

Or maybe some of these secret characters are just way too dang hard to unlock. These are the unlock methods that we’d never find without a guide - lots of these characters I didn’t even know existed before doing my research! And I’ve played all of these games. When you look at some of the requirements for unlocking the characters below, you just might lose all nostalgia and decide secret characters were a mistake all along. To celebrate secret characters, we’re going to share some of our favorite (and not-so-favorite) methods for unlocking characters.

And secret characters are coming back with a vengeance thanks to the rise of indie developers. In the age of monetization, we don’t see secret characters as often as we used to - it makes sense, why go to all the extra effort to include characters most players will never actually see? Secret characters add a level of mystery that’s often missing from the huge modern franchises - when we were kids, anything seemed possible when we played a game. You might never actually meet some of the best characters in video games.
