So The
Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey & Minnie also known as
Disney's Magical Quest 2 Starring Mickey and Minnie, and Mickey to
Minnie Magical Adventure 2 is a Capcom developed Disney game for
the Super Nintendo. Well as some of the above titles have clearly
given away it is the sequel to another game I reviewed quite some
time ago, I am obviously talking about Disney's Magical Quest. I
owned the original Magical Quest as a kid but I have to be honest and
admit that back then I didn't even know the game got a sequel, I
never saw it, never played it and as far as I can remember I never
even heard of it. When I did start hearing bits about it as an adult
thanks to the internet I incorrectly assumed that it never got
released over here.
The game is very much
one of those well if you enjoyed the last game here is more of the
same sequels, it doesn't really bring much of anything new to the
table. The story is a simple one Mickey and Minnie arrive at the
circus to find that something has happened, and everything has gone
wrong and they set out to uncover the Great Circus Mystery. Its
hardly a Shakespearian work of wonder but its not like it has to be
if people brought this back in the day it would most likely have
either been for the mouse or because they enjoyed the original.
The first thing I
thought when starting this game up was that the graphics looked a bit
like Magical Quest but I thought they were just a little bit more
colourful and sharper, so I did what you might expect and popped the
cart out and quickly looked at Magical Quest and yes I do think there
is a slight improvement in this area. Playing it though it feels very
similar, I am not complaining I loved the first one, and they have
tried to keep it fresh to a degree because despite jumping and
grabbing and throwing objects in the same way as well as keeping a
suit power up based mechanic but to try and keep it fresh they have
changed the suits. Each suit has an ability and they are the Sweeper
suit which can suck up enemies. A ranger suit which helps you to
climb walls. Then there is a Cowboy/Cowgirl costume which lets you
ride a horse. The neat thing about the costumes is that although they
provide the same power up for both Minnie and Mickey they look
different on them, this is both a neat touch and stops you from
getting confused when playing this game in two player. Yep that's
right I said Two player, this is the main thing this game brings to
the table over its predecessor and its a pretty darn good thing to.
I find the music in the game pretty darn enjoyable, there are not only different tunes for different levels but there's that thing where the music gets tense when your fighting a boss and the sound effects although at times a little plinky plonky suit the game and what's happening perfectly well.
OK so the most important thing the gameplay, well I think it controls well and is reasonably fresh at least for a me too sequel. I think overall the game controls well and is for the most part rather easy however I did notice that sometimes the enemies bosses in particular can get a little cheap towards the end of the game, in fact the difficulty does seem to spike at certain points but that's sort of a spike from super easy to more normal so unless its a kid playing or someone who doesn't usually play this kind of thing it should provide too much of a problem.
OK so I guess now its
time for me to give this game a score, If you remember I scored the
original 7.5 out of 10, well I think despite having gained a two
player mode and a slight increase in graphics this game actually just
feels a tiny bit worse, its strange all the bits are there and it
should be better but it just doesn't quiet click together so I am
going to give this game a 6.5 out of 10. If your interested in this
game but haven't played the first one then go for that first it will
be much cheaper and if your anything like me your likely to enjoy it
more. If you need this game then loose pal carts seem to go online
from £20 and up, if you can play imports then a Japanese cart will
cost you around £10 which is much closer to what I personally would
want to pay for this game.
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