Top Ten Worst Video Game Characters That Were Introduced In the '80s

Video game charcters from 8-bit era only and from games 1980-1989
The Top Ten
1 The Dog - Duck Hunt

Imagine if Amy Rose bashed that dog for laughing at her for losing in Dick Hunt.

Shut up and stop laughing before I shoot you dog

He's amazing! Why is he on this list?

He laughs at you. Meanie.

2 Toad - Mario Bros. Toad, known in Japan as Kinopio, is a major character in the Mario Bros. franchise. He assists Princess Peach in the Mushroom Kingdom and will do whatever it takes to help her. He first appeared in the classic game, Super Mario Bros. after being kidnapped by Bowser and his minions. Since then he has ...read more.

Although he's weak, he's awesome! He tries his best in ANY activity. TAKE HIM DOWN RIGHT NOW!

Jerkface. Always saying, Sorry Mario, but your princess is in another castle. After you comeplete this uber hard boss fight.

"Thank You Mario But The Princess Is In Another Castle"

Reply to recaller, What's wrong with opinions?

3 Custer - Custer's Revenge

I'm sorry but Custer is just offensive, the acts he did does not contribute to a good character in my world.

4 E.T. - E.T. Atari 2600 E.T. is a fictional character created by Melissa Mathison who serves as the titular character of Steven Spielberg's 1982 film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.

It's just a stick running into walls and random villains. What is that, exactly? Epic Gaming.

The game also had a playable character that was et

Wait isn't this the worst video game of all time?

5 Princess Peach - Mario Bros. Princess Peach is a major character in the Mario Bros. Franchise. She is the lead female of the The Mario franchise. She is usually the character who needs saved in most Mario Games, but also has appeared as a playable character in the Main-Series Mario Games, including Super Mario 3D World, Super Mario ...read more.

She is cruel, heartless, very bossy, argumentative, with a very short fuse, fussy about her appearances, wouldn't stop appearing, forces people to have her stay in video games, should've died in Super Mario Galaxy & has the affiliation of evil (okay, maybe not evil, but aggressive & bad)! She can stop appearing in Mario Party & Daisy can appear more than Peach! She is like a Sonic X character who bullies her boyfriend big time!

No. I love Peach! I really don't understand all of her haters. Everybody says she's heartless and bossy, but did anybody else bake a cake for Bowser? He kidnaps her all the time yet at the very end of M&L BIS she presents him with a cake. She's not a Mary Sue either, because even if she's so nice she can be weak and "useless".

Nice one. She's pretty much the #1 biggest Mary Sue in video games.

She is the worst.

6 Birdo - Super Mario Bros 2 Birdo is a dinosaur that is well known for her (or his) confused Gender. It was originally stated that Birdo was a male who believed he was a female, but this was changed in later games. Birdo is commonly referred to as a girl, however, they are in a relationship with Yoshi. Birdo first appeared in Super Mario Bros. 2 as an enemy towards the player. She is now included in many spinoff titles of the Mario franchise as a playable character, including the Mario Kart series and the Mario Party series.

Birdo makes everything so difficult

7 Mother Brain - Metroid

This was a difficult boss in metroid...z? But I have the game for game boy and it's actually a pretty fun boss fight.

8 Ninten - Mother

Why
He is the bomb

9 R.O.B - Gyromite

He is in smash

10 Mr. Dream - Punch-Out

A Mike Tyson redo.

The Contenders
11 Mario - Super Mario Bros Mario, originally named Jumpman, is the main character of the Super Mario Bros. franchise, created by the creative director and video game designer at Nintendo of Japan, Shigeru Miyamoto. Mario has appeared in almost every Mario game, including games in spin-off series as a playable character, with few exceptions including New Super Luigi U, Luigi's Mansion games, Yoshi's Island games, and similar counterparts. He is the most iconic character in video game history and is Nintendo's unofficial mascot. His franchise has grown to be the most successful video game franchise of all time.

Mario is not even close to being a bad character. I mean come on!

Worst video game character ever!

No personality at all.

How is he here

12 Luigi - Super Mario Bros

Let me guess why:

1) He's obviously unnecessary

2) He's a Mario recolor/clone/ripoff

3) He's envious of Mario and tries to steal his fame

4) His final smash in Brawl is uninspired

5) His controls in the Galaxy series are sloppy

Am I CORRECT?!

I also want to mention that in the video parody, "Racist Mario", Mario claims he doesn't HAVE a brother! AMIRITE?!

Worst video game character ever!

13 Link - The Legend of Zelda Link refers to several different incarnations of the same protagonist of Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda series.
14 Boom Boom - Super Mario Bros

Oh cool, another castle, I wonder what's inside? Oh wait, probably the exact same boss as in that other castle!

15 Yoshi - Super Mario Bros Yoshi, once romanized as Yossy, is a fictional anthropomorphic dinosaur who appears in video games published by Nintendo. Often appearing as a sidekick and helper to Mario, Yoshi is most known for his appearances in the Yoshi's Island and the Super Mario franchises.

Yoshi was from the 90s, idiots.

16 Lester - Lester the Unlikely

He's so bad... You can't even hit enemies.

17 Kid - Action 52
18 Gannon - Zelda 2
19 Zelda - The Legend of Zelda Princess Zelda is a fictional character in Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda video game series, created by Shigeru Miyamoto and introduced in its original entry in 1986.

People think Link's name is Zelda... So confusing.

20 Samus Aran - Metroid Samus Aran is the protagonist of the science fiction action-adventure game series Metroid by Nintendo. A galactic bounty hunter, Samus is usually equipped with her Power Suit, giving her access to weapons she uses to battle her enemies.
21 Princess Daisy - Super Mario Land Princess Daisy is a fictional character in the Mario series of video games, in which she is the princess of the fictional region of Sarasaland.

Daisy debuted in Super Mario Land in 1989, after few other appearances she disappeared for nine years until she was brought back in Mario Tennis (2000).

Daisy is known for being a tomboy especially compared to Princess Peach and Rosalina and... read more
22 Pauline - Super Mario Bros Pauline, also known as Daniella Verducci, is the original damsel-in-distress whom Mario must rescue from the eponymous ape in the original Donkey Kong.
23 Wendy O. Koopa - Super Mario Bros Wendy O. Koopa is a female villain in the Super Mario Bros. franchise. She is the only female member of the Koopalings and is usually found assisting Bowser on his wicked plans with the rest of the Koopalings. She first appeared in Super Mario Bros. 3 in 1988 and since then has been a reappearing foe in the Super Mario Bros. and New Super Mario Bros. series. She has also appeared as a villain in the Paper Mario series and similar games. She is a playable character in the Mario Kart franchise and other spin-off series and can be played as an alternate skin to Bowser Jr. in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS and its sequel Ultimate for Switch.
24 Lemmy Koopa - Super Mario Bros The youngest of the seven original children of the Koopa King. Lemmy has always been fascinated by the circus and acrobatic acts and so he's made it his life's calling. Lemmy dreams of showing the world his incredible physical feats and never passes up a chance to gain a captive audience. Though he ...read more.
25 Larry Koopa - Super Mario Bros Larry Koopa is the youngest koopaling. He first appeared in Super Mario Bros 3, which came out in 1990. He is known for his blue mohawk hair. He was created by Nintendo.
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