Favorite Video Game Quotes
 

Another forum I frequent had this topic recently, and it yielded some pretty interesting responses, so I thought I might see what turns out here. These are some of the most memorable to me:

"People are ignorant. They'll feel better as long as someone is punished."---Rufus, FFVII

"Everyone feels sick the first time they kill someone... but killing is one of those things that gets easier the more you do it."
--Solid Snake, Metal Gear Solid

"Thank you Mario, but our princess is in another castle."
--Toad, Super Mario Bros.

"...You were created to serve me!"
"Maybe so, but I still don't like you."
--Sigma and Zero, Mega Man X 2

"'I'll be here.'
'Why?'
'I'll be 'waiting' here..... for you....so if you come here.... you'll find me. I promise.'"
-Final Fantasy VIII

"My country lay within a vast desert. When the sun rose into the sky, a fierce wind tore into us. And when the sun set, a frigid gale pierced our homes. No matter when the wind came, it always brought the same thing... death."
"...The wind...It is blowing"
-Ganondorf, Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

"Neither Cloud nor Squall shall keep me from my love!"
-Zidane, Final Fantasy IX

"Not again!"
-Grunt #120847, Halo; after being hit with a plasma grenade.

"This aria is full of thieves. Keep ahold of your valubles.... Ronfar! Get you hand out of your pants!"
-Lemina, Lunar 2

"It says 'push any key'. Well, which one's the any key?"
-Marine on an intrusion mission, StarCraft:Broodwar.

April (after seeing a demonstration of Roper Klack's m4d alchemy ski11z): Well... umm... I can pull a rabbit out of a hat!
Klacks: I can pull a hat out of a rabbit, what's your point?

And then of course there's the whole sequence when the witch twins die in Ocarina of Time.

"Babysitter look hard."
- Kongol, Legend of Dragoon.

"Use the boost to get thru (C<--)."
- Peppy, Star Fox 64

"Only I have the brains to rule Lylat."
- Andross (After changing form into a large brain), Star Fox 64

"So, Cless, which one would you rather take under the bed?"
- Klarth, Tales of Phantasia

"What does it mean to buy?"
- Fina, Skies of Arcadia

"You look like a bear wearing a marshmallow."
- Cloud, Final Fantasy VII

"I ain't never seen no Dolphin jump like that before!"
- Barret, Final Fantasy VII

"Ooh, soft."
- Zidane, Final Fantasy IX

I'll get more up when I think of some.

"Evil is good. Evil is the job."
--Hacker Soldier, Robotrek

"It is not fair for me to be the only innocent one."
--Citan, Xenogears.

"At least I went to school, you dumb bastard!"
--Jessica (speaking to Kyle), Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete.

"Take that ya hellish freak!"
--Grandpa Gwen (You'd have to hear his voice to get why that's hillarious), Lunar: Eternal Blue

"What good is saving the world if you can't even save those you care about?"
--Bart (or one of the other supporting characters...I think bart), Xenogears

"Seibzehn and I shall be the dark wings which carry you all to your deaths!!"
--Maria, Xenogears.

"Even if I go to hell, I will live till the end of this world. And if the world does not come to an end...I will destroy it with my own hands!"
--Lacan, Xenogears

"Hmph, so ancient people worshipped meaningless things too, huh?"
--Rico, Xenogears

"That fabricated faith was just a worldly system for compensating those people with fragile souls. But, faith and god aren't things which are given to you from others, right? They are things you have to discover within yourself, and by yourself."
--Jessie, Xenogears

"The best ways do not always bring the best results."
--Delita, FFT

"Ghaleon's weakpoint is... his athlete's foot!"
--Random old guy pretending to divine where to attack the main villian, Lunar: SSSC

" I was enslaved by Ghaleon and all I got was this lousy t-shirt."
--I forget who says it, or where you read it, Lunar:SSSC

"A person willing to sacrifice what he loves for the sake of duty is not a hero, but a fool and a coward."
Dyne, Lunar:SSSC


Umm... I guess that's more than enough.

"Fleshling, the Yor Collective have claimed these worlds. Interfere with us and we will liquify your species to spread on our toast." - Yor leader, Galactic Civilizations

"Welcome to Moonside.
Wecomel to Soonmide.
Moonwel ot cosidme."

"In this cave, there are five of us master moles. I am about the third strongest."
"I'm really the third strongest master. I'll destroy you now!"
"My strength falls in between the second and forth masters. I'll show you the power of being third!"
"You've fought the strongest, the second strongest, the forth strongest and the weakest of all the master moles. Now you will see the true power of being third!!!"

"By using the Insignificant Present, you had a very fruitful experience that cannot be understood by someone who does not use something insignificant."

"Ness used the Protractor! Now, he can fairly easily figure out the angles of various things!"

So umm... yeah, I like Earthbound. It's a shame I just can't quote the whole damn game. I also like this from Space Channel 5:

"Bluebell Smith-Space Oracle
As a child, she was often considered crazy, as she insisted she could communicate with the gods. When it was determined that she wasn't lying, she was released from the institution."

"Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering." Necron, FFIX

Thanks for reminding me of that one, Bezo...

"The Other Side? I don't want to go THERE!"
"We all have to go some time..."
"I've got things I need to do HERE."
Sabin + Cyan, FFVI

Don't know why, it just is.