The most adorable gaming characters (please keep squeeing to a minimum)

I know I spend a lot of time raging about lady gamers should be treated equally to the man types, but sometimes I just can’t fight against the stereotype. Sometimes, I find things cute. And cuddly. I know. Just do me a favour and don’t go shouting about it, alright? I’ve got an image as a hard ass to maintain over here.

Anyway, with that in mind, here’s the rundown of some of the cutest characters in gaming.

Panda (Tekken series)



What’s cool about Panda is that she’s disarmingly cute. She prances about in neon bracelets and backpacks, following around a Chinese school girl as her pet. She goes to school with her and everything! She couldn’t get any cuter unless they started drawing her with anime eyes, and quite frankly, I wouldn’t put that past Namco at this stage.

(Side note: Tekken 6 sucked. Tekken Tag Tournament 2 better be good or I’ll cry.)

No matter how sweet she looks though, Panda can pack a serious punch. How many fighters have wandered into the arena thinking, ‘What? A panda wearing a backpack? I’ll be home before tea’ before having their ribs crushed and their faces ripped off? Never underestimate an endangered species.

Sackboy (Little Big Planet series)



Aw, who doesn’t love Sackboy? He’s delighted to be here. In fact, he’s delighted to be anywhere. No matter whether you’re flinging him across cavernous spike pits, or making him traverse a herd of wild buffalo, he always does it with a smile on his face.

It doesn’t matter what costume you put him in either, he always looks cute and cuddly. Sackboy Snake looks totally harmless. Sackboy Joker wouldn’t touch a fly. And Sackboy Kratos? Well, he just looks like he needs a hug.

Portal turrets (Portal series)



NO I WILL NEVER SHUT UP ABOUT PORTAL, GET USED TO IT.

Ok, so they’ll shoot on sight and will kill you faster than blinking, but come on. You love the turrets really. So does everyone else in the world, judging by the reams of fan art and real life recreations of the little adorable packages of shooty doom.

It’s all in the voice. How can you stay mad at something at asks, ‘Hello? Are you still there?’ in a sing song voice? Portal has to be the only game ever to make you sad that you’ve just killed an enemy, when they sadly say, ‘I don’t blame you’ before they shut down. Sob.

Chibiterasu (Okamiden)



I WILL ALSO NEVER SHUT UP ABOUT THIS.

Do I need to explain this to you? Look at him, he’s adorable!

Oh, alright then. In the game he jumps around chasing, butterflies, licking faces, and befriending anyone he comes across. He copies everything his mum did in the last game, from her fighting style right down to the way he’ll curl up and fall asleep when he’s bored of the conversation.

Also, HE’S A PUPPY! Puppies are always cute. ALWAYS.

(Another side note: Y U NO RELEASE THE CHIBITERASU PLUSH IN THE WEST, CAPCOM?! I need it!)

Croc (Croc series)



I did a bit of research before I wrote this post (i.e. I googled ‘cute game characters’) and I was really surprised when Croc didn’t make it onto any of the lists I saw. Croc is cuteness personified. Well, crocodile-ified. You know what I mean.

Everything about the game is adorable. Croc is found by the Gobbos, a race of what appear to be round balls of fluff with eyes attached, and he is raised by their king as one of their own. When the evil Baron Dante rocks up and imprisons the Gobbos, simply because they’re too cute to be allowed, Croc steps up and sets out to rescue them.

The Gobbos squeal, ‘Yay!’ and ‘Yipee!’ when they see you. The enemies are all big eyed adorable creatures (one boss is a boxing ladybird, for God’s sake!). Croc himself bounces around yelling ‘Kersplat!’ and ‘Kapow!’ every time he takes out an enemy or stomps a box.

Look, just don’t fight it. Croc is the cutest game out there. Play it, but try not to get diabetes.