After finishing a long season of reviews, we end with a double top ten list of best and worst Nintendo characters, unfortunately due to outside commitments, the best list will be posted on Sunday. So we begin with the worst list.
Dishonorable mentions
Luigi: Mainly for the WeeGee meme but it's not enough to be on this list as recent form has redeemed his shortcomings.
Princess Peach: Proven time and time again to be the worst ruler ever but again, recent form has redeemed some of her shortcomings.
Donkey Kong Family: Outside Donkey Kong and Diddy the rest of the Kong family are just bland.
10. Ike from Fire Emblem
Yes he looks bad ass but loses so much credibility when he speaks "I fight for my friends" in such a dorky voice, something like that can really knock a character down, especially when he's such an awesome character to use in Smash bros.
9. Pikmin from Pikmin
I guess I never understood Pikmin, then again I played Lemmings, Pikmin's spiritual ancestors. The difference is I want to save the Lemmings, but I don't want to save Pikmin.
8. Mii from Tomodachi Life
Yes, the Mii you create of yourself is a needy little so and so. They will never like the same foods, keep demanding things and ultimately make you look more weird than you already are. I draw the line at worshiping the Virtual Boy.
7. Eggplant Wizard from Kid Icarus
There have been plenty of joke villains in video games, this one seems to take it up to eleven. Seriously what were they thinking?
6. Black Shadow from F-Zero
Speaking of joke villains, while not a joke villain per say, Black Shadow is the laziest character ever designed, an unoriginal name with an unoriginal design with barely any characterization.
5. Falco Lombardi from Starfox
Say what you like about Slippy Toad, at least he has a purpose in the Star Fox team, Falco on the other hand doesn't, he's not even a good pilot as he's usually the first to fall, not to mention his jerkass tendencies have been done to death.
4. Mr Resetti from Animal Crossing
How do I judge Mr Resetti? Put it this way, he rips into you every time you reset without saving, it's a nice enough fourth wall scene but after the first time, especially if the reset was caused by a sudden power cut or a crash then it comes across as being mean spirited, especially when he's lecturing you for several minutes in an angry tone.
3. Link from Legend of Zelda
Oh boy I'm going to get a lot of hate for this but I will explain for you.
The basic setup for Legend of Zelda is that the Triforce constantly gets reincarnated into a new hero, princess and villain with every Zelda title, which of course is Link, Zelda & Ganondorf.
Ganondorf has gone through some interesting designs over the years.
Zelda to has had some interesting designs with some giving her a radical personality change, Tetra and Sheik come to mind.
Link on the other hand has looked like the same person in every game right down to the green clothes and grunting; I'm aware that iconic value plays a huge part in Link's popularity but I can't put my all into a silent protagonist that always looks and feels the same in every game yet I'm supposed to believe he's a different Link every time.
2. Waluigi & Daisy from Mario Spinoff Series
This was a tie as they're both on for the same reasons, they don't need to exist. Waluigi has no redeeming qualities and Daisy is just plain annoying with her ear grating voice. What makes it worse is that Wario is perfectly capable of looking after himself, while Luigi doesn't really take much notice of Waluigi while Peach & Luigi barely notice Daisy exists, in fact it was Mario saving her Kingdom so she really doesn't owe Luigi anything.
1. Toad from Mario Main Series
The people of the Mushroom Kingdom are stupid. They declare as their ruler an air-headed blonde human girl, she gets kidnapped all the time and I don't think she's made any serious law stand in the Kingdom other than occasionally turn some of the lands into race tracks and sports venues. Not to mention they keep misleading you into different castles with promises of the Princess only for them to tell you she's somewhere else, after which they conveniently escape leaving you to pick up the mess. Should we really call him Toad or shall we call him Troll instead.
