short list. I propose a list of all playable video game characters throughout history.
Is it just me, or does this list seem very Nintendo heavy? The linked list at the bottom of the page adds weight to this.
Why is nearly every character from Final Fantasy VII included on this list? Sure, the game is popular, but all three of the GTA games outsold it and I don't see Big Smoke, Candy Suxxx or Sonny Verona from those games on this list. GTA has a higher profile than FFVII, so what's up. On top of that, I don't see how Barret or Yuffie are famous video game characters. I'm removing them. Treima 02:35, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
Namu to that! And what about the other Final Fantasy games? Wikipedia should be as unbiased as possible, and not a haven for FF7 fanboys.
Waluigi? I hadn't even heard of the guy before I tuned into this article! I'm gonna remove him. Treima 01:26, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
Based on an AIM conversation with ALTTP, I think it's clear the list needs to removed and replaced with better information. Here's our conversation:
Andre ( talk) 20:37, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
I say redirect rather than merge, because while I am firmly a fan of a multidisciplinary approach to things, there is no content in this article worthy of being merged. This is nothing but a list of sample characters that invite pointless edit warring over who's favorite games gets in. It doesn't even bother to link to much better articles on the archetypes it talks about.
Moreover, I'm not sure how much content could be added. There is no article on television character, opera character, literature character, or theatre character. That's because characters are characters are characters, whether they're in video games or radio plays. Any time spent cleaning up here would be better used expanding the fictional character article with more information on its usage in video games.
Anyway. Fictional character seems the best to redirect to, though it's slightly imprecise in a few rare situations (according to the article, it only applies to totally made up characters, so Liu Pei from Romance of the Three Kingdoms or Rasputin from Shadow Hearts would technically be non-fictional characters. Whatever.). We could also redirect to the character disambiguation page, or just create a new disambiguation page here (and perhaps point to player character and non-player character as well for the role-playing sense- though that's a bit distant from the way most computer/video games use them. Then toss in mascot while we're at it.). That said, I'm still in favor of just straight redirection to fictional character, since it's right 99% of the time- that's what {{ tv-char-stub}} uses, for example.
Thoughts? SnowFire 18:00, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
Wow - I was really surprised to find the article for video game characters redirected to fiction characters! I expected something more in the way of a mention of avatars, NPCs, and some history of text up to 3D representations; as well as the all-important levels and methods of control of the player characters. And some history of notable characters. Mario, Ms. Pac-Man and Sonic, for early examples. Not Alice in Wonderland with critique. (A fuller list would be linked to.) gnomelock 02:24, 30 October 2007 (UTC)