Favourite Shopkeeper?

[Dark Knifer]

A lot of games feature stores which usually sell you various bits and pieces for use in your quest to save the princess/world/galaxy etc. So I thought, which one has the best shopkeeper?

Spoiler: My favorite would be Shady and Mr pockets from Metal Arms: Glitch in the System

They have a cool theme song (which I couldn't find anywhere on the web) and are basically the black market. Plus the dialogue shady provides when browsing through weapons is fun listening to.

 

[Catfood220]

I'm slightly in love with Moira Brown from Fallout 3. Whats that? You want me to become dangerously irradiated before stepping on a landmine and then infiltrating a Mirelurk nest? Sure honey, whatever you want.

 

[MrJKapowey]

I'm slightly in love with Moira Brown from Fallout 3. Whats that? You want me to become dangerously irradiated before stepping on a landmine and then infiltrating a Mirelurk nest? Sure honey, whatever you want.

Damn, ninja'd by #1!

Either that or the dude in Hack 'N Smash in Oblivion.

 

[TriggerHappyAngel]

The Merchant from Resident Evil 4 of course!

Spoiler

What're ye buyin?

 

[SwimmingRock]

Are you people kiddding me? There is only one correct answer: Recette from Recettear! Adorableness, humour and actually playable.

If we're talking strictly NPC shopkeepers, though, Rodin from Bayonetta.

 

[Dr. Pepper Unlimited]

The Merchant from Resident Evil 4 of course!

Spoiler

What're ye buyin?

Stranger, stranger...you beat me to it. The RE4 merchant is the best, hands down.

 

[Harlemura]

That's an easy one. Bosco, from Sam & Max.

Spoiler: Bosco pickture

It's been a while since I've played Sam & Max so I can't remember many of his lines, but I know a good 90% of them were pure gold.

 

[BanicRhys]

Charsi from Diablo 2. If ever I was to marry someone... it would have been her... it would have been her.

So beautiful...

 

[Ghengis John]

Are you people kiddding me? There is only one correct answer: Recette from Recettear! Adorableness, humour and actually playable.

Well Recette kinda breaks all the rules by being a shopkeeper and the game's main character. Capitalism ho!

 

[Smokej]

Stan from Monkey Island

 

[Aetera]

How is this even a question? The merchant from RE4 is clearly the best one of all time. He's got somethin' that might interest ya, after all.

 

[SckizoBoy]

I'm slightly in love with Moira Brown from Fallout 3. Whats that? You want me to become dangerously irradiated before stepping on a landmine and then infiltrating a Mirelurk nest? Sure honey, whatever you want.

What?! Every time I played FO3, I wanted to bitchslap her on first meeting. Most of the time, I just ended up pilfering everything I could from her store (not that it was much, to be fair) and selling it to the wandering merchant.

Don't really have a favourite, most annoyed me. Will probably remember a tolerable one in a bit, though...

 

[L3W15 M]

Muramasa of course!!!!!!! Who else sells badass ninja weapons to the worlds most violent ninja.

 

[sephiroth1991]

I have always enjoyed having theses dudes nearby with all their wares

Spoiler

 

[RuralGamer]

Possibly that Rodian in the PC version of KOTOR, who lives on a space station by himself; he had awesome stuff and had really, really good stuff. Can't remember his name though...

The only other one I can think of is the Vendotron from Fallout: New Vegas, who only sells full condition weapons, tons of ammo, a nice selection of weapon mods and good armours; expensive, but worth it.

 

[9thRequiem]

I have always enjoyed having theses dudes nearby with all their wares

Spoiler

Enchantment!

Definitely agreed. Especially when Sandal turns up just before the last boss.

 

[TriggerHappyAngel]

The Merchant from Resident Evil 4 of course!

Spoiler

What're ye buyin?

Stranger, stranger...you beat me to it. The RE4 merchant is the best, hands down.

Ah, the choice of an avid comment collector! It's a nice comment, stranger!

 

[similar.squirrel]

The ones from the GBC-era Zelda games who would inexplicably death-ray you to..death if you entered their premises after stealing something. The sheer whatthefuckery of that always made me chuckle.

 

[Aetera]

I have always enjoyed having theses dudes nearby with all their wares

Spoiler

Enchantment!

Definitely agreed. Especially when Sandal turns up just before the last boss.

Oh god! How could I have forgotten?! Sandal ties with the RE4 merchant for Best Shopkeeper Ever with me. I love Sandal. He's totally my favorite Dragon Age character.