Board 8 > The Mount Rushmore of: Video Game Dads

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Rules

1. You may vote up to 4 entries that fit the prompt.
2. No alts.
3. No deleting or editing posts; though, editing posts shortly after you post is fine.
4. If you change your vote, clearly indicate that you are changing a previous vote. Same for adding or subtracting picks.
5. In general, if there are two picks that can be considered the same product (i.e. Sonic Adventure 2 and Sonic Adventure 2 Battle), I will combine them.
6. If a vote is vague, I will pick the first available choice that best matches the vote (i.e. "Mario" for Wii Games becomes Super Mario Galaxy).
7. I will post the parameters of each Rushmore topic. Other than that, feel free to vote however you like and based on any criteria that best fits the "Mount Rushmore" of that topic.
8. If a vote doesn't fit the topic, it will count as a blank vote.
9. You may nominate as much as you want and have an unlimited amount of seconds for established nominations.
10. Every Sunday, I'll post the schedule for next week. I will pick based on the number of nominations. Any ties will be determined by RNG.

Spreadsheet & Nominations

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aatA25pW6OsDn2RlAAGP1_GOGCMNvLLumAKckHOhtFk/edit?gid=1117984190#gid=1117984190

Last Topics Results

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/1/1b5d2184.png

A bit of a boring day...but after the last few days, that's fine with me. I figured this would be a battle for 4th place and that's exactly what happened. Though, I did not expect Strawberry to falter so much that it was at risk of missing the Rushmore.

Shout-outs to Moose Track voters.

Last 5 Rushmores

Dreamcast Games: Soulcalibur / Shenmue / Sonic Adventure 2 / Skies of Arcadia
Fictional Evil Ensembles: Team Rocket / Legion of Doom / Brotherhood of Mutants / FOXHOUND
Emo Songs: My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the Black Parade / Panic! At The Disco - I Write Sins Not Tragedies / Linkin Park - Crawling / Jimmy Eat World - The Middle
Superheroes (Non-Marvel, Non-DC): Spawn / Invincible / Hellboy / Sailor Moon
Ice Cream Flavors: Vanilla / Chocolate / Strawberry / Mint Chocolate Chip

This Week's Rushmores

Monday: 2nd-Generation Video Games
Tuesday: 3rd-Generation Video Games
Wednesday: 4th-Generation Video Games
Thursday: 5th-Generation Video Games
Friday: 6th-Generation Video Games
Saturday: 7th-Generation Video Games
Sunday: 8th-Generation Video Games

Next Themed Week: July 7 - July 13 (Songs of the Decade)

Today's Parameters

You must pick dads from video games.

Dads do not have to have biological children; they can have adoptive children or be father-like figures.

Dads can become dads at the beginning of a game, throughout the game, or at the end of the game.

If a character can be a dad through optional content or different endings, they count as being a dad.

https://www.watchmojo.com/articles/top-10-video-game-dads
https://www.ranker.com/list/best-video-game-dads/cody-mello-klein
https://www.gamespot.com/gallery/best-fathers-in-video-games/2900-5440/
https://www.cbr.com/best-video-game-dads/
https://screenrant.com/best-video-game-dads/

Bowser
Kratos
Joel
Barret Wallace

Looking forward to hearing the answers here, I'm not sure I have the right 4. Also next week sounds fun!

Picking characters who I know specifically for their role as being a dad.

Jecht
Kratos
James (Fallout 3)
Lee Everett

HM: Octodad, Hades

octodad

Barret Wallace
Kratos
Lee Everett (Telltale's the Walking Dead)
Joel Miller

If Lee doesn't count as a symbolic dad I might be willing to go with Kenny instead, but I think he's close enough.

Boo to the last result, I say! Booooooooooo!! Mint chip is arguable, but hardly anyone gets just strawberry ice cream so it didn't deserve a spot. Neapolitan maybe, but strawberry on its own hell nah. And boo to cookies and cream/cookie dough splitting the alt vote so that both strawberry and mint chip could squeak by booooooooooooo!

Barret Wallace
Bowser
Kratos
Lee Everett

Barret Wallace
Kratos
Bowser
Joel Miller

Jecht
Barret
Octodad
Joel Miller

GenesisSaga posted...

Neapolitan maybe

Get out

Trying to cheat the system with an ice cream that isn't actually popular, for shame

King Bowser Koopa
Donkey Kong
James McCloud
Dr. Light (Mega Man)

Bowser
Kratos
Joel
Barret

Hms: Lee, Big Daddy, Kazuma Kiryu, Hades, Rost from Horizon, probably others Im forgetting

Bowser
Atrus

Leonhart4 posted...

Get out

Trying to cheat the system with an ice cream that isn't actually popular, for shame

Who outside of seven-year-olds that love the color pink are ordering JUST strawberry, I ask you?

Apparently a lot of people do as it ranked 4th in a poll from 2022

Behind cookies and cream lawl

Strawberry (and most other fruit flavors) is a flavor that is very much dependent on if youre willing to pony up for better quality ice cream

its excellent if you do, otherwise dont bother

Kratos
Joel Miller
Octodad
Hades

Joel Miller
Lee Everett
Octodad
Heihachi

Jecht
Kratos
Hades
Barret

Jecht, Kratos and Hades all have significant arcs centred around their father / son relationship. Barret is more that Marlene is most of his motivation.

Dad (Final Fantasy Legend 2)
Kratos
Octodad
Heihachi

Kazuma Kiryu
Barret Wallace
Kratos
Lee Everett

Not a fan of Bowser as an option since the games don't really focus on him parenting, or even interacting with his kids. Same reason I wouldn't go for Big Boss, though he at least has a bit in MGS4 (not sure about the spinoffs).

Kratos
Octodad
Heihachi
Joel Miller

Lee Everett
Kazuma Kiryu
Bowser
Kratos

Some terrible dads getting votes in here.

Barret Wallace
Kratos
Joel Miller

Oh actually

drop Bowser and Joel
add Kazuma Kiryu and Sojiro (Persona 5)

kinda thought about it prefer ones I like more, could also just be a lot of Nintendo fatigue on these rushmores

Used to get strawberry all the time

until I discovered cookies and cream

Dad (Earthbound)
Barret
Sazh
Barthelemy (Romancing SaGa Re;univerSe)

Kratos
Barret Wallace
Joel Miller
Lee Everett

Bowser such a bad choice for this.

Joel
Barret
Bowser
EarthBound Dad

I order plain vanilla and plain strawberry often

Would never get plain chocolate though

Barret
Joel
Kratos
Uh sure Bowser

Hard agree with Genny. Anyone voting Strawberry may be a psychopath or best case scenario an alien pretending to be human. I dont think Ive ever been in line in an ice cream store and heard someone go I want Neapolitan but like only the middle part that always gets left behind. Id straight up call the cops if I did.

v_charon posted...

Bowser such a bad choice for this.

He literally does Nintendo's parental settings videos! He's a bad guy but he's not a bad dad.

I wouldn't put bad dads on this, which is why no Jecht for me or no Big Boss (who hates his kids and wishes they didn't exist).

Barret Wallace
Dad (Final Fantasy Legend 2)
Kratos Aurion
Heihachi Mishima

Oh duh drop Bowser for Octodad

Bowser
Hades
Lee Everett
Octodad

Joel Miller
Kratos
Lee Everett
Barret

Cookie Dough a snub of all-time

Bitto posted...

Shout-outs to Moose Track voters.

It's soooo good. I was beginning to wonder if it's local to the Midwest.

Harry Mason
Joel (The Last of Us)
Bowser
Kratos

Octodad
Kratos
Ethan Mars (so bad that he wraps back around to good)
Bowser

https://youtu.be/X7NJf4JiZw4?si=y-4FyNBjF8SnYN18

WarThaNemesis2 posted...

Dad (Final Fantasy Legend 2)

How could I forget? ><

Drop Lee for FFL2 Dad

I considered Bowser a lock because he is the most famous video game dad, but I respect the assumed opinion to consider relevance of being a dad and not just the characters in contention themselves.

would Bowser make a Video Game Uncles Rushmore too because of the Koopalings

I think the relation has been unclear enough that people wouldn't even know if he is an uncle.

He is a dad that is famous.

But in no way is also incorrect, because everyone knows it, and Bowser Jr. is a big character these days. Enough that I thought of him first. It's just that Bowser is as famous without that.

Bowser
Kratos
Barret
Joel

I feel like the "being a dad" should be a pivotal part of their character. Bowser is just the "so happens to be" variety, and he's pretty terrible at the role also.