Quote Originally Posted by Roogle View Post
Why is Mario no longer considered the mascot of Nintendo? I think that he is a mascot more than ever with the success of games like Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Mario Kart Wii. These are some of the best selling games on the console and they both bear his likeness on the cover alongside the logo.
To me, a mascot for a company should appear in things besides their own games, like appearing in the company logo somehow. When Mario is in a commercial for a Wii game, just because the game is for the Wii, then I'll most certainly say he's a mascot. But he's not a mascot for anything but Mario games, it seems.