What are your top 5 favorite video game characters? - General Discussion Forum - Page 1

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Hello everyone, I'm LordGlarc. I'm new to the Push Square forums and the warm welcome I've received inspired me to create my very first topic. Think of it as a «getting to know everyone on an incredibly niche way» type of discussion.

Your favorite characters can be from any game, series, and platform (not just PlayStation) so feel free to make this your definitive list!

Once again, I'd like to thank everyone for being so nice and welcoming.

I'll start us off.

5. Metal Sonic: When I was a kid, not many things were cooler than Sonic The Hedgehog. So naturally the only thing that could be cooler was a stronger, faster, evil robot version of Sonic. Metal Sonic quickly became my favorite thing as a child. I desperately wanted Sega to make a Metal Sonic video game and even wrote them a letter asking them to do so (They actually sent me a very nice letter back thanking me for my fandom and even included a swag bag of Sonic stuff, including a Metal Sonic animation cell from the anime). Hopefully with a recent cameo appearance in a popular series, more people will discover how cool he really is.

4. Skull Kid: So right off the bat, Majora's Mask is my favorite Legend of Zelda game. So it should come as no surprise that Skull Kid is my favorite LOZ character of all time. His appearance, tragic history, the fact that he relies on his god like power rather than brute strength, and his heartwarming redemption all come together to make an incredibly layered antagonist.

3. Robbie the Rabbit: I absolutely ADORE Silent Hill 3. It's my favorite game in the series and in my top 5 video games of all time. A big reason for that is Robbie the Rabbit. I love horror games and one of my favorite tropes is the cute mascot made creepy. Robbie stands out to me because you're never quite sure if he is simply a discarded mascot suit or if someone is actually inside. The ambiguity and lack of solid answers coupled with him occupying Lakeside Amusement park (In my opinion the best location in ANY