game industry vent (-)
Reacting to a Discord convo.
Mascot characters are a tool to sell games and have been since the 80s. The fact that prominent indie game companies with mascots are contributing them to crossover games like BrawlOut, Blade Strangers, and Crystal Crisis isn't, like, them biting the devil's fruit or anything. Good things are still possible even with the profit motive!
game industry vent (-)
Related: please stop repeating that conspiracy theory that Nicalis stole the Cave Story IP; there's no real evidence of that and you can still download the freeware version from Daisuke Ayama's website.