Being a mini-mouse puts a lot of limitations on the player, but is necessary for some areas and is just plain fun to run around with. When Mickey is a mini-mouse, he cannot pick up items, kill or destroy things with his bounce attack, or climb walls. On the other hand, the shrinking potion is a ton of fun and really changes how Mickey interacts with the environment. The rope's ability to have Mickey climb walls encourages the player to backtrack and explore to find all the hidden passages and treasures strewn throughout the game. Both of these items really add a ton of enjoyability and variety to the game. The rope allows Mickey to climb up walls while the shrinking potion allows him to shrink to about half of his size. However, 2 items in particular, the rope and the shrinking potion, deserve some special mention. There are 5 items to find, total, which generally allow you to progress further in the game. The addition of magic items in Land of Illusion is one of the main improvements over Castle of Illusion. Other than that everything seems spot on, easily allowing the player to perform the action desired with no problem. The only minor issue is the slight delay that occurs when going to grab an object or preparing to cliimb a wall (after acquiring the rope). The controls for Land of Illusion are both easy to learn and responsive.both key aspects of any solid platformer. The clever inclusion of fun items, interesting puzzles, challenging platforming sequences, and variety all help to make this one of the best 8-bit platformers around. => Gameplay = (the illustrious Illusion) 10/10 Anyways, most platformers of the time were not really known to have the most involving of stories. While the story is somewhat shallow and linear, this doesn't really serve to detract too much from the experience and the game gets along fine in-spite of it. The cameos are really the meat of the story since it doesn't develop past the "save the land from the bad guy" premise. If Donald is king, then Minnie is his daughter, right? Exactly how did that work.who was the queen? Without delving too deeply into a potential genetic mishap between Disney characters, it still is fun to see them.although, I would have enjoyed seeing Pluto as well. It is a bit interesting though.in this game Minnie Mouse is a princess. I enjoyed rescuing Goofy in his Toy Workshop or seeing King Donald. Featuring some of the Disney favorites really adds to the game. Our stoic mouse takes the hero quest to return the crystal!Īs Mickey journeys through the world he encounters some familiar faces like Goofy or Donald Duck.who is apparently a king in this land. After heroically rescuing the damsel in distress, the girl, Daisy Duck, tells Mickey that evil is afoot! A phantom has stolen a magic crystal which has removed all the good magic in the village leaving only the bad magic to turn happiness into nightmares. When he next awoke, Mickey was in a foreign world.nay I say a fairytale-like world? In this foreign fairy land, Mickey is quickly alerted by a scream from a girl. Yet, Mickey Mouse didn't mind, he was cozily curled up in a chair reading his favorite book, "The World's Best Fairy Tales." His favorite book must have been about as entertaining as a math textbook explaining bar graphs, because soon Mr. Tis a dark and stormy night, a nightmarish mix of poor weather. However, the multiple cameos from Disney's iconic cast as well as the periodic cutscenes progressing the story keep it a relevant piece of the game. The storyline itself is forgettable and unoriginal. Everything from the progressively scaling challenge of the levels, to the fun, quirky items, to the puzzles and level design mixes together nicely to formulate a memorable gameplay experience. Land of Illusion features many improvements over Castle and is one of the best platformers on the console. This game was licensed by Disney and is the next step in the Illusion series, being the sequel to Castle of Illusion. Land of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse is a Sega Master System (SMS) one-player platforming game developed and published by Sega in 1992. In its place is something that appeals to a gamer of any age.a golden platformer that stands as one of the testaments to the system." Gone is the absurdly elementary difficulty level, kiddie looks and sounds, and short game length. "Everything that Castle of Illusion does, Land of Illusion does and does it better. Land of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse (Sega Master System) review
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