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Lopen posted...

I personally don't think Crash Bandicoot has any business touching any rushmores aside from "most irrelevant flagship character" rushmore

Total footnote of a series. The first of a long string of nothing is still nothing.

Tomb Raider is a has been, Crash Bandicoot is a never was.

Three of the top 11 best selling PSX games were Crash games, and the sequels both outsold the first game. It was the platformer on the system and Sony's first attempt at a North American mascot, moreso than Spyro ever managed.

Like, I'm not trying to argue that popularity equals quality, I was never crazy about these games, but it's really surprising to see people claiming these games weren't a huge deal. 20 years of mediocre sequels has taken its toll, I guess, but in the context of the PSX it's got a big position and it was the launch point for the long line of assorted mascot platformers Sony had for the first ten years of their gaming life.