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Balloon Fighter (from Balloon Fight) is the best character because:
1. He rocks lemons. -from Someone

Cool Spot is the best character because:
1. Wait, oops, no he isn't. -from Fred_in_Bed

Cutman (from Mega Man) is the best character because:
1. Cuz he is. -from Cutman 64
2. He looks cool,and in the Japan only game Super Adventure Rockman, he was on Rockman's side. (Rockman is the Japanese name for Mega Man.) -from Brad

Detective Stevenson (from the NES game Gumshoe) is the best character because:
1. He can turn balloons into bullets. -from Golem

E-102 Gamma (from Sonic Adventure) is the best character because:
1. He can change into 3 different forms, and he's really cool. -from K-K

Emerl (from Sonic Battle) is the best character because:
1. He is a war machine capable of copying moves, even moves that can't be copied. Plus, he gets stronger, and he gets more skill points from absorbing Chaos Emeralds. He's practically invincible!Not even Diablo could defeat him! -from Marciano Sturgeon

Fox McCloud (from the Starfox series) is the best character because:
1. He is adventureous, fast, and has many powers. I'm a fan of him, and I like all of his games. -from Patrick

Ganondorf (from the Legend of Zelda series) is the best character because:
1. He's pure evil, he looks cool, and he is very powerful. -from Anonymous

Gordon Freeman (from the Half-Life series) is the best character because:
1. He is just some MIT nerd who took on 2 alien invaions, fought off the US Army, and his main weapon is a crowbar. That little plumber ain't got nothing on Gordon. -from one who hates Nintendo

Kirby is the best character because:
1. Who couldn't love the little pink guy? -Kirby Fan12
2. he is cute and action -from kirby fan
3. He's so cute, he's very versatile, he's pretty good in SSBM, and he can fly! - from Anonymous
4. he copies their powers -from Anonymous

Koops (from Paper Mario 2) is the best character because:
1. He has a hoodie, and he is a koopa troopa. Holy crap, that's insane! -from Jakob

Latios (from Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire) is the best character because:
1. Because he's cool. What, you expect something better? Shame on you! SHAME!!! -from Mariew
2. He is cute and tough. What did you expect? -from Drago

Link (from the Legend of Zelda series) is the best character because:
1. He kicks butt. I like his weapons, the Legend of Zelda games, and games that I can play over and over until my eyes fall out. -from Link Freak
2. He has the awesome Master Sword, can use magic, travel through time, and best of all, kick Gannon's arse. -from Anonymous
3. Link is medieval, has cool things like swords, bows and arrows, bombs, and other neat things. And he's just all around cool. -from Anonymous
4. He's got a sword and shield which will kick arse! (Especially the arses of Sonic, Mario, Megaman, and etc.) -from Andy

Lord Krump (from Paper Mario 2) is the best character because:
1. He's so funny. Who could ever forget his "Buh huh huh huh!"? -from LuigiGamer

Luigi (the Mario Brother) is the best character because:
1. He is a great sidekick to Mario. -from Nick
2. He's under-rated. -from anonymous
3. He has awesome power. -from Magma Knight
4. Mario hasn't saved Luigi ONCE and Luigi had to save Mario TWICE, so I think Luigi would be the answer. -from Alex Mendes
5. LOL, he's got that cool vacuum thingy. Also, he deserves some glory. I mean he had the guts to save Mario from King Boo and Mario would be stuck with King Boo without him! -from Anonymous
6. He is under-rated in a lot of ways, and besides, he jumps higher and runs faster than Mario! Luigi rules! -from Sabrina

Mach Rider is the best character because:
1. His weapon? A machine gun grafted onto a motorbike. His enemy? The forces of EVIL. 'Nuff said. -from Vorpal

Mario (the Mario Brother) is the best character because:
1. He is the main mascot of Nintendo. Without Mario you wouldn't have Sonic, Yoshi, Wario, or any of his friends or rivals. Nintendo would also be missing about 70 games and wouldn't make near as much money. Anyways, how can you not love a fat italian plumber who is in love with a princess? -from jeff_2k7
2. Because he's the best! Enough said. -from Kyan Myeras
3. He just is. -from Joshua Slone
4. He freakin' kicks Koopa Bowser butt! -from Anonymous
5. He is a hero. -from Anonymous
6. Mario = the man. -from Steve

Mega Man is the best character because:
1. He's the greatest because he can beat Mario (the greatest Nintendo character) and Sonic in one match! Oh, all the Nintendo characters but Mario suck! I'm not tring to be mean but it's true! -from Chris Canido

Metal Mario (from Super Mario 64, Super Smash Brothers, and Dr. Mario 64) is the best character because:
1. Of course He is the greatest nintendo character of all other nintendo characters the other nintendo characters sucks then the Very first One -from Chris Canido

Metal Sonic (from the Sonic the Hedgehog series) is the best character because:
1. He is an exact copy of Sonic. Metal Sonic has Sonic's intelligence, his skills, and also sees and hears what Sonic sees and hears. Metal Sonic also has Sonic's heart. You can think of Sonic and Metal Sonic as very, very, VERY close twins. -from Krissey

Princess Peach Toadstool (from the Super Mario Bros series) is the best character because:
1. She can fly, whack baddies with a frying pan, and drive; all while keeping her hair gorgeous. -from Anonymous

Roy (from the Fire Emblem series) is the best character because:
1. He got very cool moves in SSBM!!! -from Anonymous

Samus Aran (from the Metroid series) is the best character because:
1. Samus is freaking sweet and could easily woop anyone's tail. I've been playing games since I was about 3, and I got my Game Boy on one of my early birthdays, and I've played every Metroid game out there, so I love it. My fav Metroid game is Metroid Prime 2, then Super Metroid. -from IISupurGeckoII

Shadow the Hedgehog (from the Sonic the Hedgehog series) is the best character because:
1. He's super fast, cool, and can harness the power of the Chaos Emeralds. -from Shadow
2. He is the coooooooooooooooooolest!!!!!!! -from Shadow Fan12
3. Everyting!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -from Marcel

Skull Kid (from the Legend of Zelda series) is the best character because:
1. (as well as Happy Mask Salesman) Its wrong grammer and cause for SK Forest IMp and HMS = Mask! -Guru-guru

Solid Snake (from the Metal Gear Solid series) is the best character because:
1. Smart, sofisticated, brutal, need I say more... -from Anonymous

Sonic the Hedgehog is the best character because:
1. Who else could run faster than the speed of sound and beat an egg-shaped scientist? -from Muku
2. He is fast. -from Luke
3. He's weird! -from Anonymous
4. Wait... Sonic stinks! Mario Bros. all the way! -from No One
5. He's supersonic fast. -from Sonic Freak
6. He's cool, fast, and his games are totally ace! -from The Sonic the Hedgehog Number 1 Fan!!!
7. Coz he's cool, *Sonic*speedy!!!, ace and finally got the best games of all time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Strider Hiryu (from the Strider series) is the best character because:
1. He's wicked SWEET! -from Dummy

Super Mario Brothers is the best character because:
1. luiji is funny -from Anonymous

Tails (from the Sonic the Hedgehog series) is the best character because:
1. He is cute, and he can twirl his tails like a propeller to fly. -from Tails

Toad (from the Super Mario series) is the best character because:
1. He's helpful. -from Poop

Waluigi (from the Super Mario series) is the best character because:
1. He has a black jumpsuit and is shadowy, stealthy, and dark. -from Anonymous

Wario (from the Super Mario series) is the best character because:
1. He has to be the greatest character ever concieved by Nintendo. He's fat. And gross. And an all around likable guy. I wish I had a friend like him. -from W.W.
2. Cause he's HOT! -from Anonymous

Yoshi (from the Super Mario series) is the best character because:
1. He's a dinosaur! What did you expect, a paragraph? I'll spare you guys :p -from YoshiWannabe
2. He can eat everything. -from Anonymous

Young Link (from the Legend of Zelda series) is the best character because:
1. If someone knocks you in the air, you can put your sword down and get them back! -from Seth

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