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Dragon Ball more popular than Sonic and Mario
Is Dragon Ball more popular than Sonic The Hedgehog and Super Mario? Or No.
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I’m gonna say no. But I think it depends on the location and demo.
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Different mediums.
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Is Bach more popular than Da Vinci?
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What, noCursed Lemon wrote:Different mediums.
Is Bach more popular than Da Vinci?
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Hard to compare. Closest measurement I can think would be this.
Going by that, more popular than Sonic but not Mario.
Going by that, more popular than Sonic but not Mario.
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Why not Mario.Kid Buu wrote:Hard to compare. Closest measurement I can think would be this.
Going by that, more popular than Sonic but not Mario.
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D-did you even bother to look at what Kid Buu linked to?Young-Jah wrote:Why not Mario.Kid Buu wrote:Hard to compare. Closest measurement I can think would be this.
Going by that, more popular than Sonic but not Mario.
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Yes. But I'm just asking.MasenkoHA wrote:D-did you even bother to look at what Kid Buu linked to?Young-Jah wrote:Why not Mario.Kid Buu wrote:Hard to compare. Closest measurement I can think would be this.
Going by that, more popular than Sonic but not Mario.
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Mario has a wider appear to a broader range of people. Partially down to the times. Arguably the Dragon Ball manga is boring because you have to put the effort in to read, and the anime is less approachable because it's long. The mario games are more stand alone than a serialized anime with more than 100 episodes.Young-Jah wrote:Why not Mario.Kid Buu wrote:Hard to compare. Closest measurement I can think would be this.
Going by that, more popular than Sonic but not Mario.
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It's considerably more popular than Sonic. Sonic is a game first and even it's games aren't as successful as Dragon Balls now.
Mario would be debatable. Maybe though because Mario is still just limited to gaming even if it is one of the biggest.
Mario would be debatable. Maybe though because Mario is still just limited to gaming even if it is one of the biggest.
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You do realize that Sonic is the only character to ripping off DB, something that Mario can't even compete against.Bullza wrote:It's considerably more popular than Sonic. Sonic is a game first and even it's games aren't as successful as Dragon Balls now.
Mario would be debatable. Maybe though because Mario is still just limited to gaming even if it is one of the biggest.
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You do realize that Mario did had a anime at one point.ZodaEX wrote:Mario has a wider appear to a broader range of people. Partially down to the times. Arguably the Dragon Ball manga is boring because you have to put the effort in to read, and the anime is less approachable because it's long. The mario games are more stand alone than a serialized anime with more than 100 episodes.Young-Jah wrote:Why not Mario.Kid Buu wrote:Hard to compare. Closest measurement I can think would be this.
Going by that, more popular than Sonic but not Mario.
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Yes, but it's main product line are video games.Young-Jah wrote:You do realize that Mario did had a anime at one point.ZodaEX wrote:Mario has a wider appear to a broader range of people. Partially down to the times. Arguably the Dragon Ball manga is boring because you have to put the effort in to read, and the anime is less approachable because it's long. The mario games are more stand alone than a serialized anime with more than 100 episodes.Young-Jah wrote: Why not Mario.
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I remember reading that the creator of Sonic did that as an homage to DBZ. Then I read this really stupid debate on Reddit about what came first because DBZ debuted in the US later than Sonic so it must be a ripoff of Sonic (it’s like it never existed in Japan before 1991).Young-Jah wrote:You do realize that Sonic is the only character to ripping off DB, something that Mario can't even compete against.Bullza wrote:It's considerably more popular than Sonic. Sonic is a game first and even it's games aren't as successful as Dragon Balls now.
Mario would be debatable. Maybe though because Mario is still just limited to gaming even if it is one of the biggest.
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Hey, it's not Yuji Naka fault, we didn't know why Naka made that homage in the first place.DBZfan29 wrote:I remember reading that the creator of Sonic did that as an homage to DBZ. Then I read this really stupid debate on Reddit about what came first because DBZ debuted in the US later than Sonic so it must be a ripoff of Sonic (it’s like it never existed in Japan before 1991).Young-Jah wrote:You do realize that Sonic is the only character to ripping off DB, something that Mario can't even compete against.Bullza wrote:It's considerably more popular than Sonic. Sonic is a game first and even it's games aren't as successful as Dragon Balls now.
Mario would be debatable. Maybe though because Mario is still just limited to gaming even if it is one of the biggest.
#SuperSonicRipoffSSJ.
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Yeah, but again, this plumber is the first guy to never be transitioned to anime in the modern era.ZodaEX wrote:Yes, but it's main product line are video games.Young-Jah wrote:You do realize that Mario did had a anime at one point.ZodaEX wrote:
Mario has a wider appear to a broader range of people. Partially down to the times. Arguably the Dragon Ball manga is boring because you have to put the effort in to read, and the anime is less approachable because it's long. The mario games are more stand alone than a serialized anime with more than 100 episodes.
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In the West at least, I'd say Mario has a generational advantage. Although Dragon Ball and Mario are around the same age, Dragon Ball didn't cement itself into Western culture until the past fifteen years or so. A lot of people in their 50's down have Mario in their consciousness, Dragon Ball is more 35-ish and below. It'll probably even out in time, but I think hardly anyone at all regardless of age doesn't at least have a little bit of familiarity with Mario as a character.
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So both Mario and DB came in the 80s, while Sonic, Naruto, and Luffy came in the 90s.Thanos wrote:In the West at least, I'd say Mario has a generational advantage. Although Dragon Ball and Mario are around the same age, Dragon Ball didn't cement itself into Western culture until the past fifteen years or so. A lot of people in their 50's down have Mario in their consciousness, Dragon Ball is more 35-ish and below. It'll probably even out in time, but I think hardly anyone at all regardless of age doesn't at least have a little bit of familiarity with Mario as a character.
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I'd say no. Mario is well known by just about anyone out there because they know Nintendo ever since the 80's.
This is like saying that Dragon Ball is more popular than McDonald's.
This is like saying that Dragon Ball is more popular than McDonald's.
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More around 28 years since Dragon Ball is well known in the West. AB Groupe made the franchise a huge success around European countries but the popularity in some of those countries are nowhere near as much as they were in the 90's.Thanos wrote:In the West at least, I'd say Mario has a generational advantage. Although Dragon Ball and Mario are around the same age, Dragon Ball didn't cement itself into Western culture until the past fifteen years or so. A lot of people in their 50's down have Mario in their consciousness, Dragon Ball is more 35-ish and below. It'll probably even out in time, but I think hardly anyone at all regardless of age doesn't at least have a little bit of familiarity with Mario as a character.
Back then there were magazines, toys, always on TV, "controversies" and it was extremely hyped up (a lot used to ditch school and even work just to watch it). So as such, the Western country I'd say which is more popular than it was before – America.