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Character/mascot designs worse than Knack?

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Bad Box art Tempo mainly because he's so different than in game Tempo and still bad
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Wow. I haven't heard of any of these before but they're all god awful.
 
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.
 
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..
 
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.
 
Mario.
I haven't played a single Mario game because i can't stand his character design.Knack is definitely better in my book.
 
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.
 
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?
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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.
 
Mario is the definition of a fantastic mascot as weird as it seems.

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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.

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

That design is a heck of a lot better than:
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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
 
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?
 
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.
 
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.
 
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?
 
Sackboy is the worst. Definitely the creepiest. It looks like a doll from an 80s horror movie that would kill you in your sleep.
 
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