Welcome to the first Top Ten list in the articles section. For this Top Ten list, I will show you the Top Ten Most Badass Videogame Characters ever. But remember, this is an article by Geosaur. There will be no pansy Sephiroth's or Cloud's. Nor will you see Mario or Solid Snake. These are the REAL heroes of gaming. And you get to see who they are. Note that if you haven't played the games these characters are in, I highly suggest you do, like right now.
ON TO THE LIST!!!!!!
K is from the King of Fighters series. The successful Fighting game franchise made by SNK. The series was and is extremely popular in Japan, yet is only a cult hit in North America. The KOF games are very similar to Street Fighter, but have some huge differences that set them apart. K first appeared in King Of Fighters '99, and has been in his fair share of games. What makes K so awesome though? Well, let's analize him:
First off, K' is a clone of Kyo Kusanagi. Clones instantly get points. Second off, he has special gloves that enable him to control flames with his hands. This gives him the ability to do stuff like fire punches, and whatnot. he can't really shoot fire, because that would be kind of dumb.
The storyline involving K' is pretty screwed up, and even fans of KOF might not really give a damn. You can't really tell whether K was intended to be a bad guy or a good guy, although in KOF 2001 K's team of fighters win the KOF Tournament. The bottom line is that K is badass. He looks cool, acts cool, and all around is cool.Seriously, for his walking animation, his character simply puts his hands in his pockets and walks casually, as if he isn't even in a fight. Plus he has these kickass shades, and plenty more.
But the best part are his moves, for sure. You've got a flaming uppercut, a flame punch, and all kinds of kickass moves. For his Max Powerbar attack, he tosses his shades at the opponent, and while they are stunned, he runs over and beats the living shit out of them. Seriously, it's like a Mortal Kombat Brutality. K is awesome.
Nevermind the fact that Chrono Cross is like....the best game ever, Karsh is probably the most badass character in it. Karsh is an elite member of the Acacia Dragoons, being one of the Four Devas,and along with Solt and Peppor, he fights Serge at the beginning of the game, and later even joins your team (after Solt and Peppor go away).
Karsh uses a battleaxe, which, on top of his awesome costume make him infinitely sweet. Karsh could easily beat the crap out of Magus, Sephiroth, and Kefka all at the same time with his eyes closed. Karsh doesn't need to flip out, act crazy or look like a girl to have fans. He's perfectly normal, and kills people. I bet he'd kill a baby if you asked him to. That's how awesome he is.
The four Devas (Not pronounced like Diva) are Zoah, Karsh, Marcy and Dario, but Dario was offed by Karsh because he was a pussy, and tried to kill him. Karsh taught that bitch who's boss. Karsh is the best of the four. In fact Karsh is probably the best character in the game. Why wasn't he the main character? Screw Glenn, even with the two Einlanzers he can't beat Karsh.
More evidence of Karsh's awesomeness is that his dad was a freaking Blacksmith. How awesome is that? The one part in Chrono Cross that sucked was when Macha jumped into the ocean and did the backstroke home. Man, that was not right at all.
Ok, everybody knows that Mortal Kombat is the King of fighting games. Even people who aren't fans agree. And of all the characters in it, Sub Zero was the best. First off, he's a ninja. That automatically makes him kick people in the nuts on the awesome scale. Second, he can shoot ice from his hands. Can't fight back now that you're frozen now, can you asshole?
Sub Zero has been in all the Mortal Kombat games, and has even starred in his own game. Rumour has it that the upcoming Mortal Kombat 3 movie will have Liu Kang get killed, and have Sub Zero as the hero. I don't even see how others can compete. Sub Zero owns your soul.
And as if he couldn't get any more awesome than he already is, his new costume for Mortal Kombat Deception has him looking like Shredder, who is the ultimate badass. Plus, he becomes the leader of the Lin Kuei, which is pretty damn sweet. I mean, he has to kill Sektor, a damn robot to become the leader. Sub Zero is great.
Damn, Melphis is pretty awesome. I mean, just look at him. Melphis is a boss in Grandia 2. He isn't the last boss, and you don't even find out anything about him till halfway through the game, but he's just so damn awesome, I think he should be considered the main boss. He is Ryudo's brother, and kicks major ass.
Besides the awesome looks, Melphis is easily the hardest boss in Grandia 2. Believe me, he will kick your ass. It took me quit a long time to beat him. But besides looking awesome, carrying a regular sized sword, being evil, and just being plain awesome, Melphis is.......well......I dunno. He's just plain awesome. Look at this photographic evidence:
So there you have it. Melphis rules.
Psycho Mantis is friggin sweet. Metal Gear Solid kicked ass because of the bad guys. They were all awesome, and Psycho Mantis is no exception. I mean, first off, buddy is a psychic. He floats around, shoots stuff at you, and talks in a mysterious voice, all while looking totally sweet.Is there anything else you could ask for?
Not only that but he is a mind reader. He KNOWS what games you like!
So there you have it, Psycho Mantis is pretty awesome. He hates people.
CATS is the enemy from Zero Wing. The poorly translated Genesis game that everybody loves. It's actually a decent game if you play it. Although I prefer Gradius III myself, it's all up to your oppinion.
But CATS is quite the awesome character indeed. With the famous phrase "All your base are belong to us" he rules the galaxy. Seriously though, he is pretty damn awesome. He started an internet phenomenon without 95% of the people who partook in the shenanigans ever having played the game.
Now that is an awesome character. Plus, just look at him. How awesome. He is a staple in the video game industry. I think they should make Zero Wing for PS2. Honestly. Give it an elaborate storyline, and a new style of gameplay, yet have elements of the original in this game, and voila, instant success.
If not that, then how about a movie? Bob Sagat as CATS, and Mel Gibson as the Captain. Sounds good to me. Damn I have good ideas. I'm gonna buy the rights to a Zero Wing game.
Yet another enemy from Metal Gear Solid, Revolver Ocelot plays a huge role in the series. At first glance, you look at him and say "An old man with a gun? WTF?" And that is where I come in. First off, Ocelot is a master with his Revolvers.
Those are Colt Action Revolvers dammit. The strongest handgun ever made. And he spins them around for like 10 minutes in The Twin Snakes. He's an excellent marksman, and quite the worthy adversary. Not to mention he ends up screwing everybody over in the end.
He screws over Liquid, he screws over Solidus, He screws over Snake, everybody is fucking screwed. Ocelot kicks major ass. Plus he's an expert at torture. Oh, and that line in Twin Snakes, when Sniper Wolf is talking with Snake, and Ocelot whistles, that is a classic.
Yep, Ocelot is pretty awesome as well. That coat is pretty sweet I think too. Although the bit with Liquid, and his arm is kinda screwed up, but whatever.
Ocelot, we salute you
Mecha Sonic is probably the most kickass character in Sonic And Knuckles, and maybe even in the entire Sonic Series. Screw Silver Sonic, Metal Sonic, and Shadow. Mecha Sonic is the only one who can compete.
In Sonic and Knuckles, Mecha Sonic is the last boss if you play as Knuckles. Knuckles gets captured by Eggman (robot version of Dr. Robotnik) and Mecha Sonic betrays him, kills him, and then fights Knuckles on his own. Even after you manage to beat Mecha Sonic, he finds the Master Emerald and absorbs it's power to become Super Mecha Sonic.
The music for his stage kicks so much ass, I burnt it to a CD. If you play as Sonic however, Mecha Sonic is one of the later bosses, whom you must fight several times, each time he emulates one of the Robotnik machines of the past, as he rides in a copy of Robotnik's hovercraft.
There is no word to describe how freaking awesome Mecha Sonic is. Seriously, I think I might make an entire game based around him.
Bass is Megaman's archrival that arrived in Megaman 7. Bass is awesome. Unlike Megaman, he is smart, sly, powerful, and just plain awesome. Megaman is dumb, and naive, while Bass manages to trick him, and destroys Dr. Light's lab. Suckers.
Bass is technically superior to Megaman, yet can't manage to beat him, like ever. Which is dumb when you think about it.
Also, despite the fact that Bass was intended to be pronounced "Base" it's supposed to be pronounced "bass" like the fish. Play Megaman 8 for varification. Plus, "base" sounds dumb. "bass" sounds way cooler. End of story. Stop being ignorant.
Street Fighter is a good fighting series no doubt, although nowadays the games have gone stale. Capcom doesn't realize that arcade style fighters are just plain old, and suck now. Players want storylines, unlockables, extras, secrets, and more gameplay. Seriously, if Street Fighter Anniversary Collection isn't online for PS2, I doubt I'll get it.
But if the Street Fighter series has ever had an awesome character, it would be Akuma. Akuma debuted in Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo, I believe, as the final boss. Since then he has been a staple of the Street Fighter Alpha and Street Fighter 3 games. He was absent from all of the Street Fighter EX games, as to why is beyond me.
It's gotten to the point where the Street Fighter games are getting so bland, if Akuma isn't in them, I won't play them anymore. But back to Akuma being awesome. Anyways, yeah, at first glance, Akuma appears to be a Ryu/Ken clone. But that is not true. Akuma has tons of abilities they do not.
Aside from teleporting, shooting air fireballs (Tenma Gou Zanku) and other various abilities, Akuma features the Raging Demon. The ultimate attack. When this is performed, Akuma lunges towards the opponent and grabs a hold of him or her. The screen fades, and all that can be seen are mini....explosions? That's about the best way I can describe them. In short, the opponent gets the shit kicked out of him, and when it fades back, Akuma is standing in a sweet pose, and the opponent is on the ground with a huge slice of health taken off. Damn that attack rules.
Another cool attack Akuma uses is the Raging Storm in Street Fighter 3 Third Strike. Here is a sprite of said attack:
Damn that is a sweet attack. So yeah, Akuma is awesome. I could go on and on, but I have to end this article. So there you have it. The top ten most badass videogame characters.
Remember: If you disagree, you are wrong.