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[RowdyReverb]

There are certainly a lot of contenders to choose from in Disney's lengthy catalogue of video games, including several classics, but what do you think is the best and why? Both in game quality and in capturing that Disney spirit?
Here are a few suggestions:

 

[BadWolf]

Aladdin on the Genesis for sure.

 

[chrisPjelly]

*Raises hand*
Does Kingdom Hearts count?

 

[Mohasus]

Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue

This is the one I played and liked the most.

 

[The12thGripper]

Kingdom Hearts II, of course. The music, the voice acting, the gameplay...

The game wasn't perfect but it was an amazing experience overall.

 

[random25]

Anything touched by Capcom were some of the best Disney games. I like Chip n Dale the most.

 

[Napalm_Frank]

Kingdom Hearts 1 for me.

 

[BasilZero]

Kingdom Hearts II

Non-KH wise - it is...

Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse (SNES)

 

[chozen]

Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix xD, best ARPG with best bosses.

 

[iidesuyo]

"World of Illusion" for the Sega Mega Drive. One of the best 2P Co-op games!

 

[Kinsei]

Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix on critical mode.

 

[Firebrand]

Difficult, most of the Capcom and Sega games were really solid.

I want to say Quackshot. Got some real fond memories of Castle of Illusion as well as it was the first MegaDrive game I played IIRC, but World of Illusion is probably the better game.

 

[muzzymate]

For me it was Chip 'n Dales Rescue Rangers 1 for the NES.

 

[NMFried]

Toy Story 3 on PS3/360
Mickey's Magical Mirror
Kingdom Hearts II

 

[mrmickfran]

Marvel 3

<.<
>.>

 

[ffdgh]

Would a kingdom hearts answer be cheating?

That aside, I really enjoyed mickey mania. Great music.

 

[bgbball31]

Kingdom Hearts I or II, but honorable mention to...

The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse

Maybe my most replayed SNES game period. Helps that it wasn't long, but I played this game so many times as a kid.

 

[AKyemeni]

Does The Punisher for PS2 count?

 

[Dizzy]

"World of Illusion" for the Sega Mega Drive. One of the best 2P Co-op games!

This one.

Followed by Land of Illusion on the Master System.

 

[Brenal]

¿Does split second count?

 

[Shpeshal Nick]

Does Split Second count?

Because it's Split Second

 

[SliceSabre]

World of Illusion

and

Donald in Maui Mallard which is the best Disney game ever.

 

[FN-2187]

Castle of Illusion for Genesis

 

[Shotgun Kiss]

Why is Epic Mickey in the OP? It's terribly mediocre. A great premise alone isn't enough to make a game good.

And SNES Aladdin is in OP too, but not the Mega Drive/Genesis one, which was vastly superior? Come on.

Anyway, this is somewhere up there.

 

[Zero_IYAD]

Cold Shadow

 

[Zebei]

Kingdom hearts feels like cheating.

Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue

This is the one I played and liked the most.

Gotta pick this on epurely from it being one of my childhood games plus I love toy story so much.

Really neat 3d platformer, especially for a licensed game.

 

[C4EMGEN]

World of Illusion

and

Donald in Maui Mallard which is the best Disney game ever.

Came in here to post exactly this.

Did you play it on SNES or MegaDrive / Genesis? Because, after looking up Maui Mallard on YouTube, there seem to be quite a few differences between the two versions;
Level design, music and even the title screen.

 

[supermarioworldE]

Despite the brutal difficulty, I have a soft spot for Toy Story on the Genesis. Loved the variety in game play and unique graphics at the time.

 

[The Albatross]

Mickey Mania I'd say. But Aladin and Lion King are both great. Shout out to Castle of Illusion and ... World (?) of Illusio as well.

 

[woopWOOP]

"World of Illusion" for the Sega Mega Drive. One of the best 2P Co-op games!

Yeah, as the only Disney game with co-op that I played in the past this one edges out for me. (Never really got to try Chip 'n Dale).

Besides that I have a huge soft spot for Ducktales 2 gameplay-wise. Secret area within a secret area within a secret area... *mindblowb*.

As for capturing the spirit, SNES Aladdin's tombe stages freaked me out when playing it as a child as much as it did watching those parts of the movie

Another special mention to Darkwing Duck for being a fun Mega Man-like action platformer.

 

[VendettaRed07]

Aladdin on the Genesis for sure.

This.

Was actually the best selling non Sonic related genesis game.

 

[Plinko]

Toy Story 3 on PS3/360

Came here to post this. Phenomenal game. Seriously--best sandbox mode in ages.

 

[Dandy Crocodile]

Disney Infinity. The sheer number of properties and game modes is mind boggling.
It can do nearly anything and while it's not going to redefine any genres it does many of them quite well.

 

[Malyse]

Disney Infinity. The sheer number of properties and game modes is mind boggling.
It can do nearly anything and while it's not going to redefine any genres it does many of them quite well.

yup.

 

[RPGam3r]

Prolly any of the Kingdom Hearts titles. All rest seem pretty lame in comparison, or maybe even on their own they were pretty meh. I love Disney, but most of the games based on their IP seem average at best.

 

[RareFantasy64]

Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue

This is the one I played and liked the most.

Is this the 3D platformer? I REALLY liked this one back in the day

 

[iamtheb]

Quackshot is in my top five games ever. I love it so much. It's one of the few games I go back to regularly.

World of Illusion is pretty fantastic too. I played that a ton as a child. The stages were so different and the art style was wonderful.

 

[PSqueak]

The magical quest trilogy
Goof Troop
Aladdin
Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow

All for the SNES

Not that the NES capcom games were bad tho.

Came in here to post exactly this.

Did you play it on SNES or MegaDrive / Genesis? Because, after looking up Maui Mallard on YouTube, there seem to be quite a few differences between the two versions;
Level design, music and even the title screen.

I believe they changed the name/title screen for the genesis because the Snes game was touted as only for Nintendo.

But i did love the fact that the Genesis version was more outspoken about the game being about Donald Duck taking the role of Maui Mallard in a movie (with bonus stages taking place behind the scenes)

 

[zoodoo]

Aladin for snes for sure.

Aladin doesnt kill people with swords. Come on!!
Dont ruin my disney cartoon.

 

[RowdyReverb]

Why is Epic Mickey in the OP? It's terribly mediocre. A great premise alone isn't enough to make a game good.
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Wanted to include something from that era

And SNES Aladdin is in OP too, but not the Mega Drive/Genesis one, which was vastly superior? Come on.

I don't have a dog in that fight. It's just the box art from the wikimedia page

 

[User 479360]

Oh man, this is tough. A lot of the best are in the OP, although I'm sad to say I missed a few.

The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse
DuckTales
Chip n' Dale Rescue Rangers
Aladdin
The Lion King
Goof Troop
Kingdom Hearts

Very underrated:

Toy Story 3
Cars 2

 

[Jintor]

Aladdin or The Lion King imho

 

[OrbitalBeard]

I love Aladdin on SNES so I'll go with that.

 

[balohna]

Magical Quest was amazing. I never owned it, but rented multiple times and some friends had it.

 

[Napalm_Frank]

Most underrated in my opinion would be Donald/Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow. Dat PC version with jolly soundtrack.

 

[BigEmil]

Monsters Inc (PS2)
Toy Story 2 (PS1/PC)

 

[Boem]

The original is better but I enjoyed the hell out of the Ducktales remake.

Absolutely beautiful, and still a blast to play aside from the endless cutscenes (props for getting the original voices but jesus christ there were so many of them). I wish they did more of them after this but I guess none have been announced.

As for an older game, nobody is going to name this as one of the good ones (those, like Aladdin and Lion King, have already been mentioned), but I was obsessed with Pinochio for the Game Boy when I was a kid. It probably hasn't held up but I'm not going to tempt fate and try it out again.

As well as Timon & Pumbaa Jungle Games:

And Hercules (I couldn't imagine games looking that good back then):

 

[RowdyReverb]

The original is better but I enjoyed the hell out of the Ducktales remake.



Absolutely beautiful, and still a blast to play aside from the endless cutscenes (props for getting the original voices but jesus christ there were so many of them). I wish they did more of them after this but I guess none have been announced.

As for an older game, nobody is going to name this as one of the good ones (those, like Aladdin and Lion King, have already been mentioned), but I was obsessed with Pinochio for the Game Boy when I was a kid. It probably hasn't held up but I'm not going to tempt fate and try it out again.

As well as Timon & Pumbaa Jungle Games:



And Hercules:

The pinball in Jungle Games was the first pinball game to really hook me

 

[Prompto]

Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix

Aladdin on Genesis was great too.

 

[Mashing]

Kingdom Hearts II. The NES/SNES and Genesis games just don't have the depth and they're all very short. They were really fun back in their time though.