>>734047889
The more you look the worse it gets

>>734047889
Mario, Pikachu and Sonic objectively occupy the top 3 spots. Pac Man is a strong contender for 4th but is he still as present in the zeitgeist as he was in the 80s?

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>>734047889
>no Sam Fisher, no Kyle Katarn, no Doomguy
>Pikachu, Steve, Astarion, Ellie, Sackboy, Cloud

Who was polled, 14yo mentally retarded (Sony and Nintendo fans)?

>>734047889
>Sackboy is the 5th most iconic video game character
Was this list taken from the good timeline or something?

>>734047996
>Mario, Pikachu and Sonic objectively occupy the top 3 spots

Objectively, you are a fucking idiot.

>>734048043
Maybe because I'm a bit of a casual gamer, but I know who Cloud is and have no idea who Sam Fisher and Kyle Katarn are.

>>734048069
>Most iconic
Everyone and their grandma knows who these three are

>>734048106
Nothing to boast about in terms of being clueless and ignorant.

Mario, Sonic, Pacman, Steve, Pikachu, Master Chief, Cloud, Lara, Kratos, Ellie, Crash and Snake can be considered iconic because their legacies extend beyond their games. The others don't have that.

>>734048275
>Steve
I thought the Minecraft creeper was more iconic than Steve

>>734048275
Lol I forgot Link

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>>734047889
Most of them are fine, it's just that the order is completely fucking wrong. Swap out the BG reps for Doomguy and Ryu, have someone who isn't retarded order it, then you'd have a reasonable list.

>>734048069
He's right you're just retarded. My mom has no idea who anybody else on this list but those three and Pac-Man are. MAYBE Link (or "Zelda")

>>734048043
>14yo mentally retarded (Sony and Nintendo fans)?
that is like 80% of /v/'s userbase

>>734048587
What use does a teenager have coming to this place? It's old news

>>734047889
>Shadowheart
>Astarion
>From ALL the time
Lmao shills

>>734048043
>Kyle Katarn
There is nothing iconic about this character.

>>734047889
Let's ignore the retarded ranking and just replace stupid picks

Lara Croft
Mario
>Donkey Kong
Sonic
>Kirby
Pacman
Llnk
Master Chief
Kratos
>Samus
>Mega Man
Pikachu
Steve
Solid Snake
Crash
Cloud Strife
>Simon Belmont
>Spyro
>Geralt
>Ryu

>>734048106
Fair, but Doom guy should be on that list and the majority of the faggot's choices shouldn't be there barring Mario, Sonic, Link, Pacman and Pikachu.

Out of touch normalfags and boomers are clinically retarded.

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What the fuck.

>>734048069
Epic contrarian bonus!
+1000 points!

>>734047889
They're journalists that hate Nintendo for not letting them post gay porn of Mario and Luigi at the showcases, what do you expect?

>>734047889
No Spyro? LOL

>>734048043
The list sucks but you are straight up delusional

>>734047889
>Astarion
Fucking who?
I have at least heard of that Shadowheart slut from all the waifufag posting. But this guy?

>>734047889
How is lara croft above mario and pikachu? And the BG3 characters shouldn't be in there at all. Where are DK and Kirby?

Pikachu and Mario and Maybe steve in particular are probably the only 3 characters from this list that non-gamers can identify

>>734047889
>BAFTA
So no one important.

>>734047889
..sackboy? really?

>>734049056
Doomguy is absolutely more iconic than fucking Astarion, I'll give him that.

>>734048043
only doomguy places in a top 20

>>734047889
While I accept many of those entries, the order is so completely fucked.

>>734047889
as apposed to physical retardation?

>>734049114
Oh yeah and also sonic and pac-man

>>734048962
>no Ryu/Ken either
These motherfuckers PIONEERED arcade games for fucks sake

>>734048043
>Who was polled, 14yo mentally retarded (Sony and Nintendo fans)?
Worse, the Br*tish.

>>734048043
>no Sam Fisher, no Kyle Katarn, no Doomguy
It's not 2002 anymore gramps, most of them haven't had a game in forever

>>734047889
twitter-view money bait

>>734049225
Pac Man and Donkey Kong existed, nigger.

>>734047889
where's Chun-Li from Fortnite

>>734047889
Steve should unironically be much higher because he is probably the young generation's favorite vidya character.

>>734047996
I'd dare to put Pacman above Pikachu. You still get boomers on game shows asking "durr what a Pikachu?" but they'll recognize a pacman silhouette.

>>734049086
Astarion is the snippy gay vampire companion from BG3. He's the female equivalent of Shart in the sense that they pick him the most to bang their playable characters.

>>734048043
>Doomguy
90% of normalfags would look at him and call him master chief.

>>734050626
You realize those boomers are dying off, right? Pkachu will outlive them and Pacman.

>>734047889
>No Kasumi
The list is shit.

>>734050689
The boomers who think video games are satanic are still alive, and they predate the ones who recognize Pacman

>>734048043
Im a very avid gamer and I genuinely dont know who the first two people you listed are

>>734050757
Pikachu will outlive them all the same.

>>734048069
He's right thoughever. Pokemania was so huge that it propelled TPC to the top of the vidya business world as the single most valuable IP of all time. Mario headed up Nintendo's lineup, Sonic headed up Sega's. That's pretty straightforward. Sony and Microsoft didn't even show up on the scene until zoomers were a thing and they don't deserve a say. Also women can get fucked, Tomb Raider belongs at the bottom somewhere. You could maybe make an argument for Samus as the most meme-able woman character of the age, but further down the list.

>>734050785
Doesn't make him more iconic in the present

>>734047889
Anyone other than Mario in #1 is legit retarded

>>734050821
Your way of thinking is flawed, because you're bringing the whole world into a discussion about iconic VIDEO GAME characters. Only gamers are concerned, not the silent generation grannies you see on Price is Right reruns. Everyone under 50 who has played a videogame or was cognizant during the worldwide phenomena of pokemania in the 90's will recognize Pikachu.

>>734050971
An icon means world recognition

>>734047889
snake not in the top 10 offends me for some reason

I thought Lara Croft was left behind in the PS1 era.
Am I missing something?

>>734051007
no one likes a pedant.

>>734051108
no one likes pacman

>>734047889
Lara Croft being such a well known character is such an interesting part of the history of the medium. The Tomb Raider series really isnt even known for being all that good, most people that like the series even admit how much jank there is. All it takes is to have a character design that is so popular it transcends the material it comes from. Truly, coomers always win one way or another

>>734051204
is it fun jank? which one is worth playing?

>>734051204
don't give any credence to a list without taking into account the methodology used to compile that list.

>>734048043
>35+ year old thinks his toys from 2 decades ago are still relevant
I also grew up with those guys, but its alright for the new gen to take over. Our time has come and gone and thats alright.

If this list really bothers you, maybe you should worry a bit more about where you are in life and not where your hero's from the past are.
They are in the past, just like you

>>734048043
>14 yo
>Cloud
no people under 30 cares about Final Fantasy

>>734051304
I'm not really speaking on that list in particular, it's just in my experience she's a character that more or less become the stock example of "video game woman" in popular culture, and that's been true since the 90s from what I've seen

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>>734047889
You telling me more people know whoever the hell sackboy is than the lich king

>>734051453
Well, having a few movies helped.

>>734051502
I was too old to get into Adventure Time when it was airing, and I'm definitely too old to give a shit about it now.

>>734051502
Yes. Not everyone spent their adolescence playing your favourite skinner box bro

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>>734047889
>BAFTA
>The British Academy Film Awards
There's your problem.

>How is lara croft above mario and pikachu?
Obviously because she is often trotted out as the #1 most "iconic" female character even though in reality a character like Princess Peach is probably more recognizable.

Remember this is a list of the most "iconic" video game characters, not the best or your personal favorite. Mario had one of the most successful animated films of all time and his own fucking section dedicated to him at multiple Universal Studios parks across the world. Pikachu is the face of Pokemon, the most profitable franchise of all time.

Even my elderly grandma who knows practically nothing about videos games recognizes who Mario is. I highly doubt she knows who Lara Croft is. They did a study years ago and found out Mario is actually more recognizable than Mickey Mouse. Whether you like his games or not, Mario is like THE most iconic video game character and that's largely because he has such a simple easily recognizable design.

If I dressed like Mario for Halloween everyone would know who I was. If I dressed as someone like Arthur Morgan I'd just seem like a generic cowboy.

>>734049114
Brits voted on it and are biased for their character who hasn't been relevant for two decades.

>>734048043
>Sam Fisher
Dead
>Doomguy
Maybe around the bottom replacing one of the BG3 shitters
>Kyle Katarn
Literally who

>>734047889
>#3 47
top kek g8 b8 m8

>>734047889
>Arthur Morgan was in 1 game
>no Ezio
>no Mega Man

>>734051367
If this was a top 20 iconic videogame characters of the last 10 years then sure, but the list specified "all-time". His inclusions are still off, but only because other old characters that are not new gen should be on instead, like Kirby or Samus. You need something that makes Astarion an "all-time" iconic character. Samus was huge for strong female characters when the term had a less poisoned meaning, and Kirby is timeless and easily recognizable. Crash being on that list is fucking crazy, he's more "in the past" than anyone else.

>no donkey kong
>no Bonk
>no shinobi

>No one mentioning the lack of Scorpion/Sub Zero on the list
Posers, all of you

>>734054641
you'd have to include all of them same with street fighter, except Dhalsim of course

>>734054641
someone did >>734048962

>generic bimbo
>generic bald man
>generic breaded bald man
>generic cowboy
>generic elf
>generic girl
>generic fantasy girl
>generic soldier
>generic chink
>generic dude
"""""""""""""""""""""ICONIC""""""""""""""""""""""
FUCKING LMAO

>>734054705
Dhalsim is more iconic than Honda simply for being more visually distinct. The two are probably at the bottom of the original 8 world warriors but Honda is so fucking forgettable, at least Dhalsim has the stretchy limbs gimmick so someone who's seen it once is more likely to recall the character. Maybe I'm biased because I enjoy playing Dhalsim but he just has so much more going on than Honda ever did.

>>734047889
Just because every other gamer is bald doesn't make Agent 47 iconic.

>>734047889
>2 baldurs gate 3 reps
>not even imoen or minsk

>>734048043
you don't know what "iconic" means, migrant.

>>734047889
>Sackboy
LMAO
>Ellie over Joel
kek!

>>734047889
Lara (my queen) always wins.

>>734051108
words have meaning, it's not pretentious to not be a tertiary drooling retards.

>>734047889
>no TIFA
>no RYU
>no GORDON FREEMAN
>no ZELDA
>no SAMUS
>no MEGAMAN
>no ALUCARD
>no REVAN
>no FOX
>no DONKEY KONG
>no RAYMAN
>no CRONO
>no REVOLVER OCELOT
>no PRINCESS PEACH
>no TIDUS
>no TRACER

This is why games journalists shouldn't be allowed to live. We need to send them to a trip to IRAN.

>no Toejam & Earl
fuck this list

ITT
>some retarded pop list nobody sane gives a shit about
Except for \v\ of course.

>Sackboy
Lol
Lmao
Would have been a retarded pick even before the decade plus of irrelevance.

>>734054836
If a BG rep is going to be on the list, it's for fucking sure going to be Shadowheart or Astarion over Minsk. Their inclusions are very recent but the success of BG3 has made them far more iconic for the vast majority of people.

>>734048905
You're retarded if you think people know doomguy
If you show an average person doomguy and ask what character it is, they'll say either "master chief" or" halo"

>>734047889
>sackboy above anyone of those, even shitty ass Trash
>fucking sackboy
>sackboy at alll
>LMAO did they read the sony check wrong? This clearly was meant to be astroflop on the chart.

>>734047889
>Lara Croft being more iconic than fucking Mario
>Baulder's Gate 3 characters
A lot of these entries are correct, but there's some utter fuckwittery going on too
>>734048043
Do you even know what iconic means? Pikachu and Cloud are absolutely fucking iconic

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>>734055247
Not him, public recognition is only part of iconicity in my view. I do think it's an important part, but their significance/recognition in gaming and the gaming community is also important. Doomguy is very recognizable for gamers and Doom is an iconic game in that it was a huge step for the FPS genre, which is the one that most people would probably recognize these days being non-gamers.
You could still do better than Doomguy but he's a better slot than Crash or Kazuma.

>>734047889
What the industry doesn't want to understand is that the only TLOU character that people really, truly care about is Joel. You could have replaced Ellie with a completely different teenage girl and from the audience's perspective, the important bits wouldn't have changed. Except that maybe they could have created a character that could carry a franchise on her own.
>Sackboy
I'll bet that if I walked around showing Sackboy to people outside the age range of 30-50, maybe 1% would be able to name him. Within that range, it'd be surprised if it were 20%. Absolute C-lister from games that have mostly been forgotten. Even as a platformer fan, I don't think that I finished LBP.

>>734049252
So a snoyfaggot

>>734055604
>Within that range, it'd be surprised if it were 20%
I couldn't name him, I'd recognize him and I also know the name of his game but I've never seen anyone play it or talk about it

>>734047889
I don't know who 8 of these are

>>734047889
>even the entertainment industry shills have abandoned Aloy

No actually pikachu is not iconic!
I don't care that he's the mascot of the most profitable ip in history!

>>734047889
The placement is all wrong but other than fucking Astareon the rest are iconic.

>>734047889
>Cloud has dropped to #16
>barely above Trans of Us at #19
...gaming is SO over bros.

>>734048043
pikachu, steve and cloud is kind of understandable since they are still popular characters even after 30 years from their release
sackboy and ellie are like literally who while bg3 characters are new and westerners like them

>>734055086
iconic doesnt' work that way, bootlicker. BG3 is already a forgotten nobody of the industry.

>>734055281
Lara Croft is more recognizable to normaflags because of tomb rider movie with real actors.
>hurr durr but mario mobie
it's just a cartoon for kids

>>734056413
More iconic than fucking Minsk and if you separate the term "deserved" from "iconic" then you'd realize that yes, if a BG character is going to be on that list, it would sooner be shadowheart or Astarion. Part of this is popularity and you'd need to be intentionally retarded to think that any previous entry did nearly as well as BG3, and that Minsk was a part of what drove those sales and people recognize.
>that's just fucking secondaries
Yeah, being an icon means being recognized by more secondaries and people who just don't play games. if SH or Astarion don't belong by your measure then Minsk sure as fuck doesn't to a much greater degree.

>bootlicker
I'm just not delusional like you.

>>734048861
>Simon Belmont
has no legacy and isn't known by anyone
>Spyro
less than 0.001% of the population knows who this is

>>734056423
>Lara Croft is more recognizable to normaflags
I seriously doubt this. Mario has a WAY more recognizable design, and longer exposure.
You show normies a picture of both and ask them to name them which do you seriously think would win? Especially if its an ingame photo and not a photo of angelina jolie

>>734047889
Angloids have this retarded feeling of nationalism when it comes to shit like this. However they are also always wrong and retarded because they are angloids. Personally I don't really value the opinions of a bunch of sub 70iq retards who can't brush their teeth and gave their country away.

No! That's NOT Solid Snake

>>734056873
ask your family who they recognize more
an animated blob faced guy with mustache and red hat or Angelina Jolie in lara croft costume
after that you'll know why she's on the podium

>>734048861
I think sub zero or scorpion would be better as the iconic fighter pick

>>734047889
>Astarion

Fucking BAFTA had to place a faggot, by now it's almost mandatory.

Also most of those are last thursday characters, in 5 year no one will remember them, i mean ask a zoomer who Nathan Drake is.

>>734047889
>literally every human alive including your 90 year old grandma knows pikachu
>ranked lower than 'arthur morgan' a generic action-man from a recently popular game
>ranked lower than 'shadowheart' a generic pretty lady from a recently popular game
>"sack boy"
>kazuma kiryu
>astarion
>no princess peach or zelda

if they include astarion AND shadowheart from the same game, why do they not include mario AND luigi, or sonic AND tails?

>>734057273
Yeah it would be mario for the vast majority of people just because of the iconic look and aggressive branding, absolutely no question. Lara Croft would be up there but top 1/2 would be Mario/Pikachu.

>>734057617
>pretty lady

>>734048043
I only know Doomguy, Pikachu, Steve, and Cloud from that list.

>>734057273
>animated blob faced guy with a mustache
yeah, no one knows who mario is, i showed a picture of him to a gaggle of school children and they all said "ayo who is that? i've never seen that nigga before, he a side character from the new lara croft game? shes bussin fr no cap"

>>734057749
I showed a picture of him to my niece and she said "I don't care anon keep going aaaaaaaaahhhhhh"

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>>734047889
Stacymus>>>>>> Lara cvck
Also:
>>Astarion
>>Shadowheart
Kek

>>734047889
lara croft? she stopped being relevant 20 years ago the fuck?

>>734047889
I have final fantasy 7 fatigue

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>>734047889
>arthur morgan more iconic than CJ
kek fuck off

>iconic video game characters
>includes shadowheart and astarion
>but not samus, spyro, yoshi, donkey kong, princess peach, bowser, zelda, tails, knuckles, charizard, dovakhiin

>>734058129
Never heard of any of those, unc

>>734058142
i would unironically have accepted rayman on this list, and he hasn't had a decent game in decades.

>>734047889
Boomers are still alive so donkey Kong is absolutely still top 5. The list looks like some trollbait though

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>>734047889
Genuinely surprised they didn't put Aloy in this

>>734047889
I’d say jinx should be up there.
League of lols is arguably the most successful mmo if the last decade, and she is probably the best known character.

>>734058129
Shart is pretty iconic tho. Name a bigger vidya slut from the last 10 years or so?

>>734057273
I know that they know who Mario is because they bought me a snes as a kid and they have all played Mario with me.

Anyone else surprised Kiryu beat Ellie?

>>734058761
no

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>>734047889
There is no way Nu-Lara is more iconic than Mario, Sonic, and Pickachu, what did they use as a metric the measure "Iconicness"? Fucking R34 tags or something?

>>734047889
>iconic
pornhub could have made a more accurate list

>>734048043
nigga those might be zoomer picks but at least they understood the assignment, nobody cares about Kyle Katarn, there's nothing iconic about him

>>734058637
It really is. But I'm pretty sure that anyone who isn't a paid sony shill doesn't know who the fuck Aloy is.

>>734051204
Honestly, she was kinda falling out of relevance before she became culture war battleground. I even remember a comic portraying her as an old lady.

The west just isn't good at creating iconic female characters because feminism gets in the way. Yes, even in the 80s and 90s.

>>734056358
Ellie is more iconic than Shart of gay vampire whatchu talking bout
you may not like the games but acting like Ellie is not huge is just wrong

>>734051502
Sackboy is weird pick but don't act like normies know who this ice Sauron is

>>734058845
If they wanted to have a woman as the number 1, I'm sure Samus, 2b and Tifa are more relevant than Nu-Lara

>>734047889
>pikachu this low
>lara above mario
>literally whos like the bg3 characters and sackboy over Scorpion/Sub Zero, Ryu/Ken and Heihachi
>ellie and nathan drake over doomguy and Samus

>>734058970
Ellie's main source of relevance is as a device for Joel's character arc. People weren't excited to stick around for Ellie after the thing. Joel is the only TLOU character that people truly character about.

Ironically, the """misogynistic""" characters that Druckmann set out to destroy are the ones who are actually capable of standing on their own as the true stars of the show.

>>734048043
>no Sam Fisher, no Kyle Katarn, no Doomguy

Unc, start looking at retirement homes. There are Star Wars lunatics who don't know who the fuck Kyle Katarn is

>>734047889
Mario, Lara Croft, Master Chief, Pikachu, Pac-Man, Mega Man, Kratos, Donkey Kong, Steve, Cloud, Snake, Link, Sonic, Samus, Leon and Ryu are the most iconic characters. Not 20, but close. Maybe Doomguy and Arthas?

Keeping it at a 1 character per franchise for these because others like Peach, Bowser, Sephiroth, Ken, Charizard and some others are still more inconic than a lot.

>>734047889
Sackboy at number 5 is so fucking egregious that I have to assume this list is paid for by sony shills.
Lara Croft over Mario is ridiculous. Pikachu at 12 is fucking crazy too

>>734058661
Maybe but because of arcane

>>734047889
>Lara Croft
>the bitch that hasn't had a game in a decade
>who stopped being a sex symbol aeons ago and became yet another failed girl girlboss
>all she got since then was a TV series that was rightfully memoryholed
>above fucking Mario
I wonder why BAFTA would place her so hi--
>Tomb Raider, known as Lara Croft: Tomb Raider from 1996 to 2008, is a media franchise that originated with an action-adventure video game series created by BRITISH video game developer Core Design.
Hmmmmmmmm

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>>734058845
It's because she was british and also the 'first' female lead.
That's it.
With them completely ignoring what the fuck Metroid was.
Don't think about it too much.

>>734059204
>I have to assume this list is paid for by sony shill
If that was the case Astrobot and Aloy would be in the top 3

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>>734047889

Realistically, the list should be Mario, Sonic, Pac-Man, and 17 Gen 1 Pokemon.

>>734057905
The trailer for the new Tomb Raider game was the most viewed trailer from the game awards, Lara is still popular even if her games have been shit for awhile. I would absolutely put her in the top 5, but number 1 over Mario is pushing it.

>>734056829
>Spyro
>less than 0.001% of the population knows who this is
You forgot that Spyro was recently the main character in a popular childrens television show and toy grift.

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>>734059204
Lara Croft had such a massive cultural impact her number 1 spot is completely warranted
there are probably people who don't even know videogames exist yet can tell you who LC is

>>734059584
Is Sonic really all that iconic with people under 30?

>>734059753
Only because of the movies. The Mario Movie broke that though

>>734059728
Bro, I'm sure Angry Birds is more iconic and recognizable to normalfags than Tomb Raider

>>734059753
Frontiers was the GOTY 2022

>>734047889
>Lara Croft #1
>Mario #2
Smells Woke rather than nostalgic

>>734059753
The sonic boom tv series and the movies secured another generation of autistic sonic fans

>>734055532
The thing is, doomguy doesn't even look like Doom 1

>>734059728
You are absolutely delusional. Nobody has given a single shit about Lara Croft for over a decade except gaming journalists writing bullshit puff pieces.
Mario has been Nintendos mascot for over 30 years, with shitloads of high profile games on multiple consoles. Multiple of those consoles were the winners of their generations too.
Even during Tomb Raiders peak of relevance Mario was probably still more recognizable to most people.
Thats not even mentioning fucking Pikachu or Sonic who are both leagues ahead of Lara as well

>>734059753
There are more people over 30 than there are people under 30.

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>>734059826
simply bullshit stats to sell tickets for the upcoming movie. there's no integrity anymore. if you're thinking "BAFTA shilling a video game movie? absurd.", take a look at picrel

>>734047889
Oh yeah good ol' Astarion and Sackboy. True video gayming icons I tell you hwat

>>734047889
>Lara first
>All these movie games
What the fuck
>Bafta
Oh... Lmao

>>734059921

I mean, it's not the exact same design, but it's clearly identifiable. It's like saying Link doesn't have a visual identity.

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>>734059797
she was in recent CoD and Fortnite, why are people acting like she's some forgotten obscure relic of the 90's
not to mention she's still getting new games, movies and tv shows
>>734059968
sure, Mario is huge, but his popularity is limited to Nintendo consoles and fans, everyone else is treating him like that fat guy with moustache who jumps on blocks and turtles
Pikachu is more of a mascot or a pet than a character
and Sonic, well, if nobody has given a single shit about Lara for a decade than I do not know what to say about Sonic

>>734059728
Mario and Pikachu are bigger and have more movies, which are more popular.
>>734059753
Yeah i'm 26 and i'd put him in the top 10, even though i'm not even sure i ever played one of his game.

>>734059728
Just think about this for one second.
How many normies do you think have played any Mario Kart game? How many do you think have played a Tomb Raider game?
Movies are irrelevant both Mario and Lara had a successful movie, but Mario's was more recent.

>>734060272
You are so stupid and out of touch that you must be a shill or a troll.

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>>734048043
I know Fisher may seem like a dark horse pick to some people, but his goggles are very iconic and Ironside owns the character with his voice acting. Doomguy also makes sense, but Kyle Katarn makes as much sense as Arthur Morgan and the BG3 characters.

>>734048043
>Sam Fisher
>Kyle Katarn

Its not 2002 anymore

>>734048861
>just replace stupid picks
>Steve
You missed one.

>>734048861
this is UK based, so mega man and Simon wouldn't probably be there, I'd say other Mario characters would fill the list DK luigi toad bowser etc

>>734060862
seething boomer

>>734057273
>an animated blob faced guy with mustache and red hat or Angelina Jolie in lara croft costume
This should say everything. For Mario you listed two famous, distinct elements of his design. For Lara you resorted to mentioning an actress who played her.

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>zoomgroids unironically exposing themselves itt
Lara was the video game industry in the 90's.
The most popular and iconic video game character of literally all times.

>>734047889
>#1 Mario
>#2 Pikachu
>#3 Sonic
>#4 Donkey Kong
>#5 Pac-Man
>#6 Scorpion
>#7 Link
>#8 Creeper
>#9 Kratos
>#10 Master Chief
>#11 Chun-Li
>#12 MegaMan
>#13 Crash
>#14 Snake
>#15 Leon Kennedy
>#16 Samus
>#17 Tifa
>#18 C.J
>#19 Doom Guy
>#20 Rathalos
There, I fixed it.

>>734047889
Seems reasonable to me. Bit of recency bias with Kratos and the BG3 characters, but okay.
>>734048043
>Sam Fisher
Had some cool games, but was never mega mainstream, coupled with the fact that the last game was over a decade ago, and sold under expectations.
>Kyle Katarn
Nigger nobody knows who the fuck that is.
>Doomguy
Arguably deserves a spot, but probably suffers from the fact that he wasn't really a character. Doom is famous and iconic, Doomguy kinda isn't. Like fuck, even the name sounds like a joke: "Hey who do you play as in doom?" "Uuh, I dunno, doom-guy?" "correct!" "you're shitting me."
Remember: this is not: "Who are the best / coolest / most awesome / strongest character in vidya" It's "Most iconic" Which is essentially Jeopardy rules: We asked 100 people: "Name a video game character". And if you think of it that way, then yes, Cloud, Sackboy and Ellie are gonna be named before fucking Sam Fisher and Kyle Katarn.

>>734047889
lara in number 1 at the current day?
sackboy at 5?
and a bunch of whatevers who might not have any staying power. wtf

>>734060357
The last game didn't even have ironside.

>>734061096
>Lara was the video game industry in the 90's.
>was
she hasn't been that for a long time now

>>734060298
I don't actually know anyone who play Mario games but that's anecdotal evidence
howewer, sure, everybody knows Maro, but ask any normie, or better yet, non gamer if you know Mario and LC and they'll tell you yes, but then ask them to describe them to you
most people would probably tell you LC is an adventure who searches for ancient relics at least, but Mario? "he jumps" would be the most popular answer I bet

>>734061307
Neither did half of characters on that list but i'd still take her over generic cowboy man who's main selling point was horse balls shrinking in the cold.

>>734061372
true. i'd put her on the list. just not at 1

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>>734061170
>Rathalos
you are the blackest retard gorilla nigger I've ever seen,

>>734061357
Most people could tell you that Mario has a brother and saves the princess from Bowser.

>>734061096
Then the 90s ended and everyone completely forgot about her.

The truth is that Red (the bird), Barbarian, Peely, and Freddy Fazbear would be in the top 10. But uncs aren't ready for this conversation.

>>734047889
>Agent 47
>Any baldur's gay character
>Any naughty dog character besides jak and daxter
>Arthur meme
>Fucking Kiryu

>>734061572
idk who any of those are other than Freddy

>>734061559
average Joe doesn't know Luigi or Bowser, maybe Peach but rather "the princess is in another castle" thing than her name (if they're old enough)

>>734047889
>No Messi
>No Ronaldo
Shit list

Looks like 2010 data

If "iconic" means your grandma and random African tribesmen know about them, then 20 is simply too big of a list. Most non-gamers could name one or two vidya characters at most.

>>734061572
>Red
true
>Barbarian
which one? Diablo barbarian? because that's a big no
>Peely
wouldn't the defaut guy be more popular?
>Freddy
nobody over 25 (who doesn't streambait) knows him

>>734061282
And so fucking what?

>>734061671
Nigga Mario Kart and Smash bros have been enormous over the years, and Mario just had a billion dollar movie that Luigi is in.

Chun-li >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Lara

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where's my boy Bomberman

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itt:

>>734061805
>which one?
Clash royale

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>>734060272
>but his popularity is limited to Nintendo consoles and fans
Every thirdworlder has pirated SMW at some point.

>>734047889
Boomers would only know the Nintendo ones, Pacman, and Sonic

>>734062115
TRVE

Mario, Pikachu and Steve, in that order. The rest is a wash, except Astarion. Who the fuck invited them?

>>734061939
Boy? Most modern gamers know the character as a girl.

>>734059584
I was sat in a pizza hut last year (UK), there was kid having a birthday party, they had Sonic and Mario plushies and were opening Pokémon cards

>>734047889
>Sackboy
>#5
What?

>>734062207
That kid must be a hardcore gamer to know so many icons

John Roblox

>>734047889
I mean...couldn't they at least put in Dante? They even Made netflix shit for normies to take notice of.

>>734062157
nigga Astarion is the biggest literally who FOTM on the list by FAR, at least Shart had e-whores cosplaying as her for some time

>>734047889
oh nononono banjobros

>>734047889
Peashooter-bros... It's OVER

>>734047889
1. Dante
2. Courier
3. Ryu
4. Kyle Katarn
5. The Nameless Hero
6. Geralt
7. Revan
8. Lewis
9. Leon
10. Raziel
11. That guy from the first 2 infamous games
Just few i could think of that would in much more.

>>734061684
The fortnite era is over gramps, as is the tomb raider era

>>734061572
>>734061805
Out of these 4 I only know who Freddy is, im 37

>>734063118
how can you be 37 and missed the Angry Birds craze?

>>734062248
I replied to the wrong post it was for >>734059753

>>734063201
Because Its from 2009 I was in my 20's by then and I don't play mobile games

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>>734063309
it wasn't just a phone game, it was a cultural phenomenon

Nobody knows who the fuck is Kyle Katarn

>>734063526
>angry bird themed star wars game
>cUltUral pHeNoMeNon

Why would I play this or even know about it? I didn't even know the birds had names

>>734047889
>BAFTA
lol, lmao even

>>734048069
random idiots on the street know Mario or Pikachu. Nobody fucking knows your snoystation cuckman OC.

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>>734063772
I'm not saying you should have played it or liked it, but as a 37 year old guy you should be able to recognize Red (Angry Birds) as a character since it was super popular for like half a decade or so, otherwise you're like one of those 2cool4school dudes commenting "who?" under post about some worldwide popular celebrity
>inb4 I just don't care about XYZ
you'd get a pass if you were some outdoorsman or amish, but you're online, and on 4chan of all places

>>734064113
I never said I didn't recognize angry birds or angry birds characters I said I didn't know who "red" was, you retard

>>734064492
oh shit I thought the op put "angry birds" and not just "the bird" into brackets, my bad
still, I haven't actually played the games either and I immediately thought of AB when I saw it, that's how huge it was

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>>734048043
>no Sam Fisher, no Kyle Katarn, no Doomguy
>He thinks those literal whos are more recognizable and popular than fucking Pikachu
/v/ the type of retards that would say JC Denton deserves a spot on that list

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>All the posts in this thread bitching about Lara
Lara in the 90's was a legit icon and even in the 2000's. After Crash, she was seen as Playstation's unofficial mascot despite her multiplat status and debut on the Saturn. Those movies with Angelina Jolie played a huge in that, you're severely underestimating them for the sake of an argument. And another harsh truth incoming: Smash is not representative of what the populous sees as the end-all-be-all representation of video games, so all the people listing Simon Belmont and Dante from DMC really need to understand the reasoning behind that particular top 20 list. I'd wager Donkey Kong is the only glaring omission on there, and two Baldur's Gate 3 characters makes it clear there was some money being slid under the table, but otherwise, all the games listed are well-known by the populous (Keyword, the core gamer crowd is considerably smaller in comparison).

Sakurai's personal list of favorites is just that - his favorites.

>>734065118
*played a huge part in that
my bad

>>734047889
>mario
>luigi
>sonic
>lara croft
>pac man
>donkey kong
I'd say these are the biggest gaming characters with legitimate, normalfag recognition. Anyone else is just 'iconic' only within gaming culture itself (Cloud, Doomguy, etc), isn't as famous as the game they come from (Steve) or just netflix flavour of the month bullshit (TLOU, Fallout).

>>734065460
Forgot to add Pikachu

>>734065118
Nobody is questioning Lara was big in her time, but most iconic videogame character ever is a ludicrous claim

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>>734047889

>>734066181
BAFTA isn't composed of young core gamers, that crowd is mostly older millennials and Gen X'ers, who would have played Tomb Raider at its peak.

>>734066403
Even if we were having this discussion in 2005, Lara Croft as most iconic game character ever is a bad take.

>>734047889
>>734048043

ITT retards don't understand what words mean criticizing the picks for being too mainstream. Fucking Kyle Katarn being suggested, lmao. Yeah there are some weird ones that don't quite belong on there due to recency bias, but fucking Sam Fisher and Kyle Katarn over Cloud and Pikachu, get fucking real.
>but those are normie games!
Yes, well done, now you've learned what the word "iconic" means.

I'm guessing these characters are not listed in any particular order, because if they are, then this is retarded. Laura Croft is not the most iconic vidya character. She may have polled highly, but she did not get the most votes.

I mean it has to be Mario or Pikachu in terms of raw recognizability and normie exposure.
Sonic and Steve are probably in the ballpark, especially with recent popular movies. Lara is WAY past her prime and even if she got a fortnite skin I doubt anybody young gives a shit about her at all

>>734048043
>no doomslaya
hahaha cope more fag

>>734048043
who the fuck is kyle katarn

>>734047889
>Ellie
Dude, what?

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>>734059376
Bongs love big titted women and love to delve into third world cultures to raid their temples and gold. Anglos need to go back to their roots desperately.

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>>734047889
>Arthur Morgan is iconic

>>734047889
>Ellie, Astarion, Shadowheart
>Lara croft on #1
tell me this garbage was written by a woman without telling me

>>734061968
Isn't it the complete opposite of pic related? Gamers will know characters like Arthur Morgan or Baldurs Gate 3 people, if you go to your grandmother she won't recognize any of them except Pikachu, Mario and Sonic.

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We still don't know who Kyle Katarn is or why is he iconic. No I won't google it.

>>734051502
wowfags are delusional about the popularity of their game

>>734068580
The Tetris blocks are more iconic than Arthur Morgan. Hell, the Tetris blocks should be top-5.

>>734069078
Star Wars minor character

>>734069296
Probably the L block specifically I think.

>>734048043
>Kyle Katarn
LMFAO

>>734068830
isn't that obvious? only femoids care about shit series like Baldurs gate (pretty sure they even skipped 1 and 2) and TLoU.

>>734061065
yeah exactly
bafta boomers know angelina jolie more than some animated plumber
if it wasn't for the recent movie it would probably end up even lower
why do you think agent 47 is so high on this list?

>>734047889
Not even Gordon freeman? what the fuck

>>734047889
>Mario #2

1. John Roblox
2. Pikachu
3. GTA black guy
4. Mario
5. Steve
6. Fortnite Man
7. Pac-Man
8. Tetris Block
9. Ryu
10. Link
11. Lara Croft
12. Sonic the Hedgehog
13. Donkey Kong
14. Ryu
15. Cloud
16. Scorpion
17. Master Chief
18. Sans Undertale
19. Freddy Fazbear
20. Kratos

>>734047889

Leon Kennedy, Ryu and Doomguy deserve a spot on that list.

who the fuck cares about Ellie and those literal whos from BG3. lmao

>>734070128
Uhhhhh replace the second Ryu with dark souls man