#namko

Back in the 80s, Namcot, a subsidiary of Namco's that handled the home-console conversion of arcade games, created a little mascot to promote their games. This mascot, nicknamed by fans as Namko, and otherwise known as either the Namco Heroine or Namcot Girl, was mainly used on the cover art of various Namcot produced games, including Family Pinball, Namco Classic, Side Pocket, etc. Her most recent appearance in any form of Namco media, at least that I know of, is in the form of advertisements for Namco-developed slot machines.

There is little known of her as a character, other than she seems to be a sporty character, even if she isn't participating in them herself, as seen in the above advertisement for Slot Family Stadium, vending cups of beer at a baseball game. Despite being a minor recurring mascot for the company, she doesn't even have a page on the Namco wiki. There is very little fanart of her, and the art I have seen of her is rather sensual in nature. She honestly deserves a bit more attention than that. Like, c'mon Namco. Give her like a cameo in the next Tekken update or something.

Edit - 1/2/22: Here are some examples of cover art where she herself is present, as well as some more modern pieces similar to one seen above. I originally uploaded them as part of a reblog to this very post, but I only now realized it'd be much better to add them to the main post instead.

Pac-Mom 💖🥰💐

Here's her with no background and alt hair color:

Namko is here