Great character designs in gaming?

[pokoko]

Kyuu said:
In terms of pure Art Design there aren't many that I find interesting. Princess Zelda (Twilight Princess) comes to mind.

But as overall characters that I'm glad I knew, there are quite a few actually. To name some:

Solid Snake, Liquid, Frank Yaeger, Ocelot (and more from MGS)
Laguna Loire, Celes Chere (and more from Final Fantasy)
Luca Blight, Sierra and Nanami from Suikoden

It's a shame not one character from Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft captivated me. Sony is average, Nintendo's simple stories don't help shaping characters enough. And Microsoft is horridly uninspired to me.

Celes is one of my favorite characters in all of gaming.  She had a fantastic story.  Luca Blight was an awesome villain, one of the best.  Sierra was extremely interesting, wish I could have learned more about her, and Nanami ... let's just say I started S2 over when I was nearly finished just because of her.  Wow, now I really miss Suikoden.  Damn it.

Chris Lightfellow was another excellent Suikoden character, not to mention Yuber and Sarah and ... 

Such a good series.