Hold it. I won't let you discredit Klonoa by lumping him in with the rest of the trash in this thread - in no way will that happen here. Leave it outside.
I'm not necessarily saying all "mascot" platformers are bad. Just ones with characters who look like discarded puppets from an abandoned Chuck-E-Cheezes/Showbiz Pizza resturant.
I'm not discrediting Klonoa. His games are exceptional. But if you saw his character design before ever playing the game, you might think that he looked funny, with his rebellious backwards hat and huge ears. However, once you played the game, you realized he fit into the universe perfectly. You look past his details and lose yourself in the game, with little separation between yourself and him.
I'm saying is character design doesn't mean nearly as much as people think.
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