When did it peak?: Sonic the Hedgehog

[TheLastStarFighter]

Johnw1104 said:

TheLastStarFighter said:
In relevance, the series began to decline after the original. It was promoted as the anti-Mario, and drew in many new gamers. But after DKC launched, and later after PlayStation launched, the relevance of a "mascot platformer" declined.

In terms of gameplay, I liked Sonic 2 the best, although it lacked the freshness of the original.

It's really only the Xbox that I can think of which didn't attempt to have a platforming mascot. Even the Playstation touted Crash Bandicoot as one of its biggest system sellers, though it was FFVII that won the gen for them.

Exactly.  Mascot platformers declined in relevance.