Through the years, video games have evolved, so we bring you a list of 5 games with the most influential characters, which are essential for the game.

Peach.

Peach is a character from the Nintendo Super Mario video game franchise and the oldest female character in video games. Originally created by Shigeru Miyamoto, Peach, is the princess of the fictional Mushroom Kingdom, which is constantly under attack by Bowser.

She often plays the damsel in distress within the series, with the exception of Super Princess Peach, where she is the protagonist.

Pikachu.

Pikachu was among the first 151 pocket monsters of the first Pokémon video games, produced by Game Freak for the Game Boy console. Today, Pikachu is considered the Japanese answer to Mickey Mouse, is one of the protagonists of the series of anime and manga Pokémon Adventures and Magical Pokémon Journey, where the main characters capture a Pikachu.

Lara Croft.

She transcended the world of video games in a successful way, with comics, toys and even a series of acceptable films starring the beautiful Angelina Jolie.

Thanks to Tomb Raider, the excellent prequel released recently by Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix, returned to the arena with freshness and charisma, making it more relevant and interesting than ever.

Pac-Man.

Pac-Man is part of Western culture. The prestigious American magazine Time, made some time ago a ranking where users voted for the video game that had marked the most in their childhood, with the best video games of all time and titles that included PC games, console, and mobile phones, according to its importance and influence in each decade. Pac-man won comfortably the first place.

Link from the Legend of Zelda.

Link is considered the best video game hero of Nintendo because he has great courage. In addition, he is a possessor of the value triforce, which makes him get ahead of all possible situations and is a great swordsman, archer, rider, musical performer, and often you can see his great skills at the time of combat.

All these games had their great moment, they would not be the same today and people would not like them if these characters did not exist.