The document provides a top 10 list of favorite 2D game characters. Mario is listed as the favorite for being the first character played and for consistently saving Princess Peach from Bowser. Zelda, who is actually a male character, is next for being featured in games like The Legend of Zelda. Bowser, despite being a villain, is seen as a cool character. Knuckles, Donkey Kong, Kirby, Sonic, Shadow, Yoshi, and Samus Aran round out the remaining spots on the list. Reasons for each character's inclusion involve their roles in games, appearances, powers or abilities.

1. Task 3
Top 10 Favourite 2D Game Characters
1. Mario
Mario is my favourite 2D character even though he has been made 3D in
his time. The reason I think Mario is the best 2D character is because he
was the first character that I ever played as on a game. He is an Italian
plumber who is obsessed with Princess Peach and in most of his games
ended up with him saving the princess from Bowser but he has other spin
off because of his popularity.One of Mario’s powers is that he can shoot
fire balls out of thin air.
2. Zelda
Zelda is my second favourite 2D character. The reason why I like
him as a character is because of the game super smash bros. Zelda
is an adventurer who goes around and solve puzzles and fights
bad guys. There have been multiple Zelda games based around
him being an adventurer for example The Legend of Zelda. Zelda
mainly uses a sword and shield and is gifted in the art of fighting.
3. Bowser
Even though Bowser is a bad guy he is a cool looking character
with his shell on his back and his horns. The fact that Bowser
always kidnaps Princess Peach and was always trying to get rid of
Mario does not alter that without him Mario would be pretty
pointless because there wouldn’t be a bad guy to fight. After
appearing with Mario he has been in DR. Eggman’s game.
Although he is a very good character he has never been the star of
his own game. The best feature about Bowser is that he can
breathe fire.

2. 4. Knuckles
Knuckles may not be the main character in most of the games he
has appeared in but I think that he is much superior compared to
Sonic. Knuckles is a red character with white fists with spikes on
his knuckles which leads to his name as well as him being very
strong and good with his hands. His main power is how good he is
using is hands and his amazing strength. He is friends with Sonic
and helps defeat the bad guys that might be too much for Sonic to
do alone. Also they have a friend who also helps who is called Tails
who also helps when he can.
5. Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong is a big ape who has been the host of many of
his own games. He is a good character because one of the
first games that Mario appeared in which was called
“Donkey Kong”. In this game Donkey Kong was the bad guy
and Mario had to save the princess like Mario has done a lot
in his games. Donkey Kong has always been a good
character yet he has played a lot of different roles, he has
played the good and bad role in his games but he has
always been a comic character because he has always joked
with the things that he does. He is funny because he always
wears a tie and his main way of attacking is throwing barrels.
6. Kirby
Kirby is what looks like a pink ball with arms and legs but
even though its appearance isn’t the most threatening
Kirby has still been the main character of some games
like; Kirby’s Adventure, Kirby’s Dreamland, Kirby’s
Dreamland 2 and Kirby’s Dreamland 3. Kirby has
appeared in more games than that but they are just
some examples. I picked Kirby for this list because I
always found his power of being able to suck people up
the best power on super smash bros because it was just
the funniest move to do and would always win me fights
that I was losing.

3. 7. Sonic
Sonic the Hedgehog has appeared in a multiple of his and other
peoples game titles like Sonic the Hedgehog, and Mario and Sonic at
the Olympic Games. Out of the 2 of them games I think that I
enjoyed the game on Wii when Sonic was with other people. He is 7th
on my list below Knuckles because when Sonic and Knuckles are in a
game together I think that Knuckles is the better of the 2 characters
but that is just my personal opinion. Sonic is a character that is
design to go fast and defeat bad guys especially Doctor Eggman who
is one of Sonic’s main rivals. Despite me thinking that Sonic is not as
superior to Knuckles I think that Sonic is a successful character that
has added a lot to the gaming industry.
8. Shadow
I have choose to put this character for the 8th
place on my list because
he is a really cool looking character but the reason he is under Sonic is
because he has been evil in a game where he was against Sonic. I think
that you cannot put an evil character over the main good character in
games. Shadow is a shadow version of Sonic who is a black instead of
blue but is similar in a lot of other ways because they are both
incredibly fast. Shadow has been in his own games for example one of
the games is called Shadow the Hedgehog. He has also featured in a
lot of games with Sonic.
9. Yoshi
I have put Yoshi at 9th
because I found him one of the funniest
characters when I was younger but I didn’t really play any of his
games but when he appeared in other characters games I enjoyed
playing as him the way he grabbed people in with his tongue then
they came out in an egg which damaged them, also Yoshi could spit
eggs out of his mouth which also could encase enemies. Yoshi has
appeared in many games but one example of a game that Yoshi has
been in is Yoshi’s Safari but is more popular for being in games with
Mario. Yoshi is a lovable green dinosaur who’s games have keep
the a lot of the public entertained for hours on end.

4. 10. Samus Aran
At first I thought that Samus was just a robot but then I
found out that it was somebody in a suit. When somebody
is in one of the suits they are a Metroid and he women who
is in the suit is called Samus Aran I realized this as soon as I
played the game Metroid which Samus is the main
character in. I didn’t notice before because I had only
played as her character on Super Smash Bros were it
doesn’t tell you anything about the story of the character
or I missed it but Samus is on the list because I always
thought that she was a cool character to be as well as a
powerful character to be and most battle as the Metroid
you would win because of the pure power of the character
even if you didn’t know what you were doing in the game.