularity re entry but it's still not enough!
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Because her design is amazing.
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Gnome Scat
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No one gives BJ the love he deserves.
That's nice but
Neko is badass.
Green Mamba
Member
Your teachers from Persona 4, Mr. Morooka (aka "King Moron") and Ms. Kashiwagi, are two characters I really wish you got to know more. They're both mean, contemptible people, but there's enough information to understand why, so they're not entirely flat characters. But you never get the opportunity to see what really makes them tick. I wish you got to see that.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
<---- Avatar quote? Lady Harken (Wild ARMs) is pretty cool. I love her design and she's a cool and kind of tragic villain.
I also really liked Emma in the same game. No-nonsense engineer and leader, she's pretty funny and hardass.
And of course Boomerang and Luceid because they're so badass and tragic too.
From Dark Souls II, I really like Vengarl of Forossa:
A disembodied head with a cool personality. He actually encourages you to find his body and slay the "wretched thing". What's not to like? Plus he teaches the trolliest gesture in the Souls series. xD
Also Sweet Shalquoir:
'Cause, you know, it's a cat. A beautiful cat. That talks. And is sassy as hell. Plus she sells useful stuff. <3 Shalquoir
And of course, the best NPC of the Souls series:
Gavlan wheel! Gavlan deal!
in NG and glitched on me and never spawned at Oedon Tomb in NG++), totally worth it.
I also really liked Emma in the same game. No-nonsense engineer and leader, she's pretty funny and hardass.
And of course Boomerang and Luceid because they're so badass and tragic too.
From Dark Souls II, I really like Vengarl of Forossa:
A disembodied head with a cool personality. He actually encourages you to find his body and slay the "wretched thing". What's not to like? Plus he teaches the trolliest gesture in the Souls series. xD
Also Sweet Shalquoir:
'Cause, you know, it's a cat. A beautiful cat. That talks. And is sassy as hell. Plus she sells useful stuff. <3 Shalquoir
And of course, the best NPC of the Souls series:
Gavlan wheel! Gavlan deal!
Agreed. I really liked Queen Alicia in Trails in the Sky (couldn't find any other pic for some reason):
You really do rarely see older ladies with developed personalities and characterization, and they're often just evil hags or whatever, so Alicia was refreshing.
Haha yes! Love her weird accent. Eileen is pretty cool, one of the better Souls NPCs. I was glad I went to NG++ to finally get her storyline to work in full (sheEileen the Crow from Bloodborne isn't nearly as deep or well-written as Kreia, but she's still a great character and probably my favorite from Bloodborne. The first time I did her quest line, I didn't complete it and was seriously teary-eyed at the final encounter with her under the Red Moon. The next playthrough I managed to finish her quest line, and I'm really happy I did.
Also, her armor is really cool-looking.
"A hoonter must hoont."
died to Henryk
The feels 
dickroach
Member
Bomberman
There was that thread on here a week or so ago about how Konami let Bomberman die, but prior to that I don't remember the last time I saw the lil' guy's name mentioned. Bomberman, 64, Hero, and Generations are some of the most fun time I've ever had with video games.
Shy Guy(s)
I know he was just taken from Doki Doki Panic, but the Shy Guy's gotta be my favorite Mario enemy. Such a simply design, and when you really look it at it it's somewhere in between cute and pretty creepy. They made Yoshi's Island. "Shy Guys on Stilts" is the best Mario level name of all time. + he rules in MK8.
Glottis
Manny was a great protagonist for this incredible game, but Glottis stole every scene he was in.
There was that thread on here a week or so ago about how Konami let Bomberman die, but prior to that I don't remember the last time I saw the lil' guy's name mentioned. Bomberman, 64, Hero, and Generations are some of the most fun time I've ever had with video games.
Shy Guy(s)
I know he was just taken from Doki Doki Panic, but the Shy Guy's gotta be my favorite Mario enemy. Such a simply design, and when you really look it at it it's somewhere in between cute and pretty creepy. They made Yoshi's Island. "Shy Guys on Stilts" is the best Mario level name of all time. + he rules in MK8.
Glottis
Manny was a great protagonist for this incredible game, but Glottis stole every scene he was in.
The Wheel of Fortune
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Two Dimention posts in the first page, great! I still think of SPM as an inferior game compared to PM64 and TTYD, but damn, Dimentio is one of the best Nintendo villians ever and really made SPM more enjoyable that it had any right to be.
The Wheel of Fortune
Member
This little dude made such an impression in me, I named my dog after him. Great character.Missile from Ghost Trick. A very excited little Pomeranian (he 'talks' in the game) who you just have to love.
Here's another amazing character that doesn't get the recognition he deserves because of the game he stars in. I also wish we had more of himYou just reminded me of a character that also doesn't get enough love, though.
Detective Badd is honestly one of the biggest reasons why I love the first Investigation. It's just a shame he didn't get much screen time.
Also has the best theme in the series
Gig from Soul Nomad & The World Eaters.
The best character from this tragically overlooked gem, Gig's at least gone on to feature as a DLC character in most of the Disgaea games since Soul Nomad. Nippon Ichi's biggest badass, and one of the most complex, three dimensional, and downright hilarious character in their roster.
Rosalyn from Okage: Shadow King.
Okage's a very weird game filled with quirky characters, and Rosalyn makes one of the biggest impressions of the cast. A duty-bound hero whose shadow was turned pink by Evil King Stan, forcing her to carry a parasol and making her a laughing stock among the Hero's Guild. She's one of the more personable members of the cast, and her interactions with Stan are some of the game's highlights.
Grimoire Weiss from NieR.
One of my all time favourite characters (and my namesake) from one of my all time favourite games. Weiss can best be described as a sassy British Navi, whose every line drips with utter sarcasm and disdain for the insanity he's been forced into.
The best character from this tragically overlooked gem, Gig's at least gone on to feature as a DLC character in most of the Disgaea games since Soul Nomad. Nippon Ichi's biggest badass, and one of the most complex, three dimensional, and downright hilarious character in their roster.
Rosalyn from Okage: Shadow King.
Okage's a very weird game filled with quirky characters, and Rosalyn makes one of the biggest impressions of the cast. A duty-bound hero whose shadow was turned pink by Evil King Stan, forcing her to carry a parasol and making her a laughing stock among the Hero's Guild. She's one of the more personable members of the cast, and her interactions with Stan are some of the game's highlights.
Grimoire Weiss from NieR.
One of my all time favourite characters (and my namesake) from one of my all time favourite games. Weiss can best be described as a sassy British Navi, whose every line drips with utter sarcasm and disdain for the insanity he's been forced into.
TacosNSalsa
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Sie Kensou from KOF ..his love or pork buns dwarf even my own
Otto von Chesterfield Esquire. AKA Chester the molester..From Don't Starve. I love this little guy he's so helpful!
TheRedSnifit
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I figure they just call all superior officers "sir", regardless of gender.
tintin1029
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The true heroes
Theanine3D
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Billy Coen from Resident Evil Zero. Underrated character IMO. Leon and Chris get too much of the spotlight, I'd love a new game with Billy as the lead.
Mallow. Not terribly obscure I suppose, but it seems that whenever people think of Super Mario RPG they only think of Geno, a character that got hardly any character development whatsoever and we learned hardly anything about. Yes Geno was really useful as a party member for battles/bosses, but Mallow was much, much more interesting to me as a fully-fledged character. He was with you from near the beginning of the game until the end, and received a good deal of character development along the way, perhaps more than any other character in the game. His lines were often hilarious and quite well-written, too.
Mallow. Not terribly obscure I suppose, but it seems that whenever people think of Super Mario RPG they only think of Geno, a character that got hardly any character development whatsoever and we learned hardly anything about. Yes Geno was really useful as a party member for battles/bosses, but Mallow was much, much more interesting to me as a fully-fledged character. He was with you from near the beginning of the game until the end, and received a good deal of character development along the way, perhaps more than any other character in the game. His lines were often hilarious and quite well-written, too.
Liquidsnake
Banned
Liquidsnake
The bastard child, the mistake.
The bastard child, the mistake.
Uchigatana
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He has a soothing voice considering that Daniel Flynn did Solaire in Dark Souls 1. As a character I liked that he brings out the lore, and when you did his sidequest,
his speech killing the Vileblood Queen gave me goosebumps
RustedPieces
Banned
Jericho from Fallout 3.
The man doesn't get enough respect.
The man doesn't get enough respect.
I don't know about "no one is usually talking about" as much as "no one is ever talking about", but my nod goes to JEF MOTHER-LOVIN' JANSENS
Apparently he was originally called Robin Banks, which is what it is. He's the British entrant into the Athlete Kings/Decathlete decathlon. I'm imagining a design meeting for him where they start off looking at famous Brit Olympians, wheel around the Daley Thompson, decide he's their man, then veer wildly in some kind of direction I don't understand. I'm still bitter that they nuked him for Winter Heat for some scrawny nobody.
GRINGO!!! *flexes like Hulk Hogan*
Apparently he was originally called Robin Banks, which is what it is. He's the British entrant into the Athlete Kings/Decathlete decathlon. I'm imagining a design meeting for him where they start off looking at famous Brit Olympians, wheel around the Daley Thompson, decide he's their man, then veer wildly in some kind of direction I don't understand. I'm still bitter that they nuked him for Winter Heat for some scrawny nobody.
GRINGO!!! *flexes like Hulk Hogan*
BrosukeHanamura
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Missile from Ghost Trick. A very excited little Pomeranian (he 'talks' in the game) who you just have to love.
People, go play this game if you want to understand just how good this dog can be.
Xamtheking
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Was that supposed to be a really bad pun or are we talking about how
badass
BrosukeHanamura
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Stocke from Radiant Historia is basically the antithesis to the average JRPG protag. It was a DS game so he's not brought up all that much
lol at least use her normal form
lol at least use her normal form
Xamtheking
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Honest truth: I haven't played Ghost Trick on the DS, and only played it a little bit on IOS
But you can bet your ass I know all about that wonderful detective game
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NipplesAndToes23
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Ryo Sakazaki. (Art of Fighting, King of Fighters)
Why this dude look like Ken? For me it goes to Bebedora.
She has one of my favorite voices and I love her emotionless responses.
SpikedGunner
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Cain from Binary Domain (then again NO ONE talks about Binary Domain, hahaha):
Funny and quite the badass for a French robot.
Funny and quite the badass for a French robot.
Robot Pants
Member
Ok. But is it so tough to spend 3 seconds and type the name instead of giving everyone a chore to try and figure it out?
So many good ones that never get the respect they deserve these days.
I still attest that Yuri Hyuga from Shadow Hearts is one of the most complex heroes in JRPGs. He can be sarcastic, romantic, awkward, funny, scary, calm, violent, noble and heroic, and spiteful and vindictive, but ultimately aims to do the right thing.
I can never stop gushing about how well-crafted a hero Raziel of Legacy of Kain fame is. The fact that he becomes more heroic and more noble the further he moves from his "humanity" I always found fascinating.
I still attest that Yuri Hyuga from Shadow Hearts is one of the most complex heroes in JRPGs. He can be sarcastic, romantic, awkward, funny, scary, calm, violent, noble and heroic, and spiteful and vindictive, but ultimately aims to do the right thing.
I can never stop gushing about how well-crafted a hero Raziel of Legacy of Kain fame is. The fact that he becomes more heroic and more noble the further he moves from his "humanity" I always found fascinating.
*high five*Rosalyn from Okage: Shadow King.
Okage's a very weird game filled with quirky characters, and Rosalyn makes one of the biggest impressions of the cast. A duty-bound hero whose shadow was turned pink by Evil King Stan, forcing her to carry a parasol and making her a laughing stock among the Hero's Guild. She's one of the more personable members of the cast, and her interactions with Stan are some of the game's highlights.
Oracle of Ages is one of my favorite Zelda games partly due to it giving a sort of rival character in Ralph as well as Nayru, a character who is prominent throughout the entire game as opposed to Din and Zelda in most games who usually get kidnapped or magicked out of the plot until the endgame.
Edit: Also, that 8-bit singing
Nocturnowl
Member
So many come to mind, for now I'll stick with some of my favourite supporting characters.
Shinon (Fire Emblem Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn)
Shinon is pretty much a sarcastic dick but damn does that make for some fun dialogue at times, his battle partner Gatrie makes a perfect foil in their support conversations.
Underneath all the sarcasm and beastman racism there appears to be some hidden soft spots he has, after all he taught whippersnapper Rolf how to use a bow.
It also helps that he's a pretty potent unit in Radiant Dawn, I can't say no to that deadeye animation.
Isara Gunther (Valkyria Chronicles)
I have to imagine that if this game came out even a year or two later Isara would've been troped up for the worse to the nth degree, hang on the anime series exists, shit.
Fortunately she gets by just fine in the game itself even when being the younger sister of the main character, none of that Onii chan stuff here, just engineering, tank piloting and combating opposing armies/racism.
That last one being a key point, despite an appearance that led me to assume a meek personality she's quite a stubborn one who doesn't take abuse lying down nor does she lose her cool when faced with Darcsen slander.
Rise Above Hate indeed.
Ema Skye (Ace Attorney Series)
Starting off as one of the series numerous peppy sidekick characters Ema went off in a more interesting direction to me in AA4, all those hopes of a forensics focused job falling short makes her a lot moodier but not without perking up again the moment you can bring science into the investigation.
In any case she offers a different take on the detective role Gumshoe filled previously and I hope they return her to that position when the series gets going again post AA5, she makes for a fun addition to the more recurring cast of characters in a series full of great ones.
And to think the Edgeworth Investigations spinoff was almost a Skye focused one, I'd have liked to see how that would play out.
Siegmeyer of Catarina (Dark Souls)
In the bleak arse land of Lordran it helps to have a few people you think you can count on, and this guy right here, he is my bro for life (even if you can't ever summon him, what the hell FROM?!)
First I remembered him as the fat onion knight guy but as I progressed through the game encountering him more and more whilst getting his somewhat bumbling self out of numerous jams (and arguably that ends up being his undoing in some lore circles) he became my favourite NPC.
He's just such a charming adventurous gent, sure he doesn't actually help much but if just seeing him even when down in the miserable depths of Lost Izalith manages to make the trip there seem more worthwhile then he's done me well.
Shinon (Fire Emblem Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn)
Shinon is pretty much a sarcastic dick but damn does that make for some fun dialogue at times, his battle partner Gatrie makes a perfect foil in their support conversations.
Underneath all the sarcasm and beastman racism there appears to be some hidden soft spots he has, after all he taught whippersnapper Rolf how to use a bow.
It also helps that he's a pretty potent unit in Radiant Dawn, I can't say no to that deadeye animation.
Isara Gunther (Valkyria Chronicles)
I have to imagine that if this game came out even a year or two later Isara would've been troped up for the worse to the nth degree, hang on the anime series exists, shit.
Fortunately she gets by just fine in the game itself even when being the younger sister of the main character, none of that Onii chan stuff here, just engineering, tank piloting and combating opposing armies/racism.
That last one being a key point, despite an appearance that led me to assume a meek personality she's quite a stubborn one who doesn't take abuse lying down nor does she lose her cool when faced with Darcsen slander.
Rise Above Hate indeed.
Ema Skye (Ace Attorney Series)
Starting off as one of the series numerous peppy sidekick characters Ema went off in a more interesting direction to me in AA4, all those hopes of a forensics focused job falling short makes her a lot moodier but not without perking up again the moment you can bring science into the investigation.
In any case she offers a different take on the detective role Gumshoe filled previously and I hope they return her to that position when the series gets going again post AA5, she makes for a fun addition to the more recurring cast of characters in a series full of great ones.
And to think the Edgeworth Investigations spinoff was almost a Skye focused one, I'd have liked to see how that would play out.
Siegmeyer of Catarina (Dark Souls)
In the bleak arse land of Lordran it helps to have a few people you think you can count on, and this guy right here, he is my bro for life (even if you can't ever summon him, what the hell FROM?!)
First I remembered him as the fat onion knight guy but as I progressed through the game encountering him more and more whilst getting his somewhat bumbling self out of numerous jams (and arguably that ends up being his undoing in some lore circles) he became my favourite NPC.
He's just such a charming adventurous gent, sure he doesn't actually help much but if just seeing him even when down in the miserable depths of Lost Izalith manages to make the trip there seem more worthwhile then he's done me well.
Alas he is doomed to death no matter how much I try, so here I sit in quite a pickle hmmmmm
One of my all time favourite unlockables, even if he has to dance like a diva.
