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Mount Rushmore of video game characters: Who belongs?
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George (The First): Pac-Man
*First Major video game mascot
Jeff (Father of Democracy): Pikachu
*Games are revolved around making a lot of choices and are coming of age stories where kids get their freedom
Lincoln (The Figure): Mario
*Made a historic change and is well known by many not well versed in the subject
Theodore (The Man of Development): Solid Snake
*MGS was a major development in both graphics and gameplay
Tried to put what makes sense but some are stretching it a bit haha
*First Major video game mascot
Jeff (Father of Democracy): Pikachu
*Games are revolved around making a lot of choices and are coming of age stories where kids get their freedom
Lincoln (The Figure): Mario
*Made a historic change and is well known by many not well versed in the subject
Theodore (The Man of Development): Solid Snake
*MGS was a major development in both graphics and gameplay
Tried to put what makes sense but some are stretching it a bit haha
I was going to joke about them being all loot boxes, but I was beaten.
Serious answer:
Pac-Man - Representing the beginning era of video games.
Mario - Representing the come back of gaming to the mainstream.
Ryu - Representing the entire arcade era (especially it's return in the 90s and with fighting games since then).
Cloud - Representing the present day games whose story lines involve watching cinematic events.
For the record, I'm a bit wasted so I don't remember who came first between Cloud or Solid Snake. If MGS came out before FFVII, then replace Cloud with Snake.
Serious answer:
Pac-Man - Representing the beginning era of video games.
Mario - Representing the come back of gaming to the mainstream.
Ryu - Representing the entire arcade era (especially it's return in the 90s and with fighting games since then).
Cloud - Representing the present day games whose story lines involve watching cinematic events.
For the record, I'm a bit wasted so I don't remember who came first between Cloud or Solid Snake. If MGS came out before FFVII, then replace Cloud with Snake.
I'm sure he was a good president, but I just feel like if you take him off, move Lincoln over, and eliminate that odd space between him and Lincoln, Mount Rushmore would look much better. As it stands, they kind of have that "Let's all look in different directions" rock album cover thing going on.
Mario
Sonic
Pac-Man
Minecraft Dude
Honorary mention that cute little rat we call Pikachu and of course Baby Daisy!!!
Sonic
Pac-Man
Minecraft Dude
Honorary mention that cute little rat we call Pikachu and of course Baby Daisy!!!
And for gamers who aren't Americans? Lol None of these characters would be considered iconic outside of the US and the U.K.
Mario
Link
Pikachu
Samus
Nathan Drake
Crash Bandicoot
The R34 GTR and the Castrol Supra in GT
Cloud
Sonic
Ryu (SF)
Jill Valentine
Any 4 of these
This. Alternatively switch out Sonic or Mega Man for Link or Pikachu. But Pac-Man and Mario stay no matter what.Gotta go with the classics
Mario and Sonic must be there. The other 2 are much harder to pick. Maybe Solid Snake and Master Chief.
Mario, Sonic, Lara Croft, Cloud.
Pac-Man is a weird one, he's popular, but more for the in game sprite, not his actual design.
Pac-Man is a weird one, he's popular, but more for the in game sprite, not his actual design.
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XL5FBnJbVqA/maxresdefault.jpg
Arguably the 4 most iconic game characters/gaming mascots of all time.
Arguably the 4 most iconic game characters/gaming mascots of all time.
Pac-Man, to represent the arcade era and the genesis of video games.
Mario, to represent the revival of video games after its crash, and the popularization of home consoles.
Doom Guy, to represent the foundation of 3D gameplay and the FPS genre.
Cloud Strife, to represent the rise of JRPGs, anime style and cutscenes/cinematics replacing pure text.
Mario, to represent the revival of video games after its crash, and the popularization of home consoles.
Doom Guy, to represent the foundation of 3D gameplay and the FPS genre.
Cloud Strife, to represent the rise of JRPGs, anime style and cutscenes/cinematics replacing pure text.
I think Sonic and Mario have to be side by side because both are recognizable worldwide even by non players and kinda started the hardware/software war that led to Playstation's birth. Pacman likewise is well known worldwide and represents the old school. The last one is hard but I think Solid Snake to represent the high production values, cinematic, 3D experience.
PacMan
Mario
Sonic
Solid Snake
PacMan
Mario
Sonic
Solid Snake
Mario
Sonic
Master Chief
Lara Croft/Solid Snake/Crash/Cloud
The problem with trying to represent Sony is until relatively recently most of the instantly recognisable characters associated with Playstation do not belong to Sony themselves. If I had to pick one of those four outright, it'd probably be Lara for being one of the most notable female characters too.
Sonic
Master Chief
Lara Croft/Solid Snake/Crash/Cloud
The problem with trying to represent Sony is until relatively recently most of the instantly recognisable characters associated with Playstation do not belong to Sony themselves. If I had to pick one of those four outright, it'd probably be Lara for being one of the most notable female characters too.
Bloody hell, I literally have no idea who these characters are.
Mario, Link, Pac, Lara?
Mario, Link, Lara, Cloud?
Mario, Link, Lara, Wander?
Mario, Link, Wander, Gordon?
Edit: Sonic may be recognizable from cross-marketing but his quality is dubious. He's been in four good games.
Mario saved gaming and is the industry's most iconic figure.
Lara invigorated gaming's jump to 3D (even if Mario stuck the landing).
Pac was the earliest superstar even if that star has faded since the 1980's.
Donkey Kong and Pikachu are an early and an ongoing fixture but it's just too much Nintendo.
Wander is among the earliest "Games are art" protagonists and a contender for best game ever made.
Gordon Freeman is PC Gaming's champion and a contender for best game of all-time in his own right.
Mario, Link, Lara, Cloud?
Mario, Link, Lara, Wander?
Mario, Link, Wander, Gordon?
Edit: Sonic may be recognizable from cross-marketing but his quality is dubious. He's been in four good games.
Mario saved gaming and is the industry's most iconic figure.
Lara invigorated gaming's jump to 3D (even if Mario stuck the landing).
Pac was the earliest superstar even if that star has faded since the 1980's.
Donkey Kong and Pikachu are an early and an ongoing fixture but it's just too much Nintendo.
Wander is among the earliest "Games are art" protagonists and a contender for best game ever made.
Gordon Freeman is PC Gaming's champion and a contender for best game of all-time in his own right.
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Mega Man ain't that Iconic. Might as well put Pikachu, Master Chief, or Ryu.https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XL5FBnJbVqA/maxresdefault.jpg
Arguably the 4 most iconic game characters/gaming mascots of all time.