Following a curious conversation on Google Talk with Eoco, I’ve found a sudden fondness for eggs. Y’know, everything apart from eating them. (I haven’t really, but you know…it gives me something to write about.)

So know what? Here’s a top 5 chart of the best eggs in videogames. It’s totally worth your time that you read it. Hop over the jump!

5. Togepi (Pokémon)

Because I couldn’t think of anyone else, here’s Togepi from some Pokémon game or another (or, knowing Pokémon, several games). It hatches from an egg, and lives with this egg as some sort of one-piece suit for the rest of its life. Not sure what it does about number twos, or washing the suit. Highly impractical. Not recommended you do this yourself.

4. Yoshi egg (A million Marios)

Yup, a pattern’s emerging here. Another Nintendo one that appeared in 40,000 million games. Yoshi eggs can contain enemies that the tiny dinosaur has eaten (and has therefore shat out at rapid speed, encased in a spotted egg) or – if Mario & Yoshi on the Game Boy from way back is to be believed – if two halves of a Yoshi egg are combined, then a little Yoshi is born.

So, used for number twos and for giving birth. These are smartass eggs.

3. Dizzy (Uh…Dizzy)

Coming from an infantile Codemasters, Dizzy was an egg who spent most of his several Spectrum, C64, DOS (as many ancient platforms as you can name, essentially) adventures rolling, somersaulting and spinning around several glorious landscapes trying to rescue the Yolkfolk – dohoho – his fellow eggy compatriots.

Down the line, things between Codemasters and the Oliver twins, who devised the game, soured and they went their seperate ways. As they both held some of the intellectual property rights, Dizzy was forever stranded in development hell. Which doesn’t matter, because the chances are if you’re under 18 you’ll have never heard of him.

2. Doctor Eggman/Robotnik (Sonic the Hedgehog)

Forget calling him Robotnik. Pffff. The name is totally Doctor Eggman, especially since he is a man that is shaped like an egg. My logic here is undeniable!

Plus, he’s instantly recognizable from pretty much every Sonic game ever produced, and he has a fine taste in mustaches. And he is a man that is shaped like an egg!

1. The literal Easter egg (GTA: Vice City)

As the most iconic of all eggs, it was only fair that an Easter egg took the number one spot in this top 5 countdown. And, of course, why not make it an Easter egg bonus at the same time? Rockstar know their onions when it comes to being a bunch of funny people so this literal Easter egg, hidden inside a building in the northwest of the city, is just the sort of thing you’d expect to see.

Unfortunately, you can’t eat it, but it is inside a videogame so I suppose this is sort of understandable. However, I am told that the egg itself is 100% solid, meaning that were it edible it would be extremely so.

Now then, I have a feeling that I’ve obviously missed some well-known eggs in games. It’s hardly a selective category at all, anyway. If you can think of any eggs I should have included in here, be sure to let me know in the comments. After all, there will be so many people out there who love their gaming eggs. Right?

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