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    Link at number 3? I thought this was a favorite video game CHARACTERS list.
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      Editing … Link has lots of character. Like that time when he killed that guy with his sword or when he blocked that one attack with his shield
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      Editing … In all fairness Wind Waker Link has a personality. No way he belongs that high though.
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      Editing … What you seem to have glossed over is that it's a favorite VIDEO GAME character list. Link is fun to play as and has a pretty large arsenal of cool items and weapons to use, some of them fairly unique to him. Why isn't this a completely valid reason to rank him? Shallow personality-less characters (which actually does not always describe Link) with fun gameplay utilize the strength of the medium through interactivity. Thinking that people should focus solely on story and characterization in lists like this therefore seems pretty short-sighted.
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      Editing … LoZ has weapons/items/fun gameplay and if this were a weapons/items/gameplay list then ranking it's fair enough but this is a character list and Link is a shallow "chosen one from humble beginnings" stereotype that doesn't even speak and in most games barely makes facial expressions.
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      Editing … But Link's the specific character that uses those weapons and items and has that gameplay. It's at least as much a part of him as any of the story stuff. This is a favorite VIDEO GAME character list, therefore the game aspects of the characters are relevant. Characterization is cool but it's not the only cool thing and isn't even strictly necessary.
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      Editing … Characterisation isn't necessary to be a good character? Don't be daft.
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      Editing … By your logic as long as they have cool weapons/power ups/gameplay we should put games that barely have a story in the favourite gaming story list and awful looking games in the favourite gaming art list.
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      Editing … The problem is that you're looking at "characters" way too narrowly here. The stuff you can do with characters in games is pretty obviously relevant to how much people will like said characters. As the introductory paragraph states: "As gamers, we love to assume the role of unlikely heroes or empowered entities to achieve the impossible or JUST HAVE FUN!" Therefore, characterization is indeed optional. I could ask why you're so myopically focused on the story aspects of characters being their only valid measure when we have another list for favorite gaming stories. I see you have a favorite fighting games character list. Are you really arguing that those characters' actual fighting mechanics should have no consideration whatsoever when making such a list and that anyone who says otherwise is wrong?
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      Editing … Part of why I like Leon S. Kennedy in Resident Evil 4 is because of his gameplay abilities such as jumping through windows and off ledges without getting hurt, kicking enemies and slamming open doors to stun enemies and such. That said, those tie into his personality as a purposely over-idealized American action hero. His scene personality and gameplay actions mesh well together.
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