Ok, the idea for this thread is very simple. We�ve all seen them before, who are your top five/ten characters and such. Well, for me, I thought that being given only that amount was rather small, because of all the great games out there, with their own memorable characters.

Therefore, I think being given a larger amount, a larger limit so to speak, would be more relevant because, as I�ve said, there are literally thousands of great games out there. Now, for the purpose of this thread, please don�t list Final Fantasy characters, as there has been numerous threads like this under the General Final fantasy section in the past, and I think everyone here has at the very least a couple FF characters they love. Therefore, here�s my twenty fav non � FF game characters.

20. Prince Aragon � Mystaria : Realms of Lore (Saturn)
19. Guybrush Threepwood � Monkey Island series (PC, PS2)
18. Ryo Hazuki � Shenmue series (Dreamcast, Xbox)
17. Leisure Suit Larry - Leisure Suit Larry series (PC)
16. Guts � Sword of the Berserk : Gut�s Rage (Dreamcast)
15. McDohl � Suikoden (PSX)
14. Alisia Dragoon � Alisia Dragoon (Megadrive)
13. Yuri � Shadow Hearts (PS2)
12. Ash Lambert � Vandal Hearts (PSX)
11. Taki � Soulblade, Soulcalibur (PSX, Dreamcast)
10. Sam & Max � Sam & Max : Hit the Road (PC)
9. Maya � Legaia 2 Duel Saga (PS2)
8. Dick Dastedly and his sidekick, Muttley � Wacky Races (SNES, PSX, Dreamcast, PS2)
7. Vyse � Skies of Arcadia. (Dreamcast)
6. Ryu � Breath of Fire series.(SNES, PSX, PS2)
5. Kasumi � Dead or Alive series. (PSX, Dreamcast, PS2, Xbox)
4. Baleog � The Lost Vikings series.(SNES, Saturn, PSX)
3. Zhang Liao - Dynasty Warriors series, Dynasty Tactics series, Romance of the Three Kingdoms series. (PS2)
2. Zhen Ji � Dynasty Warriors series. (PS2)
1. Xiahou Dun � Dynasty Warriors series, Dynasty Tactics series, Romance of the Three Kingdoms series. (PS2)

Anywayz, that�s my list, and I still have others I could list, but I won�t. So, who are your favourite, not 5, not 10, but 20 game characters?

This is by no means in order, just whomever came to my head first. I know i left out a lot of old school faves but just couldn't think of them, if I could there certainly wouldn't be so many PS characters.

1) Sephiroth - Final Fantasy VII (PSX)
2) Auron - Final Fantasy X (PS2)
3) Cid Highwind - Final Fantasy VII (PSX)
4) Solid Snake - Metal Gear Solid (PS2)
5) Rikimaru - Tenchu (PSX)
7) Kazuya Mishima - Tekken 4 (PS2)
8) Akuma - Street Fighter Alpha (PSX)
9) Guile - Street Fighter 2 (SNES)
10) Ryu - Street Fighter 2 (SNES)
11) Fan Hwoarang - Tekken 4 (PS2)
12) Jimmy - Double Dragon (Arcade)
13) Axel - Streets of Rage (Megadrive)
14) Agent 47 - Hitman 2 (PC)
15) Fou Lu - Breath of Fire IV (PSX)
16) Master Chief - Halo (X-Box)
17) Ryo Hazuki - Shenmue II (X-Box)
18) Mitsurugi - Soul Calibur II (X-Box)
19) Xan - Unreal Tournament (PC)
20) Grey Fox - Metal Gear Solid (PSX)

1.Strider Hiryu-Strider Hiryu
2.Tidus-Final Fantasy X
3.Cao Cao-DW series
4.Zhen Ji-DW series
5.Clud-Final Fantasy VII
6.Eike Kusch-Shadow of Destiny
7.Tifa-Final Fantasy VII
8.Yuna-Final Fantasy X
9.Fu Xi-DW series
10.Lu Bu-DW series
11.Sora-Kingdom Hearts
12.Riku-Kingdom Hearts
13.Squall-Kingdom Hearts
14.Aerith-Kingdom Hearts
15.Kairi-Kingdom Hearts
16.Maximillian-Dark Cloud 2
17.Ashe-Final Fantasy XII
18.Vahn-Legend of Legaia
19.Dart-Legend of Dragoon
20.Elazul-Legend of Mana

This is the list of my favorite game characters.. :p

Here is some of mine:

Zell-ff8

Tifa-ff7

Rose-legend of the dragoon

KOS-MOS- Xenosaga

Vincent Valentine-ff7

Rinoa-ff8

And Ashe ff12!

Non-FF chars? Okie dokie.

I can't list them in order... it would take too goddamn long.... So it's just a basic list of my favorite chars.

1) Mio - Fatal Frame II
2) Kou - The Bouncer
3) Meru - Legend of Dragoon
4) Kairi - KH
5) Rose - Legend of Dragoon
6) Glenn - Chrono Cross
7) KOS-MOS - Xenosaga
8) Kidd - Chrono Cross
9) Kirie - Fatal Frame
10) Itsuki - Fatal Frame II
11) Millenia - Grandia II
12) Tio - Grandia II


...er.....that's all I have time to list ;X

Hmmm...kind of difficult to leave out FF characters.

Well in no particular order yet....

Magus - Chrono Trigger
Mario - Super Mario Sunshine
The Cropolite - Timesplitters 2
Oddjob - Goldeneye
Vyse - Skies of Arcadia Legends
Leon - Resident Evil 4
Crono - Chrono Trigger
Link - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Samus Aran - Metroid Prime
Boy - Secret of Mana
Solid Snake - Metal Gear Solid 2: The Twin Snakes
Gray Fox-Metal Gear Solid 2: The Twin Snakes
Erik the Swift - The Lost Vikings 2
Donkey Kong - Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

I have seven more to think of, so I'll finish this post when I think of them.

Sephiroth: FF7
Cloud: FF7
Vincent: FF7
Yuffie: FF7
Squall:FF8
Irvine:FF8
Paine: FFX-2
Hugo: Suikoden 3
Yuber: Suikoden 2,3
Jaques: Suikoden 3
Ace: Suikoden 3
Gremio: Suikoden ( that sucks he had to die)
Victor: Suikoden 2
Flick: Suikoden 2
Jowy: Suikoden 2
Clive: Suikoden 2
Vahn: Legend of Legaia
Snake: MGS
Grey Fox: MGS
Vamp: MGS2
Jin: Tekken 4

1 squall ff8
2 zhen ji dyansty warriors
3 tifa ff7
4 yuffie ff7
5 pesmerga suikoden 2
6 rina suikoden 2
7 cleo suikoden
8 rinoa ff8
9 millenia grandia 2
10 fina skies of arcadia
11 feena grandia
12 paine x2
13 eleni vandal hearts
14 zohar vandel hearts
15 huxley vandel hearts
16 cloud ff7
17aeris f7
18 sun ce dynasty warriors
19 simone suikoden
20 nanami suikoden 2 but she died (i hate her for that)

Can't list 20, the individual characters are seldom that memorable.

Though Kain from Defiance (PS2) was awesome.

Going old school, though. The Marine from Doom, Commander Keen, and Sherlock Holmes in that old text-based game that I referenced in another thread--he was a real smartass.

1) Solid Snake
2) Cloud
3) Agent 47
4) Dante
5) Raiden

And the rest...

(In no particular order)

1 - Suikoden II: Flik
2 - Suikoden II: Viktor
3 - Suikoden II: The Flying Squirrels (ALL of them! XD)
4 - Suikoden II: Luca Blight
5 - Final Fantasy X: Auron
6 - Lost Odyssey: Jansen
7 - Halo 1/2/3: Sarge (Say what you will about Halo, Sarge was great!)
8 - Dynasty Warriors IV: Zhou Tai
9 - Ninja Gaiden: Doku
10 - Starcraft: Tassadar
11 - Starcraft: Zeratul
12 - Starcraft: Praetor Fenix
13 - Super Smash Brothers Brawl: Marth (Never played the Fire Emblem games)

That's all I could think of off the top of my head.

I'll only list my top ten, as anyone below that usually indicates a lukewarm interest to me.

1. - Mario (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario)
2. - Earthworm Jim (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthworm_Jim)
3. - Kunio-Kun (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunio-Kun)
4. - Bomberman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bomberman_series_characters#White_Bomberma n)
5. - Little Mac (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Mac#Little_Mac)
6. - Mr. Game & Watch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Game_%26_Watch)
7. - Marco Rossi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Rossi_%28Metal_Slug%29#Characters)
8. - Adder (Advance Wars Series)
9. - Andy (Advance Wars Series)
10. - Sarge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Army_Men_series_characters)

1. Chuck Norris

CAN SOMEONE SAY HI TO 3 1/2 YEARS AGO?

Yes. I figure someone'll be around to lock this in short order.

Male 10
1. Squall Leonhart - FFVIII
2. Cloud Strife - FFVII
3. Dante - Devil May Cry
4. Vincent Valentine - FFVII
5. Zack Fair - FFVII
6. Leon S. Kennedy - RE2, RE4
7. Lee Chaolan - Tekken
8. Genesis Rhapsodos - FFVII
9. Vaan - FFXII
10. Zidane - FFIX

Female 10

1. Aya Brea - Parasite Eve
2. Motoko Kusanagi - Ghost in the Shell
3. Yuffie Kisaragi - FFVII
4. Tifa Lockhart - FFVII
5. Rayne - Bloodrayne
6. Paine - FFX-2
7. Lightning - FFXIII [I don`t know this character at all yet but there`s something that addicts me very much]
8. Lady - Devil May Cry 3,4
9. Jill Valentine - RE3
10. I-D-O-N-T-K-N-O-W.

/head hits desk

/head hits desk

1-20. Super Mario =P

1. Queen of Blades - Starcraft BW
2. Sarah Kerrigan - Starcraft I
3. Jill Valentine - Resident Evil I
4. Spartan 117/John/Masterchief - Halo

unranked:
Mr.47 - Hitman
Kasumi - DoA
Lisa - DoA
Jann Lee - DoA
Ayame - Tenchu-Return from Darkness
Cortana - Halo

Don't really have a list, though I was a big fan of Leon from RE2 a while ago, used to name the main character of any RPG after him if such option was available.
Also Cortez from TimeSplitters, the guy's hilarious, specially on Future Perfect.

Okay, yeah I think we're done here~

Closing.