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[WhyIsTheRumGone]

ps.I hate sackboy with a passion. That design is the epitome of trying too hard to be loved by everyone. Inoffensive sterile and dull.

You do know you can customise him as much as you want to take away the dullness and "inoffensive sterileness"

 

[BattleMonkey]

What defines a mascot? Cause right now it appears to be any character that appears in a game.

 

[Balb]

Bad Box art Tempo mainly because he's so different than in game Tempo and still bad

Wow. I haven't heard of any of these before but they're all god awful.

 

[SteeloDMZ]

No Mario is just a good evolution of a character since he is able to be slightly altered through the years to affect current pop culture... His older models eventually become too old and unappeasing

I know is a 2d drawing, but older mario designs are fantastic:

 

[aceldama]

Rayman is damn near perfect.

As for poor designs, I agree with the rabbids nomination.

 

[Spinluck]

Pretty much anything not Mario or Sonic.

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[Darryl]

Those Mario rip offs are awful one by one. Bubsy's first 2 games were still decent, but 3D kicked him right into the grave.

Anyway, and this is from a commercial point of view, I think Sackboy is the worst mascot out there right now. He looks like something that escaped Tim Burton's mind, which means its not something I see kids going crazy about. He's actually creepy. And lifeless.

Agreed, Sackboy is pretty awful. Rayman is bad as well.

 

[Goodacre0081]

pretty much any 16-bit era wild animal with an attitude.

 

[Chamber]

Came in here to post Blinx. Man, some of the early shit we saw from MS on Xbox was just bad. And Blinx got a fucking sequel for that matter.

Smh..

 

[SkylineRKR]

Super Tempo was a very decent Saturn game though.

 

[tiggerkiddo]

I always thought Vexx was pretty bad

 

[Toxi]

I'm surprised by the lack of Banjo Kazooie in this thread, as that's one of the most hideous characters I can think of.

Kazooie is a different character. I don't really mind Banjo, he's inoffensive compared to the likes of Wild Woody or Bugsy. Plus, he's a bear that doesn't look like every other cartoon bear. That has to be some sort of achievement.

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

Pretty much anything not Mario or Sonic.

Ratchet is better than all of them.

 

[AngelsDontBurn]

Yeah, the game was cool. But I always thought he looked ridiculous. Well, him and the entire cast of Ballz 3D.

 

[Byronic Hero]

I'm surprised by the lack of Banjo Kazooie in this thread, as that's one of the most hideous characters I can think of.

Lies.

That design is a heck of a lot better than:

 

[sublimit]

Mario.
I haven't played a single Mario game because i can't stand his character design.Knack is definitely better in my book.

 

[EightBitNate]

I'm surprised by the lack of Banjo Kazooie in this thread, as that's one of the most hideous characters I can think of.

What isn't to love about a hippy-bear?

 

[hydrophilic attack]

I've always hated the look of Sonic

 

[Mugy]

Rayman is fine, however the Rabbids are hideous abominations, so I will go with those.

I remember how the original info about the Wii's first Rayman was going to be about the character beatin' the rabbids and all the stuff, then, one day, it was all about those rabbids, those ugly rabbids.

Also i will never gonna forget how those characters where able to be not only one, but three characters in that Smash Bros. -like TMNT game.

 

[JerryThePredator]

Lies.

That design is a heck of a lot better than:

Why does Kazooie have to have those big slutty eyes? Jesus fuck.

 

[WhyIsTheRumGone]

Crash Bandicoot was the game of my childhood. I will not stand here and let him defiled by you savages

 

[RM8]

Lol at the Mario mentions.

Mickey Mouse is the worst cartoon mascot ever, you guys.

 

[galvatron]

Those 90's Mario rip offs are awful one by one. Bubsy's first 2 games were still decent, but 3D kicked him right into the grave.

Anyway, and this is from a commercial point of view, I think Sackboy is the worst mascot out there right now. He looks like something that escaped Tim Burton's mind, which means its not something I see kids going crazy about. He's actually creepy. And lifeless.

What do you think of this guy?

 

[SteeloDMZ]

Can't fucking stand this thing.

You mess with Jack Frost, you mess with me. Ho!

 

[KefkaPalazzo]

Pajama Sam is one odd looking mofo.

 

[Daingurse]

I personally can't stand Mario, never found him appealing. But I gotta bring in the genuine article for bad mascots.

 

[PairOfFilthySocks]

I was kinda surprised at the amount of Rayman replies considering how he looks in the latest games, then I saw/remembered this...

This freaked me the fuck out as a kid.

 

[Silky]

Lies.

That design is a heck of a lot better than:

Hell no. The new design of Banjo and Kazooie actually distincts the two a lot. Kazooie actually looks like a girl, and Banjo doesn't look all round and gooey and doesn't reek of 90s aftershock.

Look at those fucking feathers.

 

[ASIS]

I personally can't stand Mario, never found him appealing. But I gotta bring in the genuine article for bad mascots.

You have no soul.

 

[Kinky John]

Rayman's definitely up there with the worst of them. What a prick.

 

[Markadias]

What do you think of this guy?

He looks like Sackboy's evil beat up brother.

 

[Raist]

Mario is the definition of a fantastic mascot as weird as it seems.

The 2 of you who mentioned him are just trollin'.

Mario is surely iconic, because it's THE mascot of THE longest standing console maker, but in terms of design it's... hum hom.


Anyway, since it's not just about mascots but characters generally, I'll go with this:

Who the fuck comes up with such a non-sensical haircut.

 

[TheRealTalker]

I disagree with peoples arguments about Sackboy since to me he represents a blank canvas of endless customization... Just like the game focuses on creating imaginations Sackboy represents someone's own personality in how you dress Sackboy in different outfit either from your favourite game or a custom persona of your gaming likes

 

[Hero]

Mario a badly designed mascot? You don't get to be more popular and recognizable than Mickey Mouse globally by being badly designed.

Sackboy, Bubsy, that awful SNES game boxart, Knack are all great examples of awful character designs though.

 

[flyingmonkeywhoa]

What do you think of this guy?

Kill it with fire...

 

[Bulzeeb]

Wild Woody is probably the winner. Jesus, he's terrifying.

I always thought Gex was a pretty lame mascot, even if I did love playing his games (Gex 2 was awesome). If he just stuck to the faux secret agent/film noire narration schtick, I wouldn't mind him, but those pop culture references made me want to strangle him.


Like Mario?

Mario can be dated but he is not generic, I can't think of any other stached and slightly overweight character that managed to get that status he has, but I do think he is bland, Luigi, Wario and even Waluigi have more personality than him

 

[Monumental]

Lies.

That design is a heck of a lot better than:

Complete opposite. The original Banjo & Kazooie design is hideous and the Nuts & Bolts updated one is very pleasing to the eye.

Generally most mascots/platforming characters are pretty damn ugly/stupid.

Knack
Crash Bandicoot
Mario
Blinx
Kirby
Banjo & Kazooie
Conker
Voodoo Vince
Psychonauts's Raz
All Sackboy Variants

The somewhat Semi-Appealing ones are:
Yoshi
Donkey Kong
Spyro
Klonoa
Rayman
Regular Sackboy

 

[RSLAEV]

You do know you can customise him as much as you want to take away the dullness and "inoffensive sterileness"

No costume will make that thing look like anything other than the soul-less byproduct of CEO boardroom meetings and aggressive focus group testing.

 

[Byronic Hero]

Hell no. The new design of Banjo and Kazooie actually distincts the two a lot. Kazooie actually looks like a girl, and Banjo doesn't look all round and gooey and doesn't reek of 90s aftershock.

Look at those fucking feathers.

Kazooie is a bird, why is it necessary to make her look like a girl bird? Also, Mario still looks "round and gooey" they should have just taken the Nintendo approach and just HD'd Banjo up a bit and called it a day. I mean seriously, how many square bears are there in the wild?

 

[GuitarAtomik]

I'm going to have to say Plok is winning this thread so far.

 

[Mugy]

That Bat thing on the SNES (can't remember his name)...

Aero The Acro-bat? Yeah, i agree.

 

[SkylineRKR]

What do you think of this guy?

Sackboy that has been raped and then tortured.

Voodoo vince looks like shit as well.

 

[AngelsDontBurn]

Boogerman.

I've always wanted a new one.

 

[TheLegendary]

There are not many that are worse than Knack. Almost everything about the game is ugly and aesthetically unappealing, and the main character is just a travesty.

 

[Vazra]

 

[galvatron]

I personally can't stand Mario, never found him appealing. But I gotta bring in the genuine article for bad mascots.

What a handsome dude!

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[Grizzlyjin]

I can't stand Rayman's design. To the point where I've actually avoided his games because of it. I know, I'm being shallow and stupid. If Rayman Legends is quality enough, I'll try to ignore it and try it out anyway. But looking at that game, I don't like any of the designs they've shown.

 

[Vandiger]

I've played alot of games. OP doesn't play many games I guess.

 

[Archaix]

Rayman, Sackboy, Jack Frost...I have only one question for people with these answers. What's it like having no soul? And, as a followup, what do you use to fill your body where the soul should be? Is that human excrement, or dog excrement?

 

[Cheech]

Sackboy is the worst. Definitely the creepiest. It looks like a doll from an 80s horror movie that would kill you in your sleep.