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uwnim
04/04/24 5:41:01 PM
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R_Jackal posted...
Shadowheart and Astarion aren't iconic, no one outside of gamers is going to have any fucking Idea who they are. Even then I believe BG3 was only sitting at 10m copies as of the beginning of March. Nothing to sneeze at, but still.

I have no idea who they are.



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TheSavageDragon
04/04/24 5:45:10 PM
#52:


uwnim posted...
I have no idea who they are.

Baldur's Gate 3 party characters
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Punished_Blinx
04/04/24 5:45:51 PM
#53:


The weird entries would make sense if they were restricted to British and European video game characters but they didn't so....

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creativerealms
04/04/24 5:50:36 PM
#54:


It takes a while for a character to become iconic. That whole list was a joke.

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Verdekal
04/04/24 5:50:49 PM
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Haven't you seen enough?

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Evening_Dragon
04/04/24 5:53:14 PM
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They just pulled shit out their ass.

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Torgo
04/04/24 5:55:24 PM
#58:


LOL - like... I am a fan of both franchises, but I get the voting for Lara Croft to be contrarian and sticking it to the big Nintendo boy.

It would be like saying Spongebob is more recognizable than Mickey Mouse... and yeah... Spongebob is huge and beloved but it's not more recognizable, probably not even among millenials who are the core audience for Spongebob.

So... yeah that's cute and go Lara! - but nah.

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PBusted
04/04/24 6:07:56 PM
#59:


There were only 4000ish votes in that poll. I've seen random Twitter polls for Smash most wanteds that had more results than that.
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DrizztLink
04/04/24 6:09:25 PM
#60:


We all know the most iconic video game character.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/0/0bd0f68b.jpg

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ZeroX2010
04/04/24 6:12:20 PM
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BAFTA is a joke when it comes to video games.

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Vicious_Dios
04/04/24 6:32:20 PM
#62:


I am perfectly fine with this outcome.

I don't give a fuck about Mario, or most of Nintendo's other characters.

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Rika_Furude
04/04/24 6:34:32 PM
#63:


Mario, Donkey Kong, Sonic, Pac Man, Pikachu, etc. those are true iconic characters. Lara Croft is fairly iconic but not on the same tier as the actual legends
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ssb_yunglink2
04/04/24 6:35:05 PM
#64:


Vicious_Dios posted...
I am perfectly fine with this outcome.

I don't give a fuck about Mario, or most of Nintendo's other characters.
But you know who mario is. It doesnt matter how you feel about the character, hes still far more iconic than like anything on this list

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Cemith
04/04/24 7:07:08 PM
#65:


TheSavageDragon posted...
Baldur's Gate 3 party characters

I actually have complete faith that with enough time, Astarion will absolutely become iconic.

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TheSavageDragon
04/04/24 7:11:21 PM
#66:


Cemith posted...
I actually have complete faith that with enough time, Astarion will absolutely become iconic.

I wouldn't mind tbh. Would be nice for my country to finally have some iconic gaming characters. I live about 70 miles away from Larian Studios.
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ModernPost
04/04/24 7:16:42 PM
#67:


As someone out of the loop with Baldur's Gate, what's the deal with Astarion?

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Charged151
04/04/24 7:16:58 PM
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andel
04/04/24 7:17:36 PM
#69:


obviously not. it's mario for sure with link getting an honorable mention

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YugiNoob
04/04/24 7:19:15 PM
#70:


Hayame_Zero posted...
What's even funnier: they initially called her the first female lead in a video game, and they had to edit it.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/0/0d6eabcc.jpg

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/b5f9e37f.jpg
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/b5ca6acd.jpg

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Glob
04/04/24 7:25:23 PM
#71:


Its undeniably Mario.

Lara certainly had a moment where she was bigger, but that moment came and went a long time ago. Mario has been at the top of the pile for almost the entirety of the time between now and his conception.
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CyborgSage00x0
04/04/24 7:27:04 PM
#72:


It's impossible the outcome of that poll was done organically. Even Lara aside, stuff like Sackboy and Agent 47 even being in the top 20 shows something is seriously wrong with that list. And while Lara is absolutely iconic, you could put half the Smash Bros. character roster in front of her without breaking a sweat. Mario and Pikachu would be the obvious #1 answers.

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TheSavageDragon
04/04/24 7:31:24 PM
#73:


ModernPost posted...
As someone out of the loop with Baldur's Gate, what's the deal with Astarion?

I've only played a small portion of BG3 myself as I have a really hard time getting into it. But he seems like a really likeable character from the few interactions I've had with him. And then there's the meme of straight guys claiming they'd go gay for him.
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ZevLoveDOOM
04/04/24 7:32:38 PM
#75:


she's definitely an iconic character but more iconic than Mario? yeah, i highly doubt that...
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MyMainAccount
04/04/24 7:33:39 PM
#76:


Tyranthraxus posted...
Strong Hideki Kamiya "Dragon Quest is more iconic than Final Fantasy" energy
Definitely depends who you ask. Here in America, FF is more iconic but worldwide or in Japan?

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/4/44a36dbf.jpg

This little guy is a worldwide phenomenon

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bfslick50
04/04/24 7:36:45 PM
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I' definitely a big fan of Tomb Raider, but she's definitely not more iconic than Mario. I'd also rank Pacman, Sonic, Megaman and Pikachu above her. She's more iconic than Crash Bandicoot and Bomberman, so that's something.

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TheSavageDragon
04/04/24 7:39:23 PM
#78:


MyMainAccount posted...
Definitely depends who you ask. Here in America, FF is more iconic but worldwide or in Japan?

You can probably limit that to "just Asia" as FF is def more iconic and popular in Europe as well.
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Jagr_68
04/04/24 7:52:30 PM
#79:


They just did it to spite the Nintendrones and I'm all for the meltdowns over a silly poll.

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ZeroX2010
04/04/24 8:00:02 PM
#80:


Jagr_68 posted...
They just did it to spite the Nintendrones and I'm all for the meltdowns over a silly poll.

The UK always preferred the PlayStation over Nintendo consoles. Why else would Sackboy even be on that list when you have Joanna Dark?

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Kim_Seong-a
04/04/24 8:03:15 PM
#81:


The most iconic video game character is unironically Pikachu and the only way to get an answer other than Pikachu is to start getting meticulously picky about what it means to be a video game icon.

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Turducken
04/04/24 8:13:03 PM
#82:


CassandraCroft posted...
Oh look the Gamefaqs Nintendo fans are having a fit I see.

Whats the matter can't accept the truth that we Brits much prefer one of the most iconic games characters ever over Mario.

So nice to see we Brits go for a British games character.

So nice to see the Britis go for the greatest video games character ever.

In 2010 the people of Derby did this:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/6/68d424c0.jpg
Thats right they named a new ring road after her.

So once again I salute the people of BAFTA!

They used the shitty movie version. What the actual fuck.

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LeoRavus
04/04/24 8:17:02 PM
#83:


Mario's actively been around from 1981-present and has far more games than Tomb Raider. He's one of the main faces of video games. Not believing this poll.

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creativerealms
04/04/24 8:18:40 PM
#84:


TheSavageDragon posted...
I've only played a small portion of BG3 myself as I have a really hard time getting into it. But he seems like a really likeable character from the few interactions I've had with him. And then there's the meme of straight guys claiming they'd go gay for him.
And a companion meme that lesbians would go straight for him.

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Philip027
04/04/24 8:27:16 PM
#85:


Very questionable list. I do think Lara Croft should be in there, but definitely not first place, and definitely not beating out Mario.

Two characters from BG3 are in there, which has me thinking it's just a flavor-of-the-month popularity contest and that they don't actually know what "iconic" means, which is pretty much par for the course these days (pretty sure Jimquisition did at least one video on this very subject)
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Cemith
04/04/24 8:34:13 PM
#86:


TheSavageDragon posted...
I've only played a small portion of BG3 myself as I have a really hard time getting into it. But he seems like a really likeable character from the few interactions I've had with him. And then there's the meme of straight guys claiming they'd go gay for him.

So without going into too many spoilers, Larian hits the fucking nail on the head with pretty much every single companion character I've seen so far. Each one has tremendous depth and personality.

Astarion is probably the one most people are known for because he's the poster child for "Sardonic little shit who's actually got a huge heart but it's buried under literal centuries of trauma."

He has an extremely compelling story. Not even to mention Niel Newborn plays him to absolute perfection. Probably in the top 10 voice acted performances of all time. You can tell how much he loves the character and voicing him, which makes the role that much more special.

Here's a spoiler light interaction someone has with him that absolutely floored me:

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/GWu7OlW8cdY


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CountCorvinus
04/04/24 8:37:04 PM
#87:


Waluigi number one.

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StateofZen
04/04/24 8:38:42 PM
#88:


Mario has the spaghett, Lara the cake

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ZeroX2010
04/04/24 8:49:27 PM
#89:


Looking at the list, I can now say that Agent 47 and Sackboy are the only ones that are unusually high on the list.

I barely hear anything about Hitman or Little Big Planet anymore, and Sackboy being on the list at all looks like it got there by meme voting.

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Miquella
04/04/24 8:50:26 PM
#90:


What I want to know is why Crash Bandicoot didn't take off as largely as he should have? Those games were awesome, yet he never made as big of a splash as the most iconic video game characters.

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DrizztLink
04/04/24 8:51:26 PM
#91:


Miquella posted...
What I want to know is why Crash Bandicoot didn't take off as largely as he should have? Those game were awesome, yet he never made as big of a splash as the most iconic video game characters.
He was killed fighting Jordan Petersen

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LordFarquad1312
04/04/24 9:00:57 PM
#92:


Let's be real: It ain't Mario or Lara.

It's clearly Pikachu.

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Jagr_68
04/04/24 9:03:47 PM
#93:


Miquella posted...
What I want to know is why Crash Bandicoot didn't take off as largely as he should have? Those games were awesome, yet he never made as big of a splash as the most iconic video game characters.

Could not stand out of Bubsy's shadow.

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creativerealms
04/04/24 9:13:06 PM
#94:


Miquella posted...
What I want to know is why Crash Bandicoot didn't take off as largely as he should have? Those games were awesome, yet he never made as big of a splash as the most iconic video game characters.
Naughty Dog leaving the game and the new developer taking over.

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thronedfire2
04/04/24 9:14:39 PM
#95:


I can see Mario declining since Nintendo sucks at putting out new games, but Lara Croft being the most popular seems weird.

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Mew
04/04/24 9:15:10 PM
#96:


Killmonger posted...
Nintendo fanboys about to throw a fit.
They already are

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creativerealms
04/05/24 2:59:58 AM
#97:


thronedfire2 posted...
I can see Mario declining since Nintendo sucks at putting out new games, but Lara Croft being the most popular seems weird.
Mario's last two platformers have been a great return to form after a few weaker entries.

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kurdt032
04/05/24 3:10:53 AM
#98:


The_Popo posted...
Mario
Luigi
Peach
Bowser
Sonic
Donkey Kong
Pac-Man
Link
Zelda
Yoshi
Pikachu

Nintendobrained list. Most people don't even know who Zelda is. They think Link is Zelda. And lol at Bowser.

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Rika_Furude
04/05/24 3:12:45 AM
#99:


Yes Nintendo makes extremely popular games with extremely popular and memorable characters. Nobody remembers random gunbro from the cod campaign 7 years ago
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Baha05
04/05/24 3:15:13 AM
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Mario or even Pikachu would have taken that number one spot.

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