| Disney's Magical Quest | |
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| Developer(s) | Capcom |
| Publisher(s) | Capcom/Nintendo (GBA Version) |
| Producer(s) | Tokuro Fujiwara |
| Composer(s) | Mari Yamaguchi |
| Platform(s) | Super NES, Game Boy Advance |
| Release date(s) | Disney's Magical Quest SNES version GBA version Disney's Magical Quest 2 SNES version Mega Drive/Genesis version Game Boy Advance version Disney's Magical Quest 3 SNES version
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| Genre(s) | Platformer |
| Mode(s) | 1-2 Players |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: E (Everyone) |
Disney's Magical Quest, known in Japan as Mickey's Magical Adventure (Japanese: ミッキーのマジカルアドベンチャー Hepburn: Mikī no Majikaru Adobenchā), is a Disney platform game series released by Capcom. The games star Mickey Mouse and, depending on the game version, either Minnie Mouse or Donald Duck, who must defeat an evil villain, always played by Peg-Leg Pete. The gameplay is similar among all games in the series: the player must move as in a typical platform game, defeating enemies either by jumping on them or by grabbing and throwing blocks at them.
One of the most notable gameplay features of the series is the ability to change characters' outfits, which give characters different special abilities. Other gameplay elements in the series include the ability to expand the player's health meter by collecting special hearts, and to shop for items using coins that are scattered throughout the game.
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The Magical Quest starring Mickey Mouse was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1992. The game features Mickey Mouse traveling in a strange land ruled by the evil emperor Pete, searching for his dog Pluto. With the help of a wizard, Mickey sets out to find his friend and stop Pete's tyranny.
Unlike its sequels, the first game in the series lacks the ability to save or load progress (which means players would have the beat the game in a single sitting), and although it supports two players, they cannot play simultaneously; a player only gains control when the other dies.
Mickey's outfits in this game include: a magician outfit, which enables him to shoot magic; a firefighter uniform that enables him to continually spray water; and mountain-climbing gear that gives him a grappling hook that can attach to certain surfaces and objects. When wearing the magician or firefighter outfits, Mickey's magic and water abilities are limited, and must be recharged by collecting magic lamps and fire hydrants.
The game was remade for the Game Boy Advance in 2002 under the title Disney's Magical Quest Starring Mickey and Minnie Mouse. Published by Nintendo, the GBA version adds Minnie to the game as a playable character who is identical to Mickey in terms of gameplay. The GBA port also introduced a save feature and a character select screen similar to that of the SNES version of the second game in the series.
Originally titled The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey and Minnie, this game was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Genesis and Game Boy Advance. It features both Mickey and Minnie Mouse, who must discover why the circus suffered an attack from Baron Pete.
The game ditches the alternating two-player method in favor of simultaneous co-op. Another new feature is a password back-up.
Both Mickey and Minnie are identical gameplay-wise, and the costumes they receive don't differ from each other in any aspect except in the aesthetics.
The costumes include a sweeper, which can suck enemies and turn them into coins, a safari suit that can climb walls and swing from hooks and a cowboy suit that shoots corks and maneuvers by bouncing. The latter two outfits can be upgraded at a shop.
The Genesis version of the game includes a cosmetic change for the stage 5 boss and a replaced room in stage 3.
In the GBA version, Mickey's eyebrows are removed during closeups of Mickey and the character select screen is different because Mickey had a slightly short face change appearance in the 21st century Mickey Mouse Cartoons. A save feature was added in the GBA Version as well.
The final game in the series, it was released for the Super Famicom only in Japan. Released late in the Super NES's life cycle, it was never released overseas until its Game Boy Advance incarnation. In this game, Donald's triplet nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie—who do not wear their traditional colors—play a prank on their uncle and hide in the attic in hope that he might calm down. They, however, are caught inside a magical book, which is controlled inside by King Pete. After knowing this, Mickey and Donald enter the book in order to find the duckling brothers and stop the evil Pete once more. According to the ending, Pete renounces his evil ways upon being defeated and becomes good.
The game is mostly similar to Disney's Magical Quest 2, but some new features are added. One of them is the possibility to play bonus games that are hidden in secret places.
The costumes for Mickey and Donald, this time, are different from each other.
The first costume for Mickey is a knight armor that has a shield and a punch glove that can hit in different directions, but it easily sinks when it falls in the water; Donald uses a wooden barrel as an armor and a Metal Bowl for a Helmet, which can roll, uses a hammer that only attacks in an arc fashion, and can float when touching the water. Both costumes had a bar that fills over time. The strength of the attack (glove or hammer) depends on how much the bar has filled.
The second costume involves using lumberjack climbing gear; both characters use a rope to catch enemies and throw them or latch in certain columns. the only difference is that Mickey lashes the rope in a straight lateral direction while Donald throws from up to bottom.
The third and final costume is more different; Mickey is a magician that attacks with magical birds that fly straight forward. Donald uses a magic lamp that summons a genie's hand that can shoot magic or serve as a platform so that Mickey can step on it.
In the Game Boy Advance version, Mickey's eyebrows are removed during closeups because Mickey had a slightly short face change appearance in the 21st century Mickey Mouse Cartoons.