Weakest protagonist EVAR!

[Erana]

And let's not forget, in MM he still had his sword and shield and ocarina.

The funny thing is that both the Ocarina AND the sword are borrowed....
Anyhow, I must add that I find Luigi to be pretty weak. I mean, what can he do in comparison to his brother? He can Jump high.
I, personally find that that is what yoshi is for.

 

[Darklink2009]

And let's not forget, in MM he still had his sword and shield and ocarina.

The funny thing is that both the Ocarina AND the sword are borrowed....
Anyhow, I must add that I find Luigi to be pretty weak. I mean, what can he do in comparison to his brother? He can Jump high.
I, personally find that that is what yoshi is for.

While that's true, Luigi isn't weak because he can do everything that the main character can do!

Luigi is the eternal understudy, but if you notice, in Brawl that gives him some hallucination abilities.

 

[InsanityManifest]

Pretty much any male lead from a JRPG has that weird "in-the-closet" aura...Besides that none of them look like they could actually win in a good ole' fistfight.

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

Pretty much any male lead from a JRPG has that weird "in-the-closet" aura...Besides that none of them look like they could actually win in a good ole' fistfight.

*cough*Vaan*cough*

 

[Sixties Spidey]

Contra characters. That enormous body and you fall flat from one shot/touch? Sheesh.

yeah, but it added to the games difficulty. You were supposed to be an ordinary dude who can die after one touch. that's why it makes it to my favorite games list.

 

[Necrohydra]

As was said before, characters in Survival/horror games are pathetic. Which is kinda sad, since they are usually the most realistic.

I kinda feel that's the point, though. It wouldn't feel like a survival/horror if everyone in the game was carrying BFG's and looked like they could strangle lions. I think that vulnerability adds to the game. But it doesn't discount their nomination as a weak protagonist.

As for me, I also vote the spoony bard. What other character runs and hides after getting hit once or twice...

 

[KaynSlamdyke]

I kinda feel that's the point, though. It wouldn't feel like a survival/horror if everyone in the game was carrying BFG's and looked like they could strangle lions. I think that vulnerability adds to the game. But it doesn't discount their nomination as a weak protagonist.

Its not even that in my eyes.
They're not vulnerable. They're plucky young twenty somethings who feel it's thier duty to go searching through Umbrella's laundry while at risk of being eaten by the walking dead, when sane people in that situation would have taken the direct route out of Racoon City as fast as they could manage it.

With the exception of every Silent Hill character (who are excused by having VALID REASONS to stay in Misty Town) and possibly games like Clock Tower, every Survival Horror character is a moronically insane puppet who's watched too many episodes of Scooby Doo, feeling the inate need to split up from thier group and look for clues while being chased by zombies or dinosaurs, or to jump into the walking dead masses clobbering them over the head with store mannequins.

 

[Dudemeister]

monk in guild wars
although the necromancer dies too easily

 

[sun_and_earth]

James Sunderland from Silent Hill 2. He can take like 2 hits before dying, can only run for five seconds before needing to catch his breath, can't aim a rifle, and he doesn't understand that you're supposed to SWING a pipe, not stab with it.

 

[portuga-man]

Squall

How is having the most powerful attack in a major game franchaise weak? Please, support your reasoning.

I guess i got the wrong idea from this toppic. I thought that, by weakest protagonist, potato lord meant some like "protagonist who you wish you could kill, or not play with. someone with no depth, even though the developers tried to. An irritating protagonist. Someone you simply don't like."

Squall fits perfectly in all those categories. oh yes, he has the most powerful attack of them all, but he's just a "pouty jerk".

but if you mean weak, as in "strenght", then i guess i'll have to go with the chap from Dragon's lair for the nes. 1 hit, from everything (except the bat,s i think), and you die.

happy now? :\

 

[Shamtee]

Peter Jacob from eternal darkness, though i supose you could say superman the game versions.

 

[Dalisclock]

Guybrush Threapwood? He's rubbish on almost every level, apart from the ability to combine ridiculous objects with other ridiculous objects.

Except that he managed to kill the Pirate Lechuck 3 times and can hold his breath underwater. Not to mention he beat the sword master of melee island. And married the govenor. Not too shabby.

Apparently the pip-squeak from Fable(the adventure game) was pretty pathetic, though.

 

[Baba booey]

Toan from Dark Cloud
Senel from Tales of Legendia
just becuase, I guess.

 

[josh797]

hey how about mario and or sonic/ they couldnt do anyything, esp. mario. even sonic could run fast, but mario died after one hit. maybe 2. and he was an f@#cking plummer i mean come on he was weak as shit. sonic as well.

 

[FormanGreenman]

any escort misson NPC's. Weak as piss and completely directionless..

 

[Gormless]

Any of the girls from the project zero games (i belive its fatal frame in statside) in any of the spooky cutscenes they just wimper and freeze instead of dogdeing resisiting or legging it. On which note They run like there frolicking through a garden jeez i walk faster than them and there trapped genrally in what appears to be a house/village/mansion made out of rotten plywood and paper "the door is sealed by a misterios force" Its half inch thick wood woman! Kick it through!

 

[Ith]

The Fool, from Fool's Errand.

While obvious as to the reason of him being in the game, and possibly the number one choice for going on an errand, he is... by total undenied definition: a Fool.

 

[teh0riginalb00n]

Raiden. Hands down. He's so bad it hurts to look at him.

 

[Apone]

I'd say its Tidus from FFX. I don't think I need to explain why, right?

I'd have to say Tidus is topped by Vaan in FFXII, they're the same person only in addition to everything Tidus brings to the table Vaan is also completely irrelevant to the game's story.

*typo

Have to agree, Atleast Tidus had that whole thing about Zanakand going on. Vaan is just a void you push around a game.

 

[REDPill357]

Or how about Max Payne? He needs to slow down time in every fight to come out on top. Cheater! It's easy to win in an unfair fight. Very weak.

Yeah. And Raz is weak because he needs to go into people's minds to fight them. And Kirby sucks because he needs to swallow people to get their abilities.

Seriously, this goes back to the "abilities" argument. Max Payne is cool because he can slow down time. It's his special superhero ability. It doesn't make him weak. And besides, he's always outnumbered. I'll put you in a room with six guys and see how well you fare.