Thread 713321749

What was with the video game companies having random ass mascots? Konami had Konami Man.

That's just Japan having the need to have a mascot for everything.

Did Capcom have a mascot that wasn't a video game character?

>>713322331
I think Captain Commando was a mascot first and then later on they decided to make an arcade game about him, but I'm not sure

>>713321749 (OP)
>>713322235
Yo, OP, do you have ANY idea how many mascotts there are in Japan? Nyago Star? The northern saitama bicyle gambling racetrack?

>>713322538
I know, but I'm talking about the videogame companies. Like SNK, Capcom, Taito, Spike, Sunsoft, DataEast, ect.

>>713322468
Captain Commando was created by Capcom USA for promotional use in the 80s and was revised by Capcom in Japan to be cooler for an arcade game.

>>713322807
Absolutely EVERYONE has mascots in japan. Even cannibals and war criminals.

>>713323004
Who was Taito's before they made Bub and Bob?

Banprekid from Banpresto

>>713323206
Space Invaders, which apparently are still more popular that the bubble dragons.

>>713322532
and Professor Asobin

>>713323352
They also used ninja kid, the dude from elevator action, Time Gal, the bat from arkanoid, and the Cosmo gang.

Bub and Bob havent' had a good game, and the space invaders work well for abstract shit.

But the space invaders are the big one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diYAAlvmWNU

>>713321749 (OP)
god i miss /npb/

>>713324219
>>713323352
That's not the same as like, Konami Man or >>713323384
Prof. Asobin.