SpongeBob debuted in 1999 and Squidward, a secondary character already recevied his own plush in 2000. Waluigi debuted in 2000, but he did not get any plushes until 2014, 14 years after his debut.

What gives? Mario is a much bigger brand than SpongeBob.

waluigi is the worst forced meme in vidya history

>>149006377 (OP)
Mario is such a shit brand i cannot fathom how people consider bing bing wahoo on the same level as star wars or capeshit or LOTR

>>149006388
Not as bad as Bomberfaggot.
Laugh at Bombermanfags
>has 100+ games
>one of the most copied games of all time
>revolutionized multi-player in gaming
>had the first HD game ever
>launched the successful B-Daman toyline
>good Nintendo history and had a crossover with Wario and Mario Party 2 unused content
>has other crossovers with Pac-Man, Transformers, Yatterman and Lilo & Stich
>still gets BTFO in SSB and became a complete laughtingstock by everyone
>series gets overshadowed by waifufags and coomers beacuse of Bombergirl despite them never playing the game
>R got outsold by the new Momotetsu, a fellow Hudson IP that was only released in Japan.
>no console game for 5 years
>No games on NSO
>40th anniversary came and went with no fanfare or events
What a fucking loser. Imagine being a Bombercuck in 2024

>>149006377 (OP)
>Why did Squidward get merch earlier than Waluigi?

These are the hard questions asked by autistic zoomers all over the world.

>>149006405
No zoomer experienced both characters on release, retarded millenial.

>>149006395
>Mario is such a shit brand i cannot fathom how people consider bing bing wahoo on the same level as goyslop or another goyslop or another goyslop

>>149006398
I'm going to steal this and make a thread on /v/, thanks

>>149006377 (OP)
Squidward is a major character on the Spongebob series. Created by Stephen Hillenburg himself.

Waluigi exists so Wario can have a partner in a Tennis game. Created by Camelot, not Nintendo EAD.

>>149006388
Waluigi is my favorite Mario character. Not joking.

>>149006395
seething Snoy

this is the type of hyper specific autistic /co/ thread that makes me think this board is just full of deviantArt users

>>149006520
>this board is just full of deviantArt users
it always was

>>149006551
Lol

>>149006388
The Waluigi meme started off funny because the whole joke was that Waluigi was a neglected filler character who had earned a level of adoration from the audience entirely because he was particularly entertaining to watch even as he was critically panned.
"Waluigi for Smash" was fun because the idea of Waluigi being butthurt about being just an assist trophy was 100% in character for him.
Then it got lamer and lamer because people started projecting this idea that he's actually a wholesome underdog when the whole reason he was entertaining to begin with was because he's a lovably petty asshat.
He's basically the Jet Jaguar meme gone wrong at this point. People liked Jet Jaguar for "PUNCH PUNCH PUNCH!" when his popularity took off and they like Jet Jaguar for "PUNCH PUNCH PUNCH!" now. Meanwhile, people have started liking Waluigi for their headcanons about him rather than the character we actually see.

>>149006520
I have a theory that there are far more Mario autists out there than Sonic autists, it's just that the Sonic ones are louder and funnier.
>>149006398
>R1 sold over a million, while after Smash, R2 flopped hard
Bombrman R1 sold over a million copies because it was the only game in the Switch 1's launch lineup besides Breath of the Wild that wasn't total dogshit.

>>149006921
the worst part for me is that they added this fucker to multiversus because of the waluigi meme

>>149006921
You know what this reminds me of?
When emplemon did a spongebob Ytp where he and Patrick go ultra autistic after Nintendo announces a Waluigi Amiibo.

>>149006972
It's a few factors
>Sonic always had a 'bad butt' safe edginess from his radicool 90s origins and things like Shadow ensured that the Sonic autists typically act bafflingly edgier
>As a result, this created the infamous "edgy sonic recolor furry __ the __ OC" trend
>Mario has stayed much more consistently in the mainstream while the Sonic fell off because his games ranged from okay to bad from the mid 2000s to the late 2010s. Now that he's mainstream again the talk around the Sonic fandom is dying.
>Mario has its rule 34 including the koopas and shit but Peach, Daisy, Pauline, and Rosalina make up the majority. Sonic porn is all furry porn and the only one with a conventionally attractive body is Rouge.
Basically, the given autism of a fandom is determined by what the property is, so Sonic was a perfect recipe for autism because it always left room for people to take it much more serious than it took itself.

>>149006377 (OP)
>>149006398
>>>/v/712638405
>>>/v/712638118
so what's with this autist that posts the same shit on /co/ and /v/?

>>149007188
Funny how both boards hate each other, yet overlap largely.

>>149007016
>>149007021
It's Boba Fett Syndrome.
"Fleshing out" a beloved side character whose popularity is defined by leaving an impressive screen presence with the limited character that they showed is a bad idea, especially when you're just mindlessly riding their popularity.
Boba went from "Masked space Clint Eastwood" into a semi-invincible Gary Stu trained in countless forms of combat whose mystique from Empire was just dead by the end of it all.
Fandoms constantly do this shit and you basically have to hope the studio isn't listening.
Jet Jaguar worked because he's ultimately the same character but they just gave him some badass fights in extended material.

>>149006377 (OP)
I like both.

>>149006377 (OP)
Squidward is kind of a bitch.

>>149006377 (OP)
Waluigi?
I mean I like him I guess, I always pick Wario though, I loved the Wario Land games especially 4.
>>149007188
Might be a bot?

>>149006377 (OP)
>Why did a main character from the most popular American kids cartoon get merchandise before an irrelevant character only found in spin-offs of the Mario games?
Gee I dunno, Anon.

>>149008214
Pokemon mogged Spongebob in 2000.

>>149006377 (OP)
Waluigi turns 25 soon and He still has no games on his own or been in a mainline Mario game. Not even in a Wario game

Genuiely terrible character.

>>149006405
>>149006419
nobody cares about your retarded generation obsession amerinigger

>>149008550
No one cares Eurofag.
Teбe лyчшe нayчитьcя гoвopить пo-pyccки.

>>149006377 (OP)
simple rly, squidward was part of the spongebob lexicon from the start, while waluigi was just a simple adding-on

>>149008214
Spongebob was close to getting cancelled after Season 1.

>>149007188
could be worse, like /pol/fags

>>149006488
go to bed snowflake

>>149006921
All this, the man is a cheap imitation of Luigi, created at the time when Luigi was JUST Player 2, Green Mario etc., he's got BAD in the name. Until Waluigi gets a subseries like Luigi and Wario (something I don't see ever happening) at best fans will get him playable in the 2D games like Daisy just did with Wonder.

>>149006377 (OP)
Early Mario era is so fascinating. By 1993 the franchise already hit 100 million sold. By then Mario surpassed Mighty Mouse in recognizable.

>>149006921
People like Waluigi because people like Dick Dastardly/Robbie Rotten type characters and he looks and talks funny

>>149006377 (OP)
Besides the fact that no one cared about Waluigi? He's was a partner in sports games, that's it.

>>149006377 (OP)
Mario has about 20-30 more important characters that take a spot in line in front of Waluigi for any tie-ins like merch.

Squidward is one of the 5 main characters of his show

>>149006377 (OP)
You feel for the Wah memes

>>149006921
The key difference is that Jet Jaguar actually gets prominent roles in media unlike Waluigi. Like he's essentially one of the main characters of Godzilla Singular Point, is an MVP in Rulers of Earth and has been prominent in the recent Godzilla Fest shorts.

>>149006388
You're the worst forced meme out of your mom.