Curated category
Video game mascots
- Solid SnakeSolid Snake, real name David, was born from a government experiment designed to create the perfect soldier. He carries an IQ of 180, speaks six languages…
- MoogleMoogles are white-furred fictional creatures with wings and a pom-pom-tipped antenna, and they belong to a franchise that has sold tens of millions of games…
- Ryu (Street Fighter)Ryu, the protagonist of Capcom's Street Fighter series, has been the subject of an unusual piece of research. A 2019 study calculated that he would need to…
- Pyramid HeadPyramid Head first appeared in Silent Hill 2, released in 2001, and the gaming world had never encountered anything quite like him. He does not speak.
- Ken MastersKen Masters had already spent years fighting in Capcom's Street Fighter series when a single defensive read turned him into a legend beyond the arcade.
- Mega Man (character)Mega Man is a blue robot with an arm cannon who has been battling the same mad scientist, Dr. Wily, since 1987, and somehow the world never gets tired of…
- ChocoboChocobo, the giant yellow galliform bird of the Final Fantasy franchise, made its first appearance in Final Fantasy II in 1988 as little more than a…
- CammyNoritaka Funamizu, Capcom's research and development head, felt the game needed another female character besides Chun-Li.
- Chun-LiChun-Li walked into arcades in 1991 inside Street Fighter II: The World Warrior. She became the first playable female character in a fighting game to gain…
- CactuarCactuar is a fictional species from the Final Fantasy franchise, and it began life as a doodle in a high school notebook.