Why is the industry unable to make new popular characters?
We’re still talking about Mario, Master chief, Snake, Link etc after all this time.
Name ONE memorable character from this gen
Why is the industry unable to make new popular characters?
Levi Foster
John Watson
Sans but honestly he doesn't count as much since he was memorable in a very forced meme way that was pushed to death
William Campbell
Steve, Tracer or D.Va, Shovel Knight, Inklings, 2B
Matthew Richardson
>Overwatch
Nah
>Tooby
Sure
>Inklings and Shovel Knight
YES
Carson Martinez
>Steve
Minecraft
Not Steve
Steve is specifically because of a giant shitpost
Jace Reed
agreed. Sora.
Andrew Russell
Inkling, you fuck.
Regardless, it's obvious why we don't have new characters popping up left and right.
1) Money
Companies pour money and resources into their characters, they want them to live forever and not die because it brings them in money to a cemented and established character that people recognize.
2) With so many big names, things are crowded as is. All the people you mentioned sprung about over 30 years. After another 30 years we'll have a similar group of new people. But you can't expect the same amount of characters that appeared from Mario-to-Master Chief to be created within one gen.
Dominic Sanders
This feels like a closet rosterfag thread
Benjamin Martin
TF2 characters are memorable but that depends on what you consider "this gen"
Evan Carter
these two motherfuckers, and the Splatoon Inklings are memorable as fuck
Austin Bennett
Because everyone went the generic route.
Josiah Stewart
Because they are trying to appeal to the people who only complain about things but don't buy or play videogames.
Isaac White
Don't forget Ori.
Justin James
what do you mean "this gen" like characters created in this gen of consoles (Xbone, PS4, Wii U/Switch)? or just the turn of the century?
Dominic Reyes
>muh realism
That's why
Blake Hall
Because video-games are Art; as Art it'll die and become shit that's only worth for money laundering. Logos is dead and the Left killed it.
Jaxson Ward
knack
Julian Brooks
There's plenty, Yea Forums faggots just won't admit it because for whatever dumbshit reason.
That's what being memorable means, having memes makes them me orable, link had millions of fucking memes from ocarina. Literally everyone on that list is remembered for a meme reason.
Isaiah Baker
This
Wyatt Collins
It's shulk time!
Dominic Anderson
Steve and inklings are the only ones that can conpare
Tyler Hernandez
Look at the cast of Playstation Battle Royale versus Smash Bros. You'll notice that a lot of the characters in Battle Royale are human proportioned while in Smash you have a bigger variety of shapes, especially in the early games. Character designs born out of limitation created all sorts of fun shapes where they had to make the most of out of what little they had. This created both unique silhouettes and better readability.
Sebastian Cooper
Because old games was made for kids mainly by Japanese who prefer exaggerated and deformed style while now most of contemporary games are made by westerners who prefer realism over stylized. Iconic characters need to be made into birth by differentiating from others but realism cant achieve it.
Oliver Lee
Role playing and the desire for self insertion and customization killed off character driven stories. There's lots of great characters in modern games, but they're less iconic now because customization and an "individual experience" is preferable for most people.
John Richardson
Who?
Hunter Clark
Sans is immortalized as a gaming icon.
Jordan Hernandez
> No Crash Bandicoot in pic
Cringe
Isaac Torres
this but unironically