
Mickey Mouse is one of the biggest names in television history as it relates to cartoons or animated media in general. Mickey Mouse has been around since the 1930’s and is the first thing that many people around the world instantly think about when it comes down to Disney. It seems like Mickey Mouse was more popular during the 20th century especially around the 1950’s opposed to the 21st century mainly because he was considered a fresh creation 70 years ago opposed to now. Also, when it came down to video games it seems like Mickey Mouse has more popular during the 90’s with games such as: Castle of Illusion and the Disney’s Magical Quest series from ’92-’95. During the 2000’s Mickey Mouse had seemingly become irrelevant mainly because casuals mainly teenagers and adults had were more interested in adult-themed video games within action-adventure or first-person shooter genre of gaming. However, despite his declining popularity Mickey Mouse stayed somewhat relevant in the video game scene during 2000’s by appearing in the Kingdom Hearts series. By the time the 2010’s decade came around Mickey Mouse still remained irrelevant for the most part maybe with the exception of Epic Mickey title. While Epic Mickey was somewhat underrated Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two from 2010 ended up being a commercial failure. Disney Illusion Island which came out back in July 2023 ended up being a solid platform game which was unfortunately overshadowed by so many high profile video game releases from that year. Mickey Mouse is obviously recognized by just about anyone and everyone who is familiar with gaming or television but he is clearly not as popular as he once was. The landscape of gaming has changed drastically since the 90’s when 2D platformers dominated scene and unfortunately Mickey Mouse could not compete with the likes of Super Mario or Sonic the Hedgehog in terms of popularity.





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