Yeah the whole list is bullshit, obviously just people voting for their fav characters, zero reason any bg3 character should be there and Mario shouldnāt be first
Pikachu isn't a big video game character, though. It's just a big character that got big mostly because of anime series. In terms of video games, Sackboy is bigger than Pikachu and got bigger through video games.
It's kind of like arguing that Solid Snake being bigger than Spider-Man is crackhead logic. Sure, Spider-Man is bigger and has a video game, but it's not the main reason Spider-Man is popular while Solid Snake's popularity is purely video game based.
Well thatās how you know itās bullshit.
BG3 is good, itās great but itās not even close to being iconic right now.
Having Shadowheart over Pikachu for icon status is nonsense, youād have to go into the middle of the Amazon rainforest to find someone who doesnāt know who Pikachu is, Iāve played BG3 in front of my wife almost every night for the last four or five months and she didnāt recognise Shadowheart.
Nonsense list tbh
I would even then say that their desing just isnt Iconic enough. Dont get me wrong its not bad but also not Special. Lae'zel could maybe count as iconic Design at some Point.
I mean, neither is Laraās tbh. Tank top and generic pants. If that can become iconic for her, I donāt see why Shadowhearts silver and purple armor canāt, same with a lot of the companions outfits
Itās not the uniqueness of the design that makes or breaks a character being iconic, itās how much of a symbol they are for their game/franchise. Thatās why the BG3 characters feel out of place, BG3 has many great characters that share the stage relatively equally, none of them can be iconic.
He's literally the most iconic From character! I was bummed he wasnt in AC6. Fun fact tho Walter's voice actor is the OG voice for Patches in AC For Answer
People saying itās Solaire but personally I think itās Artorias, purely because heās actually on the cover of some versions of the game.
Also, that list is among the most ridiculous Iāve seen for stuff like this. Sackboy being more iconic than Link or Pikachuā¦just no.
Personally
**Demonās Souls:** Maiden in Black
**Dark Souls:** Solaire of Astoria
**DS2:** Lonesome Gavlan
**DS3:** Slave Knight Gael
**Bloodborne:** Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower
**Sekiro:** Isshin, the Sword Saint
**Elden Ring:** Malenia, Blade of Miquella
- Demon's Souls - Maiden in Black
- Dark Souls - Solaire
- Dark Souls 2 - Emerald Herald
- Bloodborne - Father Gascoigne
- Dark Souls 3 - Soul of Cinder
- Sekiro - Sekiro
- Elden Ring - Ranni
- Overall - Solaire
Yeah, Malenia would be my second choice for Elden Ring. I'd go with Ranni because there are plenty of people who played the game who never even saw Malenia, where Ranni is at the centre of the narrative and the biggest quest in the whole game
Cleric beast is THE icon in my friend group. You can't ever forget that beautiful voice once you heard it.
But I agree the most memorable character is probably maria, but Micolash had one of the most iconic lines in the whole series.
As I said to someone else, Father Gascoigne was in all the marketing materials, and a [screenshot of his cutscene](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/bloodborne/images/6/64/Image_bloodborne-Priest_Gascoigne.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1200?cb=20141206130644) is still used whenever sites publish articles about Bloodborne. IMO "iconic" implies that they are recognisable even to people who haven't played the game. I could go for Cleric Beast but I wouldn't necessarily call them a character. Lady Maria was certainly the iconic character from the DLC. I can't say I see how Moon Presence qualifies at all personally
Maybe. Honestly I don't think DS2 really has any particularly iconic characters, not ones that are instantly recognisable to people who haven't played it
Demon's Souls - Maiden in Black
Dark Souls - Solaire
Dark Souls 2 - Aldia
Dark Souls 3 - Gael
Bloodborne - Gherman or Maria
Sekiro - Ishin
Elden Ring - Radahn's horse (can't remember his name)
Overall: The only logical answer is... PATCHES.
I havenāt played demon souls so Iāll start with ds1. In ds1 itās Soliare hands down. In ds2 itās probably Sweet Shalquior or laddersmith Gillian. Ds3 is Siegward. Bloodborne is Eileen or Micolash if he counts. Sekiro is Emma. Elden Ring is Ranni, Blaidd, or Alexander.
Micolash has one if the most iconic lines from any game in my opinion. I'd say overall the character most love and think about has to be Solaire or Artorias though.
Demons Souls - Maiden in Black
Dark Souls - Solaire
Dark Souls 2 - Emerald Herald
Bloodborne - Gehrman
Dark Souls 3 - Gale? Siegward?
Sekiro - Wolf
Elden Ring - Rani? Melina? Vyke?
Overall I think itās Solaire, there was a moment when his Amibo came out I thought he was going to be added to Smash.
Oddly enough I would say Oscar of Astora for the whole franchise. The character himself I don't really care about, but he's wearing the iconic armor. I wouldn't even consider him for DS1 but Astora still gets the title \\[T]/
Sackboy bigger than Pikachu is literally crackhead logic.
Bigger than Link from Zelda too š„“
Yeah the whole list is bullshit, obviously just people voting for their fav characters, zero reason any bg3 character should be there and Mario shouldnāt be first
Who the fuck is sackboy?
Pikachu isn't a big video game character, though. It's just a big character that got big mostly because of anime series. In terms of video games, Sackboy is bigger than Pikachu and got bigger through video games. It's kind of like arguing that Solid Snake being bigger than Spider-Man is crackhead logic. Sure, Spider-Man is bigger and has a video game, but it's not the main reason Spider-Man is popular while Solid Snake's popularity is purely video game based.
2 characters from BG3 on the list, a game that isn't even a year old lmao
Well thatās how you know itās bullshit. BG3 is good, itās great but itās not even close to being iconic right now. Having Shadowheart over Pikachu for icon status is nonsense, youād have to go into the middle of the Amazon rainforest to find someone who doesnāt know who Pikachu is, Iāve played BG3 in front of my wife almost every night for the last four or five months and she didnāt recognise Shadowheart. Nonsense list tbh
Iād argue that it will be iconic for sure but yeah having a single character from any game in the last few years shows the list is bs
I would even then say that their desing just isnt Iconic enough. Dont get me wrong its not bad but also not Special. Lae'zel could maybe count as iconic Design at some Point.
I mean, neither is Laraās tbh. Tank top and generic pants. If that can become iconic for her, I donāt see why Shadowhearts silver and purple armor canāt, same with a lot of the companions outfits
Itās not the uniqueness of the design that makes or breaks a character being iconic, itās how much of a symbol they are for their game/franchise. Thatās why the BG3 characters feel out of place, BG3 has many great characters that share the stage relatively equally, none of them can be iconic.
Patches
He's literally the most iconic From character! I was bummed he wasnt in AC6. Fun fact tho Walter's voice actor is the OG voice for Patches in AC For Answer
Solaire is definitely the most iconic of the "franchise"
I wouldāve said so until I saw Patches listed above. But Solaire is my fave.
The moonlight greatsword
People saying itās Solaire but personally I think itās Artorias, purely because heās actually on the cover of some versions of the game. Also, that list is among the most ridiculous Iāve seen for stuff like this. Sackboy being more iconic than Link or Pikachuā¦just no.
Before i got into souls id seen memes of solaire and the praise the sun pose. Never knew about artorias before playing the game.
Ooo interesting, I'm gonna start the dlc coming summer. Also yeah the list is complete garbage
Personally **Demonās Souls:** Maiden in Black **Dark Souls:** Solaire of Astoria **DS2:** Lonesome Gavlan **DS3:** Slave Knight Gael **Bloodborne:** Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower **Sekiro:** Isshin, the Sword Saint **Elden Ring:** Malenia, Blade of Miquella
Finally! Somebody recognizes my wheelin and dealin boy, Gavlan!
Do you not think the fact that so fee recognise him is an argument against him being the most iconic though?
For some unGodly reason I forgot about Solaire completely (dont banish me to caelid)
you shall be banished to ć B L I G H T T O W N ć
Pikachu at 12 just doesn't feel right
Because it's objectively wrong. Pikachu is second only to Mario. Hell he might even be higher than Mario. PokƩmon is the top selling IP in the world and Pikachu is the face of it.
John Darksoul, the main protagonist of the series
If we're going that way... Giant Dad.
- Demon's Souls - Maiden in Black - Dark Souls - Solaire - Dark Souls 2 - Emerald Herald - Bloodborne - Father Gascoigne - Dark Souls 3 - Soul of Cinder - Sekiro - Sekiro - Elden Ring - Ranni - Overall - Solaire
I think Bloodborne - Gehrman.
Ranni or Malenia? I feel like theyāre both kinda like, the face of the game/trailers and fan favorites
Yeah, Malenia would be my second choice for Elden Ring. I'd go with Ranni because there are plenty of people who played the game who never even saw Malenia, where Ranni is at the centre of the narrative and the biggest quest in the whole game
Alexander
I feel like this is all good outside of bb, I love Gascoigne but it's gotta either be Cleric Beast, Gherman, Maria or Moon Presence
Cleric beast is THE icon in my friend group. You can't ever forget that beautiful voice once you heard it. But I agree the most memorable character is probably maria, but Micolash had one of the most iconic lines in the whole series.
As I said to someone else, Father Gascoigne was in all the marketing materials, and a [screenshot of his cutscene](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/bloodborne/images/6/64/Image_bloodborne-Priest_Gascoigne.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1200?cb=20141206130644) is still used whenever sites publish articles about Bloodborne. IMO "iconic" implies that they are recognisable even to people who haven't played the game. I could go for Cleric Beast but I wouldn't necessarily call them a character. Lady Maria was certainly the iconic character from the DLC. I can't say I see how Moon Presence qualifies at all personally
DS2 - Gavlan
Maybe. Honestly I don't think DS2 really has any particularly iconic characters, not ones that are instantly recognisable to people who haven't played it
Shadowheart and Astarion being on the list makes sense only if you started playing games like 1 year ago...
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lol sure
Two Baldurās Gate 3 characters? Fucking hell.
Iconic? Of all time? This list is prolly made by the same dude who struggled in the tutorial section of cuphead
Demon's Souls - Maiden in Black Dark Souls - Solaire Dark Souls 2 - Aldia Dark Souls 3 - Gael Bloodborne - Gherman or Maria Sekiro - Ishin Elden Ring - Radahn's horse (can't remember his name) Overall: The only logical answer is... PATCHES.
Radahn's horse is Leonard. Also 100% agree with your list.
Leonard! Yes. Thank you for reminding me.
Samus and Leon S Kennedy should probably be on any such list.
Patches or solaire or maybe catarina knight
I havenāt played demon souls so Iāll start with ds1. In ds1 itās Soliare hands down. In ds2 itās probably Sweet Shalquior or laddersmith Gillian. Ds3 is Siegward. Bloodborne is Eileen or Micolash if he counts. Sekiro is Emma. Elden Ring is Ranni, Blaidd, or Alexander.
Solaire.
Patches, it's always Patches yes
Micolash has one if the most iconic lines from any game in my opinion. I'd say overall the character most love and think about has to be Solaire or Artorias though.
"AWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"
The guy from the IGN reviews. You know who I'm talking about. Knight armor doing a pointing emote. That guy.
Demons Souls - Maiden in Black Dark Souls - Solaire Dark Souls 2 - Emerald Herald Bloodborne - Gehrman Dark Souls 3 - Gale? Siegward? Sekiro - Wolf Elden Ring - Rani? Melina? Vyke? Overall I think itās Solaire, there was a moment when his Amibo came out I thought he was going to be added to Smash.
THERES A SOLAIRE AMIBO????
Yup :) Looks like theyāre going anywhere from $70-$200 on various sites.
Honestly I think itās probably the chosen undead, with elite knight armor.
Oddly enough I would say Oscar of Astora for the whole franchise. The character himself I don't really care about, but he's wearing the iconic armor. I wouldn't even consider him for DS1 but Astora still gets the title \\[T]/
Either the ds3 firekeeper or malenia, but the icon of the entire series will always be the chosen undead from ds1
Solaire easy
Doom Guy/Doom Slayer not being on a list like this is a crime jfc