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I never played this one.  There were a lot of mascot platformers I skipped out on back then.  If they were not available to rent at my local rental place, I usually didn't play them.  And the ones I did rent, I wasn't very impressed with.  I think the only one I rented that stuck out in my mind was Plok, but that was only because the music was good.  I do remember Titus using that fox in their logo for a while.  Titus the game company is out of business, so we won't be seeing that fox anymore either.

I never played the Zool games.  They came out at a time I was more into RPGs and was tired of all the me-too Sonic inspired mascot platformers.

There's a rumor that Ninjabread Man, considered by many to be one of the worst Wii games ever made, actually started out as a 3-D Zool title!

When I was a little kid and went to Chuck E. Cheese one time, I was playing the Mario Bros. arcade game and I felt another player trying to put a quarter in to play with me.  They were having some trouble and bumped into me and so I was like, "what the heck" and looked over and it was the Chuck E. Cheese costume mascot trying to play the game with me!

Many years later when I was a lot older, we had relatives visit and we took my much younger cousin to Chuck E. Cheese.  This time the costumed mascot tried to sit on me while we were eating.  It was all in fun, though, and we all laughed at it.

Once my brothers were old enough to enjoy Chuck E. Cheese for their birthdays, the costumed mascot was looking pretty ragged by then.  One of the eyebrows on it was even torn off, and he had no tail!

As a kid, I always thought the Chuck E. Cheese pizza was nasty.  I would only eat one slice and then go run off to play arcade games.  So years later when my brothers would go there for their birthdays, they had a italian sub sandwich you could order and I would always get that.  And I'm not picky about pizza either, so you know it must've been bad!  I hear the pizza's better now, but I don't have anyone in my life with young kids right now, so I won't be going there anytime soon to find out!

Nintendo Land was so cool. We played it tons.  I'd love a new one on the Switch.

As a kid, I never thought those Chuck E. Cheese robots were that scary.  Although MANY years later when one of my little brothers had his birthday there, the back of one of the robot's heads fell off!  We all laughed, but it did freak out some kids.  Five Nights at Freddy's really ruined the Chuck E. Cheese robots, now they don't even have them anymore.  A co-worker told me that now they just have a big screen TV instead of the robot stage.  You know that Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari, also started Chuck E. Cheese.

I think Taito's most popular racing series is probably Chase H.Q.  They should make a Taito character kart racer!

Remember when Deer Hunter games were really popular in the 90's?  You know who really liked to play those in my family?  My grandmother, actually!  They had a few of them on her computer and she loved playing them!  She got the high score on all of them, too!  She always wished they would make a game where you just take photos of the animals, though.

I am so glad that I got LEGO Dimensions because I got to review a bunch of the smaller sets after that.  Here are links to the ones you mentioned in particular:

The Goonies

http://www.gamerdad.com/blog/2017/06/02/lego-dimensions-the-goonies-level-pack/

Mission Impossible

http://www.gamerdad.com/blog/2016/11/16/lego-dimensions-mission-impossible-level-pack/

Fantastic Beasts

http://www.gamerdad.com/blog/2017/01/13/lego-dimensions-fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them-story-pack-fun-pack/

Ghostbusters

http://www.gamerdad.com/blog/2016/02/19/lego-dimensions-ghostbusters-level-pack/

I REALLY like the LEGO Midway pack.  Definitely worth getting!

http://www.gamerdad.com/blog/2016/04/01/lego-dimensions-midway-arcade-level-pack/

Yeah Karnov will be in Smash when Waluigi is in Smash.  Actually I don't care about Waluigi, but it seems the internet sure likes him.  But if Karnov makes it in Smash, you know what that means?  KARNOV AMIIBO!

The last game Karnov was in was actually Heavy Burger, a fun twin stick shooter that was also a mash up of classic Data East arcade titles.  I reviewed it a couple of years ago:

http://www.gamerdad.com/blog/2018/11/19/heavy-burger-switch-pc/

David Crane, creator of Pitfall, also made the Atari Activision Tennis game.