10 Video Game Characters Fans OBSESSED Over

10. Waluigi

While developing Mario Tennis, Nintendo realised there wasn't enough human characters. On top of that, Wario needed to have a doubles partner. And that was all the motivation Nintendo needed to create Wario's partner-in-crime, Waluigi.

But when the lanky troublemaker debuted, the reception for him was... pretty bad. In fact, many people saw Waluigi as proof that Nintendo's creative juices had run dry. (Could they have at least given him a better name???)

But for some unexplained reason, the once hated villain has skyrocketed in popularity recently. Despite never playing a central role in any game (except for Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix), Waluigi is trending more nowadays than some of Mario's biggest foes like Kamek, Bowser Jr., or even Wario.

Every time a new Mario game is announced, fans pine for Luigi's wicked doppelgänger to be incorporated in some way. Every time a new character is introduced in the Smash Bros series, his dedicated community pray to the heavens and cross their fingers, hoping to see this moustachioed menace added to the roster.

A few years ago, the idea that Waluigi could headline a game seemed inconceivable. But since his loyal fanbase is constantly growing, that notion now seems like an inevitability.