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Latest revision as of 13:07, 27 October 2025

Characters should only be added if:

  1. They are considered an official mascot of a brand or company, rather than merely being the main character of a series
  2. The sourcing describing them as a mascot of a company is extremely strong

Verified/highly likely

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Mascot Company Brand Creator(s) Debut year Notes
Aero the Acro-Bat[1][2] Sunsoft[1] Aero the Acro-Bat[1] David Siller[3] 1993[citation needed] Siller left Sunsoft to work for Universal Interactive, which purchases the rights to Aero the Acro-Bat with the intention of making him their mascot. Universal instead focused on Crash Bandicoot, and Siller purchased the rights as he left the company.[citation needed]
Alex Kidd[4][5] Sega Alex Kidd Kotaro Hayashida 1986
Banjo & Kazooie[6][7] Rare Ltd.
Xbox Game Studios 		Banjo-Kazooie Steve Mayles 1997
Blinx[8] Microsoft Game Studios Blinx: The Time Sweeper Naoto Ohshima
Bomberman[9] Hudson Soft (defunct)
Konami 		Bomberman Shoji Mizuno
Bonk[4][2] NEC
Hudson Soft (defunct) 		Bonk
Turbo Grafx 16 		Kobuta Aoki 1989 While he is most known for his video game appearances, he originated in a comic strip in the magazine PC Engine Monthly. The popularity of the strip led to Hudson Soft and Red Company to task Atlus with developing a video game based on it.[10]
Captain Commando[11] Capcom Captain Commando Challenge Series
Captain Commando 		Akira Yasuda 1986
Chocobo[12] Square Soft (formerly)
Square Enix 		Final Fantasy Koichi Ishii 1988
Crash Bandicoot[4][13] Sony Computer Entertainment (formerly) Crash Bandicoot Andy Gavin
Jason Rubin
Charles Zembillas
Joe Pearson 		1996
Dizzy[14] Codemasters Oliver Twins Dizzy – The Ultimate Cartoon Adventure 1987
Donkey Kong Nintendo Donkey Kong Shigeru Miyamoto 1981
Gex[2] Crystal Dynamics Gex Lyle Hall 1994
Jack Frost[15] Atlus Megaten Kazuma Kaneko
James Pond[10] Millennium Interactive James Pond: Underwater Agent Chris Sorrell
Kao the Kangaroo[16] Tate Multimedia Kao the Kangaroo Eric Rogers
Charles Zembillas
Kirby HAL Laboratory Kirby Masahiro Sakurai 1992
Lucky[17]
Mario[4] Nintendo Mario Shigeru Miyamoto 1981
Master Chief[8] Xbox Games Studios Halo Marcus Lehto
Shi Kai Wang
Robert McLees 		2001
Mega Man[4] Capcom Mega Man Akira Kitamura
Keiji Inafune 		1987
Moogle[18] Square Soft (formerly)
Square Enix 		Final Fantasy Koichi Ishii 1990
Neco-Arc[19] Type-Moon Tsukihime Takashi Takeuchi 2000
Opa-Opa (formerly)[4][5] Sega Fantasy Zone Yoji Ishii 1986
Pac-Man[4] Bandai Namco Pac-Mna Tōru Iwatani 1980
Paimon[20] MiHoYo Genshin Impact Unknown 2020
Pikachu[21][22][23] The Pokémon Company Pokémon Atsuko Nishida
Ken Sugimori 		1996 Before Pikachu officially became the Pokémon mascot, it was between it and fellow Pokémon species Clefairy. Pikachu eventually won out due to its popularity among schoolchildren, particularly both boys and girls.[citation needed]
Pipo Monkey[24][25] Sony Interactive Entertainment Ape Escape Unknown 1999
Power Pro-kun[26] Konami Power Pros Unknown 1994
Princess Athena[27][28] SNK Athena Koji Obata 1986
Prinny[29] Disgaea
Rabbid[30] Ubisoft Rabbids Michel Ancel 2006 While introduced as antagonists in the video game Rayman Raving Rabbids, their popularity resulted in Ubisoft putting more focus on them over Rayman, the protagonist of the Rayman series.
Rayman[30] Ubisoft Rayman Michel Ancel 1995
Red[31] Rovio Entertainment
Sega 		Angry Birds Jaakko Iisalo In 2016, Red served as a climate ambassador to the United Nations to encourage young people to “recycle, conserve water, and use public transit” to combat climate change.[citation needed]
Reiko Nagase[32] Namco Ridge Racer Kei Yoshimizu 1993
Sackboy[33] Sony Interactive Entertainment LittleBigPlanet Francis Pang
Men Lu
Kareem Ettouney
Mark Healey 		2008
Shovel Knight[34] Yacht Club Games Shovel Knight Various 2014
Slime[4] Enix (formerly)[citation needed]
Square Enix[35] 		Dragon Quest[35] Yuji Horii
Akira Toriyama[35] 		1986[35] Yuji Horii was inspired to include the Slime in Dragon Quest due to being a fan of the video game Wizardry, which also has Slime enemies. He created a doodle that he presented to Akira Toriyama, who gave it a smile.[35]
Sofia[36] Sony Computer Entertainment (formerly) Battle Arena Toshinden Miho Furukawa
Tsukasa Kotobuki 		1995
Sonic the Hedgehog[4] Sega Sonic the Hedgehog Naoto Ohshima 1991
Space Invader[37] Taito Space Invaders
Spyro the Dragon[4] Sony Computer Entertainment (formerly) Spyro the Dragon Craig Stitt
Charles Zembillas 		1998
Sweet Tooth[38] Sony Interactive Entertainment Twisted Metal David Jaffe 1995
Terry Bogard[39] SNK Fatal Fury Takashi Nishiyama 1991
Toro and Kuro[40] Sony Interactive Entertainment PlayStation Unknown 1999
Wally Week[41] Mikro-Gen Automania Various 1984
Yooka and Laylee[42] Playtonic Games Yooka-Laylee Steve Mayles 2017
Zool[2] Gremlin Interactive Zool George Allan 1992

Originating in marketing/logos

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