Yes, video games are weird. If they weren't though, would we have a red-headed wise-ass who summons rings for weapons as well as multiple rings of fire?
I have two words for a character I definitely expect to see on this top ten: *BURN, BABY!* Edit: Wait, so this list has Victini, Blaze, Pyro *and* Axel as #1? You have truly good taste Josh.👌🏽
"When was the last time the healer could also burn you to death?" My favorite Pathfinder character build, the Fire and Healing domain Battle Cleric, would like to have a word with you. XD
Even though not one of my favorite characters there's Sol Badguy from Guilt Gear and Kyo Kusanagi from King of Fighters at least i can think of but you know
I think that's why the subtitle lists "The Dreamurrs" (as in referring to a family name) instead of Toriel and Asgore directly. It allows including Asriel on a technicality because of his membership in that family (and elaborating would be a major spoiler for those who haven't played the game, so I won't do that :) ).
Awwww, thanks for showing the Victini Plushie I made. Sorry I didn’t let you know my links. But I’m so happy to see you’re enjoying the doll so much. 😊
Some of mine: - Surt and Amaterasu from SMT series. Ragnarok and Trisagion are pretty sweet skills. - Demon Prince from Dark Souls 3. - Demon of Hatred from Sekiro.
I’d have found a way to squeeze my waifu Ann Takamaki onto the list. Considering she almost actually burns someone to death and clocks the highest damage in the game by the end. Also Lucca from Chrono Trigger. Not only does she have crazy fire magic, but some of her Techs, like Flamethrower and Megaton Bomb is stuff she built. Lastly, Sakuya from Stella Glow. Fire Samurai and more people need to know about the game
"Comment a pyromancer I missed. . ." If you say so. Fujiwara no Mokou from Touhou: Imperishable Night. Despite the majority of her color palette being white (shirt, hair, seal tags, etc.) and red (pants, accessories), she's basically a human phoenix. Between her fire powers, immortality (never aging, not needing sustenance to survive, practically able to regenerate even if she just a *strand of hair*, still feels pain and fatigue though), and the phoenix motif of her spell cards, I'd say she deserves mentioning. Sorry for the rant. Great work again.
Awesome list, especially since fire is such a core element of your RU-vid persona. I’d love to see a list of lightning users too, since that element tends to get paired with fire, and in recent times it’s become my favorite. Then again, if you went ahead with it, you might be stepping on the Green Scorpion’s toes. Oh wait, he works for you. Carry on.
Dude, so much respect for anyone remembering DragonFable, freaking love that game, and Xan is awesome. And in Yukiko Amagi from my favorite game ever, and permanent respect is yours.
Honorable Mention: Terra Branford from Final Fantasy 6. Though she can learn all forms of magic through espers, without such assistance her main firepower is literal fire, passing through every spell level of the element. She will also naturally learn the most powerful spell in the game, Ultima, which bypasses elements and rains destruction down on everything. And that's without talking about her character growth from amnesiac to mother figure.
"Warning here my opinions" 10: Really need to play infamous. 9: don't worry Mario I respect you "sweats nervously" 8: Me too Josh me too 7: Who doesn't like the dreamer Family "yay goat mom" 6: Eh I prefer Charmander. 5: demon child? Oh for a minute thought you meant Robin. (Never played league of legends) 4: again never really play MMOs also yes yes I do. 3: Fuck yeah My 2nd favorite Sonic Character. (Also the inspiration of my own crappy sonic OC 😅) 2: Pyro Not shocked that their On here. 1: I like this Character no I loved this Character His relationship with Roxas and Xion. His old friendship With saix I mean Isa. I just wished the games had a better told story though. (Again my own opinions about this list don't like them eh your opinion)
With pyro is a given considering the subject also The pyro and the internet would probably burn everyone to the ground if we forget about his existence
Blaze is my absolute favorite Sonic character, so good taste. And this might be an unpopular opinion, but my favorite Fire type Pokémon currently is Braixen.
1. It SPOILER makes me wish he kept his Chakram or became a duo flame wielding keyblade owner. Maybe even had players take control of him at some point in the story
I freaked out the moment he said Xan from Dragon Fable it does my heart good to know people still know about Artix entertainment games. now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go watch the George Lowe commercial again.
Personal contribution--Cinder from "Killer Instinct". Martial artist? Pyromancer? Why not have BOTH?! The guy is nimble as they come in KI's cast, being able to rocket around the field w/jet propulsion and actually combine it with his own military CQC. He even has creative ways to use his fire/napalm strikes. He has sticky bombs, flamethrowers, explosions, can turn himself into a flaming rocket, pull off a Guile-kick and even supercharge his attacks for brief periods of time with his Instinct Mode. He can even set the player's arms and/or legs on fire and burn them depending on which attacks they use, forcing them to reconsider how they move and how they fight. Also, in the classic game? He was subject to a bug that allowed him to endlessly combo your opponent. It actually prompted Nintendo to hunt down every Killer Instinct arcade machine and install a patch that removed this. This guy made serious gaming history.
Pretty awesome that you gave a shout-out to my personal favourite fire-based mage character, Yukiko Amagi from P4. Though, I can see why she's only an honourable mention, since her abilities are quite split between pyromancy and healing, and I always found her to be a much more effective healer. Salvation + Chakra Ring = No one ever dies.
Here's a good candidate you probably don't know, Sakuya from Stella Glow. Imagine a flaming swords woman who can sign a song to transform the battlefield into a sauna and buff her allies.
Fun fact victini's Japanese/English va (they didn't change it I think) is a really amazing and famous singer/voice actress named nana mizuki who is pretty much the queen of range in any performance she's in
WarGreymon Technically, Digimon started as the boys' version of Tamagotchi, therefore, they count as video game characters (unless they're anime exclusive)
I really like this list! Good choices of characters; I hope you tackle some other elements in the future. I appreciate a man who isn't afraid to show love for cute and wholesome things. Victini
5:52 Josh, a goat/sheep/ram fire starter is possible because they're based on the Chinese Zodiac. All that's left is a snake, goat, ox and horse. So I guess Firebrand might be a starter in the future...
Love that transition song. 10 Never played infamous, really need to sometime 9 Wouldn’t bowser be a more appropriate choice 8 honestly my least favourite boss in uprising, hate both the level and the boss itself 7 fire goats, one mom and one dad, one is a hearth and the other an incinerator 6 my personal favourite fire type is infernape, victini is still Cool though 5 Jesus Christ that backstory, feel bad for her. Probably never gonna play LoL 4 no comment on this one. 3 really wish she’d become a playable character 2 literally the character that people who wants to watch the world burn 1 Hi mr obvious. Albeit he’s my favourite member as well Last question: no ifrit?
Awesome list. Some of my favorite pyro users in games have to be Blaze the Cat and Sol Badguy. Not sure I'd Shantae counts but she dose have the ability to shoot fireballs and even has a flamethrower attack.
I like to see myself as more of an ice user but I enjoyed the video. Props on the editing and music I really dig it. I found your channels about 3 weeks ago and have been watching non stop since really loving your content. Once I get money I may consider becoming a patrion ✌☺
I practically jumped out of my skin when you started talking about Toriel and Asgore! I cannot *believe* I forgot about those two! I was just thinking of Grillby and Pyrope (in a joking manner, of course)! Also, "SONS?!" I think you just started a firestorm, Josh (Team Female Chara FTW)! Overall though, a very hot list, Josh! I can see your passion for fire really burning here! Honestly, I think you really smoked it on those fire and cat puns during Blaze's entry (no, seriously; I really did laugh)! ........................... I was trying to think of another fire pun of my own, but I couldn't get anything to spark.
Nice Top 10 list Mr. Firebrand. And yeah, Axel, he's one of the most lovable characters in the KH franchise, so he was the choice to be on #1. I can see you analyzed these chosen characters, well done. P.S: The Cheesecake Factory is heaven on earth. Because we all know the purpose to be there. Hehe 😏
Honestly surprised you didn't mention anyone from the King of Fighters. Half of the cast are very prominent pyromancers(Ky Kusanagi, Iori Yagami, Mai Shiranui, the list goes on)
I have a theory about the Pyro: I think that Pyro was a war veteran prior to the events of Team Fortress 2,more specifically the Cold War. My theory is that Pyro had become highly exposed to radiation from nuclear weapons which likely resulted in Pyroland. With said nuclear radiation along with severe psychological trauma, Pyro was likely driven insane.
*Before watching countdown* Calling it now, Josh's fav Pokemon will be on this list because I believe it was a Fire type. *Sees Victini* Called it! He was on Josh's fav Pokemon list lol.
I know right Also there are magic attacks in FE that are in the game too. So wow a game with the title having Fire wasn't on this list. IT'S FIRE EMBLEM! IT'S LITERALLY IN THE TITLE!🤣XD
Bryony Parker Like and even then Arvis from Genealogy would have been an absolutely fantastic addition to the list, though I doubt Josh has played Genealogy for obvious reasons
I give you thumbs up for mentioning Stahn, even for a HM. Everyone else seemed to thought that Tales started at Symphonia and never really did Destiny.
I can appreciate a Victini fan. Although, even with it being a Mythical with two great signature moves, it's on the very low end of useful mythical. Plus, really, it only starred in One movie, since the two were the same plot and characters, just with different pokemon involved like the games
I respect the Mario, but I must admit, it's not him who's the first I think of when I think video games and fire, but rather a different Mario character, one whose flames are a part of him and always at his command; I'm surprised that Bowser, the Demon King of the Koopas, didn't even make the honorable mentions... As for why the fluffy, cuddly goat people of Undertale wield fire, it's because the characters Frisk meets are cuddly versions of classic monsters, and the fluffy goat people, who are the royal family who rule all monsters, are *literal demons* who turn out to be friendly because all the monsters turned out to not be intrinsically evil, but rather able to choose and to be swayed by circumstance just like humans.
One of my personal favorites is Agnum Bulletheart from Shining Resonance:Refrain. How could you not love a guy that cooks great foods, plays the role of the big brother to an already wonderful cast of characters, and also wields an axe guitar that shoots fire!
Oh Josh made a countdown on on his favorite element. Let's see what he got: #9 Can't exclude Mario from this list. #8 Ah Pyrrhon. Don't let your greed get the best you. #6 Waiting to see Victini on this list. 8:51-8:56 That'll shut him up... #5 So Anise Tatilin from Tales of the Abyss with fire powers huh? #3 Not my favorite character, but Blaze is pretty cool. #2 The Pyro's still got some issues... #1 *OMG!!* Who could have forseen these this entry at #1?! What makes this countdown more great for me is the fact that while watching this I was eating a bowl of Hot & Spicy Ramen in Blazing Hot flavor that I just bought from Wal-Mart. It's like the stars were aligned from this. Also what? No honorable mention for Rubicante from FFIV? You put him in your top 10 FF villains?
Considering you mentioned Xan, do you know about Wargoth, Warlic's Infernal side? Also funnily enough, Pyromancer is an available class in Dragonfable but it's a defensive class. Edit: Oh yeah, I also forgot about Drakonann, he's another pyromancer.
As a loyal viewer, I knew that you would pick Victini for Pokémon. As for my pick... I still have to think about that. Blaziken is my favorite Fire type Pokémon. However, there’s a good argument for Charizard since its mega evolutions do cover the spectrum of solar heat and dragon fire. BUT speaking of dragon fire, Reshiram is not just a fire breathing dragon, but is the strongest fire type without the aid of megas or primals. HOWEVER, Groudon fooled a lot of people into thinking it was a fire type to the point its primal form gains the fire type. And don’t even get me started on the assorted fire type using trainers. Bottom line, don’t ask me to pick a pyromaniac from Pokémon!! Otherwise I will pick Blaze the cat or Axel.
1: Josh I agree Victini is one of the most adorable pokemon ever 2: I will always trash ash, yeah he may have won the aloa league, after 20+ years and yet HE'S STILL IN THE ANIME. He needs to go away And 3 the three stooges, I love the show lol. And I was born in 97
Love this list. Awesome as always Josh XD Though I would have figured Cinder from Killer Instinct would be on this list, I love all your choices here. :)
Brad Armstrong and Lanks McCoy from the LISA games. The first is a chronically depressed, middle aged martial artist nobody out to find his daughter, the second is an unconfident, rail-thin wuss who feels he is holding back his friends on his journey, but both harness that emotion into devastating fire attacks that turn the tide of battle, especially Lanks in his secret game route.
okay, i was suprised by victini xD but my reactions after the third place: *while paused* "if Axel and Rubicante arnt on the list, i'm gonna be dissapointed in you, josh" *sees Nr 2. place* "okay... i shouldhave known that he would come up.... but still dissapointed" *sees Nr. 1* "much better.....but still a little bit dissapointed" but still an awesome list ^^
i will admit i was surprised that Sol Badguy didn't make in the list (let alone in honorable mentions) and i was also possibly expecting Ann/Panther (Persona 5) & Nine the Phantom (Blazblue) to be mention as well.
My personal Top 10 10. Mario (Can't go wrong with Mario) 9. Ken Masters (1 word. Shinryuken) 8. Magma Dragoon (Still ny favorite boss from Mega Man X4) 7. Wonder Red (Fire conducting fist) 6. Pyro ("Some men just want to watch the world burn") 5. Blaze the Cat (One of the best characters in Sonic) 4. Delsin Rowe (Where there's smoke, there's fire) 3. Axel (BURN BABY!) 2. Charizard (Favorite Pokémon) 1. Ann Takamaki (Top tier waifu, and makes fire look so good)
As someone who prefers ice & electric based powers over fire based ones, I'm hoping now that you'll do a video for video game characters with said ice & electric based powers.
