They didn't have enough pixels when I was kid.
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Pictured: Rikku from Final Fantasy X
Kasumi from DoA, no doubt.
Ms. PacMan
Anyone else remember how sexy Joanna Dark was in that two page advertisement?
Tails, when I was maybe six? I had very confusing feelings about him.
Shameen from Quest for Glory.
Brandywine from Kyrandia.
Renamon.
I didn’t learn what a “furry” was until I was a young in the early 00s, many many years later.
Aika from Skies of Arcadia
Firiona Vie, is one that jumps out. Maybe not the first, but the one I can remember.
Yuna has always and will always be my waifu4laifu
Amicus.
I never really crushed on VG characters before or since. And it's not even really a video game (it's a VN). 🤷♂️
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Leon Kennedy (RE4), Raiden (MGS2) and Lulu (FFX)
I wish leon would suplex me.
Did she always have spiral pupils and a weird scar on her cheek?
Yes. The pupils were generally only visible in the pre-rendered videos.
eru777@lemmy.world zelda from skyward sword probably! Bubbly personality and cute is all i needed to crush on a character back then...
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Almira, over zenith|sword of etheria
Yukari Takeba from Persona 3
Dustin Broke from The Sims 2. He tried to help his family while her stay-at-home mum is pregnant and her husband drown from a pool. I was rooting for him, even if he was a getaway driver.