Topic: Unpopular Gaming Opinions

Because they've scraped the bottom of the barrel so far that they have slivers in their fingernails (see also: the fact Waluigi is #1).

@Dogorilla nostalgia!

Geno was a bit like Shadow the Hedgehog. The first vaguely edgy, gun-wielding, tragic character of many 90's kids.

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@Euler I’m not sure about that as Waluigi has a weird cult following. I don’t understand the following myself but it’s more than being one of the last remaining notable names left out of Smash.

thankfully i'm sure no other playstation-centric game with 2 in the title would have a similar problem

@TheFrenchiestFry never played mario RPG but honestly geno doesnt seem to have too much going on for him does he? idk he just seems like an OK character with a mildly interesting move pool. Seems like he would be a megaman with more generic melee moves

@jump You make my point for me. Not a lot of notable names that aren’t already in Smash Ultimate, so we have to get more and more obscure. And Waluigi is to the Mario franchise what Duffy is to Mickey Mouse.

@Euler I'd say Wailuigi is to Mario what Horace Horsecollar is to Mickey.

Waluigi is like ten times more attractive tho

Guess it depends on who you ask, this being the internet and all

@Eel Nah. Pauline, DK Jr, or Stanley the Bugman would probably fill that role (obscure character from the very early era).

@Euler Pauline would fit that role if she wasn't present in Odyssey. I'd say she's a pretty popular character now, or at the very least drastically more popular than her early days.

@Apportal Yeah, pre-2017 Pauline.

Horace is pretty much still in use, in minor Disney shows that need an extended cast. Though he was often used as a rival for Goofy, not sure if that's still part of his character.

So kinda like a Waluigi in that regard. It's got less to do with age, and more with the use. Daffy duck is not even part of Disney. (Yet!)

The George Lucas of video games is surely George Lucas.

He did, after all, own a video games company - LucasArts - for thirty years before selling it to Disney alongside the rest of LucasFilm.

Silly, I was talking about Duffy the Disney Bear. Who didn't appear in any of the classic cartoons, but was randomly created by corporate Disney in 2010 because they needed a new character so they could sell more merchandise. Sounds like someone else...

Oh sounds like it's a theme park exclusive thing.

A bit more obscure than even Waluigi. Perhaps that bear is a bit more similar to the fairies from 3D world. Cute marketable characters confined to one aspect of the franchise, but rarely appearing outside of that.

Though I'm sure there's some other obscure character that could fit better. Perhaps something that was made exclusively for complimentary media.

Now we need to see Waluigi dressed as a sailor though.

I think Duffy's decently popular enough in Asia, I know I've seen pictures of him with an entourage of stuffed animal OCs., Guess that would make Duffy the Mario equivalent of the Radio Hosts from All Night Nippon.

I mean, he never got too directly involved AFAIK and let talented people make good games more than 3 times, so that's not true.

@kkslider5552000 Sure, he was considerably more willing to take a back seat with games than with films - and the results were arguably better for it - but at the end of the day it's the same guy.

Oh boy, theres a thread for this? I'm gonna bookmark this, it'll surely be fun.