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Japan's Top Ten Favorite Video Game Characters are ...

Gothic Girl | August 12, 2008 | Top List | Playstation 3 Wii 
Yesterday Oricon released a survey that asked 1000 men and women who their favorite video game characters were.
Here are the ten characters that recieved the most votes ...
Thrilling non-scientific poll time! Online research site Oricon polled 1000 men and women about their favorite video game character. The results?

10. (Squall Final Fantasy VIII)
10. Yuna (Final Fantasy X)
10. Professor Layton (Professor Layton series)
8. Toad (Mario Kart)
8. Doraemon (Doraemon series)
7. Chocobo (Final Fantasy series)
4. Slime (Dragon Quest series)
4. Solid Snake (MGS series)
4. Pikachu (Pokémon)
3. Yoshi Mario series
2. Cloud (Final Fantasy VII)
1. Mario (Mario series)

The top three breakdown for men and women is rather interesting.
For men, it was 1). Mario 2). Cloud and 3). Solid Snake.
For women, it was 1). Mario, 2). Yoshi and 3). Cloud.

Everyone loves Mario and Cloud!
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  • 0 thumbs!
    Drago Shi | August 12, 2008
    YOSHI FTW



    All there is to say
    • 1 thumbs!
      Zeon I | August 12, 2008
      Yoshi sucks.

      'nuff said.
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        Drago Shi | August 19, 2008


        Go back to the GD,nub
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    black doom | August 12, 2008
    Go Toad. Coolest character ever.
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    Silver Mirror | August 12, 2008
    Almost half are Final Fantasy characters

    typical
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    Duality_18 | August 12, 2008
    I heart final fantasy characters.
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    Storm | August 12, 2008
    At least Squall made it to the list...but at #10? Damn.
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      Final Blade | August 13, 2008
      At least Rinoa didn't make it on the list, guess people in japan saw how much of a annoying bossy, and manipulative girl she truly was.
      CWIDT
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    kik36 | August 12, 2008
    I'm at a loss as how a "Top ten list" has three 4's, two 8's, and three 10's......while not having 5,6, or 9.
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      Akira_EX | August 12, 2008
      Because it was a survey so there can be ties?
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        kik36 | August 12, 2008
        Yeah that makes sense, but where is 5th 6th and 9th?!
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          Akira_EX | August 12, 2008
          A three-way tie for 4th eliminates 5th and 6th.
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      Capn Droid | August 12, 2008
      I'm at a loss that there were so many damned ties when they interviewed a thousand men and women.
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    Tainted | August 12, 2008
    Yuna over Wakka? Those bastards!

    I'm surprised any FFX characters made the list though.
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    Seeker X | August 12, 2008
    Of all the Solid Snakes...they have to show the SMB's model?
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      Zero and X | August 19, 2008
      Its actualy the same Snake from Metal Gear 2: Sons of Liberty, so dont fret.
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        Seeker X | August 20, 2008
        ...so? MGS series has much better concept art?
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          Zero and X | August 20, 2008
          Well you cated like it was the model specifically for SMB, but its not. Also, whicher you consider better or worse concept art is your opinon.
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          Seeker X | August 20, 2008
          Isn't based on the Twin Snakes model anyways? Besides, having his own category, an Old Snake concept art would've been a more logical choice.
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          Zero and X | August 21, 2008
          No its not based on Twin Snakes because the Twin Snakes is a remake of the original, and thus he wears the same clothing he did during that game, but simply looks updated since its on a superior console. Also Old Snake wouldnt look right for brawl considering its geared towards a younger audience.
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          Seeker X | August 21, 2008
          Ah yeah, I looked at the Sneaking suits. I meant the concept art for MGS4 would've been more suitable, I wasn't talking about SMB.
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    ivy06 | August 12, 2008
    I can understand Mario, Cloud and Yoshi in the top 3 but Pikachu in fourth. Weird. (To me anyways)
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      Subzer0 | August 13, 2008
      How could anyone not like Pikachu? :3

      And with Pokemon's popularity, its no surprise seeing him there.
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    cheatcodeman11 | August 12, 2008
    obviously Mario is 1st cuz japanese ppl created him.
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      Gothic Girl | August 13, 2008
      I hate to point out the obvious here ... but every single character on that list was created by a Japanese person.
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    Zeon I | August 12, 2008
    Gay list is incredibly gay.
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    RabidChinaGirl | August 13, 2008
    I am never going back to Japan, for their women do not love Snake as he should be loved.
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      kspiess | August 13, 2008
      I've heard most women love Snake!
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        RabidChinaGirl | August 13, 2008
        Well, I see my comments finally showed up! -_- Great, now I'm a spammer!
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    RabidChinaGirl | August 13, 2008
    Cloud? Are you serious? CLOUD over SNAKE?
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      Zeon I | August 13, 2008
      Mario got over both of them. Nintendo must have some form of hypnotic trance over Japan. I can't believe they love Nintendo that damn much.
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      Storm | August 13, 2008
      It's because he's blonde. Blondes tend to get the 'looks' I suppose. :S
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      Final Blade | August 13, 2008
      Japan doesn't like much of MGS, believe it or not, the sales say it all and the decline in them. Japan loves RPG's and Cloud is the typical hero.

      He's far better than Zidane and Squall anyway.
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        RabidChinaGirl | August 13, 2008
        I guess they're just into his hair. You could impale someone on that. Squall is kinda like Cloud, which is why he's on the list too, I guess.

        MGS feels very westernized, anyway. But I just don't dig those FF guys so much. Kinda nice to see Doraemon on the list.
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          Final Blade | August 21, 2008
          Some similarities but not really similar imo. Squall is lucky to even be on that list tbh. I would have picked Zidane over him imho.

          I love RPG's and FF, so Im biased on that front. While I love MGS it just has a different feel to it then RPG's.
          But MGS4 is pure awesome though.
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    Big A2 | August 13, 2008
    Toad originated from Mario Kart?
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      Capn Droid | August 13, 2008
      "Thank you, but the princess is in another castle!"
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    phowell23 | August 13, 2008
    im surprised they pickd cloud over sephiroth considering seph looks more like a women
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    Sk8 hero | August 13, 2008
    haha sonic was not on the list
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    Supernouva | August 21, 2008
    How about frikin' Altair, or Master Chief, or Big Daddy? Gawd, when are the Japanese gonna quit their isolationist charade?
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      Subzer0 | August 21, 2008
      You do realize 2/3 of those characters are from the 360, right?
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        Supernouva | August 22, 2008
        You do realize all of those characters except Master Chief are from multi-platformed games, right? Did you forget, PS3 gets Bioshock this fall.
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          Subzer0 | August 22, 2008
          You're missing the point.

          The 360 is not popular in Japan thus Master Chief, Big Daddy, and Altair wouldn't be considered as favorites. Besides, Master Chief is the only real popular one from the ones you listed and guess what? Halo isn't really that big in Japan.

          And I do realize the other two games are on the PS3 as well but like I said, they aren't popular enough to match the likes of Mario, Pikachu, and the ones listed in the article in terms of popularity.

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