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10 Videogame Characters That Should Die

pc.ign.com — These people and animals need to die -- either in their games or as a franchise -- for the betterment of their legacies, although a small portion of them need to die because they suck.

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  • fluidfoundation, on 02/19/2009, -13/+140I can understand the Master Chief, but .....Link?!
    Zelda games are all about a gameplay mechanic, not really Link himself (as proved by the Hero being a different person throughout the saga). He's a silent hero, its all about the world you're in, not Link himself.
    WTF. Buried.
  • thekoolaid, on 02/19/2009, -4/+128honestly, princess peach should be at the top of that list. mario spends about 99% of his time trying to free that bitch from the stockades. maybe if he didn't have to worry about her all the time, he would be able to do something more productive with his time.

    like plumbing. he seems to enjoy that.
  • iDiggr, on 02/19/2009, -8/+109Buried. This list is sad. I can't believe somebody at IGN would propose killing off Link.
  • bigfatphony19, on 02/19/2009, -0/+100I call for the death of Waluigi. What the ***** is that *****?
  • d2cole, on 02/19/2009, -0/+66They do die, they just happen to have another life left
  • trixyfox, on 02/19/2009, -0/+60His sole purpose in life is to be Wario's tennis partner.
  • Kohaxx, on 02/19/2009, -0/+39Ever wonder why every Mario game has you go "rescue" Peach from Bowser, while a new Bowser Jr pops up during your quest?

    Yeah...Mario's been played.
  • Nauree, on 02/19/2009, -1/+34Kill Link? BLASPHEMY
  • bittermang, on 02/19/2009, -2/+32Quick, write an inflammatory article to generate pageviews and comments!
  • Clbull, on 02/20/2009, -0/+25Buried for #2 and #1 because

    A) It would be wierd if Link died at the end of every zelda game, if thats what IGN are saying. Plus Link is not a bad videogame character.

    B) Tails and Knuckles were decent characters. I'd say the franchise got a bit iffy once characters like Marine the Raccoon, Blaze the Cat, Silver the Hedgehog and Rouge the Bat started showing up. I'd like to see another 2D Sonic game where its just Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Dr Robotnik.
  • azureskies88, on 02/19/2009, -1/+24Aeris. Oh wait...
  • bobburn1, on 02/19/2009, -1/+20Buried as inaccurate. They just threw out a random list of popular and formerly popular characters and stated they need to die..because it would be somehow more entertaining. Why not kill Mario too while you're at it, IGN.
  • K4Lic0, on 02/19/2009, -1/+20What an awful list, 70% of them deserve to live much longer..
  • FarFromSob3r, on 02/19/2009, -3/+21Buried for number 2. Tails is the MAN!
  • kawaiirobo, on 02/20/2009, -0/+16Kill Link? I've now lost what little respect I had for IGN.
  • inactive, on 02/20/2009, -1/+17His name is link because he is the link between the player and the game. They just missed the whole point of the character. Essentially they want the player to die.
  • slvrbullet87, on 02/20/2009, -0/+16The creators tried to kill her but she was in another castle
  • moomoomoomoo, on 02/19/2009, -0/+15Revised list:
    Tingle.
    Ankle.
    Elbow.
    David JR.

    Or maybe not Tingle... just his brothers.....
  • spthomp, on 02/19/2009, -0/+13I love green mushrooms
  • AhniTipesh, on 02/20/2009, -0/+12Too soon?
  • ProjectGSX, on 02/19/2009, -0/+12Interesting. They list some of the most recognizable and popular characters in gaming and suggest they all need to die.
  • OzzieAlThor, on 02/19/2009, -6/+17Link? WTF? Talk about screwing up a totally solid list.

    Edit. Nevermind. Already posted above me.
  • AirRaven, on 02/20/2009, -1/+12OoT's Water Temple certainly sorted that nicely.
  • kidwithsword, on 02/19/2009, -1/+11I wonder if the author realizes that the Links in Zelda are not the same. Obviously the old ones all die.
  • yocouchdigga, on 02/19/2009, -1/+10why?

    Pikachu has been just another pokemon in the majority of pokemon games, to kill him off, you'd have to kill off Charizard... good ***** luck with that.

    >.<

    /still loves pokemon
  • onederboy, on 02/19/2009, -2/+11I agree with half the list (Lara, Crash, Slippy, Sonic characters, and Mii's if they count), the rest I don't think should die necessarily, but they shouldn't be used as a crutch by their respective developers/publishers in lieu of creating new, innovative games.
  • Commonwealth, on 02/19/2009, -2/+10After seeing the commercials I really thought that Master Chief was going to die, sacrificing himself to save humanity. That would have been such a powerful ending to the series. Instead, the commercials seemed to have little to do with the game at all.
  • inactive, on 02/20/2009, -1/+9By being great with consistency.
  • Kohaxx, on 02/19/2009, -0/+8A skinny Dick Dastardly?
  • inactive, on 02/19/2009, -3/+11<spoilers>
    As a MGS fan, I think Snake should've died at the end of MGS4. Woulda made the game much more epic than having Big Boss show up and explain a bunch of ***** that needn't be explained.
  • shoff88, on 02/19/2009, -1/+9Otis from Dead Rising... ***** hate that guy
  • inactive, on 02/19/2009, -0/+7#4 Kratos: "Although the upcoming God of War III has been promised to be the last in the franchise, there's no telling whether Kratos will finally gain peace as he takes on the Gods of Olymups."

    Olymups huh? I think I missed something after GoW 2.

    Either way, I disagree with this choice.
  • nubnub, on 02/19/2009, -7/+14I would like to see a new Crash game

    and killing Tails is like killing Luigi
  • batmanz, on 02/20/2009, -0/+7No. Tingle. Definitely Tingle.
  • Arjin, on 02/19/2009, -2/+8Man, IGN makes some lame lists.

    Actually, now that I think about it, I don't think I've ever seen anything interesting from them.
  • MrRedneck, on 02/20/2009, -0/+6Yeah, as a friend of mine said; "There are TITTIES in GoW. Seriously, what other game can pull that off?". It is among the most politically incorrect games out there, and yet it remains firmly under the radar. No Jack Thompsons.. no nothing. Perfect.
  • LunusMaximus, on 02/20/2009, -0/+6Counter-point: I think the staff of IGN should die at the end of the next Zelda game, ya bastards.
  • Kohaxx, on 02/19/2009, -0/+5If it makes you feel any better, everyone who has played the games knows Pikachu is really terrible in actual gameplay.

    If you're referring to the tv show...I can't help you.
  • jaymulder, on 02/20/2009, -0/+5He had such long arms in Mario Tennis for the 64 that you could just rush the net and return everything so easily. I used to own with him.
  • Tyrghast, on 02/19/2009, -2/+7Dugg for Number 2. Just bring back a remake of the old Sonic game, not because my Sega Genesis doesn't work, but because I want some more eye candy.
  • aterimperator, on 02/20/2009, -0/+5This made me laugh harder than the original comment
  • Vexonian, on 02/20/2009, -0/+5Yeah no kidding, Kratos maybe a huge ***** but he's the most badass main character I've seen in a video game so far. He's there to remind us the smash-your-skull-in-take-no-***** ways of doing things are not completely absent in our neutered arts and media.
  • facepalmjpg, on 02/19/2009, -17/+22List:

    10: Background Miis
    9: Lara Croft
    8: Crash Bandicoot
    7: Master Chief
    6: Dr. Wily & Dr. Light
    5: Tony Hawk
    4: Kratos
    3: Slippy
    2: The Cast of the Sonic Franchise minus Sonic and Dr. Robotnik
    1: Link
  • inactive, on 02/20/2009, -1/+6Crash NEVER deserved to be around. "Sony's answer to Mario." HAH!
  • Kohaxx, on 02/19/2009, -0/+4It was a half-assed death, to the people of Earth he's as good as dead, they think he was wiped out by the singularity, in reality he's just being lined up for the next series.
  • XenoSNK, on 02/19/2009, -2/+6I could see the Link thing. The storyline says that Link is reincarnated anyway - at some point in time he's going to have to die. Why not make it at the end of one of the games? It could lead to an interesting sequel.
  • AManWithNoName, on 02/20/2009, -0/+4I agree. I can't say it would honestly bother me that much to see him die at the end of one of the games (Since he'll be replaced in the next game anyways), but to say he *needs* to die? It would be so pointless.
  • youRrich, on 02/19/2009, -2/+6Hell no.
  • deweyhewson, on 02/19/2009, -0/+4The Crash games on PS1 are some of my favorite games, and it's a shame that CTR and Crash Bash were overshadowed by Mario Kart 64 and Mario Party, respectively.

    That being said, Mario has continued to move on to bigger and better things, while Crash is still a rear-camera 3D platformer bandicoot.

    C'mon developers, grab the defibrillator or call it already.
  • mv1008, on 02/20/2009, -1/+5i dont think lara needs to die. she just needs to spend the entire game naked. Amirite? Amirite? ........guys?
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