[Mush xx]

Suit up, team up, mash up

Take six Disney worlds, over forty five costumes, challenges, puzzles, power-ups and tons of enemies to defeat and what do you get? … Disney Universe.

Disney Universe is a fast-paced action game which is inspired by Disney and Pixar movies. There are currently six different worlds available: Monster’s Inc, Lion King, Aladdin, Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, Pirates of the Caribbean and WALL-E., Each of these worlds has three separate sections containing three rounds with each world modelled on that particular movie and packed full with hidden items, enemies and items to bash, puzzles to solve, power-ups and loads more.

Disney Universe does has a story behind it; it centres around Wonder Labs, a company that has created a “virtual world” called Disney Universe. Things don’t quite go to plan though. Your trusty guide VIC (Virtual Information Cube) is hacked into and his alter-ego HEX starts to upset the balance inside the Disney Universe “virtual world” by setting the minions against you and creating power-ups that have negative effects on you.



This kind of game I find very addictive as the costumes and worlds are not all unlocked when you begin. Starting off with Pirates of the Caribbean and working through the three different sections, you pick up and find Disney currency during the objectives, which you can use to buy the next world and also costumes. It’s this which becomes addictive, collecting and unlocking more and more.

Disney Universe seems to borrow the LEGO games idea; it does have a LEGO game feel to it. The levels are pretty short, usually with the same idea; you pick a costume for your character, enter the world alone or with up to three others and follow the objectives, bashing everything in sight, but there is so much packed into each level it gives you a feeling it is actually bigger than it really is.

Each world is colourful, has the music to go with it and is themed upon that movie, for example; with Lion King you can explore the Pride Lands and the Elephant Graveyard dressed up as Simba or with Aladdin, dress up as Aladdin, collect scarabs and explore the mystical Cave of Wonders. The puzzles are fitting for the particular world you are doing; for example; in Pirates of the Caribbean you fire cannons at a pirate ship and prevent fires in London by throwing water bombs.



Along with the objectives, which are pretty straight forward as there is an arrow pointing to where you need to go which you can turn off in the options to make it harder, there are treasure chests to open which you must find a key for which hold stars to upgrade the costume you are using, there are also three theme based items to find and a challenge in the form of an arcade cabinet which can be anything from eradicating so many enemies or destroying so many items within a time period. A unique feature is the enemies will try and hide keys or the items you need to progress. You are also ranked at the end of the levels.

The controls are simple, X is attack, A is jump and Y is hold or interact with an object. The character can double jump and slam attack and there are different kinds of enemies, some are harder to defeat, the bosses all have a way to defeat them.

Perhaps one of the main features are the costumes, although they don’t actually change the character, you still use the same character throughout- they just put on a costume, they are still a huge part of the game. Who wouldn’t want to dress up as Goofy or Mickey Mouse? Plus the fact that you can unlock more as you play through and it would take a long time to unlock all of them as the worlds themselves need unlocking as well with currency.



If Disney Universe has any faults, it is perhaps it is a bit repetitive, but this is what makes these games so addictive. Although all the worlds are different after a while it seems you are doing the same thing over and over.

The best way to play Disney Universe is with others, this is definitely a game a bunch of children or even adults would enjoy. Not only are you doing the objectives and trying to find the hidden items, but you are also contending with not getting hit by the other players and fighting over the power ups, it’s extremely chaotic.

Disney Universe packs so much into the different worlds, there are items to find, objectives to complete, challenges, costumes to unlock and much more. This game makes you want to keep on playing and there is a reason to replay the levels. If you want a game which the whole family can enjoy and come back to again and again, you can’t go wrong with this one.

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[GearsOfMush]

Wow my kiddies will love this game, they love Monsters inc and wall e so they will go mental for this!!
Nice review mush!

[JasonA]

Although I'd never buy this... sometimes with games like this make me wish I had kids haha. I'd love to give it a go, it's right up there for me with the Hannah Montanna game I've never got to try as of yet lol...

It does look good, and I am sure this will do very well - the Disney brand is just huge and this is a good way to get young kids to experience Kinect. Great review too by the way.

[Mush xx]

I love kid's games, there's something about them (most of them) which is very addictive.

Thank you for the compliment Jason