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[Jive Turkey]

Actually, I've never tried just watching them...
Hmmmmmmm...

OH NO YOU DON'T!!!

 

[McBacon]

In Tomb Raider Legend, Lara bounces up and down...... DDDDDDDDDDD

 

[Powdered Toastman]

Old Konami games on MSX had some nice ones. Vic XIII from King's Valley 2 would do push-ups and Popolon in Maze of Galious sits down on a toilet.

 

[beelzebozo]

Mario's napping in Mario 64 and dreaming of eating spaghetti is a favorite of mine.

 

[RyuHayate]

Dante's pistol twirling in Devil May Cry.

 

[Wafflecopter]

Sins of the Father.

 

[the-iek]

Shadow Warrior!

Can't remember exaktly what he said with the chopsticks though...

wah duke wants me :O

 

[Funky Papa]

Shadow Warrior!

Can't remember exaktly what he said with the chopsticks though...

You won't bet me... forever!

Or something like that. Truly the best idle animation ever.

 

[Cold-Steel]

Conker definitely is up there.

I loved the Snark weapon animation in the original Half-Life. Someone already posted an animation of it.

Also, Shadow Warrior deserves a shoutout.

 

[HalfwayOrb]

earthworm jim

 

[winalot]

I know it's in the original Splinter Cell, don't know about the others. Sam Fisher would turn to the player and motion pressing buttons on a controller. That got a laugh.

 

[Koren]

Not the best, but I was surprised to see Bubsy knock at the glass of my TV set... :lol

Conker, probably.

 

[[Nintex]]

Conker wins hands down.
Honorable mention : Ocarina of time.
In each dungeon link has a different idle animation.

 

[Galactic Fork]

Catwoman. Not that I played the game, they showed it on Xplay. They show her at weird angles as she cleans herself like a cat. "The best part of the game happens when you're not even touching the controller." (or something like that.)

Edit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrRLZlgLrWM&search=catwoman idle

So she's not giving herself a bath, she's just kinda dancing sorta. Still very disturbing and weird.

 

[Demigod Mac]

SOTN: Fairy familiar perching on Alucard's shoulder, and falling off when you finally move him again.

 

[Pikelet]

In each dungeon link has a different idle animation.

Shit, never knew that. Game keeps on giving!

 

[jet1911]

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure

 

[Furoba]

Sonic: "I am outta here!"

Game restart. :lol

 

[BudokaiMR2]

Gonna have to say Okami. It is just hilarious to see amaterasu fall asleep if you leave her alone.

Of course okami's animation in general is just amazing.

 

[TerryLee81]

Rayman had a nice one too, he was playing basketball with his body if I remember correctly.

 

[BudokaiMR2]

Honorable mention : Ocarina of time.
In each dungeon link has a different idle animation.

Wait really? I don't remember that at all....

Or was it something lame like, tapping the left foot instead of his right foot? :lol

 

[D-X]

 

[MightyHedgehog]

Sonic, Conker, Dynamite Headdy.

 

[Prine]

Conker >>>>>>> *

By far

Love it when he starts jugling and drinks cola

 

[D-X]

Outrun

http://www.ukresistance.co.uk/2004/09/what-happens-when-you-just-watch-flag.html

 

[fmcato]

In SOTC, Agro (the horse) would walk around and drink from nearby pools. That surprised me. I've also heard that if you idle a lot he lies over and sleeps (never tried that, though).

From the same team, in ICO, Yorda would do things like run after doves and go looking around, specially if there were cliffs nearby.

Also I liked how in Castlevania SOTN the fairy familiar would lie on your shoulder if you were idle for a long time, and fall off (with an "eeek!") when you moved again.

 

[n-off]

IK+ drop.pants

 

[Farmboy]

Old Konami games on MSX had some nice ones. Vic XIII from King's Valley 2 would do push-ups and Popolon in Maze of Galious sits down on a toilet.

Nitpick: in both cases, this would happen when you pause the game, not simply by waiting.

 

[SteveMeister]

This was the one that first popped into my mind.

 

[Larry Bird]

anything from Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time

 

[tehrafe]

I'd say Conker's Bad Fur Day, there are other that rock to, can't think of any though =p

 

[Jiguryo]

- the main characters in Killer 7
- Daxter on PSP, what a hyperactive ottsel
- Mario (on Sunshine and 64)
- Metroid Prime

Geez, I'm sure I'm missing out on a lot of characters now. But these are the first ones to come to mind.

 

[DaCocoBrova]

Didn't Bubsy tap the screen or something?

 

[CountZeroInt]

Sam and Max by LucasArts, Monkey Island series

 

[Sander]

Hey that's my gif, and I came here to post it damn youuuu

 

[SantaC]

bubsy

 

[Y2Kev]

Conker is such a ridiculously amazing looking game.

Rare has such wasted talent.

 

[NME]

Bubsy Knocking on the screen was the best part of the game.

Back when that game was first released, I went into a Video Game Exchange (anyone else have those stores?) and one of the employees was ranting and raving about how Bubsy did that if you set the controller down for a few seconds.

I remember thinking that was pretty cool, too.

 

[C4Lukins]

Bubsy was the first game I ever noticed a good variety in the idle animations and they were pretty fun, maybe moreso then the actual game. I seem to remember Gex having some good ones, but maybe he just spouted off his one liners when idle.

 

[GotchaForce]

Rumble Roses, in the locker.

 

[ghibli99]

Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose! (SNES)

Buster had idle animations for standing, ducking (playing with his ears), tippy-toeing off a ledge, and leaning up against a wall (eating a carrot). So awesome, back in the day when stuff like this mattered.

 

[AgentOtaku]

Hey that's my gif, and I came here to post it damn youuuu

 

[bumpkin]

I remember getting a kick out of Bubsy the Bobcat; banging on the screen FTW.

 

[talking head]

i remember really liking link's yawn/stretch in ocarina of time, it totally made him seem like a real person or something.

 

[unifin]

Conker wins hands down.
Honorable mention : Ocarina of time.
In each dungeon link has a different idle animation.

He did? I don't remember that...

It's been said a billion times, but Conker probably takes the cake on this one.

Banjo-Kazooie's were pretty funny too, if I remember correctly, with Kazooie popping out of the backpack and messing with Banjo.

 

[Mr. Lemming]

Rockford in Boulderdash!

 

[Varuna]

Anyone play the first Kirby game on the original Gameboy? This one:



When the game is paused for an extended period of time, Kirby will randomly do a short dance on the spot. The first few times, I thought it was my imagination; did he just move?

He does.

 

[7Th]

Sam and Max by LucasArts, Monkey Island series

A winner at last.

 

[Lord Helmet]

DQ8 was already sort of mentioned, but specifically I loved King Trode's animation when you got to run around with him in Tryan Gully. You let him sit still and he starts digging in his ear with something. :lol

 

[Emotions]

Super Princess Peach idle animation, her umbrella tries to eat her , hilarious. :lol