Disney loved Japan more than you.

So, here's the question of the day...


Have you ever played a videogame based on Dumbo?
Did you even know one existed before seeing this video?

The answer to both is probably "No", because the only Dumbo video game is on the Pico, and was only released in Japan.

Other Japan-exclusive Pico Disney titles (Besides the load of Mickey Mouse titles which I brought up before) include Snow White, Peter Pan, various Winnie the Poohs, a couple Donald Duck starred games, a few "Disney Princess" branded titles, and who knows what else.

Now, a good amount of these games, such as the Dumbo one shown above, were released in Japan well after the Pico was deemed a "dead console" in other regions, so some of these are understandable. However, there's just as many that simply did not come out outside of Japan even when you'd think it'd have been a no-brainer. Heck, "Mickey no Yukai na Bouken" was a launch title in Japan, but nowhere to be found in the USA.

Team Europe managed to get prototypes of a few international translations of some of the games that would not be released, but besides that, well, "That's all, folks!", as a certain competitor to Disney would say.
I wonder, are there any more? Maybe even in English? I'd have thought these would've at least been considered for a USA release, since, you know, the US is Disney's home. Then again, so I've heard, these Pico games are far from the only things that were given the Japan-only treatment.


Of course, this also begs the question, what was localization for a Pico game like? The text would probably be fairly simple, since, well, these games are designed for preschoollers, but how about dubbing? And of course, there's Sonic the Hedgehog's Gameworld's censorship issues...

Anyhow, to top off this weirdness of the day, just a note; Disney wasn't the only one giving Japan some "exclusive" treatment. Among other IPs well-known in America that only got Pico games in Japan include Peanuts (Particularly "Snoopy"), Lego, Paddington Bear, and... um... McDonalds. Maayybe more on that later.