Subarnu said:How do you explain Lucario? Or Ness and Lucas (in N.A.)? Captain Olimar? Diddy Kong? You make a good point but I for one didn't know who Captain Olimar was... or Lucario or Lucas...
Captain olimar was the main character in PIKMIN, whioch was a huge success =3. Lucario became popular in the pokemon comunity quickly due to it's movie appearance and game. Ness was first put in to promote the game in melee (and 64 i think). His game was Mother 3 or earthbound, or whatever. Lucas represented mother 4 or somehting. I think in Japan the mother games were a success, when here at US it became a big failure