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Pokémon and Legend of Zelda top list of most tattooed video games

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May 24, 2021

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A new study can today reveal the world’s most tattooed video games and the characters we love to ink the most – with Pokémon taking the top spot!

The research analyses the number of Instagram hashtags for popular video game and character tattoos to reveal which video games and characters gamers have been inked the most…

Top 10 tattooed video games

Rank	Video Game Franchise	Game Hashtag Advertisement	Number of Instagram Posts
1	Pokémon	#pokemontattoo	195,504 Advertisement
2	Legend of Zelda	#zeldatattoo	59,155
3 Advertisement	Super Mario	#mariotattoo	19,628
4	Kingdom Hearts Advertisement	#kingdomheartstattoo	10,731
5	Final Fantasy	#finalfantasytattoo Advertisement	9,754
6	God of War	#godofwartattoo	6,855 Advertisement
7	Bioshock	#bioshocktattoo	5,994
8 Advertisement	Fallout	#fallouttattoo	5,983
9	The Witcher Advertisement	#witchertattoo	5,815
10	Halo	#halotattoo Advertisement	5,440

Pokemon is by far the most inked game, with 195,504 posts listed under #pokemontattoo on Instagram, more than three times that of any other game. With a vast array of cute characters and bright colours, Pokemon is a clear favourite amongst tattoo loving gamers!

As one of Nintendo’s most successful franchises, it is no surprise that Legend of Zelda is the second most tattooed video game. The game’s magical characters and unique style of graphics have inspired over 59,000 tattoos, with Princess Zelda being the game’s most inked character.

One of the highest-selling video games of all time, Super Mario has gained a large and loyal fanbase over the last 35 years, with over 19,000 fans getting the legendary characters inked!

Top 10 tattooed video game characters

Rank	Character	From the Video Game Franchise	Character Hashtag Advertisement	Number of Instagram Posts
1	Pikachu	Pokémon	#pikachutattoo Advertisement	21,492
2	Mario	Super Mario	#mariotattoo Advertisement	19,628
3	Kratos	God of War	#kratostattoo Advertisement	5,539
4	Crash Bandicoot	Crash Bandicoot	#crashbandicoottattoo Advertisement	5,440
5	Sonic the Hedgehog	Sonic the Hedgehog	#sonictattoo Advertisement	4,597
6	Chun-Li	Street Fighter	#chunlitattoo Advertisement	3,659
7	Yoshi	Super Mario	#yoshitattoo Advertisement	3,463
8	Pac-Man	Pac-Man	#pacmantattoo Advertisement	3,153
9	Spyro	Spyro	#spyrotattoo Advertisement	3,115
10	Kirby	Kirby	#kirbytattoo Advertisement	2,574

Pikachu is the world’s most tattooed video game character. As the world’s most inked video game, Pokemon’s most popular character was always going to be the most tattooed video game character. In fact, the cute yellow mouse-like Pokémon has been inked over 21,000 times.

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