by mento
Everyone on this list is a number.
OK, maybe that's not quite true. Being designated as a number is considered to be quite dehumanizing, the resulting lack of empathy of those designated as numbers leading to some quite dire atrocities in our collective history. Generally, people with numbers for names are in the search for their original identities or are eager to escape the oppressive bureaucracy that has named them such. Sometimes they're just robots though. Really, either's a cool starting point for a sci-fi-themed game.
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A blond robot from the future, Zero is Mega Man X's chief rival and noted wild card element in the X universe of games. Inspired by the equally enigmatic Protoman (before we figured out his deal), Zero's usually helpful to the Blue Bomber but not always.
Zero's a ninja. Like Zero, in fact. But unlike Zero, Zero is not a robot ninja. Unless he is. Point is, we don't know much about him yet other than he's part of the insane menagerie of the equally insane upcoming multiplayer brawler from Platinum Games known as Anarchy Reigns. With this and PS All-Stars, the new Smash Bros is going to have its work cut out for it.
David Cross tends to show up in all sorts of weird places. When you're a universally loved (among our age group at least) hero to the sarcastic, there's no lack of work for your acerbic charms. Zero provides GTA: San Andreas' CJ Johnson with some truly odd remote helicopter missions. His actual helpfulness is questionable.
Man... so many zeros. It's like a rap song about aggrandizing one's own bank account. Zero is the cute protagonist of recent Indie semi-hit Warp. Or at least he's cute until he starts exploding people.
All right, enough of the zeros. Zero is Jack Skellington's ghostly hound, who plays a minor role in the Kingdom Heart games helping Sora and co. get acclimated with the eerie world of Halloweentown by pointing out the way to go.
Just stop.
XIII is the amnesiac protagonist of a Franco-Belgian comic book adaptation known also as "XIII", about a shady conspiracy where most of the members only know each other by their number. Yeah, like the Stonecutters. They're also like the Stonecutters in that they control everything, are utterly ruthless and occasionally break into songs about electric cars and Steve Guttenberg.
Red XIII is not part of any grand conspiracy that I'm aware of, but he is a sentient creature that was mistaken for an Ancient by Shinra and rebranded in a laboratory, presumably for Hojo's benefit as he seems the type that's able to remember numbers better than he can remember people. Nanaki, Red's real name, is actually the last of a long line of intelligent bestial protectors of Cosmo Canyon. I am still unable to tell if he's a dog or a cat.
When he's not spouting random gibberish on our forums, Agent 47 is eliminating targets with the most roundabout and off-beat methods at his disposal. Or he's just butchering assassins dressed as nuns. As someone who is decisively anti-stealth games, I've listened to the last few conversations between Ryan and Patrick about the "soul" of the series and this dissentive new entry with some amount of uncomprehending fascination.
Vivi doesn't have a number for his name, but all his Black Mage brethren do. As mass-produced units created by Kuja for Queen Brahne's war, they're effective as soulless fodder. It's only when they each start developing a consciousness that their numerical designations seem a bit tragic.
