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The Decline of the Video Game Mascot

Posted by Zonk on from the get-hooked-on-the-brother-huh! dept.

Ant writes "Ryan Cullen, of Access Gamer, writes: "This is the beginning of a recent fad that I have noticed the past couple years. Lately it seems that the mascot video game character has declined in popularity. Names like Mario and Sonic, characters who were once able to make the video game world suddenly stop and pay attention, are now either shells of their former glory, or they are just not as huge as they once were. Why is this?""

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  1. Maybe... by brilinux · · Score: 4, Funny
    It is because everyone was intimidated by the best mascot ever from the best game ever:

    @

  2. Laura Croft by BrookHarty · · Score: 1, Funny

    Speak for yourself, when I see Laura Croft tv commerical, I pay attention. ;)

  3. You forgot one by GuyMannDude · · Score: 4, Funny

    John Romero - Daikatana

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  4. Re:Mario by UWC · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, but that still leaves us Marios 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, and 8192, so we're fine for a while. Maybe after that they'll start using exponents. "Mario 2^14" or something. That's only one more syllable than "128" if you read the carat as "to the," and one syllable less than "eighty-one ninety-two."

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  5. Re:Not everyone is a college student. by Geoffreyerffoeg · · Score: 2, Funny

    Mario is more recognized among kids than Mickey Mouse.

    Hey Disney! You listening? There's an easy way to fix that. Release Mickey Mouse to the public domain. :-)

  6. Re:Look up, and to your right . . . by ayersrj · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wait til you're playing: Half-Life: Tennis Starring Gordon Freeman

  7. Re:Mario by centauri · · Score: 2, Funny

    On the flipside, I'd love to see Master Chief in some sports games. Nothing would liven up a baseball game more than beaning a batter with a plasma grenade.

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  8. No you don't by Chemisor · · Score: 2, Funny

    > when I see Laura Croft tv commerical, I pay attention. ;)

    If you paid attention, you would have known that her name is Lara Croft.

  9. Re:Slashdot Mascot? by BlackOps210 · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's a kind of a slash with a, you know, dot-type thing next to it.