"On behalf of all the dev team members, diorama artisans and musical talent including Uematsu-san-I think we can safely say that we left nothing on the table. It ended up being, rather unexpectedly, about twice the volume of Part 1 and is more quest-driven, giving players the ability to progress through the world at their own pace," Sakaguchi said in a press release. "The release of Part 2 of Fantasian marks the completion of the saga. According to Sakaguchi, Part 2 wraps up the saga and features "a more quest-driven style of gameplay," offering approximately 40-60 hours of content. The JRPG arrives on Apple Arcade today, August 13, alongside the new puzzle game Wurdweb, with two more titles-Zen Pinball Party and Zookeeper World-on the way to the service in the near future.ĭeveloped by Sakaguchi's studio Mistwalker, Fantasian is a classic-style JRPG that blends CGI characters with handmade dioramas.
Disney demanded Sega to recall all copies of the game on sale and destroy them, to keep the value of the Disney brand intact. Mega placed the game at #6 in their list of the 10 Worst Mega Drive Games of All Time.Īfter being aware of the existence of the game and the negative reception towards it, Roy E. Poorly designed, bland and frustrating, with very little appeal". MegaTech magazine said the game was "a massive disappointment. Despite this, the graphics for the game were overall praised. The game was poorly received with most of its criticism going towards the confusing gameplay, bad controls and poor renditions of the musical score from the film. However, unlike the previous game, that was developed by the studios at Sega, Sega outsourced the development of the game to Infogrames and the game was apparently rushed to meet its release date. Disney not being fully aware of this, who had promised to Walt Disney to not give out licenses for Fantasia. In each level, the player collects a certain number of hidden magical notes in order for the Fantasia musical to occur.Īfter the success with Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse, Sega licensed the rights to a video game based on Disney's Fantasia despite Roy E. The player defeats various enemies by jumping on them or by collecting magical bubbles that could be used to shoot at enemies as projectiles. Each of the four levels were based on the Fantasia animated musical with each one based around one of the four elements: water (The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Dance of the Reed Flutes and Arabian Dance), earth (The Rite of Spring), air (Russian Dance, Pastoral Symphony and Dance of the Hours) and fire (Night on Bald Mountain, Toccata and Fugue in D Minor). In the single-player game, the player controls Mickey Mouse through various side-scrolling levels in an attempt to collect various musical notes that somehow went missing. Now his dreams must restore the notes so the music again can play." " While the Apprentice Sorcerer slept his master's music was stolen away.
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