The last edition of Mascots That Failed wasn't taken too kindly around here. However, I wrote it to show that even the mightiest of mascots can fail (especially when their creators leave and a new company produces a really crappy 3D game). Brosef mentioned another mascot that failed, which I was actually planning to cover in this volume. Congratulations, Brosef, you're psychic, and I will call you now for my free credit reading. Today's Mascot That Failed is none other than...
Boogerman
Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure was a platformer developed by Interplay and released for Super Nintendo and Genesis in 1994. The game spawned no sequels, no line of toys... it was so unsuccessful, they almost canceled Christmas (although, to be fair, he
was Earthworm Jim's rival in ClayFighter 63 1/3. The game was about an eccentric millionaire named Snotty Ragsdale who really liked to flick his boogers at people. He had no real super powers, but could attack enemies with his boogers, burps, and farts (a hot pepper could make him rocket blast with a fart).
So why did Boogerman fail? Masybe it's because his game wasn't very innovative. Maybe it's because he didn't have a very strong marketing campaign. If I had to guess, I'd say it's because there's a point where even a five year old will say "This is far too low-brow for my tastes." If Boogerman were to make a comeback, I might rent it, but I don't think I'd have all that much fun with it.
Your thoughts?
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Bubsy is on the request list, and will be in a future edition
"Kids like to pick their nose, let's make someone they can relate to."
*sets a cat on fire and stuffs it into a cantaloupe*
I foresee that Excremento Stunna will make a blog with title "A Strange Child's Top Nine". Yeeeesssss. And I see...a young man named "shocker orange" who will make posts asplode with his uncontrollable expression of contempt at noobs.
Wait. Wait. I see...someone...a "silver goatee" who like to drink. He shall go forth and rank the great peoples of this land. They will be confused, angered, but they will not fight back...oh no...they wait. Wait for him to sleep.
*extinguishes cat*
I didn't mean to be harsh with you on EWJ. i jsut really don't think he failed. I was in my early teens when the first game came out. I was there when the show, the toys, and EWJ2 were all selling like hotcakes.
Just because EWJ didn't last as long as Mario or Sonic doesn't mean it failed.