The Kao the Kangaroo Complete Kaollection Is Here
The writing was on the wall for the mascot platform genre in the 2000s, with the hangers-on pulling increasingly desperate moves to stay afloat. Typically, this took the form of edgy, confrontational makeovers that turned the sunglasses-wearing animals with attitude into surly, dark alley emos. The less said about characters like Vexx, the better.