Ariel the Little Mermaid Ariel the Little Mermaid Disney's Ariel the Little Mermaid, usually shorted to simply Ariel the Little Mermaid, is a 1992 video game developed by Blue Sky Software for the Sega Genesis, Game Gear and Master System, based on the 1989 film "The Little Mermaid." A Master System version was released exclusively in Brazil by Tec Toy. Despite being based on the 1989 movie, the game's story bears little resemblance to that of the movie. The player guides one of Ariel or King Triton through underwater levels similarly to the game "Ecco the Dolphin", and can move in any direction. Despite
Ursula (The Little Mermaid) Clements eventually learned that Walt Disney himself had actually attempted to adapt the fairy tale into a feature-length animated film as early as the 1930s, but the project was ultimately shelved due in part to its sad ending. Clements suggested "The Little Mermaid" to Katzenberg, who finally green-lit it after having first rejected it. Hardly present in Andersen's original story, the sea witch is not a prominent character and lacks a proper name. Among Clements' ideas to alter the story, the filmmaker decided to "make the witch more of a villain", describing Ursula as "a fun character to develop" into