IT OBSCURE TO SOME PEOPLE. GO BACK AND REREAD. I NEVER SAID ITS OBSCURE TO "EVERYONE".

Because iconic means EVERYONE KNOWS HIM (sarcasm). AGAIN, YOU CANNOT SAY EVERYONE. It is as if you really think MAJORITY EQUALS EVERYONE. STOP BEING SO GOD DAMN RETARDED. Its a matter of how well involved you are in the gaming industry and the level of interest you have in specific genres or concepts that will…

You still have to be involved. My friend who doesn't play video games has only heard of mario and a few others characters. He hasn't heard of call of duty or any more recent popular games. BECAUSE HE IS NOT INVOLVED THE GAMING WORLD IS OBSCURE TO HIM. He may have hear of call of duty but probably never took a mental…

People are allowed to NOT have seen these commercials or keep a mental note about specific commercials. Its just a matter of how involved you are with said information.

It CAN BE obscure you fucking idiot. It doesn't matter how popular something is, that something can be obscure to FEW people. People can be oblivious to certain games/movies/etc regardless of whether or not they have briefly seen info about it through a commercial. It just has to do with how well involved you are with…

I said donkey kong was "renewed", are you retarded? I meant as in they kept making games, but that has nothing to do with what we are discussing.

It was the most popular to THE PEOPLE BUYING CONSOLES OR GAMES. MEANING THE MAJORITY OF CONSOLE OWNERS BOUGHT SAID CONSOLE OR GAME. Doesn't mean everyone in the world bought games or consoles. These stats were strictly focused on people who bought consoles.

I don't really understand what that has to do with what we are talking about. How old they are is irrelevant to what we are discussing. Something old can easily be forgotten or renewed (as is the case of donkey kong). Doesn't really change the fact that some people could have not heard or known about the…

I don't remember samus in a cartoon or even star fox. Not everyone has watched every video game cartoon. You really need to learn what the litteral meaning of "EVERYONE" is.

Not everyone followed the magazines and I did say that I knew zelda and mario. But just because they are on a box of cereal doesn't mean "EVERYONE" knows about them. Do you honestly think people will stop and look at the box for an extended amount of time and then figure out who they are?

Your obviously stupid, POPULARITY DOES NOT MEAN EVERYONE KNOWS THEM. The majority of gamers knew and loved those games but you still cant say "EVERYONE". Again, JUST BECAUSE YOU LIVED A CERTAIN WAY DOESN'T MEAN EVERYONE ELSE HAS. That is not how you generalize information, go take statistics if you don't know how its…

Also you can't say "EVERYONE" knew them. You can't generalize information because that's how your life was like. I have met people who didn't know The Legend of Zelda existed, but they knew where most of those characters came from because they played those games. Did I say "they weren't gamers back then"? No. Was I…

Keyword here is "anyone". You see how you didn't write "everyone followed magazines".

You are aware that the topic of discussion is knowing the characters right? You may know the name of the game, but that won't automatically tell you their names and even if the games name is the characters name, you couldn't possible say "well its obviously the character's name" with 100% certainty.

How could you possibly surprised? The internet didn't quite explode until years later. Word of mouth can only spread so far and even then, you had to decide to either risk buying a possibly sh***y game or a great game. Reviews were mainly found in magazines and not everyone bought gaming magazines.

Its pretty stupid to make that statement. It is an insult because by your terms a "gamer" has to have had played samus or donkey kong to even be considered one (after smash, I played metroid prime). God forbid that some of us didn't have the luxury back then to buy EVERY nintendo exclusive. They were well known by…

You have to keep in mind that not everyone has played "every" memorable nintendo game. Juts because you knew who they where doesn't mean everyone did. When I played Smash Bros melee I only knew the basic characters Mario, Luigi, Link, Zelda, and pokemon. I didn't know about samus, star fox, donkey kong, or even kirby.…

I really don't care much about exclusives for 2 reasons.

Not if said scientific study is about liking scientific studies.

Where in my comment does it show or even say that I am proud? Clearly I am pointing out how the system has worked so far and with the constant preference of pedophilia over Ephobophilia, I wouldn't be surprised if it were dropped.