User blog:StrangerAtaru/Reasonings for Game Usage

Franchises in the Game By Era:

-Mickey & Friends: 1 Permanent (all that's needed)

-Golden Age Disney Films (1937-1942): 2 Permanent (Dumbo, Bambi), 1 Limited (Snow White), 2 Missing (Pinocchio, Fantasia) - Pinocchio is such a wild card at this point on if/whether it will even be a permanent or not; it has a large enough pool of notable characters it can use (Pinocchio, Jiminy, Gepetto, plus the notable villains like Honest John, Gideon and Stromboli) but unless you live in Japan (where Honest John and Gideon have huge support), it's just the heroes. Snow White I get since it has a huge character pool thanks to the Seven Dwarfs, while Dumbo and Bambi tend to only have a smaller pool of focal characters, which is understandable for Dumbo since it's mostly with him and Timothy (outside Mrs. Jumbo) but with Bambi it's usually just "the trio everyone knows/cares about" (characters like Faline, Friend Owl and the Great Prince tend to be ignored or never used for anything)  And Fantasia is usually just used as window dressing for Mickey as the Sorcerer's Apprentice and we have Fantasmic and the golf course with that; while Yensid, Chernabog or others could be fun, it probably isn't something they want to think about.

-War Era (1942-1949): May as well call it neglible; the only thing that admits it exists is the Headless Horseman statue; even if characters like Jose, Panchito and Willie the Giant would be welcomed.

-Silver Age Disney Films (1950-1967): 5/6 Permanent (Cinderella, Peter Pan, Lady & The Tramp, Sleeping Beauty, Sword in the Stone [sort of], Jungle Book), 1 Limited (Alice), 1 Missing (101 Dalmatians) - Honestly the only reason Peter Pan isn't limited is probably due to Tink at the beginning, since it has a notable cast; Cinderella too probably due to...well, Cinderella castle and just a nice introduction franchise to the game; and Sleeping Beauty goes hand in hand with the main enemy as Maleficent. I'm still surprised the Dalmatians aren't here and can go either way since many just make it about Pongo, Perdita, the puppies and Cruella but there are others they could use; and if/whether SitS finally gets anyone that isn't Merlin is probably up in the air on if they want to bite; the fact they removed his introductory materials could suggest maybe we could get Wart and Archimedes in the near future?

-Bronze/Dark Age Disney Films (1970-1988): 0 Permanent, 1 Limited (Winnie the Pooh...sort of). Yeah...this era is basically dead/ignored by the game. There have been hints such as Jock mentioning Duchess and O'Malley in one of his conversations and one of the hosts wanting Robin Hood, but to Disney proper, the only thing that exists in this period is Pooh. And Pooh technically is Silver Age since the first short came out before Walt's death and the second was already being developed! As for if any movies does make the game, I sort of wonder which moves have enough characters to be Limited or people are going to shell out money for the characters. I can see the movies where they think "this is all they want" becoming Permanent (The Rescuers just for Bernard and Bianca, The Fox and the Hound just for Tod and Copper, GMD just for Basil and Ratigan), while those with larger groups could be Limited but the wonder is if people will bite (Aristocats with O'Malley, Duchess, the kittens and Scat Cat, Robin Hood's big notable cast, Black Cauldron's "team" (Taran/Eilonwy/Gurgi/Ffwedull) and Horned King, Oliver & Company's "gang" (Oliver/Dodger/Tito/Francis/Rita/Einstein) & Georgette).

-Renaissance Disney Films (1989-1999): 1 Permanent (Pocahontas), 6 imited (Little Mermaid, B&TB, Aladdin, Lion King, Hercules, Mulan), 2 Missing (Hunchback, Tarzan...and it's obvious why with Tarzan): Obviously with this their golden period, most of them are limited; and I think Pocahontas is Permanent cause it's cast that isn't Pocahontas and the mascots are ignored...even John Smith surprisingly. Hunchback could go either way though: it has the characters but usually the only ones anyone cares about are Quasimodo, Esmeralda and Frollo (Phoebus and Clopin tend to be underused and the gargoyles are rather controversial)  And as mentioned, Tarzan probably would require another deal with the Burroughs estate and considering things as is, I think they rather not deal witht the hassle.

-Classic Pixar (1995-2010): 4 Permanent (Toy Story, Monsters Inc, Ratattouile, WALL-E), 2 Limited (Finding Nemo, The Incredibles), 3 Missing (A Bugs Life, Cars, Up): Toy Story and Monsters Inc are basically the two foundations of Pixar as a studio so they're permanent; and usually most tend to forget anyone outside the characters we have for Ratatouille and WALL-E; while Nemo and Incredibles have big casts. Of the three remaining, I think Up has the biggest potential of getting in next, though there's only four typically focal characters (Carl, Russel, Kevin, Dug) with Muntz and the dogs usually just background noise; it could still go either way if Muntz or Alpha are also used. Cars was originally going to be a starter as revealed prior, and it has a large enough cast to be limited. And A Bug's Life...is just forgotten by them and I'm not sure they'd want to pursue it with other options.

-Experimental Disney films (2000-2008): 1 Permanent (ENG), 1 Limited (Lilo & Stitch), 8 Missing (Dinosaur, Atlantis, Treasure Planet, Brother Bear, Home on the Range, Chicken Little, Meet the Robinsons, Bolt): I'd say this was like the Dark Age but replace "Pooh" with "Stitch"...but ENG has become a dark-horse movie in modern times so it's sort of escaped from obscurity. Everything else...sadly thanks to a lot of corporate mentality of not fitting in or being a hyper-huge success, they're more cult or ignored, even if they were hits critically or commercially ala Brother Bear or Bolt. Films like Atlantis and Treasure Planet may eventually approach cult ala ENG but they're not there yet and it's mostly just if/whether they will bite on any of these.

-Modern Disney Films (2009-now): 2 Permanent (Tangled, Zootopia), 6 Limited (PatF, WIR, Frozen, Big Hero 6, Moana, Raya): It's recent and it's covered; and as for the permanents: Zootopia was the new kid when the game started, and Tangled has it's smaller focused characters and my guess is they wanted another prominent Princess film...and with Frozen too valuable an asset that they had to make it premium, Rapunzel was it.

-Modern Pixar Films (2011-now): 0 Permanent, 3 Limited (Brave, Coco, Onward), 3 Missing (Inside Out, The Good Dinosaur, Soul), 1 ? (Luca): We don't know what Luca is going to be yet other than the next property. And while probably all the Pixar properties may make it in, the three missing ones are the bomb (Good Dinosaur is impossible to be shown off unless it's in a "every Pixar ever" thing...or TsumTsum since that game existed when it came out so they have an Arlo Tsum) and the two metaphysical ones you need to wonder if/how they'd be done. (Soul is easy if they pick whether to base it in the real world or the metaphysical one; while Inside Out has to be careful since most of the main characters are embodiments of Riley's emotions)