Famitsu recently surveyed their readers on who their favorite video game character of all time was. After further review and nominees, the magazine narrowed it down to 50 candidates, and the poll results are in! Beating out some of Nintendo's most beloved icons, as well as the recognition for characters such as Cloud Strife and Ryu, Solid Snake came out wearing the gold.

Japan's list are changing ever-so-often though, so who knows what the next poll will bring. Be sure to check out the list and see who rounded up the top 50, some surprising placements such as Yuri Lowell of Tales of Vesperia and the slimes from Dragon Quest.

"Snake was completely silent until Metal Gear Solid, simply because the [8-bit platforms] didn't let you do speech," commented Hideo Kojima, producer of MGS and the "father" of Snake. "In MGS, Snake became this sharp-tongued, Lupin III-like guy who flirted with women and told lots of jokes; again, that was a side effect of the new speech technology we had. Once motion capture entered the picture, we were able to give Snake a lot more active ability, because the technology allowed it. Hardware has advanced by leaps and bounds over the past twenty years, and Snake's changed his look, personality, and even age to match what the platform could do. He's literally been raised within the battlefield inside your game console."

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