The 25 Coolest Gadgets in Video Games

Video Game: Super Mario Sunshine (2002)

It seems that Mario will never get a break. When he's not rescuing Princess Peach, he's being framed for ruining islands, the latter of which is Super Mario Sunshine's plot. Luckily for Mario, he receives an interesting gadget at the start of his adventure: the Flash Liquidizing Ultra Dousing Device (FLUDD). Powered by copious amounts of water, FLUDD is used to defeat Sunshine's antagonist, Bowser, and also allows Mario to explore the game's setting, Isle Delfino at super fast speeds. FLUDD would be cool to have. You could clean the entire crib in a matter of minutes.

Video Game: Destroy All Humans! (2005)

The name is self-explanatory. With this gadget its user is able to extract the DNA (and brain) of whoever is being probed. It's a lose-lose situation for the recipient: Not only will they feel a throbbing pain in their rectum, but they'll probably become a brainless nobody, too. Sort of like prison. Part-alien race saver, part-life (and butt) destroyer, the Anal Probe is a gadget with life-changing effects.

Video Game: Pokemon (Game Boy) (1998)

Essentially a portable encyclopedia for Pokemon, the Pokedex keeps you up-to-date on Pokemon you've battled and captured. Nowadays, the idea of catching each and every Pokemon is probably more a pain than rewarding, back in the days the challenge of "catching them all," was much more attractive. If the world was to ever become inhabited by wild Pokemon (we have our fingers crossed), the Pokedex would be the first thing we would turn to.

Video Game: Metal Gear Solid (1998)

What would the Metal Gear Solid series be without Codec? The series would be much shorter, important parts of the storyline wouldn't exist and we'd all miss out on a really cool piece of equipment. In addition, we wouldn't have the cool-ass Codec "ringtone" in real-life. The funny thing is that whenever someone in the game uses it, no one ever seems to notice. That beats a cellphone any day.

Video Game: Fallout (2011)

Ah, Pip-Boy. This electronic "Personal Information Processor" has many features. You need your physical stats checked? Need a map? Radio? Pip-Boy does all of that and then some.Topping it all off, Pip-Boy comes in four different colors: amber, blue, green and white. Innovative and fashion-conscious: the Pip-Boy.

Video Game: Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters (2007)

Remember that episode of Spongebob Squarepants where Spongebob shrunk all of Bikini Bottom? The Shrink Ray does the same thing, minus the fact that it can grow objects as well. (If only Spongebob had one of these.) Do we really need to go into why a Shrink Ray is so cool? What more could you want?

Video Game: Harry Potter

When the Cloak of Invisibility first debuted in the Harry Potter movie series, we had only hoped that EA Games would give us the opportunity to explore Hogwarts with it. They didn't disappoint: Throughout the entire Harry Potter video game series, we were able to explore many of the settings in the Harry Potter universe unseen to the naked eye. Our only other hope is that it also comes in a size large.

Video Game: Ratchet & Clank (2002)

Sometimes, an invisibility cloak just won't do. Sometimes you have to disguise yourself as somebody else, in order to complete a part of your mission. That's what Ratchet & Clank's Holo-Guise was for. With this item, Ratchet & Clank could disguise themselves as sentry-bots, Dr. Nefarious and everything in between.

Video Game: Okami

Imagine being able to stroke a paintbrush through an object and have it split in half. Or being able to draw a circle and have it come to life as the sun, to illuminate the sky. The Celestial Brush is one of the more original and coolest devices on this list. Seriously, there's so many things to create: infernos, thunderstorms, blizzards, vines—the list goes on and on. Even the great painter Bob Ross has nothing on Okami's magical wizardry.

Video Game: Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City

As we all know, Batman is an innovator. We all love him because he has a gadget for just about every scenario, and the Cryptographic Sequencer is one that can count towards his high-tech arsenal. Used in both Arkham Asylum and Arkham City, the Cryptographic Sequencer allows Batman to bypass security consoles, track signals and listen in on radio broadcasts. It's essentially the NSA to go, if you think about it.

Video Game: Goldeneye 007

007 wouldn't be what it is without its gadgets. Each one offers its own set of features, and adds to James Bond's badass-ness. The Watch Laser surely sticks out from the rest just because of what it is. You can simultaneously check the time and cut someone in half all while sipping a shaken, unstirred drink.

Video Game: Heavy Rain (2010)

Heavy Rain's Origami Killer is a tough guy to find. So much so, that the game features a FBI agent, Norman Jayden, who comes fully equipped with an evidence detecting system called, Added Reality Interface. ARI is actually pretty cool. You can detect and record information from the game's various environments, test fingerprints, review evidence and even play video games. It's suggested that Jayden is addicted to the ARI, but we can't really blame hi. We'd be addicted to the ARI's many features if we had one, too.

Video Game: Splinter Cell (2002)

The all-in-one night, thermal and electromagnetic field vision goggles have become iconic in the video game world thanks to the multi-vision googles from Splinter Cell. Aside from helping detect enemy movement, these goggles can also scan specfic objects, and inform us of what they do. Although we would never be able to rock these goggles better than Mr. Fisher, we'd still totally be fine with having a pair of our own.

Video Game: Metal Gear Solid (1998)

So, What's the difference between the Cloak of Invisibility and Stealth Camouflage? Invisibility Cloaks lose their effectiveness over time, and inevitably wear out. Stealth Camouflage is more dependable, but also has a few drawbacks of its own. For one, jumping from extreme heights while Stealth Camouflage is active, will render it useless (Remember the first several minutes of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty? Exactly). Even with that vulnerability, Stealth Camo is priceless when getting past a pack of gun-wielding soldiers is a necessity.

Video Game: Perfect Dark (2000)

From recording audio and video evidence to distracting and luring enemies, the CamSpy is one of the most useful gadgets in Perfect Dark. It did all the work, gaining information that was necessary in completing the game. It even served as a trap, leading enemies to you. We should expect nothing less from Perfect Dark; they did give us the Laptop Gun, after all.

Video Game: Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City

Although David Hego, the art director of both Arkham Asylum and Arkham City, felt that Detective Vision made the games too easy, it's still an incredible gadget. With Detective Vision, you're able to highlight usable objects, distinguish unarmed enemies from armed ones and discover breakable walls and vents. Yeah, it did make the games much easier. But, whatever.

Video Game: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

We're grateful that Hideo Kojima brought this gadget back from Snatcher. It's Solid Snake's version of Luke Skywalker's R2-D2—Metal Gear MK. II and it could do just about everything. Transport weapons and items, access computer ports and stun enemies. Although its appearance in the Metal Gear Solid series would come later, it certainly left its mark when it came back. Thanks for the help, MK. II and III.

Video Game: Dark Void

Jetpacks have been used countless time in video games, and although Dark Void wasn't the best game, it had one of the coolest jetpacks in video game history. Used primarily to get around at ridiculously fast speeds, the one in Dark Void came equipped with dual 7.62MM machine guns.

Video Game: Prince of Persia (2010)

When the Prince of Persia introduced the Dagger of Time, we were left speechless. The coveted device was much more than a manipulator of time though. Through Time Powers (The Power of Delay, Revival, Destiny, Haste and Restraint) the Prince could defeat enemies much easier, as well as gain clues on how to proceed on his journey. Here's to hoping we stumble across a Dagger of Time in some ancient pyramid (or Pawn Shop), some time soon.

Video Game: Singularity (2010)

Although the Dagger of Time in Prince of Persia and the TMD both alter time, they manipulate it in very different ways. The Time Manipulation Device can speed up the aging process of objects and enemies, renew the state of objects to its original state, and release short bursts of energy. Being able to turn people into decrepid, old versions of themselves sounds pretty awesome, we're going to have to go with the Time Manipulation Device, over the Dagger of Time.

Video Game: Half-Life 2

In reality, we only use the Gravity Gun for one purpose, and that's to split enemies in half. The Gravity Gun can be used in many different ways like solving puzzles, lifting heavy objects and creating cover against enemy attacks. it's really its ability to make any item a deadly weapon that we like most. Everything becomes a catalyst for death. And we're totally cool with that.

Video Game: Mass Effect

An all-in-one flashlight, scanner, camera, hacking device, repair tool, video game and deadly weapon. Omni-tools are probably what iPhones will probably look like in 40 to 50 years. Not only does it offer an assortment of features, but it has an awesome design, too.

Video Game: Assassin's Creed (2007)

Imagine being able to relive the memories of one of your ancestors, and discovering he was one of the best assassins in the world? That's what the Abstergo Industries Animus did. It's a virtual reality machine essential to the Assassin's Creed series that allowed its user to access and explore their genetic memories. Sure, it sounds badass. But it can be a win-lose situation. For example, there's a side effect to the Animus called the Bleeding Effect, which often led to mental degradation of the subject, and sometimes even psychological instability. Thanks but we'll just stick to ancestry.com.

Video Game: Portal (2007)

Most guns shoot bullets; some shoot circular razor blades while this one creates portals. The Portal Gun is the coolest gadget of the bunch because even to this day, nothing brings out the oohs and ahhs video game world freak out over it. Although you can't make portals on every surface, it works on most of them and even the moon. For that alone, the Portal Gun deserves our top slot.