This is a countdown of the ten worst video game protagonists of all time. It is a retro-oriented list, and includes many characters from both the Nintendo Entertainment System, and Sega Genesis that many people would disagree with. The author makes good arguments though, and his reasons for including each character are humorous.
9. Sonic The Hedgehog: Sonic looked cool. He had cool hair. He always looked like he was the hero that no one would ever mess around with. Hit him once though and his coins (er…we mean rings) would go flying out of him left to nothing but his own skin which was supposed to be more protective for a hedgehog. This outer skin though was as weak as Arthur’s armor (Arthur from Ghosts n Goblins). Sure Sonic could do spinning roller coasters on hills that were already built for his ability, but beyond the eye candy, there was much to be desired from this ostensible video game hero. Sonic couldn’t throw anything. He had no magic. All he could do was jump on enemies which mimicked the ability of a much more astute hero included on our top 10 videogame heroes of all time list. Sonic never said anything humorous, nor made the game player feel anything special towards him. Sonic was fun to use for the first couple days of buying a game of his but the coolness factor would soon wear off and you were left with something that just looked the part rather than played the part. Sonic would continue with these lacking qualities throughout the series even to the 3d versions of the game for later Sega systems which were some of the more abominable games ever made. Sonic just needed more than his illustration to be as a great of a character as he was hyped to be. This he never had.
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Kid Chameleon....Never finished that game, but it was fun doing the shape-shiftin thing....
Can we please get a more updated version of this list? I do agree with Toad and a few others, but eh, get with the times.