Krystal is a character that awoke something in a LOT of people | #starfox

Wolf is a good Vegeta to Fox McCloud's Goku | #starfox

Slippy started as a really interesting character, and then became a bit of a joke | #starfox

Falco is the perfect wing-man (ha!) | #starfox

Peppy Hare has a lovely story evolution as a design | #starfox

Fox McCloud is classic hero design, though the 64 influence sticks too much | #starfox

Vulcan Raven speaks for that which is beyond hard science | #metalgear

Mantis stands in for the fear of biological determinism | #metalgear

Sniper Wolf is a tragedy of war | #metalgear

Ocelot, in MGS1, is the nihilist who survives by believing in nothing | #metalgear

Meryl was meant to be The Rookie but ended up the Damsel in spite of it all :/ | #metalgear

Gray Fox, the cool cyborg ninja, is a horror story and a warning | #metalgear

Metal Gear contains a major Rambo homage - and a criticism of it! #metalgearsolid

Otacon is a warning about the danger of otaku fantasies as life goals #metalgearsolid

The Metroid Fusion suit lives up to its name | #metroid

Plague Knight does some clever storytelling with a necessary design change | #shovelknight

Kairi has a good design, I wish Kingdom Hearts would let her Do Things | #kingdomhearts

Riku's design always makes a perfect dyad with Sora | #kingdomhearts

Sora might be the perfect protagonist for Kingdom Hearts | #kingdomhearts

Alucard looks like his father's son, but also like his worst enemy | #castlevania

Castlevania's Dracula is the perfect embodiment of aristocratic menace | #castlevania

I've never seen a failure of imagination quite as bad as Primal Kerrigan

Liquid is everything Solid Snake is not, and that choice matters #metalgearsolid

Solid Snake is a bit basic, and unspectacular, but that is part of the point #metalgearsolid

Shield Knight is the perfect subversion of the damsel in distress #shovelknight

Shovel Knight IS his armor, that's why his design works #shovelknight

The Master Sword's design evolution | #thelegendofzelda

Zero Suit Samus' design evolution | #metroid

Samus Aran's design evolution | #metroid