6 Mascotas de Videojuegos FRACASADAS que Intentaron Destronar a Mario (PARTE 2) - Pepe el Mago

There is no doubt that Mario, the mustachioed, plumber who always manages to rescue his beloved Peach from the clutches of Bowser, is the most recognizable mascot of video games and one of the most famous characters in the world, and although taking his throne It 's impossible, there have been many pets that. have tried this over the years. Are you ready to discover six failed Video Game Mascots that tried to dethrone our favorite plumber? Well, then let's get started! POSITION 6, Frogger is a pet with a very, very interesting story. The jumping frog. made his debut in Arcades back in 1981, in an adventure where his main objective, was to avoid cars and cross a river infested with crocodiles to get to safety. Its fun, and simple gameplay made Frogger a monumental success for. Konami, and of course sequels were bound to come. In 1997, the little frog arrived on the, PlayStation 1 and PCs with a title that, while it is true that it was not very innovative , was very well received by players, selling more than 4 million. units. Although it may sound incredible, the frog game outsold heavyweights like Spyro: Year of The Dragon, Silent Hill or Twisted Metal 2. In 2000,. a sequel would arrive that captivated young and old alike and sold very well, the truth is It's just that Frogger, was going through a very good moment at that time. A year later, Konami gave the franchise a completely unexpected twist with Frogger: The Great Quest, a three-dimensional platformer where the little frog put on pants and embarked. on a quest to find a princess who wanted to kiss him. It's true that the story. is ridiculous, but if we compare it to the controls, the camera, the graphics or the, horrible level design, it becomes a masterpiece. Despite the fact that the game was. an absolute disgrace, it sold very well as several unsuspecting people bought it trusting, in Frogger's good name, but unfortunately for the amphibian his reputation was tarnished forever. Frogger Beyond, Frogger Adventures 2: The Lost Wand, Frogger Journey: The Forgotten. Relic, Frogger Adventures: The Rescue, Frogger Ancient Shadow, and Frogger: Helmet Chaos are all excellent titles that returned to classic gameplay and further expanded. the universe of the frog, but sadly for Konami the damage caused by The Great, Quest was too great and none of these installments managed to sell well. Today,. the little frog only lives in mediocre titles for cell phones and in casino machines where, you can see him smiling with a crazy face… POSITION 5 It. is no secret that Sony's first console, the legendary PlayStation 1, was. a monumental success. , and as it could not be otherwise, it was home to a lot of. pets that tried to take the throne from Mario. The stinky Punky Skunk, the. alien hunter Blasto or the imp from Jersey Devil are some not so well-known. and somewhat mediocre examples, but on this occasion we are going to talk about someone who did deserve to, succeed: Tomba. This pink-haired, wild-looking boy made his debut in 1997,, when he starred in a beautiful platformer with RPG touches that combined two and three. dimensions in a phenomenal way. Tomba managed to win over everyone who tried it thanks, to its fun gameplay, its gigantic and colorful world full of characters to meet,. and its great sense of humor, but despite all its good qualities, it did not manage to sell many copies.. Still, Whopee Camp, the company that developed the game, had a lot of faith in Tomba,, so a couple of years later they released a sequel that turned out to be much more ambitious than its predecessor. Now the wild-haired hero had to explore a, three-dimensional world while completing missions, collecting weapons and upgrades, and putting on different outfits, but as you can imagine, Tomba 2: Return of the Piggies. sold even worse than the first installment. This forced Whopee Camp to close its. doors, and just like that, Good Old Tomba disappeared without a trace. In 2012. the first game was re-released for the Playstation virtual store and three years later we received the sequel, and although this time they sold more than in the original releases, it,

is almost impossible that we will see Tomba again in a new adventure. . On this occasion, we will only have memories... 4TH PLACE. Today Gamefreak is known worldwide for being the developer behind the, Pokémon games and one of Nintendo's main allies , but before Pikachu and the. other pocket monsters arrived, To top it all off, the company had been working. on several projects for various consoles. Mendel Palace for the NES, the fun Magical Taruruto for the Sega Mega Drive or the cute Nonta to Issho for the Super Famicom are some. examples, but we're here to talk about failed mascots and that's what we're going to. do. Meet Pulseman, a half-human, half-robot boy who made his debut, and farewell on the Sega Genesis back in 1994. At first glance, Pulseman might, seem like a Mega Man clone since he can fire a charged attack similar to that of the Mega Buster. , gives us the option to choose the order in which we will face the levels and pits us, against a mad scientist who has an army of Robots with which he is terrorizing the world, but if we try it a little more thoroughly we will discover an adventure with many unique ideas and a great personality. The graphics are beautiful and colorful, Pulseman, has a wide variety of moves at his disposal, and the bosses are imposing and challenging, but despite all the good things the robotic hero failed to sell enough copies and quickly fell into oblivion. Gamefreak however seems to remember it fondly,, as its design inspired Pokémon like Rotom or Ledian, one of its most. iconic moves was inherited by none other than Pikachu in his legendary electric tackle. and some enemies and bosses resemble certain pocket monsters. Pulseman now rests in peace, but at least we have the consolation that his legacy will live forever in the. Pokémon universe. Years later Gamefreak would try to create another mascot with Tembo the Bad Elephant,. but we'll leave that story for another time., POSITION 3 Many people don't know this, but the Tomb Raider saga has passed through several hands throughout its history. Today, the license is held by the giant Square Enix, but the creator of the Lara Croft adventure was a, British developer called Core Design. Long before Lara became the star. of the company and one of the most beloved characters on the Playstation 1, Core Designs, tried to create a few pets, for example this big-eared dog who. starred in one of the strangest adventures of the Sega CD or the insane Bubba from Bubba. N' Stix. As you can imagine, all of them failed miserably, but there was a Core Design mascot before Lara Croft that enjoyed great popularity in, the early 90s. I'm talking about Chuck Rock, a square-jawed caveman. who had to rescue his beloved wife Ophelia using his big, protruding belly. The game had colorful graphics, it controlled very well, its levels were varied and the bosses were fun, which made it become a great sales success and, was ported to a number of consoles of the time: we have the original version. that It was released for the Atari ST and the Amiga, an 8-bit version that came to the Commodore 64, it was also on the Sega Game Gear, the classic Game Boy, the Genesis, the Super Nintendo or the Sega CD just to mention a few. Core Design was very happy with. the success of Chuck so they didn't hesitate to release a sequel, but this time instead of controlling the caveman we took the role of his little son Junior. This ended up. being a very bad decision, since even though the game was quite good many did, not give it a chance since Chuck was not the protagonist. Despite mediocre sales Core Design still believed in their mascot and released a racing title very similar to Mario Kart in which Chuck and his friends competed, against other cavemen and dinosaurs, but unfortunately BC Racers did very, poorly in sales and Core Design had no choice but to forget about their beloved Chuck. Rock forever. POSITION 2. The next pet has a very, very curious story behind it, since although it

sounds incredible, it was inspired by the cat that Bill Clinton had in the White House when, he was president of the United States between 1993 and 2001. Socks was made So popular during Clinton's term that it was going to have its own video game for the Super, Nintendo and the Sega Genesis, but just before it saw the light of day, the developer closed its doors and Socks The Cat Rocks the Hill was sadly cancelled. The interesting thing, about all this is that the title was 100% complete and several specialized magazines of, the time were able to give it a try. The plot of the game is as strange as it is curious: One day like any other Socks sees some spies stealing a portable nuclear missile unit. from the basement of the White House, and heroic as he is, he embarks on a dangerous odyssey. with the intention of alerting the Clinton family and save their country. Socks The Cat has all. the elements of a classic platformer of the time: levels with varied themes, enemies to crush and scratch, bottomless holes everywhere, and a pet as the protagonist, the truth is that the most striking thing about the game was that The bosses made fun of, some American politicians of that time. For many years the prototype was in the hands of a collector who had no intention of sharing it with the world and, the only thing we had as proof of its existence was a very poor quality video,, but everything changed in 2018 when Socks the Cat Rocks The Hill was finally released, thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign. While it is true that Socks could not dethrone. Mario and the truth is that he never had a chance to do so, at least he knew how to give us a, very curious and interesting story. POSITION 1. In the first part of this top we talked about several failed Sega mascots but the, truth is that we forgot to mention someone who deserved a place anyway: Wild Woody. This little pencil debuted on the Sega CD back in 1995 in a. horrible platformer in which we had to travel through 5 crazy worlds to save the planet from, destruction, all while facing giant pirate skulls, with the colossal statue of a god from Olympus, with a robot who only wanted to play with his Sega Genesis, with a strange alien with fleshy lips or with the ghost of an orangutan who, although it sounds incredible, you win him over by making him flush a. toilet several times. times. Despite having a few interesting ideas, such as the possibility of drawing certain objects to help us during our adventures, Wild Woody was, full of problems: it had mediocre graphics, disastrous controls that made it practically, unplayable, glitches everywhere and tangled levels. which instead of being fun seemed more like torture. Despite being a game for kids, Wild Woody was full of. dirty jokes, so much so that it occupies a privileged position in the third part of the. top where I talked about secrets in video games that you won't believe exist. The cherry on top of this horrible cake is the cinematics, in which Woody looks like a beast who has just escaped from hell and screams like a madman. Even the developers knew that Woody was destined for failure, and the best proof, is this scene right here. Can you imagine being a little kid who just wants to have a good time. playing video games, and being surprised out of the blue by this living pencil, that looks more like a demon? Do you know of any other failed video game mascots, that tried to dethrone Mario? Would you like to see part 3 of this top?, Well then leave it in the comments and don't forget to support me with your thumbs up and sharing this video with your friends, if I see a lot of interest rest assured that the continuation will come. While you wait for the next video, I invite you to take a look at the top in which I talked about those Game Over screens that humiliate and, troll us or at 7 Terrifying Secrets in Video Games that You Won't Believe Exist, I assure you that, you will love both. Thank you very much for watching this video, Pepe the Magician says goodbye and we. will see you in the next episode..