>>376313The diversity of characters is appealing to colonized third world mentality, when you are devoid of natural identity you mirror yourself on the shiniest shit you see, also it was pretty cheap to play arcade for those who coudn't afford videogames sum that with the competitive factor and you have that tiny rush of adrenaline everytime a crowd formed to see you beat your opponent, thats probably the only moment some of us have where we tasted glory and fame even if to a very tiny degree.
Life went downhill ever since.