Coolest Perpheral Video Game Character - Console or Arcade

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Coolest Perpheral Video Game Character - Console or Arcade

I don't mean the main star, like Mario or Sonic or Pacman, I mean like the lesser heroes, villains, stage bosses, etc.

My 2 choices are Starman and 'The Amazon' from Pro Wrestling for the NES. They both seemed so mysterious and looked so kickass, yet get so little press. Let's salute them today.

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This gal in the stands in Arch Rivals:

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how about the the little dude who you hit to get free stuff in Golden Axe, but would later sneak into camp at night and steal your shit?

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I don't know the names of them, but these evil lil bastards in DK Jr.:

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Little beartrap-mouthed things...
 
Console:

Tingle
He's a minor Zelda character who was featured in a Nintendo Club Japan exclusive Balloon Fight game for DS and has made cameos in other games. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tingle

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Arcade:

Belger aka Mad Gear Gang Leader
He's not even handicapped, yet he rolls around in a wheelchair and uses a crossbow as a weapon. That's hardcore.

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For ARCADE:

I always thought the "Jason" looking enemies with the red shirts, brass knuckles, and the hockey masks in Ninja Gaiden were pretty sweet:
 

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This thread immediately made me think of Reptile in MK1.

You had to do some wild stuff to get to fight him in the pit stage.
 
Oh, crap. Now that MK was mentioned, I did always think Scorpion was just a badass... Is he considered a Peripheral character, though? :confused:

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Oh, crap. Now that MK was mentioned, I did always think Scorpion was just a badass... Is he considered a Peripheral character, though? :confused:

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Negative. He's way to much of a main character.

I was gonna mention "Rush" from Mega Man 3 for console games, but figured he was too much of a main character after his introduction into the series.
 
The giant spider with the cat head from Guwange. I don't think anything in a game freaked me out as much as the first time I reached this. So cool.
 

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I vote for the Grim Reaper from Castlevania followed by Frankenstein from Haunted Castle, or the Wolfman from one of the 16 bit Castlev.s that I can't recall. All very cool characters. Not original, but still very cool.
 
I vote for the Grim Reaper from Castlevania followed by Frankenstein from Haunted Castle, or the Wolfman from one of the 16 bit Castlev.s that I can't recall. All very cool characters. Not original, but still very cool.

Grim Reaper was a cool character in all the NES castlevanias. Good call.
 
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