All in all, Castle of Illusion was an okay experience but I want to touch on my original thought. The boss fights were also on the easy side, relying purely on pattern memorization with no greater thought needed. While the ones in there were decent, there really wasn’t anything for expert players to shoot for 100%. I would have also liked more expanded challenges and rewards for playing through the game. With Castle of Illusion, the final two worlds have two gems a piece, meaning you’ll only explore four unique environments. My memory is failing me, but I thought that each world had its own rainbow gem in the original. Speaking of the end of the game, Castle of Illusion is very short and I clocked in around 2 hours to beat the entire game. ![]() The art design is not bad in Castle of Illusion and Mickey was well animated. There are several parts near the end of the game that required some quick precision jumping but all in all the game is on the easy side. Overall the game’s difficulty seems to swing between easy and moderately challenging based on the platforming areas. The idea of making the hub area the “rewards area” was a great touch. Hidden areas act as advanced challenges where the player can be rewarded with new items to fill the hub area and costumes to dress Mickey up in. While the original game was entirely 2D, Castle of Illusion features new 3D areas along with new puzzles and sections. Bouncing off of enemies is still the main way of defeating them and getting up to hidden areas. The basic gameplay remains the same as Mickey runs, jumps and can throw objects to knock enemies away. Every level has been completely redone for this edition along with new graphics, challenges and even an overworld.įinding diamonds in the worlds will unlock levels in the castle but the main form of progression is finding the rainbow gems. And while the themes of each world remain the same, the level designs are quite different. ![]() But instead of a remake we got a modern retelling and I’m not quite sure if this is a better homage than a remake.Ĭastle of Illusion has the same exact story as the original Sega Genesis title: Minnie gets kidnapped by an evil witch and Mickey must enter the Castle of Illusion to save her. ![]() And Mickey starred in a number of classic games for both Nintendo and Sega systems with Castle of Illusion one of them.įlash forward today and Castle of Illusion joins Ducktales as another game receiving the update treatment. During the late 80s/mid 90s Disney licensed games were some of the premier titles around thanks to Disney going after the best developers like Capcom to create their titles.
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