Coming from a GameKun poll with men and women

All:

1) Mario 26%

2) Kirby 15.7%

3) Link 8.7%

4) Pikachu 7.1%

5) Captain Falcon 5.5%

Male:

1) Mario 28.9%

2) Kirby 13.4%

3) Link 9.3%

4) Captain Falcon 7.2%

5) Samus 6.2%

Female:

1) Kirby 23.3%

2) Mario 16.7%

3) Pikachu and Koopa tied for 13.3%

5) Link and Ike tied for 6.7%


The following are comments from people that took the survey.

“It’s like I’m still allowed to have this private place where I can be a kid (with Mario) and just have fun.” - 40-year-old male

“Kirby is so cute! And his attacks just blow away foes.” - 20-year-old female

"Mario is a National character” - male

GameKun replied to this by saying, “Yeah, more than Doraemon, Detective Conan and others, Mario is the country’s national character. After all, it’s the Age of Mustache!”