So was Sega.

I've played the Advance trilogy, Generations & 4 and my thoughts are:

Next your going to tell me about how Super Mario 2 isn't really a Mario game.

Mama-mia!

[carves "NO FATE" into a picnic table]

Sock it to me!

Is he natural anything?

That doesn't mean we can't make fun of it.

I'm shocked, shocked I tell you.

It is.
I didn't play it until I emulated it, but whoever designed those levels isn't right in the head.
Impressive physics though.

We're taking him back.
(At least temporarily)

Approach to storytelling?
The less storytelling the better IMO (though I did appreciate the silent cutscenes in Sonic & Knuckles

Mania’s most immediately striking feature is its art.

Thanks, Dikachu!

Is there a statue of himself on the grounds of his high school in Family Guy?

"TBD"
https://youtu.be/aXzjxVYPjys

FUNKO figurines?

Tell me can you feel it?
Tell me can you feel it?
Tell me can you feel iiiiit?

The one in my medium-sized suburb growing up had a fair amount of local "flair," like old photos of highschool clubs and stuff.

"Alligators with sunglasses on? Now I've seen everything!"