[Persona]

Kratos is #2 because he was also in Hot Shots Golf along with Toro in the PS3 game. That's an amazing jump.

This is a great thread!!

Also Ashura's Wrath is degree 2 via Ryu/Akuma, though that doesn't really lead anywhere.

I wonder how many degrees .hack is separated.
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Hitler links Persona 2: Innocent Sin, which then links Persona 2: Eternal Punishment (most of the main cast), Persona 1 (half the cast appear in P2), SMT if (Tamaki), Persona 3 (Nate and other references), Persona 4 (cast from P3) and every other SMT game by means of demons.


I was talking to my friend about this thread and I asked him to give me an obscure character to try to link. He gave me Getsu Fuma from Getsu Fuma Den. My progression:
Heihachi Mishima (Soul Calibur 2) > Link (Super Smash Bros Brawl) > Solid Snake (DreamMix TV World Fighters) > Simon Belmont (Konami Wai Wai World) > Fuma

It's pretty fun trying to figure out the tenuous links. It really helps to have some big crossover games though like DreamMix TV World Fighters, Namco x Capcom, and that recent Namco x Capcom x Sega one.
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Recent challenge: Arc the Lad. I... don't know enough about Arc to do this one.


Also, if you can find linking characters like Konami Man who has references in a bunch of other Konami games, that really helps.
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New challenge: what's Leisure Suit Larry's number?

I can't think of any connection outside of cameos in Space Quest and a Sierra Pinball crossover game. Do Sierra characters cameo elsewhere? Unless some famous historical figure appears in the Larry games - that'd be a pretty direct connection.

Other characters that are difficult: Bubsy, Aero the Acrobat.


Unrelated to this, I just remembered Earthworm Jim appeared in the PC port of Battle Arena Toshinden 3. That might be valuable somewhere down the road.
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