What do most people say for “Name a video game character”?

The usual first answers are Mario, Sonic, Pikachu, Link and Pac-Man. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers are there to “Name a video game character”?

110 in all: 5 on The Tip, 20 Below the Surface, 40 in The Deep, 44 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.

Which answers to “Name a video game character” are the shortest and the longest?

The shortest accepted answer is “Gex” and the longest is “Guybrush Threepwood”.

How hard is “Name a video game character”?

Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.

Screen trivia

Name a video game character

“Name a video game character” is one of 35 screen prompts in Icillion. Of its 110 accepted answers, 5 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.

The tip of the iceberg

Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.

Mario
Sonic
Pikachu
Link
Pac-Man

One step down

Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:

Luigi
Princess Peach
Bowser
Donkey Kong
Yoshi
Kirby
Zelda
Samus Aran
Lara Croft
Master Chief
Crash Bandicoot
Tails
Knuckles
Ryu
Steve
Kratos
Geralt of Rivia
Solid Snake
Cloud Strife
Dr. Eggman

Answers by level

Level	Accepted answers	Points
The Tip	5	10
Below the Surface	20	25
The Deep	40	50
The Abyss	44	85
Below the Iceberg	1	100

The Deep holds 40 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, J, L, M, N, R, S, T and W. The Abyss has 44 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

Inside the answer list

110 answers in total, 47 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “Gex”. Longest: “Guybrush Threepwood”.
S, M and C are the most common first letters; together they start 33% of the answers.
17 answers can be typed more than one way: “Shepard” counts as Commander Shepard.

Getting below the surface

Start with S: 15 of the answers begin with it.
Mario, Sonic and Pikachu are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
Older entries in a long series are often forgotten.

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What the words mean

Video game

Questions about this prompt

What do most people say for “Name a video game character”?: The usual first answers are Mario, Sonic, Pikachu, Link and Pac-Man. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
How many answers are there to “Name a video game character”?: 110 in all: 5 on The Tip, 20 Below the Surface, 40 in The Deep, 44 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
Which answers to “Name a video game character” are the shortest and the longest?: The shortest accepted answer is “Gex” and the longest is “Guybrush Threepwood”.
How hard is “Name a video game character”?: Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.

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All 35 screen prompts

How deep does your knowledge go?

Seven prompts a day, twenty seconds each. Obvious answers float on the tip of the iceberg; rare ones sink all the way to the trench.

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