...because I'm tired of the argument that boxart means anything other than explaining the game in a way that makes parent want to buy it for there children. Hence- "Blue Boy, Pink Girl, Spring Arms. Oh, I get it. Little Jimmy will love it."
Or the false idea that any of the characters are all that complicated. It's a pretty simple game. Spring Man has as many mechanics as Min Min.
The only argument I've seen that makes sense is that he has a robot double, everything else makes absolutely no sense. We heard the exact quotation that 'there is no protagonist,' and quite frankly, Nintendo has shown us many times in the past that a character based game will wait to establish a mascot. See- Pikachu (not on the boxart until the fourth game), or Isabelle (not even created in the original games). It has nothing to do with Spring Man. And yes, looking into the future is speculation, but looking at what exists, it seems the word mascot isn't understood.
I guess, that over a trajectory of time, as Nintendo constantly validates my point of view, it is just crazy to hear it disputed still. Then again, as a general fan base, we don't really learn. Every fanmade rule, continually shattered, doesn't seem to stop it. And it's frustrating to see that for a mass group of people.
