Bomberman from the Bomberman series
Here's the intro to Bomberman Hero
1. For me, this icon represents the freedom of childhood. In the game that I had, you were Bomberman (this character) and you traveled to different planets searching for a princess. I understand that the plot wasn't completely original, but it was the one game that stuck with me my entire life, and I will never forget the enjoyment that I felt while playing through this game
3. This character made a fairly large impact on the American culture through the series of videogames that were created under the name Bomberman. The game was original, with a mixture of puzzle and action play where you had to escape from a room with now description (if you think about it, you basically had to blow up walls to escape from work). The game went on in thousands of different directions later on, most memorable for me in Bomberman Hero, which was mixed platformer/action game where you tossed around cartoon bombs at enemies that literally shattered upon impact.
5. To me, this icon inspired an imagination that was limitless. This was the dream that every kid had, to go out into space, fight a bunch of aliens and monsters, and rescue the damsel in distress. You even got a ride on a giant green rabbit in some places! This character inspired me to do the impossible, while flying into space and throwing bombs at everything is impractical, I can at least take it as far as they did and help inspire someone else to dream big.
Idea 2 for American Icon
Peppy Hare of the Starfox Series
An intro to Star Fox 64
1. Infamous for the "Do a barrel roll!" fad, this character was the Obi-wan Kenobi of the Starfox games. Peppy worked with Fox McCloud, the appropriately named character led a fleet of furry pilots to find an evil space-dictator known as Andross. The most popular reason for the continued fighting between these characters is to find answers to the disappearance of Fox's father. The story goes that Peppy was the right hand man of James McCloud and still-living veteran of the Starfox fleet. Throughout the game, Peppy gives you tons of helpful (and not so helpful) pieces of advice so that you don't crash your plane into the ground. I always saw him as the mentor of the series.
3. This character became famous mostly for his role in the game Starfox 64, and with the improvement of the internet his line "Do a barrel roll!" I doubt that many other people saw Peppy Hare the way I did, but I know that everyone agrees that he was an important part of the game.
5. For me, this character inspired me to try and help others, whether that was giving them advice and helping them out of their low points, or giving them a nonsensical line to try and cheer them up. Peppy Hare helped me start helping others.
Idea 3 for American Icon
Link from The Legend of Zelda
An intro to Majora's Mask
1. The best game for me was Majora's Mask, where you were given three magical masks that could transform you into three different types of "monsters" one that has an unbreakable bond with nature (for being made of wood), one with respectable and unimaginable power, and one with an eternal connection to its ocean home. I've always wanted to see what it was like to be someone else since I played this game, unfortunately, playing was the only way I could really see what it was like not being me.
2. The most important thing to this character was always saving the world. Whether it was from an evil king with magic powers, or a misguided child controlled by a dark force. Link always went out of his way to help others and save everyone (whether they knew it or not), much like him, I eventually felt a need to try and "save the world."
3. Link became important to the American culture through his debut game: The Legend of Zelda. Despite the completely unoriginal plot, it was made with completely original gameplay, with a massive world to explore that contained doors to even more worlds that just kept the gamer coming back to have explored it all.
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