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The only thing as important as gameplay are the characters that star in games, the characters that make a franchise recognizable for years to come. Some of these charaters have revolutionized the gaming indusrty by setting a bar for every game to at least meet.
Of course when talking about video game charaters, Mario is probably the most important character to bring up. The plumber from the Mushroom Kingdom holds the gold standard for all aged video games serving fun platforming challenges and a simplistic story that makes it easy to follow along.
Serving as Sega's rival flagship series, Sonic the Hedgehog is a Character that serves as a reminder to not take life too seriously, but to enjoy the ride with your closest friends. Sonic's games have provided players with fun and engaging adventures that will remain with you for years to come.
Nintendo's first majorly sucesfull character premering alongside Mario in the arcade cabinet "Donkey Kong" quickly becoming one of the most recognisable video game characters to exist. After the original game, Donkey Kong began to star in his own platformer games, gaining fame for the sprites and difficult gameplay.
Video Game's most recognizable hero, Link the main character of most Legend of Zelda games. Link serves as one of the only two people capeable of preventing darkness from ruling the world of Hyrule. Link's games serve as an easy gateway into adventure games for any player.
Samus is the main character of Metroid, a video game that has inspired many creators to make their own game, spawning the title Metroidvania, referencing the game used for inspiration.
The main character from the God of War franhise. Kratos serve's as reminder to everyone that you are not defined by you're mistakes, and that no matter what you can change for the better.
The face of creativity in gaming, Steve is the base player model for Minecraft. Although the story of minecraft may not be what draws players to the game, the ability to create whatever the player wants has placed the game in the lives of many people.
The two main characters from the Last of Us games, Ellie and Joel raised the bar for video game storytelling. The two characters have to navigate a post-apocoliptic world, and travel to the other side of the country while growing closer as a father and daughter.
A playable character in the game Red Dead Redemption 2. The most loyal to Dutch van der Linde's gang, however Arthur eventually grows to question Dutch's plans. Discovering a rat in their ranks, Arthur turns to Dutch but was betrayed, depending on how the player chose to handle situations, Arthur can die of injuries peacefully or he can be exucuted by the rat.
The main character in the Resident Evil games. Leon First appears as a rookie police officer in a city that has just begun to have a zombie outbreak, Leon survives and becomes a highly skilled agent in a top-seceret government program.