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If the 90s taught us anything, it’s that sunglasses have always been a un💜iversal shorthand for ‘cool’. For better or worse, it’s easy to lose track of how many gaming characters🐈 have attempted to impress us with a cool pair of shades.
Sometimes it works, and can truly help the character feel like a badass. Other times, an unnecessary set of frames will derail any attempt at coolness. Whether they’re a lame 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:90s game mascot trying 🌜their best to be edgy or a mid 2010s shooter protagonist🎉 who refuses to take off their shades even when inside, here are our favorite game characters who wear sunglasses.
10 Duke Nukem - Du✤ke Nukem 🍸
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The king of boomer shooters might have one of the most iconic pairs of sunglasses in gaming. The thick-rimmed glasses exemplify the machismo and cheesiness that make 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Duke Nukem one of the most✤ belov💞ed protagonists of early shooters.
Sadly, it’s been a while since we’ve seen Duke and his boxy glasses. His last game was 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:a complete disaster, and there’s been no word of a new title. Thank🅺fully, he did ma🌟ke a welcome return as a playable DLC character in 2011’s Bulletstorm.
9 Kazuhira Miller - Metal Gear S💮olid
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Big Boss’s loyal right-hand man is rarely seen without his s🌠ignature aviator sunglasses. Miller serves as the second-in-command of the Militaires Sans Frontières in Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and the Diamond Dogs in Metal Gear Solid V.
Miller is unceremoniously murdered right before the start of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Metal Gear Solid. He is impersonated by Liquid Snake over comms to provide false intelligence to So🍸lid Snake on his mission. Hopefully Snake got a chance to try one of Miller’s famous burgers before his as𝐆sassination.
8 🐎 Albert Wesker - Resident Evil 𒉰
The recurring 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Resident Evil villain rarely shows his eyes, instead opting for sunglasses — even though most of his evil business is done in 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:darkly lit laboratories. In many ways Wesker is the malevolent face of Umbrella’s shady oꦺperations, so it makes sense to hide his eyes behind some dark frames.
When we do see Wesker’s eyes, it’s normally in service of a reveal of his true mutated nature. Wesker is one of the few classic villains that doesn’t immediately look goofy wearing impra𓂃ctical sunglasses.
7 ꦑ Funkಞy Kong - Donkey Kong
If the ripped jean shorts, tank top, bandana and sunglasses didn’t make it obvious, Funky Kong made his debut in the beloved 90s platformer Donkey Kong Country. According to 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Donkey Kong l🅷or🉐e, Funky Kong isn’t a member of the Kong family, but actually just a close friend.
Funky Kong has been a staple of Mario and Donkey Kong games since hi😼s debut. The character is a particular favorite within the Mario Kart Wii community for his high speed stat.
6 Dr. Ivo “Eggman” Roboဣtnik - Sonic
Dr. Ivo “Eggman” Robotnik has been Sonic’s villainous foil since his first appearance in the original 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Sonic The Hedgehog released🍸 in 1991. With a legion of robots at his side, Robotnik has beꦇen a constant nuisance for Sonic and his friends.
Whether they come in the form of goggles or a pair of Ozzy Osbourne-esque circular sunglasses, would be nothing without his trademark eyewear. Recent iterations of Robotnik have seen the mad doctor swap out the glasses for empty, gray eye-sockets… which is a little weird. Thankfully, th✅e eyewear was revived for the character’s 2020 big screen debut.
5 𒐪 Travis Touchdown - No More Heroes
The video-game loving assassin’s punk attitude was sorely missed in the 11-year-long window between 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:No More Heroes 2 and 3. Thankfully the third game in the series🐻 was a triumphant return for the anti-hero.
The frantic combat of No More Heroes wouldn’t be complete without Travis’s cool swagger.♏ No More Heroes 3 saw Travis come out of retirement to defend💃 the Earth from an alien invasion, so it’ll be interesting to see how developer Grasshopper Manufacture escalates his adventures next.
4 𒀰 Mordecai - Borderlands
Closer to goggles than a pair of proper shades, Mordecai’s eyewear still fills the role of making the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Borderlands sharpshooter look cool and calculating. It’s a look that makes sense for his play style, as 🐽Mordecai was the resident sniper in the origin✅al quartet of vault hunters. In battle Mordecai is accompanied by Bloodwing, a vicious alien hawk that attacks unsuspecting enemies.
Even❀ when Mordecai took on the role of an NPC and quest giver in later games, his wisecracking, laid-back personality was always a welcome break from game’s often relentless style of humor.
3 Barret Wallace - Final Fantasy VII ಌ
Wallace doesn’t always wear sunglasses, but between the gun arm and sleeveless jacket, it’s safe to say that his cool factor is far from diminished. The cyborg’s shades are a more common sight in the game’s 2020 remake, ironically popping up when Wallace is in the game’s darker areas. The reജmake in general does a great job of modernizing the game’s characters without sacrificing their unique qualities.
Though the breadth of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Final Fantasy 7’s world allows for some truly unique character designs, Wallace is proof that sometimes, there’s nothing cooler than thr🦄owing on some sunglasses.
2 Cassie Cage - Mortal Cage 📖
Fully adopting the jokey attitude and penchant for sunglasses of her father, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Mortal Kombat legend Johnny Cage, Cassie Cage is one of the most memorable fighters introduced in Mortal Kombat X. While she retains many of the quirks and combat moves from her father and mother Sonya Blade, another MK mainstay, Cassie still forges her own path, as exemplified by her opting for classy aviator's instead of her dad's thick-rimmed 90s sunglasses.
ꦛCassie also has some of the most memorable fatalities of the new Mortal Kombat games, with one particularly standout seeing Cage take a selfie with a recently mutilated foe.
1 💎 Adam Jensen - Deus Ex
Taking a cue from original Deus Ex protagonist JC Denton, Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Deus Ex: Mankind ꦜDivided lead Adam Jensen sports a pair of shades throughout most of his games. The only difference is that Jensen’s sunglasses are surgically-attached cyborg augments, arguably making him the most committed to wearing them out of everyone on this list.
Why not just surgically alter your eyes to have an easier time seeing in the dark? Let’s just assume that Jensen is too busy looking cool to ꧟think it through.