I was about to talk about the little guy from Master Blaster. He actually has to get out of the vehicle and walk around, avoiding regular enemies. He could have stayed in the vehicle, but instead he gets out and walks. That is bad ass.
However, when I think of it, I really need to go with Jean Reno. Sure, he is just an actor. Sure, I have never actually played Onimusha III, the one game he has been in. However, I have seen most of his films, and that is one bad ass mutha-
That’s my vote. Sure, many of these guys have guns and guts, but the Nameless One is the most badass of them all. He doesn’t *have * to advertise his badassitude. Heck, this guy chews off his fingers for a minor magic item, rips out his guts just to check through them, and lets people kill him for shits 'n giggles.
And he deals with demons and devils and gods and stranger things on daily basis like it was nothing. He is a badass mofo. And how many people have the balls to make their ulimate quest to
Commit suicide (effectively) by killing his true self, which a fricking god!
I was about to post “what, 20 posts in and not one mention of Sephiroth? What kind of fanboy board is this??” but it looks like I won’t be doing that.
Kefka is way more bad ass than Sephiroth. Sephiroth tried to destroy the world because he was being manipulated by Jenova. Kefka did it cuz he’s nuts (and actually succeeded!!!).
Oh, please. You can kill Kefka in one round if you equip someone with the Genji Glove and Offering and give them an Atma Weapon and the Illumina. Eight hits later and he’s toast. What kind of a badass dies in one round?
There was this old computer game I used to play, in which you could go around literally devouring the souls of the undead. That dude was Bad Ass. What was his name? Pac something or other.
Shame he was a total poof. The guy’s fashion sense would make a drag queen say “That’s a bit much, honey.”
Voldo from the Soul Calibur series is a contender, I think. He’s blind and has lived in a pit for years, presumably on a diet of rats and fungus, and still manages to kick ass. Honorable mention to Cervantes, a pirate that can beat the shit out of any ninja.
I read through the first several posts and thought “Is this some new alternate version of video game world that I’ve never heard of?” Because most of those first few people…I’ve never heard of.
That said I have to go with the Nameless One from Planescape Torment.
Only one video game character can properly rap crazy lyrics like this:
Who is more badass than Parappa the Rapper? Except possibly for Um Jammer “Dojo, Casino, it’s all in the mind!” Lammy?
(Although, now that Bippy has mentioned Katamari Damacy, you have to think that the King of All Cosmos is pretty badass… I mean, this is a guy who gets a bit drunk, and accidentally destroys all the stars in the sky!)
Maybe she’s not the most bad ass, but you gotta admit, Samus Aran from the Metroid series is way up there.
And Zangief is totally bad ass; the dude wrestles bears for cryin’ out loud. Ken, however, is quite poissibly the least bad ass Street Fighter of all time (except for Dan… maybe). He’s just a lame, Ryu-wannabe.
Especially when you beat the game the first time, the helmet comes off, and a chick is smiling at you!
Nergal from Fire Emblem 7 (known as just Fire Emblem in the States) would be a totally badass:
starting wars to kill enough people to harass their life energy, making homunculi, summoning dragons. The problem is he’s ridculously easy to beat. Then again he did screw a dragon. Hmmm.
I’m working my way though FFVII right now, so I’ll duck out to avoid any further spoilers*, but before I do I’d like to say that in the cut scene where you see the giantic seemingly unbeatable swamp snake** impaled I had a totally “Whoa, that’s cool frickin’ cool!” moment.
Yes. Zangief wrestles “bears.”
*The game has been out for like 8 years now. Don’t worry about it.
**At your low level.
