Putting Lara Croft above Mario is insane. Hell, I'd put Luigi above Lara Croft.
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Yup, this list is biased as hell. It was trying to determine iconic characters. Put Mario and Lara Croft in front of a 90 year old person. They’ll recognize Mario immediately, but almost certainly won’t recognize Croft. Hell, I’d put Bowser, Peach, and Luigi over Croft.
They polled gamers, for sure. Non gamers are only gonna recognize part of this list, and thats what makes them truly iconic - being known by people who dont even care about video games.
Thats gonna be mario, sonic, pikachu, pacman, and maybe Zelda (but probably not Link). The average person will know those but would have no clue who Lara Croft, Nathan Drake, or Solid Snake is. Kazuma Kiryu?? I’m an avid gamer and wouldn’t recognize that name.
Agent 47 over Sonic? Pikachu not even in the top 10? Yeah, this list is wack.
I'm interested to see if they provided a list or if they asked people to submit their own choices. Sackboy and Arthur Morgan are....I mean I'd argue Arthur isn't even the most iconic character in his own game. Surely that honour goes to John Marston?
I think it could be successfully argued that Pikachu is only top 10 if we include presence in non-gaming media.
Sackboy being on the list though is wild
Shadowheart? Astarion? Don't get me wrong, I love BG3, it's my favourite game at the moment. But any character my mom wouldn't recognise shouldn't be on that list.
Granted, Lara Croft fits that bill, but how did they determine that she should be above Mario or Pac-Man?
I couldn't ask my mom, she has too much work today but I could ask my father and thus can present you with the 100 % super scientific and objective list of most iconic video game characters:
- Mario
- Pac-Man
- Pikachu
- Lara Croft