{"id":1678,"date":"2019-10-17T08:15:34","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T08:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mariomayhem.com\/bowsers_blog\/?p=1678"},"modified":"2019-10-17T09:27:33","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T09:27:33","slug":"does-mario-still-top-the-list-of-iconic-and-exclusive-game-characters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariomayhem.com\/bowsers_blog\/index.php\/2019\/10\/17\/does-mario-still-top-the-list-of-iconic-and-exclusive-game-characters\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Mario Still Top the List of Iconic and Exclusive Game Characters?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From the\ndawn of digital gaming to the modern day, platforms are very much defined by\none or two iconic characters. They become talismans and primary selling points\nof gaming systems, with fans clamoring for the next game in the franchise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Often,\npeople will buy into platforms to be able to play as or alongside certain\ncharacters without even taking a cursory glance at the other games that\nare exclusive to the platform. It\u2019s this undeniable fondness for the biggest\ncharacters in the world that drives the gaming community, but which iconic\ncharacter tops the list of those that are exclusive to set platforms?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Master Chief<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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As explained by Time<\/a>, if it wasn\u2019t for the creation of Master Chief and the Halo franchise by Bungie, Microsoft\u2019s Xbox probably would have been a complete flop. There is a lot of mystery surrounding the super-soldier, particularly with regards to his appearance beneath the armor, which makes Master Chief the perfect vessel for the player. All that you know is that he\u2019s brave, gets sent on the most important missions, and is a very good shooter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lot of\nthe drive behind Master Chief has been the consistently high quality of the mainline\ngame series that blend the science fiction genre with the shooter gameplay very\nwell. Now, he\u2019s instantly recognizable as an exciting character to play as, but\nperhaps doesn\u2019t boast the appeal that he once had due to increased competition\nfrom other characters on both this and other platforms featuring in arguably\nbigger and better games. While the Master Chief is still the biggest and most\niconic character of the Xbox\u2019s history, other characters have been able to edge\nahead in recent times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Rich Wilde                                                                                                <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Everyone\nloves a daring, brave, intrepid explorer, especially in games and movies. The\nstereotype for these characters automatically makes them exciting to play as or\nalongside as adventure and unique settings are guaranteed in the story. Rich\nWilde is the perfect demonstration of a fascinating explorer in games, with his\nadventures taking him across the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The charismatic character is bolstered by his exciting game range, with the Pearls of India, Aztec Idols, Book of Dead, and Tome of Madness taking him from Mexico to India to Egypt, to the realms of HP Lovecraft, with all proving to be very popular on the NinjaCasino<\/a> platform. The truest testament to his fame is the fact that so many new games hit the virtual shelves of the casino platform that he shares regularly. And yet Rich Wilde\u2019s most famous adventure, Book of Dead, remains one of the most played games despite the likes of Boom Pirates, Sahara Nights, Solar Queen, and Rise of Dead trying to muscle in on the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Kratos<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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It\nwouldn\u2019t have been too long ago that if you were to be asked who the most\niconic characters of the PlayStation line of games were, you\u2019d have said either\nCrash Bandicoot or Spyro. However, those two characters have since become the\nproperty of Activision, who have remade the old games and made them available\nto all platforms. This left the door open for a different, classic PlayStation\ncharacter to take the spotlight. The Sony console boasts many tremendous\ncharacters from exclusive franchises, but after 2018, God of War\u2019s Kratos was\nable to edge ahead of Uncharted\u2019s Nathan Drake. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gamers used to enjoy playing as Kratos in the instantly intriguing line of games titled God of War. Being able to take on the greatest of Greek mythology as a raging lump of muscle was very fun, as were Kratos\u2019 other antics along his path of destruction. But in 2018, the God of War series pivoted away from the anger and away from Ancient Greece to deliver what is one of the greatest games of this console generation. Creative director Cory Barlog<\/a> decided to change Kratos from an angry lump of muscle into a struggling father bolstered by a superb storyline that takes place in the realms of Norse mythology. It was brave, but showing this other side to Kratos only enhanced his appeal as a character and raised his standing tenfold. Kratos is now the major selling point of the PlayStation once again despite the huge realignment in the game series. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Mario<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Was\nthere ever really any doubt? Mario is not only the most iconic character of\nNintendo gaming platforms, but he\u2019s also the most recognizable and loved\ncharacter of all gaming. The little Italian plumber came into being in 1981 in\nDonkey Kong, going from strength to strength ever since. If Nintendo has a new\nconsole to sell, you can guarantee that they\u2019ll promote it alongside a new\nMario game or just the character\u2019s image. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mario, in his mainline games and alongside his brother, Luigi, often follows the classic hero\u2019s tale of making his way past droves of enemies to save the day. His hat, red-blue coloration, mustache, and even his sounds<\/a> are recognized by anyone who has ever interacted with a game of some kind. Being such a simple character in his goals and appearance, Mario has seamlessly been able to jump across gaming genres, from platformer to open-world, to racing, to tennis, to fighting, to the Olympic games. Mario is such a beloved character, in fact, that his appeal even bolsters his sidekicks like Luigi and Yoshi enough that they can have their own popular standalone games just through association. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s\nno doubt about it: Mario is the top platform-exclusive game character in\nexistence. He is probably the biggest game character of all-time, regardless of\nplatform. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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