World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck

World of Illusion
Starring Mickey Mouse
and Donald Duck

European Mega Drive box art
Developer(s) Sega AM7
Publisher(s) Sega
Distributor(s) Sega
Director(s) Emiko Yamamoto
Composer(s) Haruyo Oguro
Tomoko Sasaki
Series Illusion
Platform(s) Sega Genesis
Release date(s)
  • NA December 17, 1992
  • JP December 18, 1992
  • EU December 19, 1992
Genre(s) Platformer
Mode(s) Single-player, two-player cooperative

World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, known in Japan as I Love Mickey & Donald - The Mysterious Magic Box (World of Illusion - アイラブ ミッキー&ドナルド - ふしぎなマジックボックス World of Illusion - Ai Rabu Mikki ando Donarudo - Fushigi na Majikku Bokkusu) is a 1992 platformer video game developed by Sega AM7 and produced by Sega for the Sega Genesis. The game was released in North America on December 17, 1992, in Japan on December 18, 1992 and in Europe on December 19, 1992. It is part of Sega's Illusion series of Mickey Mouse games.

Gameplay

Mickey and Donald in the first level. The cards represent the characters' health, and are turned face-down when they take damage.

Players can either play solo as either Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck, or co-operatively with two players controlling Mickey and Donald whilst sharing from the same pool of lives. Mickey and Donald can run, jump, or attack by flourishing their capes. Enemies defeated in this way turn into doves, cards, or other harmless objects depending on the enemy. After defeating the boss of each level, a new magic spell is learned, allowing the pair to traverse the next level; i.e. flying on a magic carpet or going underwater in an air bubble. The gameplay changes significantly depending on the characters chosen. For example, Mickey can squeeze through certain gaps, while Donald must find a different route, leading him to entirely different realms. When playing in two player mode, the players can stand on each other's shoulders and use ropes to help each other out, and Mickey can pull Donald through gaps his (evidently very stiff) tail feathers prevent him from fitting through.

The game's music, artwork and animation shows influences from classic Disney animated films (similar to the Kingdom Hearts series), including; The Little Mermaid, The Sword in the Stone, Alice in Wonderland, "Fantasia," and Pinocchio.

Plot

Whilst preparing for a magical act, Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck discover a magical box. However, this turns out to belong to an evil magician (Pete) who sends Mickey and Donald to a magical world. Mickey and Donald must now work together in order to find a way back home.

Reception

MegaTech gave the game 90% and a Hyper Game Award, saying that it had "the best graphics of any Disney game yet", but noted that it was very easy to finish.[1] Mega gave the game 82%, saying it was "very easy to complete, and dull in one-player, but fantastic for a couple of youngsters".[2]

See also

References

  1. MegaTech rating, EMAP, issue 12
  2. Mega review, Future Publishing, issue 3, page 48, December 1992

External links

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