| Ka-pi96 said: What about Littlebigplanet? That's comparable to Mario. |
Can you imagine a typical 6 year old getting hyper-excited at the chance to meet Sackboy?
This isn't about gameplay, or whether children can play it without parents having any problems. Mario, Pikachu, Sonic, Rayman, Earthworm Jim, Spyro, Crash, Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny - these are some characters that kids can fall in love with, on a broad scale. The gameplay of most games involving those characters (at least, at one point in time) are also designed in a way that younger kids can play it without too much trouble... but this is just a secondary factor. You could make a TV series out of any of them (and most have had one at one point or another), and be able to keep the feel of the games in the series. At best, Sackboy is like a Lego character - most of the appeal for kids comes with Sackboy dressing up like one of their favourite characters.
