Meteos: Disney Magic
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| Developer(s) | Q Entertainment/Aspect |
| Publisher(s) | Buena Vista Games |
| Designer(s) | Masahiro Sakurai |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo DS |
| Release date |  February 27, 2007 |
| Genre(s) | Puzzle |
| Mode(s) | Single player, Multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: E (Mild Violence) |
| Media | 64MB + 64KB EEPROM |
| Input methods | touch screen |
Meteos: Disney Magic is a puzzle video game co-developed by Q Entertainment and Aspect, published by Buena Vista Games for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console. It is the sequel to Meteos, also for the Nintendo DS.
Meteos: Disney Magic follows the same basic concept as Meteos, but makes many distinct changes, the most notable being that it features Disney characters as opposed to the various alien species from Meteos.
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[edit] Gameplay
The player must hold the Nintendo DS sideways à la Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!, creating a taller playing field on the touch screen. The top screen shows a particular scene, which changes when launching a certain number of Meteos off of the screen. Such scenes include Lilo and Stich, The Nightmare Before Christmas and Pirates of the Caribbean. One of the biggest changes in gameplay is the ability to drag tiles left and right, unlike the original Meteos whose tiles could only be moved up and down. This only applies to Easy, Medium and Hard modes; in Expert mode, only up and down movements are allowed.
[edit] Disney elements
Below is a list of all Disney series known to be featured in Meteos: Disney Edition.
- Cinderella
- Lilo & Stitch
- The Lion King
- Aladdin
- The Little Mermaid
- The Nightmare Before Christmas
- Pirates of the Caribbean
- Toy Story
- Finding Nemo
- Winnie the Pooh
[edit] Reception
Meteos: Disney Magic has received in general lower scores than its predecessor. Nintendo Official Magazine UK awarded the game 79%, saying that "If you're after a puzzler that's easy to get to grips with then this is a good choice" but added that "the original is still the definitive version" and said that the new Disney animations were pointless.
IGN gave the game 8.0/10, a full mark lower than they awarded the original game. Their review maintained that the gameplay was less restrictive due to the new horizontal sliding, and also praised how the slider now locks so 'scribbling' was discouraged. But the review complained of the lack of online play and the loss of the original alien setting to the game.
Gamespot.com awarded the game 7.9 out of 10, and said in their review that the "super-insane gameplay is a satisfying and challenging as ever" and the "horizontal movement...tweak a successful formula with mostly positive results" but thought the unlockable content was "underwhelming" and that "the Disney theme won't be everyone's cup of tea".
1up.com gave the game 7.0 out of 10.
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