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[D_prOdigy]

Captain Rainbow is waiting until the world is ready.

 

[Cheat Code]

 

[dragonyeuw]

Thumbs up for the Earthworm Jim references, that character definitely should have endured through the decades.

I'd don't know who controls the IP now but I'd love a new 2D one with the modern trimmings.

 

[Htown]

I remember really liking this game despite the super boring level design

 

[jdstorm]

Microsoft probably doesn't feel the need for another sci-fi shooter when they already have Halo and Gears.

Which is a shame, because Perfect Dark always skewed closer to Metal Gear. There was room for it as a stealth game.

 

[Garlador]

I think Nathan Hale not getting on Playstation All Stars Battle Royale pretty much said it all.

I thought for sure Legend of the Dragoon would also be Sony's FF7, and Dart Sony's Cloud.

And he, too, didn't quite make the cut for Playstation All Stars...

 

[thechristoph]

This guy fucks.

 

[Soul of the Beast]

I remember really liking this game despite the super boring level design

What game is that?
The style seems really interesting.

 

[TheDinoman]

What game is that?
The style seems really interesting.

Oni, a pre-Halo Bungie game from 2001.

 

[Dangansona]

Kat is such a brilliantly designed character that I though Gravity Rush 2 would be more of a hit than it was.

 

[ExitPlanetDust]

Konoko was the first character that came to mind when I saw the thread title.

 

[Veedot]

Spoiler

jk......but haven deserves better....not really though

 

[Tarextherex]

Viewtiful Joe

If there's a Kamiya character that fits in Smash it's him

 

[Cyber Caesar]

I love the music and concept for Remember Me. I was sure it would sell a fuck ton. I hope we get a return to the series someday.

 

[Steiner]

Kat from Gravity Rush deserves to be loved more than she is.

 

[balohna]

I always thought the Zero redesign for Joanna Dark made her look like someone's mom.

 

[Violence Jack]

Bloodrayne.

 

[Melkezadek]

Looked really iconic with an unconventional design. Wish the series in general took off. Playing it again on my Vita and having a blast.

 

[ShemhazaiX]

Knack

Spoiler

/s

But Knack has made it big. More sequels than Blinx.

 

[Burbeting]

But Knack has made it big. More sequels than Blinx.

Blinx 2 exists.

 

[55571542coolbeans]

Elise from SSX, she was the face of that series for me. The decline and then end of the SSX line is such a bummer, it felt like it was THE snowboarding game for a long time and she was THE fictional snowboarder

 

[DylanEno]

Kat from Gravity Rush deserves to be loved more than she is.

This is so true.

 

[cuate]

Spoiler

jk......but haven deserves better....not really though

I can't get over how douchy this character looks. horrible.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Forever disappointed that these franchises never got sequels and a future they deserved. So much potential in both. Easily fixable flaws that could have turned them into platform-defining franchises.

 

[Watch Da Birdie]

In terms of minor characters, Ninji.

Of all the Mario Bros. 2 characters that went on to basically become franchise mainstays like Bob-omb, Shy Guy, Birdo, and even arguably Pokey, always found it weird how such a cute and unique little enemy basically disappeared.

He's had a small revival in the RPG games of late and appeared in Mario Run surprisingly, his first "mainline" appearance since his one-screen appearance in Super Mario World, but it always bugged me he didn't become an iconic foe since I always thought he was cool since I first ran into him in Subcon.

 

[Nudull]

He got two sequels at least, but was pretty much forgotten by then.

 

[Earthbound64]

characters I often remember feeling would become as big and timeless as a Mario, Sonic, or Lara Croft

One of these is not like the other.

How much Lara Croft merchandise has been out there over the past 20 years?

 

[2+2=5]

Sadly almost everything on the Amiga(except Lemmings and Worms i guess), in particular Superfrog

 

[Clockwork]

if you read any publication in the early 90s you were led to believe Bubsy was the next huge thing. it's a joke now but it was going to blow Sonic out of the water supposedly

Hey, I loved the first Bubsy on SNES.

 

[Pieman0920]

In terms of minor characters, Ninji.

Of all the Mario Bros. 2 characters that went on to basically become franchise mainstays like Bob-omb, Shy Guy, Birdo, and even arguably Pokey, always found it weird how such a cute and unique little enemy basically disappeared.

He's had a small revival in the RPG games of late and appeared in Mario Run surprisingly, his first "mainline" appearance since his one-screen appearance in Super Mario World, but it always bugged me he didn't become an iconic foe since I always thought he was cool since I first ran into him in Subcon.

At leas they get to show up again from time to time. Pidgits and Tweeters never show up in anything, though maybe I assign more importance to them in my mind due to that old Neglected Mario Characters sprite comic back when the internet was young.

 

[Timeaisis]

I remember back in 2002 when every gaming magazine thought Sly Cooper was going to be Sony's Mario.

 

[weekev]

Avatar quote me...

 

[Garlador]

One of these is not like the other.

How much Lara Croft merchandise has been out there over the past 20 years?

Lara Croft was, and remains, huge. Two blockbuster movies (a reboot in the works), her games continue to sell millions, and, yeah, there's plenty of merchandise still being made.

There's hundreds of figures, books, shirts, comics, and other merchandise for her not just in the past 20 years, but just the past few years alone.

 

[Earthbound64]

Lara Croft was, and remains, huge. Two blockbuster movies (a reboot in the works), her games continue to sell millions, and, yeah, there's plenty of merchandise still being made.

There's hundreds of figures, books, shirts, comics, and other merchandise for her not just in the past 20 years, but just the past few years alone.

So where was she from like 2000-2010?

Yes, there has been a bunch of stuff in the past few years.
But that doesn't make up for a decade of mostly mediocrity and irrelevance.

 

[balohna]

So where was she from like 2000-2010?

Yes, there has been a bunch of stuff in the past few years.
But that doesn't make up for a decade of mostly mediocrity and irrelevance.

Still one of the most recognizable and rembered heroes in gaming.

 

[AmaterasuOkami076]

Captain Falcon.

 

[13ruce]

Wario nowadays:/
A Wario + Waluigi duo game would be glorious especially a Mario & Luigi RPG like one.

Hopefully a Switch Warioware game is coming i meed a new one

 

[Ahasverus]

Spoiler

jk......but haven deserves better....not really though

Douchebag: The face.

How did they encapsulate it so well hahaha

 

[QuadOpto]

Viewtiful Joe deserved more love...still one of my most favorite game series.

 

[Earthbound64]

Wario nowadays:/
A Wario + Waluigi duo game would be glorious especially a Mario & Luigi RPG like one.

On the topic of "video game characters I thought wouldn't make it big... but did" - Waluigi.
Yeah, I know, "Igiwalui" explanation for the name, whatever - he just seemed like a forced character.

 

[EmCeeGramr]

So where was she from like 2000-2010?

Yes, there has been a bunch of stuff in the past few years.
But that doesn't make up for a decade of mostly mediocrity and irrelevance.

Between 2000 and 2010 you had Tomb Raider Legend, Anniversary, and two Hollywood movies.


That's a whole other plane of existence compared to the other characters in this thread.

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

 

[Menitta]

If you asked me last year I'd say Kazuma Kiryu but I think his time is coming.

 

[Htown]

Between 2000 and 2010 you had Tomb Raider Legend, Anniversary, and two Hollywood movies.


That's a whole other plane of existence compared to the other characters in this thread.

also Underworld and Guardian of Light

yeah, Lara Croft was never irrelevant, even if she wasn't quite as popular as she was in the 90s

 

[Cess007]

 

[Earthbound64]

two Hollywood movies.


That's a whole other plane of existence compared to the other characters in this thread.

I wasn't aware of the movies.
That's something, I guess.

 

[pbayne]

The ps2 platformers (sly, ratchet and jak) all had good runs but i thought one of them would emerge as top of the pack and become the kind of face for playsation platformers. And then none of them really did.

 

[zoodoo]

Viewtiful Joe deserved more love...still one of my most favorite game series.

I still cant believe capcom dropped that franchise.

 

[A-V-B]

 

[Ray Down]

Kat is such a brilliantly designed character that I though Gravity Rush 2 would be more of a hit than it was.

Lol, come to on son.