Nintendo is a little piece io dust on the couch in the Disney HQ reception area. They're not even in the same ballpark.
Comparing the two is like comparing a minor league hockey team to the New York Yankees. They're in a sorta similar business, and maybe the hockey team has a couple guys that have played at the highest level. But, the Yanks are watched by 3 million people every night, own a TV network, sell a hundred million hotdogs per year, have a giant stadium, etc. The minor league hockey team plays at the local ice rink during slow times of day, and wishes they could get some coverage on the local cable access channel.
Nintendo really only has Mario that's on a level that transcends gaming. You can maybe throw in Peach, Luigi, and..... that's really about all. Beyond that, you have some characters that are significant in the gaming world. But they just don't make it outside of the space. Disney either owns or controls a significant portion of the rights to a gigantic percentage the most iconic characters in the western world, and a lot of those outside the West. They're in a whole bunch of tangentially related businesses. They just much, much bigger. Disney's second and third tier properties are massively more culturally important than all but the very top couple of Nintendo's.
Last edited by VAMatt - on 06 April 2019
