Best Character of 2006

BlitzKrieg · 29-11-2006 3:13pm #1

New character caught your imagination?

Or did an old one get a new image that makes him/her better then ever

Nominate them here!

The rules for titles that can be nominated is they must have had a european release between December 26th 2005 and December 25th 2006.

Kiith · 29-11-2006 4:00pm

Reverend Ray from Call of Juarez.

monkeyfudge · 29-11-2006 4:53pm

I'll have to go with Zoë Castillo on this one too. She's probably best developed video game character of all time and actually seems like a real person rather than the 2 dimensional characters that we are used to.

Also she changes her clothes a lot during and doesn't stick wearing the one outfit. I mean she's a young woman not me... and that's what young women do.

Vokes · 29-11-2006 5:13pm

Phoenix Wright (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney)

Memnoch · 29-11-2006 5:35pm

Georg Prime from Suikoden V, kicks so much ass.

Retr0gamer · 29-11-2006 7:31pm

I'm going for brave little Lyon from Suikoden V. She's very likeable and a very strong female character. Practically takes the lead in the game since the Prince you play as doesn't talk.

Next up would be Yangus from Dragon Quest VIII. Excellent character. Typical dumb but tough character but with a soft side to him and a willingness to change his ways that makes him very human. However it's the chemistry between himself and his polar opposite, the aristocratic King Trode, that seals it for me. Almost all their exchanges will have you laughing and I was in stitches during the end sequence when

He tells the king he looks the exact same when not transformed (he did but trodes reaction was comic poetry)

. His voice acting is spot on and the cockney accent suits him to a tee. I think Trode should have gotten a nomination as well but had to give mia a nod.

i_am_dogboy · 29-11-2006 9:14pm

It's hard for me to pick 2 characters from the new games I got this year, I really like the king from katamari, most of the cast of psychonauts, cole from gears of war, most of the dreamfall cast....

But if I have to pick I'll go with wonkers from dreamfall and agro from SOTC, and no I do not have some kind of animal fetish.

Memnoch · 29-11-2006 10:08pm

retro did you play the japanese version or something? I played the european version and she was called "Lyon" in that. She's a great charecter I agree but she's too much of a goody two shoes

Retr0gamer · 29-11-2006 10:29pm

Memnoch wrote:

retro did you play the japanese version or something? I played the european version and she was called "Lyon" in that. She's a great charecter I agree but she's too much of a goody two shoes

Ah ha! No wonder I couldn't find any google images of her. Kept mixing up herself and Miakis so thats probably were mia came from.Editted my post accordingly.

Son Goku · 29-11-2006 10:31pm

monkeyfudge wrote:

I'll have to go with Zoë Castillo on this one too. She's probably best developed video game character of all time and actually seems like a real person rather than the 2 dimensional characters that we are used to.

Yeah, seconded. I can't think of a game in 2006 with a better character.

tman · 30-11-2006 12:25pm

Link (Zelda: TP)
Phoenix Wright

thelordofcheese · 30-11-2006 3:33pm

Maya Fey from Phoenix Wright, dunno why, she just made me grin all the time with her antics

johnny_ultimate · 30-11-2006 6:10pm

The King of all Cosmos : technically, We Love Katamari was only released in Ireland this year.
The secret agent(s) from Psychonauts "We are working on the road"

steviec · 07-12-2006 10:29pm

I hope this counts as a character:

The Loco Rocos

It's captivating just to watch them bounce around and sing along with the theme song, there's more character in those few pixels than the most painstaking of 3d models.

Fuzzballs · 07-12-2006 10:36pm

Elder Scrolls: Oblivion, had the most oddball inhabitants and characters. Although my vote goes to Frank West in Dead Rising. He was just a cool dude.