It's these types of characters that just ruin otherwise perfectly good games!
The annoying ones. The helpless ones. The know-it-alls. In a lot of video games, there will always be "that guy." That one character that just drives you to the brink of sanity will forever haunt your experience with that game. Without them, the game would be absolutely flawless. However, they're there for a reason, and you just have to deal with them throughout the whole game.
These are some of the most iconic, annoying characters you've probably encountered in your gaming career.
Top 5 Most Annoying Video Game Characters
5. Slippy Toad
Star Fox Series
We've all been there before, playing Star Fox 64, shooting down enemies, owning everything in sight when suddenly Slippy appears out of nowhere being tailgated by two or three enemy fighters that he could very easily take care of himself, but for some reason he can't, so he has to bother you about it. Now let's not forget that he can be helpful...by telling you useless information in that squeaky high-pitched voice every five seconds in every mission. It's like Fox's own personal Navi!
4. Ashley Graham
Resident Evil 4
My Date with the President's Daughter? How about annihilating the president's daughter? Yeah. That sounds so much better. This girl can do absolutely nothing when it comes to defending herself. She can't even climb down a simple ladder! You have to stand under it and catch her like she's some kind of little girl. Every time she's captured again, you feel like a weight's been lifted from your shoulders. Finally you can go around and squash bad guys without having to deal with the inevitable "Leon!!!! Help!!!!!!" every five minutes. Plus, when one of the guys catches Ashley, her flailing around does not help my aim, and I sometimes end up killing her. Oh well...
3. Waluigi
Mario Party/Sports Series
Oh Waluigi...why do you even exist? Seriously! Why? He was just made when Nintendo needed a partner for Wario. Now Wario, he's understandable. He's fat, greedy, mean, everything opposite of Mario. He had a purpose. Waluigi is just...there. No resemblance to Luigi at all despite the weird, meaningless upside-down "L" on his hat. He's never even appeared in a game outside the Mario Kart, Party, Sport titles. But for some reason, Nintendo keeps reusing him like he was their last pair of underwear.
2. Navi
Legend of Zelda: Ocorina of Time
This choice was a really close tie between Navi and that creepy pedophile Tingle. However, I chose Navi for one reason...she is ALWAYS THERE! Tingle you just bump into occasionally, but not Navi! She is always there buzzing around your ear constantly yelling "Hey! Listen! Hey! Hey! Listen! Hey! Look! Listen! Hey!" She would point out every single little obvious thing, most of them just repeats of what she already said. Navi even does this underwater! None of the information she offers you is helpful nor interesting. It's just annoying. Very annoying.
1. The Dog
Duck Hunt
This demonic creature from hell is the bane of the existence of every "90's kid." There you are, just having a great time shooting down ducks on your screen with your NES Zapper until that one moment when you accidentally miss the last bird. You already feel really bad about it, but who decides to just pop up out of those bushes and rub it into your face, throw sand into your open wounds, kick you while you're down, and add insult to injury? That damn dog! He shows up and laughs at you maniacally whenever you fail to shoot a bird. Just the thought of that smug ass puppy makes me want to go dog hunting. It would've been nice if you somehow could get bonus points if you shot that ugly mutt!
Either much thought was put into them, or some developers are jerks that love to torment us. Either way, we're stuck with these kinds of characters. And no matter how much we want to, we will never be able to get rid of them.
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