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Good news. Hand-drawn 2D sprites! Sequel to Castle of Illusion.

Power of Illusion is being put together by DreamRift, the studio behind 2011's Monster Tale for the Nintendo DS. The game, which is its own side-scrolling, platforming title (instead of a mere port of The Power of Two), is a follow-up to Epic Mickey, but more interestingly, it's also a follow-up to Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse, a 1990 game for the Sega Genesis!

Power of Illusion will make heavy use of the Nintendo 3DS's stylus. By tapping the item icons exist in every level, you'll be able to "paint" (trace) those items into existence, including cliffs, cannons, and floating platforms. The more precisely you trace, the better for Mickey. A flawlessly-painted canon will only damage Mickey's enemies, for instance, but if you mess up the painting, the canon will be a danger to everyone in the area.

Sometimes you'll need to erase objects, which is done by spreading thinner. Again, the stylus comes into play here.

The hand-drawn sprites in Power of Illusion are extremely compelling, and, thanks to scrolling parallax backgrounds (a heavily-used graphic technique in the days of 16-bit gaming), reportedly look great in sterescopic 3D. Even better, every level in the game is based on an animated Disney adventure, from "Sleeping Beauty" to "Tangled" and lots in between.

As a final declaration of oldschool love, every character that Mickey saves in Power of Illusion will take up residence in the fortress that Mickey uses as his home base, a confirmed nod to the esteemed Suikoden RPG series. Sometimes you find references in the unlikeliest of places, but that's part of what makes video games fun. Right?

There's no release date set for Power of Illusion (Fall 2012 is a general target), but expect lots more information on this game as the weeks march on like Mouseketeers.

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One more 3DS game on my to buy list.



Former something....

A little more interesting than I thought. And a sequel to Castle of llusion... hmm, intriguing to say the least.
Disney games need to focus on magical worlds, not distorted worlds filled with goo.



I'm officially curious about the 3DS game. Maybe it will pop up on the May most wanted list.



Power of Illusion? Sequel to Castle of Illusion!? Oh boy, they have a lot to live up to.



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Much more interesting than Epic Mickey!

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Doesn't look that impressive to me...

Positive is just Scrooge in his Duck Tales outfit.



VicViper said:
Doesn't look that impressive to me...

Positive is just Scrooge in his Duck Tales outfit.


The Picture above is a scan from a magazine. The Quality of the actual game should be better.



hentai_11 said:
VicViper said:
Doesn't look that impressive to me...

Positive is just Scrooge in his Duck Tales outfit.


The Picture above is a scan from a magazine. The Quality of the actual game should be better.


I know, but it looks like a GBA game with a pretty boring style.



VicViper said:

I know, but it looks like a GBA game with a pretty boring style.

Each to their own, as that is pretty much exactly the style I was hoping for when I first heard about this game.



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