Necky the Fox is the official mascot for Famitsu, a video game journalism magazine created by Kadokawa. Necky has appeared in various forms of marketing but most notably on the covers starting in 1986 with issue 7. He is still used in association with Famitsu to this day.
Famitsu Magazine Cover Appearances[]
Necky has appeared in many covers for the Famitsu magazine with a majority of them featuring him interacting with elements from a series that is featured within it. However, since there is no known proof that these are authorized promotion by the creators of these series, these are currently considered to be Type 3 links.
- Issue 8 (October 3rd, 1986) Super Xevious
- Issue 9 (October 17th, 1986) Castlevania
- Issue 10 (October 31st, 1986) Super Star Force
- Issue 11 (November 14th, 1986) Pro Wrestling
- Issue 12 (November 28th, 1986) Dead Zone
- Issue 13 (November 28th, 1986) Castlequest
- Issue 14 (December 26th, 1986) Pro Baseball: Family Stadium
- Issue 16 (February 6th, 1987) Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
- Issue 17 (February 20th, 1987) Dragon Quest II
- Issue 18 (March 6th, 1987) Esper Dream
- Issue 20 (April 3rd, 1987) Dragon Quest II
- Issue 22 (May 1st, 1987) Family Jockey
- Issue 25 (June 12th, 1987) Meikyuu Jiin Dababa
- Issue 29/30 (August 7th, 1987) Double Dribble
- Issue 31 (September 4th, 1987) Salamander
- Issue 32 (September 18th, 1987) Momotarō Densetsu
- Issue 35 (October 30th, 1987) Momotarō Densetsu
- Issue 36 (November 13th, 1987) Side Pocket
- Issue 37 (November 27th, 1987) Exciting Baseball
- Issue 38 (December 11th, 1987) Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
- Issue 43 (February 19th, 1988) Dragon Quest III
- Issue 47 (April 15th, 1988) Captain Tsubasa
- Issue 49 (May 20th, 1988) Super Real Baseball '88
- Issue 50 (June 3rd, 1988) Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom
Other Famitsu Magazine Appearances[]
- Issue 7 (September 5th, 1986) Necky the Fox dresses up as Mickey Mouse from Fantasia on one of the pages.
Other Connections[]
Necky the Fox has also made appearances in several other projects:
- Puzzle & Dragons (July 2012) Necky made an appearance in the game as part of a special collaboration.
- Yo-Kai Watch: Wibble Wobble (October 21st, 2015) Necky made an appearance in the game as part of a special collaboration.
- Super Mario Maker (November 11th, 2015) A costume based on Necky was added to the game after an update.