10 Video Game Character Redesigns NOBODY Asked For

10. Crash Bandicoot - Crash Of The Titans

Upon his 1996 debut, Crash Bandicoot epitomised cool: though cute to look at, he was a little edgier in the aesthetics department than Mario and Sonic, and became a mascot synonymous with the irreverent, forward-thinking nature of the PlayStation brand.

But as the series' popularity began to decline in the late 2000s, developers Radical Entertainment made the desperate decision to give Crash a most bogus makeover for 2007's otherwise-not-bad Crash of the Titans.

All of the game's major characters were given "punk" updates, resulting in Crash now having mussed-up fur and, most egregiously, sporting a howingly hideous set of tribal tattoos on his arms. Ewww.

And like that, Crash was transformed from an effortlessly marketable icon into a lame try-hard. Trash Bandicoot, even.

Though Crash's garish tattoos were lightened for the follow-up Crash: Mind over Mutant, it wasn't until the release of Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy that the bandicoot truly felt like his classic self once again.