Character Celebrities

I'd have to go with two of the iterations of Megaman -- the original Blue Bomber of course, and Megaman X. Each character's got 8 traditional games and a couple spin-offs, plus remakes of their first appearances on the PSP, and the series is getting close to its 20-year anniversary. With so many games out in the market, at least some form of Megaman is known by everyone.

Arguably, Zero's also quite cool and well-known. After saving X in his first appearance, it became obvious that people wanted to play as the androgynous rescuer of our blue hero. After going through a fe good facelifts, Zero came into his own spotlight and eventually got his own series -- Megaman Zero.

Moving out of the Megaman universe, Cloud Strife admittedly is one of the most well-known characters, though I'm surprised no one has mentioned Aeris(th). Her death and the emotional strife thereafter caused her post-mortum celebrity status to skyrocket, and I doubt there's a gamer alive who hasn't heard at least once about her tragic end and [opinion]tragic[/opinion] rebirth in the hearts, minds, and pens of fanfic writers everywhere. Also included from the FF7 universe would be Sephiroth, of course, and Tifa, who has inspired so many doujinshi it's not even funny. Can't forget to mention Vincent, who now has a highly anticipated game in the Final Fantasy 7 Compilation -- Dirge of Cerberus.

Jam it back in, in the dark.