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Not every video game character becomes a legend. Some are forgotten, ignored, or simply never loved.
In this video, we look at 10 video game characters that are in nobody’s top 10, despite appearing in popular or well-known games.
From bland side characters to failed mascots, these characters prove that not everyone can be iconic.
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In this video, we look at 10 video game characters that are in nobody’s top 10, despite appearing in popular or well-known games.
From bland side characters to failed mascots, these characters prove that not everyone can be iconic.
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00:00Barry, hello? Barry, if you'd better pick up. Hello? Oh, anyway.
00:07I'm gonna be a bit late. Well, met up with a couple of guys and they're off tomorrow to some,
00:12I don't know, fight some war somewhere.
00:15Welcome to WatchMojo and yes! Today I get the opportunity to throw out praise to the under-praised.
00:20Give love to the under-loved. Give appreciation to the under-appreciated.
00:24Not everyone can end up on a mojo list and it makes us sad to never speak about them.
00:28So we made this list specifically for them. These are not the top 10 video game characters.
00:34Number 10, Wario, Wario Land, Super Mario Land 3.
00:44Ah, Wario, the anti-hero we never knew we needed. While Mario is busy being a Mushroom Kingdom celebrity,
00:51Wario quietly runs his empire, WarioWare Incorporated, rocks a convertible and even rides a motorcycle.
00:56Take that, Mario. Bet you can't get third-party contents insurance on Yoshi.
01:00Sure, he's greedy and a little dopey, but his accomplishments are no joke.
01:04Wario Land delivered some of the best games in the Mario universe.
01:08And Wario Land 4 specifically delivered platforming gold with shoulder charges
01:12and ground pounds that would inspire indie hits like Pizza Tower.
01:16And let's not forget WarioWare, a whirlwind of micro-games that invented chaos as a genre.
01:22Even a garlic-loving, treasure-hoarding goofball deserves a bouquet now and then.
01:26And finally, we get to give it to him.
01:29Ugly? Sure. Fun? No doubt.
01:34Number 9, Guybrush Threepwood, The Secret of Monkey Island.
01:37There is one name that instantly screams 90s LucasArts adventure game gold.
01:51And that name is Guybrush Threepwood, which also happens to sound completely randomly generated.
01:56If you were a computer game nerd back then or a modern-day retro gamer,
02:00you know this guy like the back of your hand.
02:02Guybrush is the ultimate geek.
02:04Lanky, awkward, and somehow charmingly nerdy.
02:07Somehow this dork manages to stumble into absurd situations,
02:10survive five minutes underwater without turning into a prune,
02:13and annoy a zombie skeleton into submission.
02:15He is the video game equivalent of a kid walking across the busy highway,
02:19staring at his Game Boy and dodging every single car by accident.
02:22While all of us stare going,
02:23Oh no, oh Jesus.
02:25How did he do that?
02:28Number 8, Earthworm Jim, Earthworm Jim.
02:32Earthworm Jim was pure, wacky, brilliance.
02:39A game packed with absurd humour, slick gameplay,
02:42and a plot that was surprisingly engaging for 1994.
02:45And the hero, Jim, a worm.
02:48And this is sometimes why he doesn't get the love he deserves.
02:50He's so weird and odd that he rarely ends up in anyone's top 10s.
02:54But he is a special little dude.
02:56He's a snarky, surprisingly heroic guy in a robotic suit.
03:00And yes, technically a worm.
03:01He had funny one-liners, cool powers,
03:04and a touch of humanity that somehow made us care about,
03:07yes, a f***ing worm.
03:09His fame even earned him a Saturday morning cartoon.
03:12After a few sequels though,
03:14Jim disappeared faster than you could say worm with attitude.
03:16He's such a beloved 90s icon,
03:19that some fans are shocked he didn't reach Mario level fame.
03:21Number 7, Kate Archer, the operative No One Lives Forever.
03:33You make it sound like I'm some spoiled child.
03:36I'm not asking to be coddled, I just want a chance to prove myself.
03:40Lara Croft, Jill Valentine, Samus, Ellie, Tifa, Clementine, Princess, goddamn Peach,
03:46any list about the best female protagonists in video games is going to include these names.
03:51But one character almost always gets snuffed because of it.
03:55And that character is Kate Archer.
03:57Kate Archer stars as the lead in the operative No One Lives Forever.
04:01She's a classy secret agent,
04:03smooth and cunning, earning comparisons to a female James Bond.
04:06But beyond cliches,
04:08Kate is an early example of a strong, empowered female protagonist
04:11to navigating a male-dominated world,
04:13constantly underestimated despite her skills.
04:15Before the year 2000, there were few women-led games.
04:19Alongside the previously mentioned Lara Croft and Jill Valentine,
04:22Kate stood out,
04:23arguably as the most nuanced of that trio.
04:26Infidel.
04:31You know, coming off heroin's kind of hard.
04:40I think I acquired this touch of amnesia.
04:43What business is more important, Mr. 1980s yuppie big shot,
04:48than your best friend's bike when he's close to getting a 15-year stretch?
04:51The business that pays his lawyers fees.
04:54The business that puts food on all of our tables.
04:57Johnny Kleberts sits awkwardly in the GTA protagonist canon.
05:02He's not a mainline hero, but he's more than a side character.
05:05GTA 4's The Lost in the Damned DLC
05:06puts him front and center,
05:09and he left a warm spot in the hearts of everyone who met him.
05:12True to GTA form,
05:13he's a cold-blooded biker with a shred of humanity,
05:15and fans grew attached during his brief ride.
05:18But Rockstar threw a wrench in his legacy.
05:21By the time he pops up in GTA 5,
05:23Johnny is a meth-addled wreck
05:24who gets casually stomped to death by Trevor.
05:27Veteran fans were left squinting at the screen,
05:30muttering,
05:31wait, who was that guy again?
05:32Tragic? Pathetic?
05:34It's not the legacy we wanted for Johnny,
05:36as it was the majority of players' first experience with him,
05:38and it's a true shame.
05:39You're meth-add, ain't I, cowboy?
05:41Get my boy sucked from his toothless gums, huh?
05:44F*** you, Trevor.
05:45Oh, I still love her.
05:47Number five,
05:49Abe, Oddworld, Abe's Odyssey.
05:51This new kind of meat.
05:55It was us!
06:00Abe occupied so much of my childhood.
06:10I have fond memories of walking into a room
06:12where my brothers were playing PS1
06:13and yelling,
06:13all of you,
06:14to get their attention.
06:15You might forget this,
06:16but Abe dominated the late 90s,
06:18before he went from beloved hero
06:20to retro obscurity,
06:21a once-celebrated icon
06:22now mostly remembered by diehard fans.
06:25This grey-skinned, bug-eyed alien
06:27starred in Oddworld,
06:28Abe's Odyssey,
06:29and Abe's Exodus,
06:30leading an enslaved alien race
06:32in their fight for freedom,
06:33proving that the little guy
06:35can do so much to help the world.
06:37And if you thought that
06:38saving your species was impressive,
06:39just wait until you hear his dialogue.
06:41Equal parts hilarious,
06:42weird,
06:43and endearing.
06:44Abe may not have made it
06:45into the mainstream hall of fame,
06:47but he definitely earned a spot
06:49in the cult classic legends club.
06:51And this list.
06:52Help me for more dangers await.
06:54I would need its full power
06:56to complete my fate.
06:58Number four,
06:58Conker,
06:59Conker's Bad Fur Day.
07:00Barry,
07:01hello?
07:02Barry,
07:02if you'd better pick up.
07:04Hello?
07:06Oh, anyway.
07:07I'm gonna be a bit late.
07:10Well,
07:10met up with a couple of the guys,
07:11and they're off tomorrow
07:12to some,
07:13I don't know,
07:14fight some war somewhere.
07:16Anyway,
07:16I'll see ya.
07:20Love you.
07:21I've talked about this
07:22ad nauseum,
07:23because everyone seems
07:25to have this idea
07:25of Conker's Bad Fur Day
07:26being like GTA 3.
07:28Everyone was playing it
07:29and talking about it at school.
07:30This is the weirdest
07:32collective history change,
07:33as it was not
07:34a commercial success.
07:36It was a flop.
07:37So much so,
07:37that getting a copy
07:38of the game today
07:38is a pricey endeavor.
07:40This was due
07:41to probably one main factor.
07:43It was released
07:43in 2001,
07:45right at the end
07:46of the N64's life cycle,
07:48and its cult classic status
07:49is why Conker
07:50never hit lists
07:51for the best video game
07:52protagonists.
07:53Controlling a tiny,
07:54drunk degenerate
07:55never felt so satisfying.
07:57The game's world
07:57matches his chaos,
07:59hilariously written,
08:00wildly crude,
08:01and packed with jokes
08:02that land somewhere
08:03between clever satire
08:04and full-on potty humor.
08:05If you've graduated
08:06past middle school giggles,
08:07but still secretly enjoy
08:09a bit of irreverent chaos,
08:11Conker's antics are a riot.
08:13Go play it if you haven't.
08:14But it's always my turn
08:16to kick my asses.
08:17Frank, just get over there
08:18and kick his ass,
08:19thank you for f***ing shit.
08:20Yeah, yeah,
08:20go over there,
08:21kick his ass.
08:21Somebody's got to kick his ass,
08:22it ain't gonna be me,
08:23I'm a Ross,
08:24now you don't kick ass.
08:24I'm a paint pod anyway,
08:26I'm a f***ing paint pod.
08:27Go kick his ass.
08:28I, I,
08:29okay, I'll kick his ass.
08:31I'm not going over there,
08:32you can come over here.
08:33Okay, okay, hey.
08:35Here it comes, quick.
08:35Number three,
08:36Rasputin Akwado Psychonauts.
08:39Excuse me, ma'am,
08:40but did you see a girl?
08:42You must be my new leading man.
08:44Aren't you handsome?
08:45But my gracious,
08:47you're so young.
08:48Tell me why do they keep
08:50casting me with such
08:51mere babes?
08:52I guess that's the curse
08:53of having an eternally
08:55young face.
08:56Rasputin Raz Akwado
08:58is the pint-sized psychic hero
09:00of the Psychonauts series.
09:01Basically,
09:02every precocious kid
09:03you knew who thought
09:04they could outsmart adults
09:05before lunchtime.
09:06Clever,
09:07daring,
09:08and always sticking his nose
09:09into grown-ups business.
09:11Raz is the kind of kid
09:12you root for
09:13because he actually can
09:13chase his dreams
09:14of becoming a Psychonaut,
09:16unlike the rest of us
09:16stuck in office chairs.
09:18Thank you WatchMojo
09:18for this job,
09:19I really greatly appreciate it.
09:20Sure, he's talented,
09:21but what makes him shine
09:22isn't just his psychic powers,
09:24it's that he faces
09:25mind-bending psychic worlds
09:26and existential questions
09:28far beyond a 10-year-old's
09:29pay grade.
09:30And somehow,
09:31that hasn't stood out
09:32in people's minds.
09:32We're all so focused
09:34on loving a coffee-infused
09:35bandicoot
09:36instead of a 10-year-old
09:37legend with a heart of gold.
09:39Poor Raz.
09:40Yeah, I guess you're right.
09:41He's so agile
09:42and limber
09:43and thin.
09:45He could never be you.
09:48Why you?
09:50Number two,
09:51Lee Everett,
09:51The Walking Dead.
10:02Well, I reckon you didn't do it then.
10:15The zombie apocalypse
10:16is basically a writing cheat code
10:18for exploring humanity
10:20at its absolute worst
10:21and Lee Everett
10:22from Telltale's The Walking Dead
10:23nails it
10:24and rarely gets his dues.
10:26He's a strong guy
10:27stretched thinner
10:28than a zombie's patience,
10:29making impossible choices
10:31to survive
10:31while trying to protect
10:32those around him.
10:33What makes Lee special
10:35is he's a real character
10:36with quirks,
10:37moods,
10:38and tastes.
10:39He's not some blank slate
10:40for players to project onto.
10:42You don't become Lee,
10:43you guide him
10:44and this might be why
10:44he doesn't end up
10:45in people's top 10.
10:47You almost feel like
10:47you're watching
10:48someone else's story
10:49without feeling
10:50totally immersed,
10:51but this doesn't make it bad.
10:53It works.
10:53I think that might be
10:55a little while,
10:56you know?
10:57Oh.
10:58Look,
10:59I don't know what happened,
11:00but I'll look after you
11:01until then.
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11:16I'm so glad
11:37that Zach Fair
11:38is finally getting
11:39a resurgence
11:40and a new chance
11:41to enter the minds
11:41of gamers,
11:42but even still
11:43with his own
11:44Crisis Core remaster
11:45for modern consoles,
11:46and his larger role
11:47in the Final Fantasy 7 remakes,
11:48he isn't getting
11:49the love he deserves.
11:51Let's be real.
11:52Cloud wouldn't be
11:52half as iconic
11:53without his mentor,
11:55Zach Fair.
11:56Zach is criminally underrated.
11:58He's the guy
11:59Angeal trusts
12:00with the Buster Sword,
12:01the detective
12:02who uncovered
12:02all of Shinra's
12:03dirty secrets,
12:04and basically
12:05the poster child
12:06for caring too much.
12:07He fought,
12:08he bled,
12:08and he died
12:09so others could survive.
12:11Talk about a tough
12:12mentor's job description.
12:13The final act
12:14of Crisis Core,
12:15heart-wrenching,
12:16doesn't even
12:17begin to cover it.
12:18Zach deserves
12:19all of our love,
12:21and I'm here to give it.
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