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Revealed at present in the course of the considerably underwhelming Disney and Marvel Games Showcase, Illusion Island is a brand new 2D, animated platformer being developed by DLaLa Studios and which appears to be closely impressed by the latest (and improbable) animated Mickey Mouse cartoon shorts. And weirdly, this new platformer will probably be unique to the Nintendo Switch.
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Illusion Island is a four-player co-op platformer that stars the enduring Disney characters Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy…the uh, Goofy. According to an interview with IGN, this new platformer is constructed on the “foundational elements” of a beforehand canceled recreation that Dlala Studios had been additionally growing. That recreation, which was by no means formally introduced, was additionally deliberate to be a co-op recreation, that includes 2D, hand-drawn artwork, and well-known Disney characters. That all sounds quite a bit like this new Illusion Island. That authentic recreation was canned in 2016 earlier than being formally introduced, however now it appears it lives on in some kind.
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“Is it exactly the same game? It’s not,” mentioned Disney VP of Disney, Pixar, and twentieth Century Games Luigi Priore. “Is it [developed by] Dlala? Yes. Are they bringing their creativity to it? Yes. Is it the same characters? Yes. It didn’t work then, but the environment changed.”
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While at present’s showcase wasn’t probably the most thrilling, it is a sign that Disney appears extra invested in video games after over half a decade of principally sitting issues out, except for a number of cellular video games and Kingdom Hearts. Illusion Island is an instance of Disney seemingly going again to concepts that didn’t make it and reviving them for a second likelihood at life. Based on what we noticed within the D23 trailer, Illusion Island appears beautiful and will find yourself being a beautiful platformer that includes the world’s most well-known animated mouse. And for the devs at Dlala, it looks as if they lastly get to make a recreation that they had been eager to make for years. So that’s good. Illusion Island comes out someday subsequent 12 months on Nintendo Switch. No different console ports have been introduced and no particular launch date is understood past 2023.