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Killiana1a on 18 February 2011
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radiantshadow92 said:
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Disagree with the entire list due to spots 1 thru 10. Number 1 through 9 should be:

1. Mario

2. Donkey Kong

3. Link

4. Pac-man

5. Pikachu

6. Mega Man

7. Luigi

8. Wario

9. Princess Peach

10. Sonic

If it wasn't for these 10, a lot of us would have had a very different childhood. Shame on you Guinness for such a concocted list. Shame on you!


If the list was called top 10 character in sidescrolling platformer games, sure.

You must be young...Or forgetful. I can forgive both.

Sure, Princess Peach is weak and should have been replaced by Samus Aran of the Metroid series. That being said, none in the top 50 of Guinness's top 50 video game characters of all time had the impact of those 9 Nintendo characters and 1 Sega character. Not in my opinion has there ever been a more iconic top 10 then the one you just quoted me from.

Sure, there are new characters for new generations, but new generations don't matter in my opinion. Older generations laid the road for those after them. At least Guinness could show some respect and not name any character past the PS1 era in the top 50. Seriously.

I respectfully disagree. They had thier had their time *some still having it*, i would think its better to put up some new characters to the list. 

Sure they had their time. If we did a top 50 of the greatest NBA players, would Michael Jordan be replaced by LeBron James? Would Kobe Bryant replace Magic Johnson? Would Dwight Howard replace Wilt Chamberlain? Would Chris Paul replace John Stockton? Would Kevin Garnett replace Hakeem Olaujuwon?

The point I am making is if you are going to do "Top 50" lists, then please give respect to those who paved the way. Video games are not far off from sports in hero worship, therefore I believe they should follow the same formula when concocting these lists. Otherwise, you pull a Rolling Stone "Top 100 Greatest Guitarists" and disrespect many far superior guitarists when you put a "no talent, happened to be the lead singer of the band who ushered in Grunge" Kurt Cobain as the 12th greatest guitarist of all time.

You comparison doesn't really apply because there are ALOT less amazing basketball players then there are good video game characters. Its not that those characters don't DESERVE the spot, rather other characters deserve the spot too. Plus unlreated , its great marketing for NEW IP's. 

Marketing or not and different industries don't downplay the fact of seminal characters. The fact that Guinness has the "of All Time" in the list as opposed to "of Today" speaks volumes. I could agree with Guinness's list if it was titled the Top 50 Greatest Video Game Characters of Today. I just cannot agree with their current list having the "of All TIme" in it.

Donkey Kong was the face of the arcade game generation. Mario came along soon after to be the face of the Nintendo. Mega Man, Link and Samus are all pioneers.

Seminal video game characters and pioneers were not shown their proper respect by being placed higher in my opinion.

As for a lot less amazing athletes than video game characters, I would even disagree with that. Atheletes prove it season after season. Video game characters need to prove it game after game. Hall of Fame athletes can produce hall of fame numbers for 5 plus seasons. Characters from series such as Uncharted, Halo, and God of War have not even been in 5 video games (spin offs don't count).

Thus forth, I believe there are just as many if not more amazing athletes than video game characters.

If I was to do this list here would be my criteria:

1. Video game character has to be in at least 3 games as the protagonist

2. To place in the Top 10, said video game character has to have been in 5 games as the protagonist

3. To make the top 50, each video game has to have sold at least 2 million.

4. At least 3 video game characters from each decade since the 1970s. This way video game characters from the 2000s are given affirmative action spots on the top 50 list.

The rest is just details and personal bias as any top 50 list is. If we want to make it professional then we would give video game journalists voting power in the form of a committee and they could create the list as opposed to individual game companies paying Guinness for the marketing.