You can't say Link or Mario... How much duller can a video game character get? If you do that, you choose it because of the game, not the character. I can't help but feel that you're not answering the question.
But honestly... By taking those away, I'm getting a hard time choosing...
Let's see. There's (and yes, I know these are mostly Nintendo characters, but that's because of a natural bias (liking chidlish crap games) rather than fanboyism... Hey! That's a pretty good excuse.
Kirby
Captain Falcon
Yoshi
Fox
Ike
Ganondorf
Zelda/Sheik
Can't think of any more, but I can't really list these very well. Top 5
1. Yoshi
1. Ike
3. Captain Falcon
4. Kirby
4. Zelda
http://www.vgchartz.com/games/userreviewdisp.php?id=261
That is VGChartz LONGEST review. And it's NOT Cute Kitten DS







