Nominations for 100 Heroes and Villains in Videogames

Due to all the positive feedback and success of the top 100 video games of all time I've decided to try something that hasn't been done before: The top 100 Heroes and 100 Villains in video games!

Nominations are open for 10 days, December 5th - December 15th. Then the countdown will begin!

Like last time, we'll need as much participation as possible to make it a fair and even list. So let's see if we can get as many people at GR to fill in the list below



Heroes
Select your 3 favorite Heroes from each genre. You can pick playable or non-playable characters. Some games fall into different genres and if that's the case, use your own judgement for which character falls under which genre. Please do not nominate a character twice in this section and do not nominate a character based on a real person (ie Tony Hawk). Also, please name the game the character is from since I might not know who you're nominating.

3rd Person Action (This one gets 5 slots because there are MANY action games)
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RPG
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Adventure/Platforming
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FPS
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Fighting/1 on 1 combat
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Survival Horror
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Strategy/Puzzle
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Classic
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Other
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Name your top 10 favorite Heroes of gaming
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Villians
3rd Person Action
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RPG
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Adventure/Platforming
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FPS
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Fighting/1 on 1 combat
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Survival Horror
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Strategy/Puzzle
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Classic
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Other
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Name your top 10 favorite Villains of gaming
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Heroes:
3rd Person Action
1. Nate Drake - Uncharted Drake's Fortune
2. Solid Snaaaaaake - Metal Gear Solid
3. Kratos - God of War

RPG
1. Squall - Final Fantasy VIII
2. Argonians (as playable characters) - The Elder Scrolls
3. Deckard Cain - Diablo

Adventure/Platforming
1. Jak & Daxter - Jak & Daxter
2. Ratchet & Clank - Ratchet & Clank
3. Sackboy - LittleBIGPlanet

FPS
1. Soap MacTavish (admit it; this guy kicks suds) - Call of Duty 4
2. Nathan Hale - Resistance

Fighting/1 on 1 combat
1. Lu Kang - Mortal Kombat
2. Ken - Street Fighter

Strategy/Puzzle
1. Seth - Atlantis -The Lost Tales-
2. Ubo Bon - Patapon
3. Captain Briggs - Limbo of the Lost (hehehe)

Classic
1. Crash Bandicoot - Crash Bandicoot
2. Spyro - Spyro the Dragon

Name your top 10 favorite Heroes of gaming
1. Jak & Daxter - Jak & Daxter
2. Ratchet & Clank - Ratchet & Clank
3. Sackboy - LittleBIGPlanet
4. Seth - Atlantis -The Lost Tales-
5. Squall - Final Fantasy VIII
6. Argonians (as playable characters) - The Elder Scrolls
7. Nate Drake - Uncharted Drake's Fortune
8. Ubo Bon - Patapon
9. Crash Bandicoot - Crash Bandicoot
10. Spyro - Spyro the Dragon

Might do villains later...

 

They will be scored and counted down like the last one.

And forgive my crappy banner, I'm an armature when it comes to that stuff, lol.

 

*Cracks knuckles*

Heroes
3rd Person Action (This one gets 5 slots because there are MANY action games)
1. Carl "CJ" Johnson (Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas)
2. Solid Snake
3. Dante (Devil May Cry)
4. Kratos (God of War)
5. Woozie (Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas)

RPG
1. Auron (FFX)
2. Fran (FFXII)
3. Squall (FFVIII)

Adventure/Platforming
1. Link
2. Mario
3. Sonic

FPS
1. Gordon Freeman (Half Life)
2. Joanna Dark (Perfect Dark)
3. Master Cheif (Halo)

Fighting/1 on 1 combat
1. Chun Li (Street Fighter)
2. Ryu (Street Fighter)
3. Guile (Street Fighter)

Survival Horror
1. Jill Valentine (Resident Evil)
2. Lisa (Silent Hill)
3. Leon Kennedy (Resident Evil)

Strategy/Puzzle
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Classic
1. Pac-Man
2. Mega-Man
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Other
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Name your top 10 favorite Heroes of gaming
1. Carl "CJ" Johnson (GTA: San Andreas)
2. Solid Snake
3. Sigit (MGS 3)
4. Super Mario
5. Auron (FFX)
6. Link
7. Donkey Kong
8. Jill Valentine
9. Laura Croft
10. Ryu



Villians
3rd Person Action
1. Ocelot (Metal Gear Solid)
2. Officer Tennpenny (GTA: San Andreas)
3. Volgin (MGS)
4. The End (MGS)
5. Vamp (MGS)

RPG
1. Sepithroth (FF7)
2. Seifer (FF8)
3. Dr. Cid (FF12)

Adventure/Platforming
1. Bowser
2. Gannondorf
3. Eggman (Sonic)

FPS
1. General Raam (Gears of War)
2. AI (System Shock 2)
3.

Fighting/1 on 1 combat
1. M Bison (Street Fighter)
2. Shao Khan (Mortal Kombat)
3. Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat)

Survival Horror
1. Pyramid Head (Silent Hill)
2. Wesker (Resident Evil)
3. Vagary (Doom 3)

Strategy/Puzzle
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Classic
1. Aliens (Space Invaiders)
2. Dr Williey (Mega-Man)
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Other
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Name your top 10 favorite Villains of gaming
1. Officer Tenpenny (GTA: San Andreas)
2. Bowser
3. Wario
4. Pyramid Head (Silent Hill)
5. Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat)
6. Gannondorf
7. Ocelot (MGS)
8. Vamp (MGS)
9. The End (MGS)
10 Volgin (MGS)

 

If you can think of another person to replace it, I'd appreciate it. You can keep it as is, but it's best to not add the same person (ie Gannon and Gannondorf), it really is the same person just in another form.

 

3rd Person Action (This one gets 5 slots because there are MANY action games)
1.Kai (Heavenly Sword)
2.Kratos (God of War)
3.Cole White (GUN)
4.CJ (GTA-SA)
5.Nariko (Heavenly Sword)

RPG
1.Furious Ming (Jade Empire)
2.Zidane (FFIX)
3.Cloud (FFVII)

Adventure/Platforming
1.Mario
2.Toad (SMB2)
3.Sly (Sly Cooper)

FPS
1.Gordon Freeman (Half-Life)
2.Master Chief (Halo)
3.Anne (Trespasser)

Fighting/1 on 1 combat
1.Ryu (Street Fighter)
2.Chun Li (Street Fighter)
3.Liu Kang (Mortal Kombat)

Survival Horror
1.Jill Valentine (Resident Evil)
2.Heather (Silent Hill 3)
3.James (Silent Hill 3)

Strategy/Puzzle
1.Tanya (Red Alert)
2.Kate Walker (Syberia)

Classic
1.Bubble? (Bubble Bobble)
2.Erik the Swift (The Lost Vikings)
3.Pacman




Name your top 10 favorite Heroes of gaming (Not in order)
1.Mario
2.Kai
3.Jill Valentine
4.Gordon Freeman
5.Bubble
6.Pacman
7.Sly
8.Toad
9.Kratos
10.Nariko



Villians
3rd Person Action
1.Flying Fox (Heavenly Sword)
2.Roach (Heavenly Sword)
3.Ganon (Zelda)
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RPG
1.Jack the Blades (Fable)
2.Sephirot
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Adventure/Platforming
1.Bowser
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FPS
1.Tartarus (Halo 2)
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Fighting/1 on 1 combat
1.Blanka (Street Fighter) I don't remember were he bad or not, but he surely looks bad
2.Darth Vader (Soul Calibur IV)
3.

Survival Horror
1.Dr. Salvatore?(the chainsaw guy)(RE4)
2.Pyramide Head (Silent Hill 2)
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Strategy/Puzzle
1.Horny (Dungeon Keeper)
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Classic
1.Evil Otto (Berzerk)
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Name your top 10 favorite Villains of gaming
1.Horny
2.Evil Otto
3.Bowser
4.Blanka
5.Dr. Salvator
6.Pyramide Head
7.Flying Fox
8.Sephirot
9.Jack the Blades
10.Ganon

It's so hard to remember..so the list would be different next time.

 

Heroes

3rd Person Action
1. Link (Zelda)
2. Raiden (MGS 2)
3. Solid Snake (any MG)
4. Travis Touchdown (No More Heroes)
5. Leon S. Kennedy (RE 4)

RPG
1. Tidus (FFX)
2. Cecil (FFIV)
3. Auron (FFX)

Adventure/Platforming
1. Mario
2. Sonic
3.

FPS
1. Samus (Metroid)
2. Nathan Hale (Resistance)
3. Cortez (Timesplitters)

Fighting/1 on 1 combat
1. Kilik (Soul Calibur)
2. Nightmare (Soul Calibur)
3. Ryu (Street Fighter)

Survival Horror
1. Leon S. Kennedy (RE4)
2.
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Strategy/Puzzle
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Classic
1. Mario
2. Sonic
3. Pac Man

Other
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Name your top 10 favorite Heroes of gaming
1. Link (Zelda series)
2. Samus (Metroid series)
3. Tidus (FFX)
4. Raiden (MGS 2)
5. Solid Snake (MGS series)
6. Tarvis Touchdown (No More Heroes)
7. Leon S. Kennedy (RE4)
8. Cecil (FFIV)
9. Auron (FFX)
10. Mario


Villians
3rd Person Action
1. Ganondorf (Zelda series)
2. Vamp (MGS 2)
3. Gray Fox (MGS 1)
4. Big Boss (MGS series)
5.

RPG
1. Sin (FFX)
2. Sepiroth (FFVII)
3.

Adventure/Platforming
1. Bowser (Mario series)
2. Dr. Eggman (Sonic series)
3.

FPS
1. Dark Samus (Metroid Prime 2 & 3)
2. Ridley (Metroid series)
3. Meta Ridley (Metroid series)

Fighting/1 on 1 combat
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Survival Horror
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Strategy/Puzzle
1. Kane (Command & Conquer)
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Classic
1. Bowser
2. Dr. Eggman
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Other
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Name your top 10 favorite Villains of gaming
1. Ganondorf
2. Kane
3. Vamp
4. Dark Samus
5. Ridley
6. Meta Ridley
7. Bowser
8. Gray Fox
9. Sin
10. Sepiroth

I absolutely hate my list but it's the best I could come up with.

 

Boringman, who is Kane? Please let me know what game he's from.

 

Shit.

Longo beat me to it with Malak. I was going to post it a few hours ago and figured "pfft. No one has yet. No rush."

 

Don't forget to name the game the characters are from!!!

 

Heroes
3rd Person Action (This one gets 5 slots because there are MANY action games)
1. Kratos - God of War
2. Dante - Devil May Cry
3. Travis Touchdown - No More Heroes
4. Amiterasu - Okami
5. Sold Snake - Sons of Liberty (don't like the game, Snake's a badass though)

RPG
1. Auron - FFX
2. Cloud - FF7
3. Geno - Super Mario RPG

Adventure/Platforming
1. Jak - Jak 2 & 3
2. Sig - Jak 2 & Jak 3
3. Link - Ocarina of Time(adult)

FPS
1. Master Chief - Halo
2. Joanna Dark - Perfect Dark
3. Marcus Fenix - Gears of War

Fighting/1 on 1 combat
1. Scorpion - MK
2. Mitsurugi - Soul Calibur
3. Chipp Zanuff - Guilty Gear X

Survival Horror
Leon Kennedy

Strategy/Puzzle
Jim Reynolds - Starcraft


Classic
1. Jumpman (Mario)
2. Pac-Man


Other
1. Marth - Super Smash Bros Brawl
2. Tom Morello - Guitar Hero 3


Name your top 10 favorite Heroes of gaming
1.Auron - FFX
2. Kratos - God of War
3. Cloud - FF7
4. Dante - DMC
5. Jak - Jak 2 & 3
6. Scorpion - MK
7. Jim Reynolds - Starcraft
8. Sig - Jak 2 & 3
9. Link (Adult) - Ocarina of Time
10. Master Cheif - Halo



Villians
3rd Person Action
1. Vergil - DMC 3
2. Mundus - DMC
3. Errol - Jak 3

RPG
1. Sephiroth - FF7
2. Reno - FF7
3. Seymour - FFX

Adventure/Platforming
1. Dr. Nefarious - Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal
2. Captain Quark - Ratchet and Clank
3. Ganondorf - Ocarina of Time

FPS
1. Trevelyan - Goldeneye
2. Trent - Perfect Dark
3. Mr. Blonde - Perfect Dark

Fighting/1 on 1 combat
1. Nightmare - Soul Calibur 3
2. Quan Chi - MK
3. Xion - Bloody Roar

Strategy/Puzzle
1. Sarah Kerrigan - Starcraft
2. Archimonde - Warcraft 3
3. Arthas - Warcraft 3

Other
Master Hand - Super Smash Bros Series



Name your top 10 favorite Villains of gaming
1. Sephiroth - FF7
2. Master Hand - SSB
3. Dr. Nefarious - Ratchet and Clank
4. Captain Quark - Ratchet and Clank
5. Sarah Kerrigan - Starcraft
6. Mundus - DMC
7. Nightmare - SC3
8. Reno - FF7
9. Ganondorf - Ocarina of Time
10. Trevelyan - Goldeneye

 

^Thank you for reminding me about Travis Touchdown.

 

3rd Person Action
1. Inspector Tequila (Stranglehold)
2. Frank West (Dead Rising)
3. Tommy Vercetti (GTA Vice City)
4. Marcus Fenix (Gears of War)
5. Rico Rodriguez (Just Cause)

(You can see i go for the emotionally deep characters)

RPG
1. Revan - after he/she get mind raped by the jedi (KOTOR)
2. HK-47 - he's sort of inbetween (KOTOR)
3. Jolee Bindo (KOTOR)

(You can probably tell, i haven't played many RPGs)

Adventure/Platforming
1. Ratchet (Ratchet and Clank)
2. Banjo (Banjo-Kazooie)
3. Crash Bandicoot (Crash Bandicoot)

FPS
1. Gordon Freeman (Half-Life)
2. DOOM guy (DOOM)
3. Capt. Price (Call of Duty 2 and 4)

Fighting/1 on 1 combat
1. Lui Kang (Mortal Kombat)
2. That stretchy guy from streetfighter ex2+
3. Johnny Cage (Mortal Kombat)

Survival Horror
1.
2.
3.

Strategy/Puzzle
1. Companion Cube (Portal)
2. Chell - the Portal test subject (Portal)
3.

Classic
1. Mario
2. Pac-Man
3.

Other
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2.
3.


Name your top 10 favorite Heroes of gaming
1. Gordon Freeman
2. Ratchet
3. Revan
4. HK-47
5. Mario
6. Banjo
7. Tommy Vercetti
8. Doom guy
9. Captain Price
10. Inspector Tequila



Villians
3rd Person Action
1. Claude's Exwife (GTA 3)
2. Dimitri Rascalov (GTA 4)
3.
4.
5.

RPG
1. Darth Malak (KOTOR)
2. Kreia (KOTOR 2)
3. The Master (Fallout)

Adventure/Platforming
1. Dr. Nefarious (Ratchet and Clank 3)
2. Captain Quark (Ratchet and Clank)
3. N. Cortex (Crash Bandicoot)

FPS
1. G-Man (Half-Life)
2. SHODAN (System Shock 2)
3. Uh, Hitler, duh. (Wolfenstein 3D)

Fighting/1 on 1 combat
1. Scorpion (Mortal Kombat)
2. Sub-Zero (Mortal Kombat)
3. Shang-Tsung (Mortal Kombat)

Survival Horror
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2.
3.

Strategy/Puzzle
1. GLaDOS (Portal)
2.
3.

Classic
1. Bowser
2. Aliens (Space Invaders)
3. Ghosts (Pac-Man)

Other
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2.
3.


Name your top 10 favorite Villains of gaming
1. G-Man
2. Dr. Nefarious
3. Darth Malak
4. SHODAN
5. GLaDOS
6. Bowser
7. Captain Quark
8. Claude's Ex-wife
9. Scorpion
10. Wario