''World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck'' is a

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developed and published by

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for the

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. The game was released in December 1992, and is part of Sega's ''

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'' series of

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games. The game was included on the

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Plot

Whilst preparing for a magical act,

and

Donald Duck Donald Fauntleroy Duck is a cartoon character created by The Walt Disney Company. Donald is an anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a sailor shirt and cap with a bow tie. Donald is known fo ...

discover a magical box. This turns out to belong to an evil magician (Pete) who sends Mickey and Donald to a magical world. Mickey and Donald must now work together in order to find a way back home.

Gameplay

Players can either play solo as either

, or co-operatively with two players controlling Mickey and Donald while sharing from the same pool of tries. Mickey and Donald can run, jump, or attack by flourishing their capes. Enemies defeated in this way turn into

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s, cards, or other harmless objects depending on the enemy. After defeating the

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of each level, a new magic spell is learned, allowing the pair to traverse the next level; i.e. flying on a magic carpet or going underwater in an air bubble. The gameplay changes significantly depending on the characters chosen. For example, Mickey can squeeze through certain gaps, while Donald must find a different route, leading him to entirely different realms. When playing in two-player mode, the players can stand on each other's shoulders and use ropes to help each other out, and Mickey can pull Donald through gaps his (evidently very stiff) tail feathers prevent him from fitting through. ''World of Illusion'' comprises five principal stages named the 'Enchanted Forest', 'Among the Clouds', 'Underwater Adventure', 'The Library', and 'The Magic Box'. There also exist, within these five stages, three sets of sub-stages (some of which are optional) which are accessible only while playing either as Mickey or as Donald in one-player mode, or in two-player mode.

Design

The game's music, artwork and animation shows influences from Disney animated films, including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Sword in the Stone'', and ''

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''. Some of the influences are directly literal, such as the appearance of the playing-card soldiers from Disney's 1951 film adaptation of ''

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'', in the castle-garden section of the 'Magic Box' stage.

Reception

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'' gave the game 90% and a Hyper Game Award, saying that it had "the best graphics of any Disney game yet", but said that it was very easy to finish. ''

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'' gave the game an 82% score, saying it was "very easy to complete, and dull in one-player, but fantastic for a couple of youngsters". ''

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'' scored it a full 10 out of 10 stars. In 2017,

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ranked the game 22nd on their: "Best Sega Genesis/Mega Drive games of all time".

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:World Of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse And Donald Duck 1992 video games Cooperative video games Disney video games Donald Duck video games Mickey Mouse video games Platform games Sega video games Sega Genesis games Sega Genesis-only games Video games developed in Japan Multiplayer and single-player video games

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