The Neo Geo Mascot??

Yagyu Jubei · Mar 26, 2001

OK, I was wondering who would be SNK's mascot? When we think of Nintendo, we think Mario (or maybe Pikachu now if you're really young). Sega, we think Sonic. Sony = Crash Bandicoot (if he was the mascot at all). Even the TurboDuo had Bonk.

So, SNK never had a mascot. Maybe because the Neo was the lone wolf of the gaming industry.

Who would you vote for as SNK's mascot? My vote would be Terry Bogard because he was such a ubiquitous figure in the Neo Fighters.

Any other choices? Kyo? Iori? Marco and Tarma? Anyone else?

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djbomberman · Mar 26, 2001

Here is the mascot....the rabid dog.....

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Yagyu Jubei · Mar 26, 2001

I was placing bets with myself on who would be first to break out with the dog tag. You were all over that one

I guess I should have clarified that I was looking for an actual video game character, like Terry. Maybe the dog is a hidden character in NITD....hehe.

A+ for effort DJB.

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Fran · Mar 26, 2001

rarehero · Mar 26, 2001

yup
he makes an appearance in
SNK vs capcom card fighter
and very early SNK japan ads
cant remember his name though..

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Bobak! · Mar 26, 2001

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Fran:

This mascot also makes a cameo in the original Fatal Fury (as the taxi driver that drops Terry off in the intro screen)

Yagyu Jubei · Mar 26, 2001

I guess Bobak, you can take that one step further and say that the little guy's face is on the "O" of the Japanese Neo Geo logo.

Does anyone know his name?

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Iori · Mar 26, 2001

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Yagyu Jubei:
I guess Bobak, you can take that one step further and say that the little guy's face is on the "O" of the Japanese Neo Geo logo.

Does anyone know his name?

G-Mantle

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BryLmoo · Mar 26, 2001

His name is G Mantle, or something along those lines. He is a secret striker in KoF2000.

Bryan

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NeoLord · Mar 29, 2001

He was also known as Mr. Neo back in the day.

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NeoLord · Mar 29, 2001

Mr. Neo, Mr. Neo-Geo... both names are him. I don't know why SNK calls him G. Mantle today, but they must have their reasons.

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Shuuchan · Mar 31, 2001

Terry Bogard seems most like the Neo mascot. Hes the most immediately recognizable Neo charchter(at least to everyone I know).

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Yojimbo · Apr 12, 2001

Whenever I think of neogeo I always recognise TerryBogard.

Big Bruno · Apr 13, 2001

let's see if I remember this right

I think G. Mantle actually was in reference to one of the producers (if that what you call them) of the games and the character was his Sig.

first I heard of him was when I dug up on old blue's journey code and it showed where he was at. I do not really think his name was Mr. Neo Geo though. I just called him that because of the sign he was holding, never saw it written anywhere except in the BJ code which the author assumed the same thing.

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Nari · Apr 17, 2001

I would be incline to think of Athena as some sort of the pop idol of SNk, with her annual costume change.

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