10 Beloved Video Game Mascots You Totally Forgot

10. Wild Woody

The pitching process for Wild Woody must have been somebody at Sega looking around their desk and deciding that a pencil could in fact save the world if it only hard arms and legs. For those lucky enough to not know about this platformer for the Sega CD here's what you need to know.

Released back in 1995 Wild Woody starred our hero, an anthropomorphic pencil who had to travel various worlds to collect pieces of a totem pole that brought him to life. The title had some of those classic early CD era Computer Generated cutscenes and some of the most...exciting voice acting heard in a game.

The release garnered a small amount of praise for its music and its drawing feature, but drew much more criticism for its sloppy platforming and awful controls, and if there is one thing you need to get right in a platformer its tight control.

Wild Woody would never see a sequel after his initial release, only rarely seen popping up on youtube as an anomaly amongst mascots.