I apologize for posting this since I know its a bit old now, but I just found out about it and thought it was pretty cool so I decided to post it anyway because I can.

A recent Japanese poll asked both men and women who their favorite video game heroes were and here’s how it all went down:

Men’s top 3 favorites:

3: Solid Snake (Metal Gear series)

2: Cloud (Final Fantasy VII)

1: Mario (Super Mario series)

Women’s top 3 favorites:

3: Cloud (Final Fantasy VII)

2: Yoshi (Super Mario series)

1: Mario (Super Mario series)

There was also a top 10 from both men and women that looked something like this:

10: Squall (Final Fantasy VIII)

9: Yuna (Final Fantasy X)

8: Professor Layten (from the more recent Professor Layten series)

7: Toad (Super Mario series)

6: Chocobo (Final Fantasy series)

5: Solid Snake (Metal Gear series)

4: Pikachu (Pokemon series)

3: Yoshi (Super Mario series)

2: Cloud (Final Fantasy VII)

1:Mario (Super Mario series)

The moral of this story? Everyone loves Mario and Final Fantasy!

Anyway, it’s a pretty good list, I mean the lack of Luigi and Megaman is slightly depressing, but it’s still better than any list you’ll see on Gamefaqs.