Crash Bandicoot and the end of videogame mascots

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Crash Bandicoot and the end of videogame mascots

Added: 03.03.2015 3:10 | 0 views | 0 comments

KillScreenDaily: In 1996, a little less than a year after the launch of Sonys Playstation console, Crash Bandicoot made his first appearance on millions of TV screens across the United States. Or rather, a man dressed in a bright orange furry costume drove an old pickup truck into a parking lot outside of what was presented as an office building with a Nintendo logo sign on the side. The mans face was entirely visible through a cutout in the costumes mouth, but when he yelled through a gray bullhorn with an oversized (but not particularly readable) Playstation sticker, it created a surprisingly convincing image of a cartoon marsupial issuing a direct challenge to the company which was, at the time, the best-known videogame company ever.