Groose will become one. If there is any justice left in the world.
I know this is about videogame mascots but ... I would just like to say that the London Olympics mascot is the worst mascot in the world ever. I don't think I have ever seen anything near as ridiculous or hideous.
Copying the thing from Monsters Inc ... meet Wenlock and Mandeville
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Dvader said:Sackboy was this gen.
I'd rather go with the Viva Pinata characters before Dullboy. But all things considered, I'd say those angry birds are the real mascot of our generation.
SteelAttack said:I'd rather go with the Viva Pinata characters before Dullboy. But all things considered, I'd say those angry birds are the real mascot of our generation.
No iOS garbage will ever be a mascot for anything.
Hey I don't like them either, but a staple of a successful mascot is its ubiquity, not the quality of the games it has been in.
The Angry Birds are the mascot of mobile games. No question about that. I don't really identify them with traditional gaming though.
I prefer modern mascots like Kratos and Master Chief to most of the kid-friendly cartoon characters of past generations. 
You know who the real mascot of this gen is? Mii.
robio said:You know who the real mascot of this gen is? Mii.
Ewww!
Ravenprose said:I prefer modern mascots like Kratos and Master Chief to most of the kid-friendly cartoon characters of past generations.
Because children hate futuristic soldiers and manly men that can kill gods...
Foolz said:Because children hate futuristic soldiers and manly men that can kill gods...
I never said kids didn't like them, only that they aren't "kid-friendly".
Ravenprose said:I never said kids didn't like them, only that they aren't "kid-friendly".
How they are not "kid-friendly" if kids love them?
Even with more complicated characters, at the core the design should be basic and identifiable like this:
If you're making LA Noire, it's nearly impossible.
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I don't see a need for mascot characters anymore.
Most of the better mascots over the past decade or more have been more mature characters though, like Raziel and Kain, Master Chief, Kratos, etc. Hell Lara Croft was the Playstation mascot for awhile Despite also appearing on the Saturn and PC.
But the days of having a mascot as a face of a piece of hardware or company as a whole seem to be gone, replaced by full IP's and game universes like Mass Effect, Elder Scrolls, etc. The mascots that endure are the ones who have been around a long time, and they're only relevent because of their legend and the fact that they're in a franchise based on great gameplay. Except for Sonic.
Dvader said:Sackboy was this gen.
I said successful.
gamingeek said:I said successful.
Do you live in an alternate dimension where LBP is not a big seller? 
Can you think of many this generation?
I mean characters like Sonic and Mario, Rachet etc.
Is it possible to create a new a new successful one in the current gaming climate of guns, sci fi and mature games? Does a mascot character have to be in some portable or download or iOS game to suceed?