Could just be me but until the shorts that started up in 2013, I don't remember him having much of a presence outside the parks for a good while there. However, I freely admit that may just be that I wasn’t paying attention. Either way it is going to be a VERY long time before any character is even remotely as recognizable.
The newer generation of shorts are an interesting reminder that Mickey went for decades (in fact, most of his existence) without shorts being made of him and yet didn’t fade one bit from public consciousness. I think toys and merchandise are a more meaningful (and steady) measure of his prominence.
Does anybody remember "Mickey Mouse Works" from 1999? It was Disney's attempt at making newer animated shorts starring Mickey & Friends focused on their modern depictions. These were later shown on House of Mouse and is where Tress MacNeille started becoming the default voice of Daisy Duck. These were aimed at a general audience like other animated media starring Mickey Mouse.
The Zach and the Team have spent the last 4 years perfecting ORANGE velvet cupcakes!!!
I will say that the mario kart ride looks terrible. It's way way to slow moving.
They will fill it to the gills just on being new, probably ride for at least two years on that alone.
But the other side of the coin. The DK coaster looks like it will be incredibly fun if done right
Very possible. Just seems like whoever designed it never actually played the game.
The Mario kart ride? I agree! It seems like a miss.
Every time I see people claiming Mario and Nintendo is some kind of IP to end all IPs it makes me think that if you're into video games and surrounded by people who are into them it must seem like that. As someone who doesn't fall into the category, the IP and its characters are at best a very hazy presence in my consciousness and not something I really come across often in popular culture or even among friends or their kids all that much in the same way as something like Potter, Marvel, or even Mickey. I'd even venture to say The Simpsons as an IP has a lot more recognition than Mario.
Well, they said that about IOA, DCA, and Disneyland Paris. That's not to say that Epic Universe will open like any of them, but I'm always cautious about the assumption new parks will automatically be popular.
He’s been in Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and it’s follow-ups since 2006 which is what I imagine a lot more people are familiar with.
This also explains why a bunch of people who spend their energy discussing a Disney resort on an online forum think that Mickey is unquestionably much more recognizable and popular than Mario. I’m not saying one is more than the other, in fact I think it’s pretty baseless to say that and we’d really need a poll to figure it out.
I think it's safe to assume that Mickey is globally a more recognisable figure than Mario. I'm not saying that because I'm a Disney fan, but because I'm very, very sure that it's objectively true based on Mickey's near-century-long history and the extent of his reach, which has left few corners of the inhabited world untouched. To me, it's as self-evidently true as the statement that Coca-Cola (which I don't drink or like) is globally a more recognised brand than PG Tips (a very well-known brand of British tea that I drink daily).
