I didn't equate them, but yes I did compare them, because they are comparable. People didn't know who some of them were. I'm just saying...plenty of people don't realize that Link's name is Link, not Zelda.
But once you get off of Mario, Zelda, and Pokemon, it falls off pretty fast. StarFox games aren't so high up there. Even Metroid isn't. And, did you ever see Fox McCloud get his own anime?
I compared them because there are plenty of people who didn't even recognize the popular and well-known characters. So saying that about Falcon doesn't mean squat.