Video game character

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A video game character is a character appearing in a video game or computer game. It is useful to distinguish player-controlled player characters and computer-controlled non-player characters.

In the early days of gaming, most characters were little more than generic figures with little in the way of personality, depth, or likability. The first game character to gain massive popularity was Mario in the 1980s.[citation needed] With Mario began the concept of the "game mascot," the idea that a character could become representative of a game company while being marketable to a wide audience. In the years since, many game characters have become bona-fide pop-culture phenomena.[citation needed] There are many types of video game characters.

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A mascot is a character who represents a company.

A Main Character is a character is a character who goes first, appears in the middle of the picture, and leads the whole video game. It is also a most often considered the most important character in the series and is the character that you play as for the majority of the series.

A villain is a character who acts against the hero/heroine or other good/neutral characters for the sake of accomplishing an act of evil.

A damsel in distress is a character that has been kidnapped by a villain, requiring the hero to come to their rescue.

A supporting character is a character who most often acts as a sidekick or lesser character to the main character(s).

An anti-hero can also mean a character who is usually a villain or antagonist who stars in their own game and is considered the hero/heroine of that game.

A secret character is a character who is only available for use once the player accomplishes a certain number of tasks required to play as them.

A joke character is a character who exists in a serious game and is often a bumbling, weak, and/or unimportant character who thinks highly of him or herself.

A joke character can also mean a fake character who eventually was made into a real character in one or more games by the developers.

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