The game even still gives you two of the seven gems halfway through castle’s last two major areas, still sans a boss fight even, but now presented in a way that doesn’t feel quite as oddly unfinished as it did back in the Sega Genesis original. In particular, the dreaded Licorice Dragon - the Master of Illusion protecting Cakeland’s rainbow gem from Mickey’s clutches - is now an impressively towering sight to behold. If you remembered an enemy - a game play mechanic - or an obstacle from the original game, then I fully assure you that each and every last one of these things are here as well (except now that many of the areas’ layouts has been heavily revised and/or expanded).Įvery last boss you remembered from the original game is back once more to thwart Mickey’s efforts to save Minnie from Mizrabel’s magic, although this time most of them have quite a few new tricks up their sleeve (often utilizing the new full-3D mode). Right off the bat I can assure you that Mickey goes all five of the same illusory realms that you previously remembered: the Haunted Forest, the Toyland, the giant Library/Cakeland, the Stormy Cliffs/Ancient Temple, and the trap-filled castle area too.
Most likely this option worked far better on the controlled-based consoles that this remake was originally designed for, but - slight clunkiness issues aside - I still managed to finish the entire game using nothing more than the virtual analog-stick.Īnyways - with the controls now covered - it’s time to start discussing the rest of Castle of Illusion in more detail, starting with a better detailing of how intact this remake truly is. For the most part the controls work wonderfully here as well, although there’s a few parts in the game’s latter half where some practice is required to get your jumps to line up just right (praise be to having infinite continues). This is a rather good thing since - despite this being a Disney game - Castle Illusion is actually a rather challenging experience, wherein you’ll become quite well acquainted with the Game Over screen.Īppearing less often is a slightly alternate control scheme that occurs whenever Mickey moves into a segment featuring true 3D game play, wherein Mickey trades his ability to crouch for movement in all 360 degrees. In this regard the controls work extremely well, especially if you turn off the floating analog stick option, leaving me to only ever feel as if I alone was to blame whenever Mickey suffered an unfortunate demise. Using these controls you’ll command Mickey to run, swing, jump, duck, swim, enemy head stop, and projectile toss his way to victory across the various segments of Mizrabel’s castle. Meanwhile - on the other end - are your jump and toss projectile buttons, with a selectable option to have the jump button either be a specific location or the entire right hand side of the screen (save for the location of the toss button itself). On your iDevice’s left hand side will be your virtual analog joystick, which - depending on the settings - will either be free-floating or have a rigidly fixed location (I personally preferred the latter of the two). Moving forward, the bulk of your time in Castle of Illusion will be spent upon a 2.5D playing field (which - for those of you yet not aware - basically means a game with 2D based game play, that otherwise contains 3D graphics).
Now while this doesn’t make the game bad at all - and I would, in fact, even argue that this rendition is actually quite good - those hoping for a stricter adaptation, where enhanced visuals were the only change, might be sorely disappointed with this offering. The first thing I should probably immediately cover is that while you do indeed face all of the same obstacles - environments - and enemies from the 16-bit original, this game is a far more liberally handled remake than WayForward’s DuckTales Remastered. Thus goes the set up to Sega’s Castle of Illusion : Starring Mickey Mouse ( out now, $9.99) a modern-day 2.5D re-imagined remake of the 1990 Sega Genesis side scrolling classic.
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However - just when all seemed hopeless - a strange old fellow informs Mickey that Mizrabel could be defeated if he had the seven rainbow gems, but warns him that they are protected by the witch’s fiendish Masters of Illusion! With hope once more in hand, Mickey then set forth into the ominous Castle of Illusion with the full intention of bringing Minnie back home before a horrible fate could be cast upon her. Poor Mickey, Minnie has been absconded by the horrible Mizrabel - a powerful master of the arcane arts - whom now hopes to use her dark magic to steal Minnie’s beauty for herself.
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