Bonk was the best flagship system mascot character ever. Forget Mario, forget Sonic, I know the TurboGrafx wasn't that great, but Bonk deserves a more hallowed place in the annals of mascots.
Forcing kids to go through all those boring end bosses all over again was a terrible thing to do. At least Megaman gave you the illusion of being able to choose the best weapon to defeat each one.