Back by popular demand, here is my 2026 Video Game Hall of Fame additions. Welcome to Year Five of the Video Game Hall of Fame. If your favorite character is missing from the list, don't worry. There's always a chance in the future.
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Series: Overwatch; Company: Blizzard Entertainment; First appearance: Overwatch (2016); Fun Fact: D.Va's real name is Hana Song and she hails from South Korea
Series: Soul Calibur; Company: Namco; First appearance: Soul Calibur (1998); Fun Fact: Nightmare is an entity known as the Azure Knight and has possessed Siegfried, Phantom, and Soul Edge
Series: Overwatch; Company: Blizzard Entertainment; First appearance: Overwatch (2016); Fun Fact: Cole Cassidy's alias is Jesse McCree and he hails from the United States
Series: King of Fighters; Company: SNK; First appearance: King of Fighters 97 (1997); Fun Fact: Chris is a fourteen-year-old boy who is the lead singer of CYS
Series: Professor Layton; Company: Level-5; First appearance: Professor Layton and the Curious Village (2008); Fun Fact: Professor Layton lives in St. Mystere and is based on Sherlock Holmes
Series: Super Mario Bros; Company: Nintendo; First appearance: Super Mario Bros (1985); Fun Fact: There are many Toads, but this one is an attendant to Princess Peach and often informs Mario and Luigi that the princess is in another castle
Series: Fire Emblem; Company: Nintendo; First appearance: Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (2005); Fun Fact: Ike is the son of Griel, who was killed by the Black Knight
Series: Fire Emblem; Company: Nintendo; First appearance: Fire Emblem: Awakening (2012); Fun Fact: Robin is an Avatar and a tactician of the Shepherds
Series: Super Mario Bros; Company: Nintendo; First appearance: Mario Tennis (2000); Fun Fact: Waluigi is modeled after one of Doronjo's henchmen from the Yatterman series
Series: Fire Emblem; Company: Nintendo; First appearance: Fire Emblem (1990); Fun Fact: Marth is the Prince of Altea