Why Is It Almost Always 7?

[JrDude]

How come in games, when you have to collect something, there's almost always 7 of them?
Exs:
Sonic:
  7 Chaos Emeralds
  7 Other Emeralds
  7 Secret Rings

Paper Mario/Mario RPG:
  7 Stars
  7 Star Sprites
  7 Crystal Stars

I'm sure there's others but I don't remember them right now...
So why 7? Why not 6, or 8, or 11, or SOMETHING DIFFERENT?

[Smashin]

Seven is considered to be a lucky number. It's also one of the more holy numbers in Christianity, IIRC it's the most holy, but I could be wrong. It's got a lot of positive stuff associated with it, plus it's a good number as it's long, but not too long like eleven.

[Nayrman]

It's long enough to make a game last longer but not long enough for it to be annoyingly tedius

[Lotos]

I dunno.  I think of it as an odd number that's not too high, but not too low.  Also, I was thinking of this myself.

[Super]

I already addressed this in a thread I made about 5 months ago.

[guido123]

777 is gods number and so there has been three 7s in the games so i dont know

[SkyMyl]

Luck
Holy
7 Pieces of the Triforce (Ex)

It's a lucky chain. Who are they to break tradition?

[Tupin]

It's a lucky/holy number, like everyone has said.

[StarWindWizard7]

777 is gods number and so there has been three 7s in the games so i dont know

I thought it was "333"  :robotindifferent: .

Well, I'm not sure why it's always 7. But I"m glad, 7 is my "favorite Number".
*points to screen name*

[X-3]

Didn't Sonic have only 6 emeralds at one point? Or am I just thinking of something else.

7 is considering lucky, I guess. Plus, for RPGs, 7 things is used a lot because it's a good length for those types of games, I suppose.

[Rayquarian]

7 is a good number.  You can always have 7 chapters and a finale, or 7 chapters and 1 final chapter.

[StarWindWizard7]

Didn't Sonic have only 6 emeralds at one point? Or am I just thinking of something else.

7 is considering lucky, I guess. Plus, for RPGs, 7 things is used a lot because it's a good length for those types of games, I suppose.

Yes, For Sega Genesis ... "Sonic 1" a.k.a. Sonic the Hedgehog.

There were only 6 of them in the game, thus being the reason why you couldn't turn into Super Sonic.

[えっちーせんぱい]

Didn't Sonic have only 6 emeralds at one point? Or am I just thinking of something else.

7 is considering lucky, I guess. Plus, for RPGs, 7 things is used a lot because it's a good length for those types of games, I suppose.

The original "Sonic the Hedgehog"

The 6th special stage.. gah ;-;

Didn't Sonic have only 6 emeralds at one point? Or am I just thinking of something else.

7 is considering lucky, I guess. Plus, for RPGs, 7 things is used a lot because it's a good length for those types of games, I suppose.

Yes, For Sega Genesis ... "Sonic 1" a.k.a. Sonic the Hedgehog.

There were only 6 of them in the game, thus being the reason why you couldn't turn into Super Sonic.

:robotangry:

[Psilocybin]

did someone call me

[thunderhero4]

Isnt it obvious? 7 is the infamous lucky number! /thread