Parappa crowned greatest game canine

by Scott Jon Siegel { Mar 10th 2008 at 12:45PM }

Following up on their quest to decide the greatest horse in video game history, the guys and gals of MTV Multiplayer have recently announced the greatest video game dog. And the winner is Parappa, the adorable two-dimensional hip-hop legend, and star of Parappa the Rapper.

Runner-ups include the ubiquitous zombie dogs from the Resident Evil series, the annoying dog that mocks us with his laughter from Duck Hunt, Amaterasu from Okami, and K.K. Slider from Animal Crossing (though presumably the in-game incarnate, and not that creepy real-life version). We're looking forward to seeing which animal MTV sees fit to vote on next. We're hoping for frog, a category clearly dominated by Fred from Blaster Master.

Tags: dogs, parappa, parappa-the-rapper, parappatherapper

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

NATO_Duke @ Mar 10th 2008 12:49PM

Gotta say, Amaterasu was seriously robbed on this one.

rom @ Mar 10th 2008 12:58PM

I couldn't agree more.

Jody Anthony (Good Eats Fanboy) @ Mar 10th 2008 1:04PM

agreed

although parappa does have quite the charm

zelderman @ Mar 10th 2008 1:10PM

TECHNICALLY...

riggs @ Mar 10th 2008 1:16PM

amaterasu cannot "U rappin' COOL"

Dauragon88 @ Mar 10th 2008 1:26PM

Amaterasu is a WOLF.

Amaterasu winning for best dog would be like Mufasa winning best house cat.

T-Roy @ Mar 10th 2008 1:37PM

@Dauragon88, it's the greatest game CANINE. Wolves are definitely canines... even wolf-gods.

NATO_Duke @ Mar 10th 2008 1:34PM

Dauragon88 - I think we all knew that, but as far as the options go, she was the best character when you abandon the technicalities.

(We aren't all as stupid as you hoped to have pointed out.)

rom @ Mar 10th 2008 1:38PM

@Dauragon88
"Amaterasu is a WOLF."

If you want to get technical, then she isn't a wolf either. She is the Sun Goddess, taking the form of a wolf.

π @ Mar 10th 2008 6:21PM

If wolves count, WHERE IS LINK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHERE????

fwacce @ Mar 10th 2008 12:50PM

Does Rush not get mentioned because he's mechanical?

THE WICKER MAN (BWF) (GT: Dalek Prime) @ Mar 10th 2008 12:53PM

I BELIEVED!!!

deaftly @ Mar 10th 2008 1:00PM

The duck hunt dog is not amused.

unfriendly_cat @ Mar 10th 2008 1:00PM

Can't believe Dogmeat wasn't even mentioned

Saneless @ Mar 10th 2008 1:42PM

No kidding! He gets my vote, such a good guy, all the way to the end.

My buddy beat the game bringing him along as far as he possibly could.

Deuxhero @ Mar 10th 2008 7:16PM

Ineeed

Noshino @ Mar 10th 2008 1:00PM

I would of said Amaterasu, but then I remember Hewie from Haunting Ground!

Kujel @ Mar 10th 2008 1:04PM

Alpha Centuari is way better then that parappa shit, wtf is MTV talking about.

343 Guilty Fart @ Mar 10th 2008 1:05PM

Best Frog goes to Wart from SMB2 (what ever happened to that guy? no SSBB love?)

wait in the car @ Mar 10th 2008 1:33PM

A Wart appearance in Brawl would have been SWEET!

PojoMofo @ Mar 10th 2008 1:06PM

The Nintendogs Chihuahua just commited suicide

ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force) @ Mar 10th 2008 1:07PM

Wait, Parappa's a dog?

PojoMofo @ Mar 10th 2008 1:08PM

Disagree, that frog dude on Jeanne D'Arc is way better. Dude can eat up 2 skill stones to make one uber one.

Wart=pwned

Noshino @ Mar 10th 2008 1:17PM

yah...the only frog that I have seen wielding a sword...

rom @ Mar 10th 2008 1:22PM

"yah...the only frog that I have seen wielding a sword..."

I guess you've never played Chrono Trigger then?

For shame.

Noshino @ Mar 10th 2008 1:32PM

oh sh..I forgot about Glenn, thing is that he actually wields the sword, Cuisses just holds it with its mouth...

zelderman @ Mar 10th 2008 1:34PM

I was gonna say Amaterasu is a wolf but that is a canine, so yeah, she got robbed...

Maverick Saturn @ Mar 10th 2008 1:15PM

WHAT? The frog award should go to eithe Frogger or James Pond, those two got their own games, they weren't sub characters or anything. They were the characters.

Kevin Leonard @ Mar 10th 2008 1:20PM

Nice choice, but the name of the game is "Parappa the Rapper", not "Parappa the Rappa".

Scott Jon Siegel @ Mar 10th 2008 1:55PM

Heh, good point. And I was trying so hard not to make that mistake. It's already been fixed.

jdeuel @ Mar 10th 2008 1:44PM

No Altered Beast?

You guys seriously suck at games.

Ranus Studios @ Mar 10th 2008 1:46PM

The dog from Secret of Evermore.

Come ON.

StarFoxA @ Mar 10th 2008 1:47PM

The frog from Frogger is an obvious choice for best video game frog.

Thr3e2wenty8 @ Mar 10th 2008 2:05PM

Did you hear that Madonna is being inducted to the ROCK & ROLL Hall of Fame? I guess then it won't be long until Bethoven gets his lifetime achievement award from the NAACP awards.

j. howlett @ Mar 10th 2008 2:10PM

the dog from shadow dancer, yamta

J.Goodwin @ Mar 10th 2008 9:36PM

Yes!

driven2sin @ Mar 10th 2008 2:19PM

won't there be 9 million Spore dogs soon? who will judge them?

RabbidMickeyMouse @ Mar 10th 2008 2:29PM

I put as much weight into what MTV has to say about videogames as I do Spike TV.

HighFiveJesus @ Mar 10th 2008 2:35PM

or music, or reality for that matter.

Judd @ Mar 10th 2008 3:11PM

If Amaterasu can count than Link should count.

waynski1457 @ Mar 10th 2008 5:40PM

i completely agree with parappa, but you went and said fred from master blaster as best frog? yes, that game is amazing (anyone who didnt play it needs to NOW) but what about, you know, Frog? He was one of the best characters in that game, much less best frog...