Captain Commando is a mascot character created by Capcom's North American branch to advertise their Nintendo Entertainment System games. The character was used from 1986 to 1988, before undergoing a redesign in 1989 with the campaign cancelled shortly after. The character's name is a reference to Capcom itself, with the first three letters of each part spelling out "Cap Com". During this campaign, the North American instruction manual for Section Z stated he was the protagonist of the title.