video game characters that watched you grow up

[Kiutu]

The origional Gauntlet characters, Mario bros, and Sonic.

 

[Bobtowna]

its just an emo phase, dont worry he'll probably have a rated M game for the 360 in 2019 with vampire hookers and gravity hammers =)

 

[Macropter]

Link, Mario, Banjo, Star Fox and co., and all those other N64 guys.

 

[rhyno435]

finally, an original topic.

im gonna have to say the guys from FF8, that was the first console game i ever owned, but i was like, 8 or 9, so it was wayy too complicated at the time what with its junctioning doodads. i lost it and bought it back on ebay when i was 14 and played the crap out of it... good game, good game.