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Checking If These Characters Are Iconic or Not


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This is too easy.

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1. Crash Bandicoot

2. Bomberman

3. Banjo & Kazooie

4. Chocobo

5. Ray-Man (is it spelled like this, I don't quite remember but you get who it is either way)

6. Space Invader

7. Slime (Dragon Quest)

8. Dig Dug & His Dinosaur Pal (that he's inflating to death because Dig Dug is a sociopath)

9. Bub & Bob (I dunno, the main characters for Bubble Bobble)

10. Contra Dude (his name should be IRRELEVANT but I'm just going to guess Lance anyways)

11. Blinx The Time Sweeper

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1. Crash Bandicoot

2. Bomberman

3. Banjo and Kazooie

4. Chocobo

5. Rayman

6. ...Galaga

7. Slime? Dragon Quest

8. ...Dig-Dug

9. ... Bubbles? Bubble Bop???

10. ... Contra?

11. I remember seeing ads for this as a kid, isn't this some Xbox game? With a pig character too?

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Yeah, I figured I was probably overestimating Bub and Bob's iconicness, but since Taito did use them for both the Bubble Bobble and Bust-A-Move series (which I'm probably overestimating the prevalence/popularity of), I do kind of feel like that makes them Taito's "Mario," in terms of using a character in different gameplay styles.

Blinx, yeah, I definitely know he's not popular or iconic. The main reason I actually included him in the list is because Microsoft was actually considering making him the mascot of the XBox brand, since Blinx as a cartoony cat was thought to have had a much wider appeal to different groups (females, younger kids, etc.) than Master Chief (who'd mainly appeal to older guys). Well, we know that plan didn't carry out, but I was still curious as to how much people recognize him, being a character that had the potential to become the cartoony mascot for an entire game console brand.

To me, iconic means instantly recognizable even by mainstream standards

Bub, Bob, Dig Dug, & Blinx are never gonna get Megaman, Ryu, or Solid Snake's worldwide recognizability.

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