Today's edition of Mascots That Failed is bound to be a bit controversial. It could be argued by some that today's character never actually failed, since he has been in quite a few games, and one of them (a Japanese only release) was as recent as 2005. However, he hasn't been the star of his own game since 1991, and that's enough to constitute failure in my book. Today's Mascot That Failed is none other than...


Captain Commando

Captain Commando was created in the mid-1980's as a mascot for Capcom, appearing in instruction manuals and thanking gamers for buying for buying Capcom games. He didn't actually star in a game of his own until 1991's Captain Commando, an arcade beat 'em up which was ported to the Super Nintendo 4 years later (if you need me to tell you who developed the game, you're retarded). Although the game never saw a sequel, Captain Commando found his way into many of the Capcom crossover games, such as the Marvel Vs. Capcom series and the Japanese only release of Namco X Capcom.

So why did Captain Commando fail? Maybe it's because his arcade game was pretty unpopular. Maybe it's because Capcom became too focused on making as Mega Man spin-offs and Street Fighter II variations as they possibly could. If I had to guess, I'd say it's because his name was the biggest "I see what you did there" in the history of the world (Get it? Captain Commando). If he were to make a comeback, I doubt it would be any good, but it might be worth a shot.

Your thoughts?

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