While I was exposed to a Crash game, I did get expose to the character on one of the first commercial for his debut game. Made me think of him as the wilder version of Sonic the Hedgehog, but he was a rather cool character in his own rights. And I was like, "wow, now we got Mario for Nintendo, Sonic for Sega and now a newcomer from Sony represent them, Crash!" I think I was one of the few that actually hated the console wars (the bashing to be more precise) in the beginning, but I still got swept in it when Sony got in the picture.
But then, the unexpected happened, Crash on a Nintendo product, I can understand for Sonic after the Dreamcast plug was yanked, but this blew my mind. One of the few reasons why I actually did real digging in the industry... I'm still sad of what happened to him. I really did view him as Sony's star to Mario and Sonic is for Nintendo and Sega respectively.
And proud member of the Mega Mario Movement!
