Mario is a very, very well known gaming icon. Most likely the most known in gaming. However, there is no denying that he has been milked over the years. Patrick Goss, a columnist for MSN tech & gadgets also seems to think this - he fears Mario may become too ubiquitous if he continues to be milked.

In short: because he's in danger of becoming so ubiquitous that he'll become taken for granted - or worse, considered passé. Mario is linked so heavily with some of the most powerfully iconic games of all time that he is already rightly regarded as the face of gaming, but wouldn't it be terrible if his almost uncountable cameos in Nintendo games started to eat away at that impact?

Alvaroduck via tech.uk.msn.com »