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Featured articles
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Total pages in content type is 17
Former featured articles
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Total pages in content type is 8
Main page featured articles
[edit]- Link (The Legend of Zelda) (2005-06-19)
- Wario (2005-10-11)
- Bulbasaur (2006-07-28)
- Torchic (2006-12-23)
- MissingNo. (2011-09-14)
- Arbiter (Halo) (2015-08-11)
- Lightning (Final Fantasy) (2016-04-29)
- Tidus (2017-06-22)
- Characters of Final Fantasy VIII (2019-02-11)
- Flood (Halo) (2019-02-25)
- Jill Valentine (2020-01-19)
- Master Chief (Halo) (2020-10-15)
- Ur-Quan (2022-02-17)
- Ada Wong (2025-01-21)
- Raichu (2025-12-05)
- Donkey Kong (character) (2026-02-22)
- Chris Redfield (2026-03-22)
Total pages in content type is 17
Featured article candidates
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Total pages in content type is 1
Featured lists
[edit]Total pages in content type is 7
Main page featured lists
[edit]- Characters of The Last of Us (video game) (2015-12-14)
- List of Pokémon (2017-10-09)
- List of generation IX Pokémon (2024-12-27)
- List of generation II Pokémon (2025-03-24)
Total pages in content type is 4
Former featured topics
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Total pages in content type is 1
Good articles
[edit]- 2B (Nier: Automata)
- 9S (Nier: Automata)
- 343 Guilty Spark
- Lars Alexandersson
- Sophitia Alexandra
- Alhaitham (Genshin Impact)
- Sheva Alomar
- Aloy
- Alucard (Castlevania)
- Amazon (Dragon's Crown)
- Anju and Kafei
- Anran
- Aqua (Kingdom Hearts)
- Samus Aran
- Arataki Itto
- Arlecchino (Genshin Impact)
- Tina Armstrong
- Grace Ashcroft
- Ashe (Overwatch)
- Lucca Ashtear
- Ezio Auditore da Firenze
- Cindy Aurum
- Ayane (Dead or Alive)
- Ayla (Chrono Trigger)
- Baiken
- Baker family
- Crash Bandicoot (character)
- Birdo
- Terra Branford
- Sarah Bryant (Virtua Fighter)
- Bulbasaur
- Barry Burton
- Butterfree
- Noctis Lucis Caelum
- Caim (Drakengard)
- Captain Commando (character)
- Castorice
- Chandelure
- Characters of the Final Fantasy Type-0 universe
- Charizard
- Charmander
- Celes Chere
- Combine (Half-Life)
- Cortana (Halo)
- Doctor Neo Cortex
- Cow (Mario)
- Ash Crimson
- Lara Croft
- Cyrene (Honkai: Star Rail)
- D.Va
- Dan Heng
- Dante (Devil May Cry)
- Dark Urge
- Dehya
- Delibird
- Lady Dimitrescu
- Ditto (Pokémon)
- Dizzy (Guilty Gear)
- Dogmeat (Fallout)
- Doomfist
- Dracozolt, Arctozolt, Dracovish, and Arctovish
- Eevee
- Elena (Street Fighter)
- Ellie (The Last of Us)
- Emil (Nier)
- Shirou Emiya
- Ermac
- Eve (Stellar Blade)
- Exdeath
- Zack Fair
- Faust (Guilty Gear)
- Characters of Final Fantasy XII
- Characters of the Final Fantasy XIII series
- Characters of Final Fantasy XV
- Firefly (Honkai: Star Rail)
- Flea (Chrono Trigger)
- Lunafreya Nox Fleuret
- Fran (Final Fantasy)
- Fuecoco
- Shiori Fujisaki
- Furina (Genshin Impact)
- Setzer Gabbiani
- Aerith Gainsborough
- Ganon
- Cyan Garamonde
- Gardevoir
- Garnet (Final Fantasy)
- Gau (Final Fantasy)
- Gengar
- Geno (Super Mario RPG)
- Geth
- Gholdengo
- Giygas
- Glass Joe
- Ashley Graham (Resident Evil)
- Hanzo (Overwatch)
- Haunter (Pokémon)
- Healie
- Rinoa Heartilly
- Heracross
- Herobrine
- Hex Maniac
- Parvati Holcomb
- Honey (Fighting Vipers)
- Hop (Pokémon)
- Hu Tao
- I-No
- Ingrid (Street Fighter)
- Invisible Woman (Marvel Rivals)
- Ardyn Izunia
- Adam Jensen
- Jetpack Cat
- Jigglypuff
- Joel (The Last of Us)
- Junker Queen
- Junkrat
- Juno (Overwatch)
- Jynx
- K'
- Kaedehara Kazuha
- Kafka (Honkai: Star Rail)
- Kain (Legacy of Kain)
- Kainé
- Kat (Gravity Rush)
- Jin Kazama
- Sarah Kerrigan
- Ash Ketchum
- King Dice
- Kirby (character)
- Yuffie Kisaragi
- Kleavor
- Klefki
- Leo Kliesen
- Koyori
- Edea Kramer
- Kratos (God of War)
- Kreia
- Kyo Kusanagi
- Lady (Devil May Cry)
- Larry (Pokémon)
- Lebanne
- Legion (Mass Effect)
- Leifang
- General Leo
- Squall Leonhart
- Link (The Legend of Zelda)
- Liu Kang
- Tifa Lockhart
- Lucario
- Lulu (Final Fantasy)
- Luna Snow
- Lúcio (Overwatch)
- Machines (Horizon)
- Machines (Nier: Automata)
- Magikarp and Gyarados
- Strago Magus
- Makoto (Street Fighter)
- Malamar
- March 7th (Honkai: Star Rail)
- Elaine Marley
- John Marston
- Master Hand
- Laura Matsuda
- Mavuika
- Mawile
- Fox McCloud
- Mei (Overwatch)
- Meltan
- Meowscles
- Merchant (Resident Evil)
- Mercy (Overwatch)
- Mew (Pokémon)
- Mewtwo
- Mimikyu
- Minthara
- Kazuya Mishima
- Moira (Overwatch)
- Arthur Morgan
- Mr. Mime
- Mr. X (Resident Evil)
- Nabbit
- Makoto Naegi
- Reiko Nagase
- Yu Narukami
- Necrid
- Necromorphs
- Nemesis (Resident Evil)
- Nessa (Pokémon)
- Ninetales
- Oatchi
- Pachirisu
- Paimon (Genshin Impact)
- Kefka Palazzo
- Max Payne (character)
- Princess Peach
- Pearl and Marina
- Pharah
- Trevor Philips
- Pikachu
- Pinsir
- Piranha Plant
- Poison (Final Fight)
- Polygon Man
- Popplio, Brionne, and Primarina
- Prince (Prince of Persia)
- Professor Oak
- Protagonist of Nier
- Protagonist of Persona 3
- Psycho Mantis
- Psyduck
- Purah
- Pyramid Head
- R. Mika
- Raiden (Metal Gear)
- Raiden Shogun
- Rat King (The Last of Us)
- Raymond (Animal Crossing)
- Regi (Pokémon)
- Reinhardt (Overwatch)
- Ridley (Metroid)
- Rika (Pokémon)
- Rikku
- Robin (Honkai: Star Rail)
- Roxas (Kingdom Hearts)
- Rufus (Street Fighter)
- SHODAN
- Ryo Sakazaki
- Yuri Sakazaki
- Salarian
- Sans (Undertale)
- Faris Scherwiz
- Vanessa Z. Schneider
- Segata Sanshiro
- Senator Armstrong (Metal Gear)
- Sephiroth (Final Fantasy)
- Luis Sera
- Shadow (Final Fantasy)
- Shadow the Hedgehog
- Sheng Long
- Mai Shiranui
- Shiver, Frye and Big Man
- Shulk
- Sigma (Overwatch)
- Silver Wolf (Honkai: Star Rail)
- Slime (Dragon Quest)
- Slowpoke
- Smeargle
- Snorlax
- Sobble
- Sofia (Battle Arena Toshinden)
- Sora (Kingdom Hearts)
- Sorceress (Dragon's Crown)
- Sparkle (Honkai: Star Rail)
- Sprigatito, Floragato, and Meowscarada
- Squirtle
- Starmie
- Steve (Minecraft)
- Cloud Strife
- Sudowoodo
- Symmetra
- Taki (Soulcalibur)
- Tala (Darkwatch)
- Tali'Zorah
- Talim (Soulcalibur)
- Talonflame
- Team Skull
- Selphie Tilmitt
- Tingyun
- Tinkaton
- Rin Tohsaka
- Tracer (Overwatch)
- Trailblazer (Honkai: Star Rail)
- Traveler (Genshin Impact)
- Lisa Trevor
- Trish (Devil May Cry)
- Twintelle
- Typhlosion
- Unown
- Vaan (Final Fantasy)
- Ivy Valentine
- Vincent Valentine
- Vanille
- Venti (Genshin Impact)
- Vergil (Devil May Cry)
- Vivi Ornitier
- Vivian (Paper Mario)
- Jeanette Voerman
- Voldo
- Voltorb
- Barret Wallace
- Waluigi
- Wanderer (Genshin Impact)
- Wario
- Weezing
- Albert Wesker
- Widowmaker (Overwatch)
- Wobbuffet
- Wooloo
- Wooper
- X (Mega Man)
- Xiao (Genshin Impact)
- Yae Miko
- Iori Yagami
- Takayuki Yagami
- Yozora
- Yun Jin
- Yuna (Final Fantasy)
- Zarya (Overwatch)
- Princess Zelda
- Zenyatta (Overwatch)
- Zero (Drakengard)
- Zero (Mega Man)
- Zhongli (Genshin Impact)
- Zombies in Resident Evil
- Zoroark
Total pages in content type is 315
Former good articles
[edit]- Astaroth (Soulcalibur)
- Rugal Bernstein
- Captain Falcon
- Rebecca Chambers
- Chao (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Characters of the Devil May Cry series
- List of Halo characters
- Characters of Myst
- Characters of the StarCraft series
- Covenant (Halo)
- Nathan Drake
- Espio the Chameleon
- GLaDOS
- Galarian Corsola
- Goenitz
- Golduck
- Gravemind
- Haytham Kenway
- Ibuki (Street Fighter)
- Jenova (Final Fantasy)
- Jirachi
- Kadabra
- Mareep
- Mario
- Marshtomp
- Meta Knight
- Mileena
- Nicole (Dead or Alive)
- Paras (Pokémon)
- Jim Raynor
- Reptile (Mortal Kombat)
- Mona Sax
- Solid Snake
- Soma Cruz
- Sonic the Hedgehog (character)
- Terra (Kingdom Hearts)
- Tyranitar
- Ventus (Kingdom Hearts)
- Weedle
Total pages in content type is 39
Good article nominees
[edit]Total pages in content type is 6
Good topics
[edit]Total pages in content type is 3
Did you know? articles
[edit]- Torchic (2004-04-07)
- Pachirisu (2006-07-18)
- Rufus (Street Fighter) (2009-03-27)
- MissingNo. (2009-06-14)
- Jynx (2009-07-19)
- Travis Touchdown (2009-09-29)
- Nathan Drake (2009-12-18)
- Jade (Beyond Good & Evil) (2010-01-16)
- Chloe Frazer (2010-02-04)
- Elena Fisher (2010-02-09)
- King Hippo (2010-08-09)
- Glass Joe (2010-08-17)
- Ventus (Kingdom Hearts) (2010-09-21)
- Haseo (2012-10-14)
- Elizabeth (BioShock) (2013-12-07)
- Max Payne (character) (2015-02-08)
- Sarah Kerrigan (2015-03-20)
- Ellie (The Last of Us) (2015-05-10)
- Cassie Cage (2015-06-13)
- Characters of L.A. Noire (2015-12-27)
- Tracer (Overwatch) (2016-06-06)
- D.Va (2016-07-01)
- Hanzo (Overwatch) (2017-02-15)
- Chris Redfield (2017-03-12)
- Lars Alexandersson (2017-09-17)
- Sheva Alomar (2017-11-20)
- Shadow the Hedgehog (2019-04-14)
- Kiritsugu Emiya (2019-04-16)
- Shirou Emiya (2019-05-06)
- List of Red Dead Redemption 2 characters (2019-11-23)
- Arthur Morgan (2020-05-18)
- John Marston (2020-06-15)
- Characters of The Last of Us Part II (2020-08-12)
- Joel (The Last of Us) (2020-09-15)
- Ur-Quan (2021-01-21)
- Doctor Neo Cortex (2021-03-09)
- Mercy (Overwatch) (2022-10-07)
- Kiriko (Overwatch) (2022-10-11)
- Pharah (2022-10-20)
- Kat (Gravity Rush) (2023-03-22)
- Kainé (2023-03-24)
- Characters of The Last of Us (TV series) (2023-04-27)
- Mr. X (Resident Evil) (2023-05-01)
- Sarah Bryant (Virtua Fighter) (2023-06-14)
- Elena (Street Fighter) (2023-06-15)
- Widowmaker (Overwatch) (2023-07-20)
- Sophitia Alexandra (2023-07-24)
- Vanille (2023-08-11)
- Kirby (character) (2023-12-26)
- Princess Zelda (2024-02-04)
- Geno (Super Mario RPG) (2024-02-22)
- Herobrine (2024-03-30)
- Ash Ketchum (2024-03-31)
- Paimon (Genshin Impact) (2024-04-03)
- Waluigi (2024-04-03)
- Chandelure (2024-04-25)
- Furina (Genshin Impact) (2024-04-26)
- Mew (Pokémon) (2024-04-28)
- Sans (Undertale) (2024-04-29)
- Exdeath (2024-05-13)
- Albert Wesker (2024-06-01)
- Eve (Stellar Blade) (2024-06-06)
- Lucario (2024-07-20)
- Barry Burton (2024-08-11)
- Psycho Mantis (2024-10-12)
- Delibird (2024-11-01)
- Kim Kitsuragi (2025-01-10)
- Ridley (Metroid) (2025-02-24)
- Luis Sera (2025-02-28)
- Juno (Overwatch) (2025-04-13)
- Pinsir (2025-04-28)
- Cow (Mario) (2025-10-19)
- Starmie (2025-11-29)
- Arlecchino (Genshin Impact) (2025-11-30)
- Haru Urara (Umamusume: Pretty Derby) (2025-12-01)
- Heracross (2025-12-09)
- Gholdengo (2025-12-20)
- Shiver, Frye and Big Man (2025-12-21)
- Wanderer (Genshin Impact) (2026-01-12)
- Mavuika (2026-01-17)
- Arataki Itto (2026-01-29)
- Yun Jin (2026-02-04)
- Alhaitham (Genshin Impact) (2026-02-11)
- Hu Tao (2026-02-15)
- Hex Maniac (2026-02-27)
- Professor Oak (2026-02-27)
- Smeargle (2026-02-27)
- March 7th (Honkai: Star Rail) (2026-03-07)
- Rat King (The Last of Us) (2026-03-24)
- Xiao (Genshin Impact) (2026-04-02)
- Firefly (Honkai: Star Rail) (2026-04-05)
- Machines (Horizon) (2026-04-10)
- Invisible Woman (Marvel Rivals) (2026-05-01)
- Gaming (Genshin Impact) (2026-05-05)
- Robin (Honkai: Star Rail) (2026-05-06)
- Pathfinder Ryder (2026-07-02)
- Traveler (Genshin Impact) (2026-07-21)
- Aloy (2026-07-22)
- Sparkle (Honkai: Star Rail) (2026-07-23)
- Nero (Fate) (2026-08-06)
- Tingyun (2026-08-06)
Total pages in content type is 101
Level 4 vital articles
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Total pages in content type is 1
Level 5 vital articles
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Total pages in content type is 5