Quick Look: Giant Bomb Quick Look Disney Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse Starring Jeff and Brad

Man, some of this music sounds A LOT like Banjo-Kazooie music, especially that castle tune.

Yes! I've been waiting for this Quick Look! Although god knows why they didn't just release the original for download

I played Retrograde, because it was free on PS+, but I uninstalled it after the second or third level because the music was really, really droney and it made the whole game boring. You can't make a music game without good enthralling music.

Just a shame the levels were so fucking short. Because it's conceptually brilliant.

If the controls were too laggy, they should have checked the Options to see if there was a Mouse Sensitivity setting.

lol at the ending :D

I see what you did there ;)

That Jack in the Box reminded me a lot of the third boss in Donkey Kong 64. Speaking of which, I'm getting a Rare developed N64 platformer vibe from this game. It looks really neat, too bad about the shitty jumping [even though ducking under the glove was the solution in that boss fight]. I'll wait for this to go on sale.

Please do magical quest for unprofessional friday!! :D Such a good game!

I preordered the game on PS3 and hadn't played it before I saw this quicklook. Thank fuck there is no jump lag on the PS3 version, it plays perfectly.

If I remember my History of Animation class from college correctly, Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks initially designed Mickey's ears like that as a time-saving solution so the animator -- for the first one, Iwerks himself -- wouldn't have to deal with perspective on them.

Looks visually interesting for a fun Disney game for everyone but when any game with rather limited controls to have the controls somewhat laggy, it's just a little sad as a game like this could appeal to a lot of people but they might get turned off from the delayed controls.

The ending killed me. Can't get enough jank.

How can you play a platformer with controls like that? It is the worst.

I'm sorry everyone but this was the best Mickey Mouse game.

You sure? That would be pretty cool.

It has always been like that, and it was a design choice. One I will never understand.

This seems like important information.

They should remake Mickeys Wild Adventure, I absolutely love that game.

Sooo, ducking under the glove wasn't your first choice it seems. Or your second.. or third.. or 5th.
It's ok though, you did show how terrible the jumping actually is as well

Oh my god the nostalgia is overwhelming.. I played this so much on my Master System. One of the best games for that platform in my opinion.

if anyone is interested in the history of the franchise there is a fantastic retrospective over at cane and rinse

http://caneandrinse.com/mickey-donalds-mega-drive-trilogy-cane-rinse-54/

@eternalgamer2: While I tend to agree you could hear Jeff press the button at the end and see how Mickey Didn't jump for like nearly a second afterwards. I played the demo and it didn't feel great. I didn't think it felt as bad as they were saying but it definitely wasn't great.

Weird that this game has the same narrator as (500) Days of Summer. Also Sully from Uncharted.

I agree. I noticed no lag when I played through on PS3. Maybe it's just a 360 problem or something. Either way, it sucks for people that run into it, because without it the game is pretty cool. I had a lot of fun playing it.

DUCK DUCK DUCK DUCK DUCK

Yep. I actually played it again recently and, nostalgia or not, I think it holds up. The Steamboat Willie opening is objectively great, because of all the stuff they jammed into that small little level. And who wouldn't love that black & white-to-color transition when the game was released?

@whatisdelicious said:

I'm sorry everyone but this was the best Mickey Mouse game.

THANK YOU. Hands-down most accurate comment from the lot of them. It's just depressing that it took until the third page for somebody to finally make this correction.

Bless these duders and the stupid decks they write. GB 4 lyfe.

I really hope they do update those controls and just tight it up a bit. The game looks like it could have been great.

On a different topic, the new Mickey Mouse cartoons are actually quite cool. Kind of a throwback to the ones from the 30's but with a modern edge.

Just to add my two cents, this game plays great on ps3. There isn't jump lag like Brad and Jeff mention.

The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse is F*KING Amazing, imo way better than this.

Disney's Magical Quest 3 starring Mickey & Donald is also pretty solid too!

@masonl87 said:

Mickey is the illusion of the castle all along.

Loved this on the Master System.

I stopped watching halfway through. This game is blasphemy. I played the shit out of Castle of Illusion on Genesis. This is not Castle of Illusion.

Yeah well just wait 20 minutes before commenting, why on earth would you ever just speculate that when the video is in front of your face?

Yeah, he should have ducked, but you can hear when Jeff is playing that the jump is really delayed. I recommend you don't watch Brad QL's anymore.

Still waiting on the Magical Quest remakes!

Hm, I think this looks pretty cool, need to try it for myself to see about that lag.

I love how Jeff released his inner Vinny there at the end.

I've finally had time to complete the game, and as I mention in the quote above there is no control lag at all, jumps, turns etc are spot on. When I died, it was my fault, and yes for a while on the Jack in the Box I forgot to duck too. The PS3 version plays very well, there is some slow down but it's minimal. Lag though as mentioned is nonexistent.

I have a fondness for the original 16 bit title and this game does it justice (on the PS3 at least). I'm very happy with my purchase.

I really hope they patch the 360 version.

Can't speak for the 360 version but on the PC/Steam version jump isn't as laggy as it appears to be in this video. In fact it's got no noticeable lag.

I actually never bought the original for my Mega Drive even though it was easily one of the highest rated games at the time. 90% across the board if I recall correctly. Instead I bought Duck Shot which I loved to bits. Always liked Donald more than the mouse.

Having said all that, this remake is good fun. Neat little platformer.

Time till Brad di---oh hmm couldn't even finish the sentence. Haha. Fun QL.

I loved Quackshot, that was the Disney game I played to death on Genesis. I rented Castle and World plenty though. I really hope they something similar for Donald.

I was surprised to hear about the hate for this game on UPF since I enjoyed it a lot for the PS3, so it explains a lot that they were playing the XBLA version that is busted.

Watched this after Unpro Friday and wow this game looks like garbage compared to the original. In other news, I'm now playing the original on my Genesis now.

Didn't expect to hear a Super Sonic reference from Jeff.

@masonl87: That's how Mickey's ears are supposed to be. His ears must always be perfect circles.

Despite everything and all the comments I think this game looks and sounds beautiful. Hopefully they can patch the one major issue. It shouldn't be too hard comparable to making this thing right?