Your top 3 Favourite Video Game Characters of all time????

[Otaking]

What are your top 3 favourite video game characters of all time?

Hard one this, gonna think about my answer then post it, Landis (Randī) from Winds of Thunder will be one of them for sure.


Thread inspired by the below new Happy Console Gamer video.
He mentions he bought his first Tengai Makyō game back in the day at a con in England from the girl who wrote the Role Call fanzine. That's Rachel Ryan who posted here as pcenginesales (Link), and did the Ys IV translation for NightWolve.
https://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=11723.msg280413#msg280413

[lukester]

Bonk
Wario
Ryu

Strider Hiryu, earthworm Jim and Kunio are up there

[Black Tiger]

Myau
Opa Opa
Kabuki Danjuro

[Ratix]

Blue lander from most of compile's games

Link

Ramza Beoulve

[esteban]

ALL TIME:
Abobo
Birdo
The cat from City Connection




Are we talking PROTAGONISTS only?
Karnov (NES)
Magician Lord (NeonGeon)
Rygar (NES)





Are we talking TG-16 protagonists?
Adol (specifically, when he transforms into a monster...sorry, SPOILERS!)
Sphere of Kosmos (Timeball)
Rick (Splatterhouse)

[Gypsy]

Ghaleon
Goro Majima (can hardly wait to play as him)
Mail (Popful Mail)

This was pretty tricky, lots of other characters I like. This was in order, with Ghaleon being #1.

[Otaking]

ALL TIME:
Abobo
Birdo
The cat from City Connection




Are we talking PROTAGONISTS only?
Karnov (NES)
Magician Lord (NeonGeon)
Rygar (NES)





Are we talking TG-16 protagonists?
Adol (specifically, when he transforms into a monster...sorry, SPOILERS!)
Sphere of Kosmos (Timeball)
Rick (Splatterhouse)

The thread idea was spur of the moment after watching the Happy Console Gamer video.
But I guess the original question is asking your top 3 of all time, any character not just protagonists, any genre, any platform.
After that anyone feel free to add their own specific lists, like top 3 TG-16 protagonists as Este has done.

Forgot to say probably best to add which game or series the character is from in brackets next to each name.

Still thinking on my picks, this is the hardest to pick "top" list I've done.
Bazzy is a contender

[wildfruit]

I would say
Dogi
Samus
The guy on sim farm who hands out cool tips.

[KingDrool]

Bonk
Wario
Ryu

Jesus Christ, man! Get out of my head!

[gheebee]

Gordon Freeman
Toad
Bonk

Runner up: Master Higgins

[Necromancer]

Adol
Bonk
Lum

And Lummy could be switched out for Princess Misa, Bazzy, Zonk, or BE (the robot in Dungeon Explorer 2) at any time.

[Black Tiger]

Antagonists:

Dark Fact
Maou Garp
Dark Falz/Force

Adol
Bonk
Lum

And Lummy could be switched out for Princess Misa, Bazzy, Zonk, or BE (the robot in Dungeon Explorer 2) at any time.

BE is my favorite Dungeon Explorer character. Would love a sequel staring it.

[majors]

Simon Belmont(or any Belmont with a whip)
R-type ship(R9 I believe)
Bayonetta

[csgx1]

Kunio-kun
Bonk
Sir Arthur

[geise]

Adol (obviously)

Koitsu


Clayman