10 best unlockable characters in videogames

Unlockable characters in a game are like coins that are sometimes embedded in a piece of cake to surprise the person. Unlike Easter eggs, we can play these characters like how we do with the normal protagonists or antagonists; the only issue being they are very hard to find or get unlocked. We have had hardcore gamers, who spent hours in revisiting a single game many a times, just to unlock a hidden character. For them, only then the quest is considered to be completed!As a salute to those dedicated gamers, find ahead a list of ten famous and difficult unlockable characters in videogames.

#10 Young Harman

Where can you find it: Killer7

How to Find (Unlock) It: Unlocking Killer8 mode; after completing the real game

Why it is fun: If you compile the list of strangest videogames ever created, Killer7 would certainly find its name there. You play one of the seven US-appointed assassins who has to bump off several targets in a weirdly complicated narrative. In the Killer8 mode, you play the younger version of the wheel-chair bound main character with a big gun and enough health level to go blasting off…Oh yes, you can use your legs as well!!!

#9 Devil Jin

Where can you find it: Tekken 5

How to Find (Unlock) It: Actually he is easier to get unlocked once you unlock the remaining playable characters.

Why is it fun: Jin Kazama, in his devilish avatar, is one of the splendid factors of this kind of middling game. Though, he appeared in the two games before this one, it was only in the fifth game that he was finally playable. Having a look at him in his ‘full glory’, you would know that the wait was worthwhile.

#8 Mog

Where can you find it: Final Fantasy VI

How to Find (Unlock) It: By saving him in the stage ‘World of Balance’.

Why it is fun: Mog’s species, Moogles, have always appeared in every title of the series, except for the fourth, so much that they were already identified as the one of series’ mascots. In the sixth part, you actually get to play one of their kind, and seeing how cute he looks, I guess it was worth the effort.

#7 Sentinel

Where can you find it: Marvel vs. Capcom 3

How to Find (Unlock) It: After earning 4,000 Player Points (PP).

Why it is fun: Sentinels are those roboty thingy things that could kill X-Men, how much powerful they turn out to be. Do you really want any other reason why you want to play him, you obnoxious gamer? In MVC3, he is easily the strongest character, when unlocked. He was in demand so much that gamers had played the game all over only to earn that many points to get the sneaky dude in their roster.

#6 Hideo Kojima

Where can you find it: Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker

How to Find (Unlock) It: Selecting the right truck, which has the plate with the inscription - CENTRO AMERICA 63824 PEACE SENTINEL

Why it is fun: ‘Cos you get to play as the creator of the Metal Gear series. It’s like getting Peter Jackson to play Aragorn in the ‘Lord of the Rings’. Hideo Kojima is a legend in the gaming industry, and this character was supposedly a tribute to his contributions towards the gaming culture.

#5 The Tofu Survivor

Where can you find it: Resident Evil 2

How to Find (Unlock) It: A mini-game which can be unlocked, if you get an A ranking (Varrryy Difffficult, buddy!!!) in every scenario..

Why it is fun: Instead of the normal human characters, you are actually a Tofu..yup, A Tofu…He is very much like the real protagonists, except that he cannot use any other weapon other than the knife. I am searching if they are having any other mini-games named Paneer Fighter!!!

#4 Meat

Where can you find it: Mortal Kombat 4

How to Find (Unlock) It: Defeating everyone in the Group Mode

Why it is fun: It may sound real creepy when your fighter is nothing but a bloodied skeleton. But in the Mortal Kombat series, known for its high violence and gore, creepy sometimes is fun. A tidbit for trivia – the character had started off as a technical glitch, before the developers accepted the charisma of the character, and made it an unlockable one.

#3 Morinth

Where can you find it: Mass Effect 2

How to Find (Unlock) It: By siding with her in duel, where she fights with Samara

Why it is fun: She is a risky proposition!!! She is like the Black Widow spider – she kills off anyone who sleeps with her. It’s not her fault, it’s some genetic disease that she is suffering from. So romance actually goes out of the window, if you really plan to complete the game…And if you really feel like romancing that face, there is something wrong with you!!!

#2 Reptile

Where can you find it: Mortal Kombat

How to Find (Unlock) It: When in Pit stage, a floating head appears in the sky. You need to earn a Double Flawless Victory without even one block and then perform a Fatality.

Why it is fun: In Mortal Kombat I, Reptile was not something you need to search far and wide. The game informs you when he would arrive; you only need to wait for the right omens. He has the looks and the skills of Scorpion and Sub-Zero, and is always in a green costume. He is not exactly hard to defeat once he appears, but since he is one of the earliest unlockable characters, he is very special!

#1 Akuma

Where can you find it: Street Fighter Series

How to Find (Unlock) It: Like the character itself, it is very arduous to unlock the man; You have to achieve really good in every fight.

Why it is fun: Akuma is such a character that he literally stand out from the rest of the crowd. Considering this is a series that has creepy characters who can throw fire and other weird stuff, this is certainly an achievement in itself. Akuma has always been a unlockable character in the entire series, even making him first of its kind in the history of gaming. It is so nearly impossible to defeat this red devilish looking legend, that you would be feeling that only unlocking him was a victory in itself.

Who know how many more are out there, waiting for you to discover them? Please share your discoveries, if you have found one…