Mom's Minute

Link, video game character from The Legend of Zelda, Skyward Sword

by Ms. H

Is there a video game character you would like to see as one of the top video game characters of all time? What major quality would you use as a basis for your ranking -- Bravery, Courage, Intelligence, Mastery of Skills, or some other reasons?

Here are the top 10 video game characters of all time by the Guiness Book of World Records.  Guiness actually listed the top 50 video game characters.  Of the 50, the top ten are listed below.

The results come from 13,000 respondents and the date of the survey was February 2011.

It is unknown if the respondents were a representative sample of the video game playing population -- which would add a measure of validity to the results.

Lara Croft (pictured above) from Tomb Raider was selected as no. 7 on the list of top 50 video game characters of all time.

As a disclaimer and editorial comment, video games including characters are always evolving, changing and being developed. 

You may have a video game character that you think should be on this list.  If so, you can construct your own personal list of top ten video game characters of all time.

Here are the top 10 video game characters as voted by the selected video game players and reported by the Guiness Book of World Records -- Starting with no. 10, and ending with the top video game character of all time as no. 1.

10.  Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog, Sega 1990)

9.  Kratos (God of War, Sony, 2005)

8.  Gordon Freeman (Half-Life, Valve, 1998)

7.  Lara Croft (Tomb Raider, Eidos, 1996) 

6.  Pac-Man (Pac-Man, Namco, 1980)

5.  Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy VII, Square, 1997)

4.  Solid Snake (Metal Gear, Konami, 1987)

3.  Master Chief (Halo Evolved, Microsoft, 2001)

2.  Link (The Legend of Zelda, Nintendo, 1986)

1.  Mario (Donkey Kong, Nintendo, 1981)

Ms. H's upcoming news:   Look for news on the number 2 pick --  Link, from The Legend of Zelda, Skyward Sword  -- coming soon to www.moms-minute.com