Nintendo has never had, and never will have, a mascot.
All they have had is a whore.
Nintendo has never had, and never will have, a mascot.
All they have had is a whore.
You mean your mom?
Well, she did sleep with my brothers friend.
And my friends dad.
And she does like Nintendo, so Nintendo does have her.
So I guess thats a correct assumption.
I don't consider Master Chief to be a true mascot, despite being the closest thing the Xbox has to one. He's just not mascotty enough. For one, he's human, which is boring. You never see his face, he has little to no personality in the games, he isn't used as the face of Microsoft (ie, you don't see him going "I think YOU should buy Halo 3 today!" or spouting out some kind of catchphrase (It's-a me, Master Chief!) or anything else that a mascot generally does. He just happens to be the most famous character related to the Xbox. That's like saying J.D. is the 'mascot' of ABC Studios because he's the main character in Scrubs which is a big thing at ABC.
Also, I don't think consoles really have mascots. The publishers tend to be more the ones with the mascots. Nintendo has Mario, Sega has Sonic, Square Enix have the Chocobo/Moogle, Sony had Crash, Capcom with Mega Man, and so on.
Mario will remain a Mascot as long as he is the headliner in all Nintendo's "major" games, which he currently is. What are the really awesome games everyone goes on about for the Wii? Yep. Aside from the simple "Wii ____" games, the top ten are Mario, Mario, Mario, Zelda, Mario (and Sonic), Mario, Guitar Hero, Wario, Mario, Link. Wii lives on Mario.
The exception to this rule is Pokémon, of course, but they have Pikachu taking care of that end.
Bow before the mighty Javoo!
^That's a pretty good point. There is an oddly large amount of Wii games that have Mario in it, or are related to Mario.
Mario Kart Wii
Mario Party 8
Mario and Sonic At the Olympics
Super Mario Galaxy
... are the ones I can think of off the top of my head.
I wouldn't say that the Wii lives off of Mario, however. Rather, it's the Wii's medicine. Sadly, its breakfast wasn't too good, and lunch thus far hasn't been stellar. I wonder what's for dinner... In fact, the Wii has noticed lately that the medicine has a pretty nice taste to it. I sure hope he doesn't overdose! That would be bad, and he might die early!
However, I must say, that Mario Galaxy tasted delicious...
What are you even talking about? xP
The Wii's meals.
But did he ever become the mascot of the PlayStation?Originally Posted by Flying Mullet
Honestly, I don't care if each console has a mascot. I do like that Mario is a mascot, though, but that's only because he's such a significant character of huge popularity. To me he could just as easily be the mascot of gaming in general.. I wouldn't mind that.
I think Crash or Lara were probably the closest things to a mascot for the Playstation
haha...I miss those commercials with some guy in a Crash costume.
I think the most recognizable Sony characters would be, well, all the names that Psy mentioned. The most mentionable for the XBox I think would be Master Chief. But I don't think either consoles were aiming for these characters to represent them. Mario on the other hand, is on a sticker on the back of my Nintendo 64. It's a sticker to call Nintendo for service.
MASCOT
Kentarou, it's nice to meet you.
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I agree with BoB.. the Master Chief is the closest mascotte the XboX has.. It is the best game for the XboX, so no contest there..
and he's awsome.. not boring..
The 360 however.. thats a whole different story, as its not dead yet.
As long as I have Mario, I'm satisfied.
o_o Personally as awesome as that would be, its more of a Namco thing and they think Pac Man is a better one(for some dumb reason...most of their games are remakes anyway). If it was really sony's mascot i would have seen more games and not on GBA.Fact: Klonoa SHOULD have been the Playstation mascot, damnit. At least, any time I think on the PS1 days, Klonoa is certainly the first thing that pops into my mind as such. Probably just me, though.
As for Master Chief i thought there was a bunch of commercials with him before Halo 3's release...so in a way i think thats enough for me to say its a mascot in a sense. Sony's real mascot is ridge racer though 83
Aye, Sonic =]]]
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was my first video game n.n
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