Soundwave on 30 October 2012
| Veknoid_Outcast said: How is hardcore defined here? There are E, T, and M rated games in this list. And surely Samus is a Nintendo mascot? I don't mean to be flip; I just don't see what binds these games together? |
"Mascot" is a rather broad term, but I narrowed it down to basically "games starring furry animals or cartoon characters". Unless it was aimed specifically at an older audience, hence why Conker is included, but not say, Banjo-Kazooie. Samus makes the cut therefor IMO, it's mostly a franchise aimed at more hardcore players with an art style/aesthic more aimed towards them too (versus say, Animal Crossing).
To the person who asked about Street Fighter II, that would take the list before 1995, and I don't have a problem doing that, it just would be hard to reliably find numbers for all pre-95 games.
