Character Name: Napoleon Bonaparte
Character Origin: Daitouryou (Hanafuda Cards, 1889)
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It's easy for people to think of Nintendo and think, "Oh, the company that makes games." Well they have made games. For
over 100 years. People don't seem to realise this, given that the average joe thinks they started in around the 1980s. However, it's in response to this that I've picked Napoleon Bonaparte. Well, technically. See, he's at all times trapped inside one such card, which has animations similar to that of the Balance Board in Wii Fit.
Aside from Hanafuda as a concept being very much unknown to the modern world, especially in the West, I think this is a weird enough pick to reasonably make sense to include. Sure, it might have "sold" quite a lot, but I don't think the original would have sold well - and Napoleon's likeness in future Nintendo products, such as a 1970s board game, were
extremely unsuccessful. Even so, however, Hanafuda is still consistent enough in Nintendo to be relevant - included in both Clubhouse Games titles, for example. I'd like to stress, however, this
isn't a Clubhouse rep, but rather represents non-gaming Nintendo products. For example, as well as having card-based moves, it could work well to include other Nintendo toys - such as the Ultra Hand and the Ultra Machine.
Admittedly, it's difficult to tell for sure whether Daitouryou has sold more than 1 million units, but Napoleon isn't really the main protagonist of the game. He's kind of just there as an NPC. As such, I have reason to believe this is elegible - but feel free to tell me if not!
(Also, sorry I wasn't here for the voting earlier, SmashBoards keeps not alerting me to notifications lol)