Snake lies, cheats, stealths, ass-waggles his way into first place in Japanese hearts

In a shocking upset sure to echo through the ages, readers of Japanese mega-nerd magazine Famitsu have awarded Snake of the Metal Gear franchise the honour of “coolest video game character ever.”

Famitsu polled their throngs of dedicated losers for who they consider to be the coolest game character, and the otaku responded by depriving more deserving characters like Mario and Link. Snake most likely won because he betrayed Nintendo and switched to being a PlayStation-focused character, which is exactly what all of the worst people in the world, that is to say, most people, did too.

The list is full of absurdity. Additional upsets include Mario in second place, Sora from Kingdom Hearts above Link, the dog-god thing from Okami above Pikachu, and Luigi in at 18 instead of on the list of least-cool characters.

Hit the jump for the top 15.

1. Snake
2. Mario
3. Cloud Strife
4. Slimes from Dragon Quest
5. Sora
6. Link
7. Yuri Lowell
8. Amaterasu
9. Pikachu
10. Sonic
11. Kazuma Kiryu
12. Kirby
13. The Felynes from Monster Hunter
14. Toro, Sony’s PlayStation pseudo-mascot
15. Professor Layton

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