Pokemon recently created a Youtube Channel aimed at the much younger demographic known as "Pokemon Kids TV".
I see more young children in every day life walking around with Mario/Pokemon/Animal Crossing shirts/plushies/lunch boxes etc than I do with Disney merch these days.
I don't understand why Universal does this. It's made them a "hard no" for me for 8 years. Haven't even considered them.
Maybe not, but my 3 year old is all about rides. He gets straight angry at many parks cause he can't ride anything. Disney he was able to ride Cosmic Rewind and almost everything else (aside from like Aerosmith). Honestly not going to spend money to go far away to parks where he gets upset having to watch others ride things and he can't get on any of them. We very much could be a unique situation, but having things for smaller kids is a great idea if Universal really wants to poach people.
Eh, mine will know Mario above about any other character land Universal could throw out there, simply from watching his siblings play games, and from the toy aisles at stores.
Gen X and Millennials have young kids. The parents grew up with these characters in the 80s/90s. I'd guess that is the draw for these Nintendo characters.
In general Nintendo had me interested. But hearing Bowser Jr. Shadow Showdown required a separate purchase to do at Japan park, does have me waiting to see if Uni continues that trend.
It absolutely does alienate part of their base. People have kids at different times. Having these ridiculous height requirements limits the appeal for families with different ages.
The correct term is “bush league”…just what you, as a BoD member or stockholder want representing your multibillion dollar corporation….
It just goes to show in what regard they hold their most dedicated fans. They were fine with taking their money and then throwing them sub par convention scraps.
