>>149397991
No, even in the mid 90s at their peak of popularity fighting games were still somewhat niche. A kid was more likely to know about Spider-Man because they watched the cartoon, had the toys, read the comics, etc, Spider-Man in the 90s was one of the most central American pop culture figures in terms of kid popularity. Comic books, were still something plenty regular kids grew up with in the 80s and 90s.

And hell, the litany of Marvel games that weren't fighters, would also be more likely than fighting games, which again were more niche. Average gamers didn't play much beyond Mortal Kombat at the time

Miles, Kindred, Batman Who Laughs, Iron Heart, Gwenpool, Kamala Kan, etc couldn't sell a game with their face

This is the one true proof comics aren't what they used to be. No new characters have become considered cool
>Miles is popular
He's as hated as he's liked, and he's only liked to combat the people who hate him because of culture/race war. Nobody actually thinks he's cool because he's just a reskinned Poochie Stu version of Peter Parker