Mario voted to the top of Guinness' 50 greatest game characters list

Guinness World Records has of its online poll asking gamers to decide who the all-time greatest game characters are. More than 13,000 people participated in the vote on Guinness's official website and it looks like nostalgia stole the show, with only two post-2000 characters making the top 10. Halo's Master Chief, who originally debuted in 2001, took the number three spot, while Kratos from God of War, first seen 🌱in 2005, placed ninth.

Eight of the chosen characters are humans or human-like creatures, one is a hedgehog, and one is a yellow circle with a mouth. Nintendo was the only 🃏publisher to ꧑have created two of the characters on the list, with Link placing second, just below his Italian plumber colleague, who, of course, took first:

1. Mario (Donkey Kong, Nintendo, 1981)
2. Link (The Legend of Zelda, Nintendo, 1986)
3. Master Chief (Halo: Combat Evolved, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Microsoft, 2001)
4. Solid Snake (Metal Gear, Konami, 1987)
5. Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy VII, Square, 1997)
6. Pac-Man (Pac-Man, Namco, 1980)
7. Lara Croft (Tomb Raider, Eidos 1996)
8. Gordon Freeman (Half-Life, Valve, 1998)
9. Kratos (God of War, Sony, 2005)
10. Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog, Sega, 1990)

That's not a bad representation of the most important figures in the 30+ year history of the home console game maಞrket, but you surely have a few pet favorites (Guybrush? Jill♌ Valentine? Etc.?) which didn't make the list. If it were up to you, what would you change?

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Feb 17, 2011