Great character designs in gaming?

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RenCutypoison on 11 February 2014

Figgycal said:

You’ll have to explain why Pikachu is great character design. It's a yellow mouse with a lighting bolt shaped tail. And it used to be really fat to boot.

It sells better than hotcakes.

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RenCutypoison on 11 February 2014

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I thought about it very, very long and very, very hard. So hard that I almost had a stroke. Then finally, it came to me. That penetrating gaze and proud, erect bearing... to not recognize his design as the best would be worse than a mere travesty. It would be a boner of the highest magnitude. Frankly, it would be to give him the shaft because he simply can't be beat.

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Akiran on 11 February 2014

badgenome said:

I thought about it very, very long and very, very hard. So hard that I almost had a stroke. Then finally, it came to me. That penetrating gaze and proud, erect bearing... to not recognize his design as the best would be worse than a mere travesty. It would be a boner of the highest magnitude. Frankly, it would be to give him the shaft because he simply can't be beat.

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AZWification on 11 February 2014

badgenome said:

I thought about it very, very long and very, very hard. So hard that I almost had a stroke. Then finally, it came to me. That penetrating gaze and proud, erect bearing... to not recognize his design as the best would be worse than a mere travesty. It would be a boner of the highest magnitude. Frankly, it would be to give him the shaft because he simply can't be beat.

That thing must be pretty popular among Japanese schoolgirls.

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Augen on 11 February 2014

When I think of good character design I tend to think of more simplistic, but expressive characters.

I always thought of Sonic and Mega Man as really well designed characters for having strong color (blue) identity and could be easily picked out by silhouette. The minimalist approach makes for a great mascot design in my book.