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   【Ξｎｉｇｍａｔｉｃｏ】:misskey: (enigmatico@mk.absturztau.be)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 22:43:51 JST 【Ξｎｉｇｍａｔｉｃｏ】:misskey:

   What do you think about BAFTA's most iconic videogame characters of all time? (This list is 7 years old btw, you can tell because all the Baldur's Gate 3 characters on it, totally not sponsored in any way).
   
   Because I think a much better question would be, what would be the list of most iconic characters of all time? And I believe Mario, Sonic, Pikachu, Cloud, and maaaaybe Steve (though Steve is a player model, not a character) would be the first in that order. Lara Croft? I mean, I love Tomb Raider and I played most of the games in the series (even some of the most recent ones), but I don't think she's that popular.

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     Puniko ? (puniko@mk.absturztau.be)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 22:43:50 JST Puniko ?

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     @enigmatico lara croft was an iconic videogame char tho, especially considering that this list is saying "of all time". maybe she is not as popular nowadays but back in the days, she was everywhere in many different kind media. like there was even a music video by a german punk band she featured in. how much more iconic can you get

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     Puniko ? (puniko@mk.absturztau.be)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 22:58:10 JST Puniko ?

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     @enigmatico i get where you are coming from, but i still think she has to be higher up than crash. because i argue, if you show pics of those characters to someone, who doesn't play games, they most likely recognize mario, sonic, pacman and lara out of the whole bunch in that list since those characters spilled out of the gaming niche quite heavily while most others on that list didn't. i agree that she probably shouldn't be on #1 spot as i think that probably belongs to mario, but i don't think she should be that far behind of the plumber

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     【Ξｎｉｇｍａｔｉｃｏ】:misskey: (enigmatico@mk.absturztau.be)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 22:58:11 JST 【Ξｎｉｇｍａｔｉｃｏ】:misskey:

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     • Puniko ?

     @puniko Yes, she is. I "member". I was 6 when my dad bought the first Tomb Raider game, for the Saturn. And I remember seeing her in the covers of most magazines, and that 3D render of Duke and Lara because they were badass and people shipped them together. And they even bought the actress who made one of the first movies to a TV show called "DOF 6", which was about videogames.
     
     She IS iconic, no doubts about it. But I don't think the spot of "most iconic" is for her, because while she is iconic there are other characters that even served as a mascot back in the days, and are more well known and more iconic of their eras.
     
     For me, Lara would rank 6 or 7, together with Crash Bandicoot.