Talk:Secret character

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Question -- do boss characters in fighting games, who are not initially playable and must be unlocked, count as "secret characters"? I can see how it might go either way ... on the one hand, they aren't really "secret" if you've fought and beaten them, and on the other hand, they sort of fit the definition given otherwise. --Yar Kramer 05:02, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

• I have added in what is said above, characters that are not secret as bosses but secret as player characters. I think they should definitely be mentioned as they are characters and it is a secret that they are playable. Sometimes a character like this is unlocked the same kind of way a completely secret character is. - Carlwev (talk) 11:10, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

For future reference: Heihachi, Link and Spawn from the different versions of Soul Calibur II are not secret characters, because they are freely available in their respective versions, they are console exclusive characters. -- VederJuda 22:17, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] "Fake secret characters"

Is this even worth mentioning? I mean, it doesn't clarify what a "fake secret character" is in the article, for one thing, and its content sounds more like something a vandal would throw into the list of "real" secret characters before getting removed. --Yar Kramer 15:01, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Definition

Does a secret character have to be in the main game itself, or can it be a minigame within the game? If it has to be in the main game, then HUNK should be removed since he is only available within the "4th Survivor" and "Mercenaries" mini games in Resident Evil 2 and PResident Evil 4 respectively. Crisco 1492 00:51, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

I was wondering if Xan Kriegor, in the original Unreal Tournament only, counted a secret character. His identity remains secret until the player fights him, and upon defeating him the player may use his model and/or voice set. Makron1n 21:30, 27 October 2006 (UTC)