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GuyDuke on 11 July 2010
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thelifatree said:
guiduc said:

Sam Fisher isn't even from this generation, and I might recall you this generation lacks characters that have impact and will change gaming perceptions, as Snake, Kratos, Link, Samus did for their genre.

Underlined:  I shall warn you not attack me personnaly and use a proper language.

Again, we're not talking about "identity" of a game, but the creation of a very unexpected character that will still live in memories for the next 50 years. As I reckon, to be original, a character must not be built upon stereotypes or being just a random guy. Then again, to become a well-known character and to be the pinnacle of its genre, as Mario do in platforming, he/she has to e in a lot of games and sell really well, or being a top notch game of its genre (AAA). 

You don't need to insult or attack personnaly because your opinion is divergent. I don't think (Miyamoto, not Nintendo) is the only one able to create original characters, but you fail to remember his contribution to video gaming (Starfox, Pikmin, Zelda, Donkey Kong, Mario). Don't even ask me if I understand about what's in italic,  I never said Uncharted 2 was uninspired. I'm just seeking for characters that aren't pale human copies.

I would argue NEKU SHIKI from TWEWY... but then again it lacks impact, . As it only sold 500K so I guess I disproved myself. (And I would apply this to Beyond Good and Evil as Well last gen)

Really, I wouldn't count pikmin. It's a great game but IMO the characters wasn't that memorable. Or for sure less memorable than... Also I would argue starfox, unless a ship can count as a character. In that case then I would agree. But the big one you forgot this gen. SACKBOY!!

Of course, I'm not saying Nintendo is nowhere good this generation in making new inventive characters, as the only thing that ressembles to is a Mii. Pikmin is not enough big in sales or in number of titles to be really an inventive character, Sackboy MIGHT be a contendent for that, but the character lacks (personnality???) Maybe we'll see with LBP2. Again, with Starfox, the franchise isn't big enough to consider the character as memorable as big industry figures.

And don't get me wrong, I love Uncharted 2. But as with all the games created nowadays, they just need to be pushed further in next generation and continue to sell really good and make the character even more memorable.

For Donkey Kong, we'll see if he can still sell like in the DKC days back in 90's.