I've only cosplayed twice before and they were both obscure characters. The main character from Feel the Magic for DS, which got recognized 3 or 4 times, and Todd Snap from Pokemon Snap, which got recognized once or twice. This was a huge contrast to my brother cosplaying Travis Touchdown from No More Heroes, because he could hardly walk five steps without somebody saying "dude, Travis!" This was at Anime Boston earlier this year, the only con I've been to, Otakon this year will be my second
I love when people cosplay Earthbound or the other Mother games.