Amaterasu

Amaterasu (天照), nicknamed Ammy by Issun, is the main protagonist of Okami. She is also known by villagers of Kamiki in her past life as Shiranui. Amaterasu is the Sun Goddess to all of Nippon, and the "origin of all that is good and mother to us all."

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Who are the toughest and greatest video game characters ever? Not all videogame player characters are necessarily heroic, but we take their side anyway, because our fates are intertwined. But who cares about the weenies? This list tackles <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/link-is-doomguy-theory/terrance-w-pryor" target="_blank">only the true badass heroes</a> and protagonists.

The best video game characters immerse us in the story, and eventually gain our sympathy, even if they are anti-heroes (or villains!) And the more badass they are, the more inclined we are to take their side no matter what, and the more powerful we come to feel in controlling them. Even if our princess is constantly hidden in another castle, for some reason...

This is crowdranked list of video game characters, so your votes and lists decide the final order. Which of these popular video game characters do you think is the most badass?

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With&nbsp;Super Smash Bros.&nbsp;officially announced for the Nintendo Switch, fans of the series wasted no time in predicting which characters will be in&nbsp;Super Smash Bros.&nbsp;for the Nintendo Switch.&nbsp;Super Smash Bros.&nbsp;character predictions get harder and harder with each title as Nintendo breaks free of the original &quot;Nintendo-only&quot; rule for the roster. Furthermore, each passing year adds what feels like another 10 classic characters to the Nintendo canon, only further complicating character predictions for Super Smash Bros.&nbsp;By the time the series reached 15 years of age, the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-super-smash-brothers-4-characters/ranker-games" target="_blank">character roster in&nbsp;Super Smash Bros.&nbsp;4</a>&nbsp;featured dozens your favorite standard&nbsp;Smash&nbsp;characters alongside third-party characters like Bayonetta and Cloud Strife. Since the series no longer restricts third-party characters, and there's a wealth of Nintendo characters that have yet to make a&nbsp;Smash&nbsp;appearance, the sky is basically the limit when it comes to&nbsp;Super Smash Bros. Switch&nbsp;roster&nbsp;predictions.&nbsp;That being said, which characters should appear in Super Smash Bros. Switch? Some of the most popular roster predictions for&nbsp;Super Smash Bros. Switch&nbsp;include&nbsp;Waluigi, Shovel Knight, Rayman, and Amaterasu. Other Smash Bros.&nbsp;predictions speculated on the return of previously cut characters such as Squirtle, Dr. Mario, and of course, third-party characters. Will&nbsp;Solid Snake return to&nbsp;Super Smash Bros.? Would Okami in&nbsp;Super Smash Bros. Switch&nbsp;be the right choice? The answer to both questions, hopefully, is yes, but no one will know until the game gets released. When it does, expect it to impact harder than Kirby's DOWN+B.

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Ever wondered who the greatest <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-female-video-game-characters/devon-ashby?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">female video game character</a> of all time is? Is it Chun Li or Samus Aran? See who are the fan favorite female gaming protagonists beflow. &nbsp;Women <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-most-badass-video-game-heroes-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">video game characters</a> aren't just damsels in distress or femme fatales, they are taking center stage as the main playable character in many games like Tomb Raider or a strong female supporting character in other games like Mass Effect 2. Actually, a few of them are probably femme fatales because they kick the butts of so many men.Who are the best female videogame characters? A playable&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-female-characters-in-literature?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">female character</a>&nbsp;like Faith from&nbsp;Mirror's Edge? A damsel in distress like Princess Peach? Or maybe just an interesting side character, like&nbsp;Red Dead Redemption's Bonnie MacFarlane?&nbsp;Feel free to use this <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/list-of-games-with-girls-in-the-lead/video-game-info">girls in video games</a> list to start a list of your favorite chick game characters or sexiest <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-female-characters-in-literature?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">female characters</a> in video games. Which one of these &quot;girl video game characters&quot; is your favorite of all the video game female characters?

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A good role-playing game has memorable characters, but a great RPG has characters you will never forget. This list collects the best RPG characters in the history of video games, as ranked by gamers who appreciate a hero who is more than just an anonymous grunt with a gun.There was a time when such gamers were few and far between. In 1997, Square Enix released <a href="http://www.ranker.com/tags/final-fantasy?ref=internalCrossLinking_tag">Final Fantasy</a> VII to an American audience unversed in the grand storytelling of role-playing games. With rich characters like Cloud, Aerith, and Sephiroth, FF7 changed everything. Soon gamers were swept up in the story, logging hours upon hours of adventuring. It wasn't long after FF7 that game developers jumped on the RPG bandwagon and began weaving tall-tales featuring memorable characters from Sora in <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/kingdom-hearts-games/video-game-info?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Kingdom Hearts</a> to Mass Effect's Commander Shepard.These aren't cardboard cutouts or bland heroes. These are memorable, complex characters with rich backstories, internal conflicts, and propulsive journeys. Like the games they inhabit, these <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-most-badass-video-game-heroes-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">video game heroes</a> and villains are full of depth and surprises.See which characters made the list of the top&nbsp;characters in RPGs of all time and be sure to vote up all of your favorites. Do you think we missed somebody? Go ahead and add them to the list!

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How many wolf anime characters can you name? This list ranks the best anime wolf characters, with the help of your votes. This interactive poll of good &nbsp;characters who are wolves or linked to wolves somehow changes as you vote on it, so make sure to give your favorites some love! Some examples of wolf anime characters include Toboe from Wolf&#39;s Run, Frey from Unbreakable Machine-Doll, and Tiger from <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/monster-rancher-games/video-game-info" target="_blank">Monster Rancher</a>. If you notice a wolf or wolf connected anime character missing from the list, go ahead and add them so others can vote up that character too!

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