>>749061624
Because he didn't have a giant marketing push in the 90's.

Poles can't do anything right

Ooooh, I get it. His name isn't Cow, it's KO.

>>749061624
It's not good. It's playable, if you grew up with it, it's perfectly fine to like it, but there was never anything world-shaking about its design, art style or implementation. The rereleases were the first time most people outside of Europe even heard of the series, and that was for a good reason. It didn't have enough star power to justify being released in North America.
If it had been absolutely killing it, American publishers would have been chomping at the bit to get a super favorable deal to publish a worthy Polish game. But it wasn't, so it stayed obscure.

>>749061624
Play the game and you'll figure out why, it sucks.

>>749061624
Kao is just certified scrimblo. He's high up there, but he's still like, a tier below Croc in terms of renown

>>749061624
It's incredibly unpolished.
it was so badly programmed they released a DLC that actually corrupted the game and nuked peoples save files.