In every game I play, there's at least one character that I find useless. In Star Fox 64, it was Slippy. He used to get himself into trouble with the enemies a lot, and it was hard for me to constantly rescue him. He also addresses himself in third person throughout the entire game, which was quite annoying. In Super Mario Brothers, it's Dry Bones. They're like Koopas, but you'll be unable to use their shells once you defeat them. In Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, it was Navi, Link's fairy companion. I haven't found her to be helpful at all. She got in my way on many occasions, and she repeated the same information over and over throughout the game (which was very uneeded).