Games Featuring Characters Who Became a Main Character Because of Their Popularity

For it to count, it needs to really feel like they are a main character because of how popular they are, though that it's not in itself a bad thing.
Obviously, of course the problem is this kind of framing is that we're making a lot of assumptions here. Like, we can't be sure if they made a popular character playable because of their popularity or because they wanted to expand on the said character.

妖精大戦争 〜 東方三月精 - Fairy Wars
妖精大戦争 〜 東方三月精 - Fairy Wars
Cirno
Yakuza 0
Yakuza 0
Majima
Shadow the Hedgehog
Shadow the Hedgehog
Shadow the Hedgehog
Gargoyle's Quest
Gargoyle's Quest
Red Arremer/Firebrand

Thanks AlphaOne2
Dragon Quest Treasures
Dragon Quest Treasures
Party member from Dragon Quest XI

Thanks AlphaOne2
Ace Attorney Investigations 2
Ace Attorney Investigations 2
Miles Edgeworth

The producers admitted so themselves: https://www.siliconera.com/origins-of-ace-attorney-investigations-miles-edgeworth/
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Thanks Penumbra
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(Also I really like AAI2, my favorite in the series)
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Joon-Gi Han

As suggested by Oshha
Finally had the time to play this game in February, if I remembered that I made this list, I would've adden Joon-Gi lol

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1 year ago

Gargoyle's Quest. Stars the infamous Red Arremer (or also known as Firebrand) enemy from Ghost n' Goblins. It even got two sequels, like the more well-known Demon's Crest.
Also Dragon Quest Treasures stars the younger version of a party member from Dragon Quest XI.

1 year ago

Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth! Edgeworth was a popular character in the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney trilogy and became the protagonist for the Investigations games. The producer said in an interview that this happened because of his popularity.

1 year ago

The DQ XI party member's name is Erik.

1 month ago

Yakuza: Like a Dragon's Joon Gi Han, who was essentially revived to be a main character due to his popularity from 6, and he and Zhao only carried over to Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth because of their popularity.

1 month ago

@Oshha - And I'm glad! I love Joon Gi Han's voice. It's like audio silk every time he speaks.

1 month ago

@FallenGrace Joon Gi is one of my favorite characters aswell!


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