If you fail, the enemy respawns quickly, meaning you won't have to keep restarting the level to make progress or discover all the collectible games, cards, or peppers.
Some areas can be accessed only by bouncing off an enemy's head. Because of this, Castle of Illusion is rarely a difficult game.
Mickey's animations, as well as the movements of his enemies, are slow and deliberate. Jumping and bouncing are your primary methods of interacting with this world. The narrator comments on Mickey's various troubles, and his theatrical voice is enjoyable and may remind you of kindergarten story time-but it's difficult to substantially enrich a story as thin as tissue paper. While it makes sense to use the original plot as the blueprint of a remake, it's too bad it doesn't reach the heights of the newly added narration. You must-you guessed it-find your courage and save the helpless damsel before it's too late. Mickey and Minnie are enjoying a beautiful day together when Minnie is kidnapped by the terrible witch, Mizrabel. The platforming is a bit too forgiving, yet the game succeeds because it falls back on Disney's greatest magic trick: the ability to yank you from your living room and show you something truly imaginative, even if only for a little while.Ĭastle of Illusion is a remake of the 1990 Sega Genesis game of the same name, and it will instantly be familiar to those who have played the original. Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse constantly places you in these kinds of fantastical situations, which are equal parts beautiful and dangerous. Later, as you step across the ledge of a bookshelf, tomes spring to life and blast you off your feet. The level will end after a few seconds.After bouncing on ghosts in a dark forest, you suddenly find yourself soaring above the clouds. After five hits he will replace three trampolines with Poison Mushrooms, leaving only one to use to reach Calliope's head.Īfter Calliope is stomped six times, he will explode and drop several collectible Puyo. After three hits he will fire a spread of bullets at the player during each jump, and replace two trampolines with Poison Mushrooms. After he is hit two times, depleting one of his three hearts of health, Calliope will replace one of the trampolines with a Poison Mushroom which will harm the player on contact. Calliope will also change up his attack pattern as his health is reduced. Unlike the original game, Calliope will always jump 3 times, and his punch attack takes longer to retract. A pair of Stomp Boots will given to the player before this so that characters usually lacking the ability can still defeat the boss. Calliope can only be harmed by stomping him after he sends out the trampolines, as he is immune to projectile attacks and invulnerable at all other times. The boss battle is almost entirely lifted from Castle of Illusion's on the Mega Drive, and the boss follows the same attack pattern as the original. Jack in the Box, named Calliope the Clown, appears as the boss of Toyland in Mushroom Kingdom Fusion. The rascal of Toyland, Jack in the Box is an ex-court jester who now spends his days playing wth toys and getting up to mischief, surprising adventurers who enter Toyland. Castle of Illusion: Starring Mickey Mouse (2013)Ĭastle of Illusion: Starring Mickey Mouse (Mega Drive) Levels Ĭastle of Illusion: Starring Mickey Mouse (2013) Levels.Castle of Illusion: Starring Mickey Mouse (Mega Drive).
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