come on you can give us something a
little better than that
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
video game characters that need better
backstories for this list we’re looking
at videogame characters whose
backstories are slightly lacking keep in
mind that we aren’t saying these
videogame characters are bad but rather
for whatever reason their characters
histories aren’t really substantial
number 10 Mario Super Mario series he’s
the poster boy for Nintendo has saved
the Mushroom Kingdom and bested the
Koopa King on multiple occasions but
what do we know about our favorite
plumber
well that’s literally pretty much it
he’s a plumber who got roped into
searching castles and saving princesses
he’s proficient at diving soccer party
games tennis combat and interstellar
travel but the only thing we know about
him is that he used to unclog toilets
for a living the original cartoon show
showed the Mario Brothers getting sucked
down a bath drain and ending up getting
warped into the Mushroom Kingdom but
maybe we can have just a bit more
complexity than that what about a deeply
rooted fear of turtles from his
childhood that’s a good place to start
number nine Seth Street Fighter 4 soon
they will see what true power really
used modern fighting games have showed
us that it is indeed possible to include
good storytelling and character death
even Street Fighter managed to
accomplish this with characters like
Akuma yes disturbance calls out to me
however the history of the antagonist of
the series fourth main outing is still
paper-thin compared to that of some of
his counterparts what was that sir we
are looking into it I will notify you
the instant that we know for sure the
leader of shadow Lu’s weapon division we
get fragments of a story that show that
seth is one of the many artificially
engineered creations and that he hosts a
new world tournament in the hopes of
capturing riot to achieve one’s own
goals necessitates trampling those of
others underfoot chances are you won’t
be able to get a full picture of this
character until you’ve completed arcade
mode with each fighter and even then
it’s not much to go on you never call me
by my number my name is Seth and I am
unique number 8 Mona sax Max Payne
series femme fatales are par for the
course of video games some can be fun
some can be complex and others can be
heavily underwritten I’m not here to
kill you aren’t you going to ask me in
making a brief appearance in the first
game
Mona was presented as a cold-blooded
killer with a sexy edge to her only to
become a playable character in the
sequel I wouldn’t ask what’s going on
max while she’s most certainly a badass
and her complicated relationship with
Max Payne is intriguing not enough time
is given to cement her as a fully
rounded character you are in danger both
of us are there’s a contract out on us
we know she’s a proficient contract
killer and cares deeply for her twin
sister but that’s about it
as such the neo noir romance element
that the game prides itself on falls
woefully short Mona sax Lisa’s evil twin
your Safety’s off evil twin you might
hurt someone with that gun of yours
number 7 Commander Shepard Mass Effect
series my bio is public record
everyone knows I ran with gangs as a kid
lower your assault rifles we’re not
disrespecting our favorite Spectre great
you pissed the captain off and now I’m
going to pay for it the choices that the
player make throughout their war against
the Reapers the relationships they share
between crew members and the Paragon and
renegade choices certainly lend
themselves to the creation of a unique
character for you the player my history
is a matter of public record I got
nothing to hide
however during the series’s inception
players were only given two sets of
three options for their Shepards past
one for your childhood and another for
your military career you need to calm
down corporal a good soldier stays cool
even under fire there are side missions
and nods to that military history but
diving deeper into these choices would
have elevated the character to even
higher levels in comparison to what we
were given I don’t care that you’re
human Shepard I only care that you can
do the job
I assume this is good for the Alliance
earth needs of this Shepard we’re
counting on you
number six the protagonists pokemon
series
with each new generation players are
introduced to new pokemon new
legendaries rival trainers Gym Leaders
the Elite Four and villainous
organizations characters like n Shope
the games weren’t all just copy and
pastes of each other but could expand
into new territories and deal with new
subject matter so the obvious question
remains why haven’t the protagonists
changed at all players remain trapped as
the silent trainers who want to be the
very best like no one ever was but
without any differentiation and maybe
with the exception of Gen 3 without any
dads we’re not asking to get rid of the
characters aspirations but throw in some
conflict or different backgrounds once
in a while
number five the doom guy doom series
part of dooms charm is the sheer lack of
logic and balls-to-the-wall gunplay
spearheaded by the manliness of our
favorite silent Space Marine with the
mission to take out the entire forces of
Hell single-handedly the only vocabulary
he needs is excessive violence built-in
chainsaws and a whole lot of awesomely
futuristic guns we’re not saying we
don’t enjoy admitting the legions of
Hell single-handedly cuz we do but
there’s no denying that the dooms lair
is certainly lacking a backstory the
hell food the demons it’s true we’ve
seen testosterone-fueled death machines
in the past and if anything a
well-thought-out foundation only adds to
the awesomeness I mean he may want to
take a page out of Vijay blaskowitz his
book memory loss flashbacks 14 years in
a loony bin good to see you venom number
4 Simon Belmont Castlevania series the
endless battle against Dracula and his
minions has produced a number of notable
characters throughout this gothic series
Alba card and Selma Cruz have made for
troubled yet intriguing protagonists
plagued by their connections to the
vampire King and then there’s Simon the
original vampire killer and well that’s
all there is to him really
armed with his trusty whip and sense of
duty he sets out on multiple occasions
to defeat Dracula and his familiars
being up for a bit of vampire slaying is
all well and good but a bit more insight
into the Belmont clan of vampires would
have been handy number three the Prince
Prince of Persia series even when he was
nothing but low res pixels this nameless
prince of ancient Persia was kicking ass
and saving princesses even though we
don’t know a thing about him
several decades on in various
interpretations later and we still don’t
have a clue about his story
despite pushing the boundaries of
platformers using interesting mechanics
such as time travel and even grabbing
nolan north is an official voice it
always comes back to the unknown
protagonist trying to save some
incarnation of a damsel from evil
with plenty of jumping along the way
well here we are two of us alone in the
dark
saved by the Yahoo we understand that
having no name is an aspect of the
series but come on yo something maybe a
name to start with okay fine keep your
secrets but at least tell me how to
escape no I can’t leave I’ve got to get
to the temple number two
Alyx Vance half-life 2 oh and by the way
nice to finally meet you
she’s the ideal partner for helping
Gordon Freeman take on alien threats and
we know she’s the talented daughter of
dr. Eli Vance as well as being a
prominent member of the resistance but
there’s still so much untapped potential
for her dr. Freeman I presume I better
hurry
much like the long-awaited half-life 3
we’re waiting to find out more about her
background and fill in the gaps and
Hanafy words aren’t you we know that she
was held at the Black Mesa research
facility for a good portion of her
childhood and how she dealt with the con
by an invasion for most of her life but
all of that would be awesome to see from
a first-hand perspective however until
we finally get closure for mr. Freeman’s
adventures were definitely going to be
left in the dark when it comes to miss
Vance
all right all right I miss you too now
don’t worry about me Aussies before we
unveil our top pick here are a few
honorable mentions
number one samus metroid other m i was
known for giving the thumbs down during
briefing i had my reasons though we’re
all familiar with samus the
intergalactic bounty hunter who takes on
the worst criminals and monsters in the
galaxy raised by the chozo serving and
eventually leaving the Galactic
Federation and battling against the
infamous Mother Brain and vicious space
pirate Ridley her backstory is
essentially etched into gaming history
so what’s the problem
other M that’s the friggin problem
confession time getting new light to
samus’s time as a soldier in an effort
to give more detail to her character
backfired horribly she’s portrayed as
frightful and immature and he’s
constantly undermined by her old
commander my past has left me with an
uneasy soul and as a result it touched
me on some level that Adam would
acknowledge that past by calling me
something delicate like lady
so Nintendo we’re not sure if you need a
reminder but Samus Aran is a bounty
hunter she doesn’t take crap from nobody
so do you want to take another shot at
this story let me go you have to trust
you
just give me a chance
commence drive unit disposal immediate
do you agree with our list of course not
but word has it you’ve got some pull
with the aliens which videogame
character do you think needs a better
back story with new top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com all that I found a blessed
has been purged from this day forward I
shall rule as Emperor of planet Earth
little better than that
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
video game characters that need better
backstories for this list we’re looking
at videogame characters whose
backstories are slightly lacking keep in
mind that we aren’t saying these
videogame characters are bad but rather
for whatever reason their characters
histories aren’t really substantial
number 10 Mario Super Mario series he’s
the poster boy for Nintendo has saved
the Mushroom Kingdom and bested the
Koopa King on multiple occasions but
what do we know about our favorite
plumber
well that’s literally pretty much it
he’s a plumber who got roped into
searching castles and saving princesses
he’s proficient at diving soccer party
games tennis combat and interstellar
travel but the only thing we know about
him is that he used to unclog toilets
for a living the original cartoon show
showed the Mario Brothers getting sucked
down a bath drain and ending up getting
warped into the Mushroom Kingdom but
maybe we can have just a bit more
complexity than that what about a deeply
rooted fear of turtles from his
childhood that’s a good place to start
number nine Seth Street Fighter 4 soon
they will see what true power really
used modern fighting games have showed
us that it is indeed possible to include
good storytelling and character death
even Street Fighter managed to
accomplish this with characters like
Akuma yes disturbance calls out to me
however the history of the antagonist of
the series fourth main outing is still
paper-thin compared to that of some of
his counterparts what was that sir we
are looking into it I will notify you
the instant that we know for sure the
leader of shadow Lu’s weapon division we
get fragments of a story that show that
seth is one of the many artificially
engineered creations and that he hosts a
new world tournament in the hopes of
capturing riot to achieve one’s own
goals necessitates trampling those of
others underfoot chances are you won’t
be able to get a full picture of this
character until you’ve completed arcade
mode with each fighter and even then
it’s not much to go on you never call me
by my number my name is Seth and I am
unique number 8 Mona sax Max Payne
series femme fatales are par for the
course of video games some can be fun
some can be complex and others can be
heavily underwritten I’m not here to
kill you aren’t you going to ask me in
making a brief appearance in the first
game
Mona was presented as a cold-blooded
killer with a sexy edge to her only to
become a playable character in the
sequel I wouldn’t ask what’s going on
max while she’s most certainly a badass
and her complicated relationship with
Max Payne is intriguing not enough time
is given to cement her as a fully
rounded character you are in danger both
of us are there’s a contract out on us
we know she’s a proficient contract
killer and cares deeply for her twin
sister but that’s about it
as such the neo noir romance element
that the game prides itself on falls
woefully short Mona sax Lisa’s evil twin
your Safety’s off evil twin you might
hurt someone with that gun of yours
number 7 Commander Shepard Mass Effect
series my bio is public record
everyone knows I ran with gangs as a kid
lower your assault rifles we’re not
disrespecting our favorite Spectre great
you pissed the captain off and now I’m
going to pay for it the choices that the
player make throughout their war against
the Reapers the relationships they share
between crew members and the Paragon and
renegade choices certainly lend
themselves to the creation of a unique
character for you the player my history
is a matter of public record I got
nothing to hide
however during the series’s inception
players were only given two sets of
three options for their Shepards past
one for your childhood and another for
your military career you need to calm
down corporal a good soldier stays cool
even under fire there are side missions
and nods to that military history but
diving deeper into these choices would
have elevated the character to even
higher levels in comparison to what we
were given I don’t care that you’re
human Shepard I only care that you can
do the job
I assume this is good for the Alliance
earth needs of this Shepard we’re
counting on you
number six the protagonists pokemon
series
with each new generation players are
introduced to new pokemon new
legendaries rival trainers Gym Leaders
the Elite Four and villainous
organizations characters like n Shope
the games weren’t all just copy and
pastes of each other but could expand
into new territories and deal with new
subject matter so the obvious question
remains why haven’t the protagonists
changed at all players remain trapped as
the silent trainers who want to be the
very best like no one ever was but
without any differentiation and maybe
with the exception of Gen 3 without any
dads we’re not asking to get rid of the
characters aspirations but throw in some
conflict or different backgrounds once
in a while
number five the doom guy doom series
part of dooms charm is the sheer lack of
logic and balls-to-the-wall gunplay
spearheaded by the manliness of our
favorite silent Space Marine with the
mission to take out the entire forces of
Hell single-handedly the only vocabulary
he needs is excessive violence built-in
chainsaws and a whole lot of awesomely
futuristic guns we’re not saying we
don’t enjoy admitting the legions of
Hell single-handedly cuz we do but
there’s no denying that the dooms lair
is certainly lacking a backstory the
hell food the demons it’s true we’ve
seen testosterone-fueled death machines
in the past and if anything a
well-thought-out foundation only adds to
the awesomeness I mean he may want to
take a page out of Vijay blaskowitz his
book memory loss flashbacks 14 years in
a loony bin good to see you venom number
4 Simon Belmont Castlevania series the
endless battle against Dracula and his
minions has produced a number of notable
characters throughout this gothic series
Alba card and Selma Cruz have made for
troubled yet intriguing protagonists
plagued by their connections to the
vampire King and then there’s Simon the
original vampire killer and well that’s
all there is to him really
armed with his trusty whip and sense of
duty he sets out on multiple occasions
to defeat Dracula and his familiars
being up for a bit of vampire slaying is
all well and good but a bit more insight
into the Belmont clan of vampires would
have been handy number three the Prince
Prince of Persia series even when he was
nothing but low res pixels this nameless
prince of ancient Persia was kicking ass
and saving princesses even though we
don’t know a thing about him
several decades on in various
interpretations later and we still don’t
have a clue about his story
despite pushing the boundaries of
platformers using interesting mechanics
such as time travel and even grabbing
nolan north is an official voice it
always comes back to the unknown
protagonist trying to save some
incarnation of a damsel from evil
with plenty of jumping along the way
well here we are two of us alone in the
dark
saved by the Yahoo we understand that
having no name is an aspect of the
series but come on yo something maybe a
name to start with okay fine keep your
secrets but at least tell me how to
escape no I can’t leave I’ve got to get
to the temple number two
Alyx Vance half-life 2 oh and by the way
nice to finally meet you
she’s the ideal partner for helping
Gordon Freeman take on alien threats and
we know she’s the talented daughter of
dr. Eli Vance as well as being a
prominent member of the resistance but
there’s still so much untapped potential
for her dr. Freeman I presume I better
hurry
much like the long-awaited half-life 3
we’re waiting to find out more about her
background and fill in the gaps and
Hanafy words aren’t you we know that she
was held at the Black Mesa research
facility for a good portion of her
childhood and how she dealt with the con
by an invasion for most of her life but
all of that would be awesome to see from
a first-hand perspective however until
we finally get closure for mr. Freeman’s
adventures were definitely going to be
left in the dark when it comes to miss
Vance
all right all right I miss you too now
don’t worry about me Aussies before we
unveil our top pick here are a few
honorable mentions
number one samus metroid other m i was
known for giving the thumbs down during
briefing i had my reasons though we’re
all familiar with samus the
intergalactic bounty hunter who takes on
the worst criminals and monsters in the
galaxy raised by the chozo serving and
eventually leaving the Galactic
Federation and battling against the
infamous Mother Brain and vicious space
pirate Ridley her backstory is
essentially etched into gaming history
so what’s the problem
other M that’s the friggin problem
confession time getting new light to
samus’s time as a soldier in an effort
to give more detail to her character
backfired horribly she’s portrayed as
frightful and immature and he’s
constantly undermined by her old
commander my past has left me with an
uneasy soul and as a result it touched
me on some level that Adam would
acknowledge that past by calling me
something delicate like lady
so Nintendo we’re not sure if you need a
reminder but Samus Aran is a bounty
hunter she doesn’t take crap from nobody
so do you want to take another shot at
this story let me go you have to trust
you
just give me a chance
commence drive unit disposal immediate
do you agree with our list of course not
but word has it you’ve got some pull
with the aliens which videogame
character do you think needs a better
back story with new top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com all that I found a blessed
has been purged from this day forward I
shall rule as Emperor of planet Earth
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