128 entered and only two remain. A showdown between two of gaming’s classic female antagonists. Will Carmen Sandiego steal the whole tournament? Or will GLaDOS take the cake? Tournament Statistics: The characters who received the most votes in any match … Continue reading Best Video Game Character Tournament, Finals

128 entered and only four remain. Results from Round Five: The characters who received the most votes overall was Link, who perhaps faced the weakest competition in Bowser. Unsurprisingly, Bowser was the character who received the least votes. The advancing character … Continue reading Best Video Game Character Tournament, Semifinals

128 entered, 8 remain. Results from Round Four: Of the top eight vote-getters in the initial nominations, six of those characters remain. The two characters that did not make it to the quarterfinals are Error and Mega Man. The two … Continue reading Best Video Game Character Tournament, Quarterfinals

128 entered, 16 (bit) remain. Results from Round Three: The characters who received the most votes overall was Mario with 75 votes. The character who received the most votes among those who did not advance was Sonic the Hedgehog, who was beaten … Continue reading Best Video Game Character Tournament, Round Four

128 entered, 32(X) remain. Results from Round Two: The characters who received the most votes overall were Link and Samus at 75 votes each. The character who received the most votes among those who did not advance was HK-47, barely losing his round … Continue reading Best Video Game Character Tournament, Round Three

128 entered, (Nintendo) 64 remain. Results from Round One: The character who received the most votes overall was Luigi — unsurprisingly, given he also received the most votes in the nomination thread. The character who received the most votes among … Continue reading Best Video Game Character Tournament – Round Two

Here’s the second half of the first round! Pictured: Characters who will not be appearing in this tournament. To vote in this bracket: Please add an upvote to the character in each matchup you’d like to see advance. Please don’t add … Continue reading Best Video Game Character Tournament – Round One Part Two

You guys nominated a whopping 371 video game characters for this tournament! From that field, exactly 128 characters received five upvotes or more. I’ve arranged them into eight brackets of sixteen, trying to split the characters up by franchise as … Continue reading Best Video Game Character Tournament – Round One Part One

Remember when GameFAQs used to do these? Actually, they probably still do, but who goes to the front page of GameFAQs any more? Anyway, this is a simple idea: nominate your favorite video game characters. Post one character per comment … Continue reading Best Video Game Character Tournament – Nominations