naiwa 2026-04-13

The top also includes phrases from MGS, Castlevania, Undertale, GTA, and God of War.




The Polygon editorial team published a large feature dedicated to the "most significant" video game quotes of the last half-century. The authors spent several months reviewing dialogues from games of different eras, evaluating them not only by recognizability and "memetic" quality but also by emotional impact, humor, and depth of meaning. As a result, the legendary phrase from The Legend of Zelda (1986) topped the ranking — a warning from a nameless old man who gives Link a sword in the first cave: "It’s dangerous to go alone! Take this."