One of the more surprising reveals of the Nintendo Direct, but one that probably not many people particularly cared about, was the re-release of Disney Magical World 2 for Switch.
Originally, the game came out for 3DS as a sequel to the popular first game, also on 3DS, in 2016. It's basically a Disneyfied, pared-back version of Animal Crossing, in which you run a café and have to collect and craft materials to improve your menu, your outfits, and the decor. So, imagine Animal Crossing, but everyone in your town is a celebrity from your childhood, and there are light RPG elements, and that's basically Disney Magical World.
It's surprisingly good, especially if you have Disney-mad children, but it's not bad for adult fans of the life-sim genre either — we gave both the first and second game 8/10 reviews back in the day.
The re-release is known as Disney Magical World 2: Enchanted Edition, and it will include all the DLC from the original. The release date is simply "Holiday 2021" for now.
Did you play the Disney Magical World games when they came out? They're weirdly good, right? Tell us in the comments.
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yay? But really, I'm happy for the people who wanted this.
Skip. For real.
I actually really enjoyed both of the Disney Magical World games when they originally came out, so I'll probably get this!
Yaaaay...!!! 😃😃😃
Disney game on Nintendo Switch !
BTW, I didn't know if the 3DS version have DLC. 😮
I'm happy for the people that wanted this I'm EXCITED for Bayonetta 3, n64 games(Banjo Kazooie that's crazy), that Kirby game actually looks pretty decent, metroid dread, dying light the 1st one not the 2nd game(don't like cloud games), star wars kotr.....so there alot of games I'm excited for my wallet can't take anymore lol.
Kinda ignored this on 3DS but if it’s similar to Animal Crossing then I can give this a go.
"who asked for this?"
ME! I asked for specifically THIS and I lost my absolute mind at the reveal because I no way thought it would ever happen.
This is a definite Day One buy for me
I really loved this on 3DS, so will pick this up for sure! Hope it gets a physical release.
I knew we couldn't go one direct without a Wii U or 3DS port...
Wii U ports are dead.
Long live the 3DS ports.
I own this one but happy to double dip for a better screen.
I love how passive aggressive the comments that are all "I don't want this, but I'm happy for the people who do" lmao. Ya'll ain't happy for jack *****.
Can't wait for this, the original was great.
Meh. Should have been a collection of the first two games.
Actually, can that. It should have been a sequel. I'd have happily shelled out for a third game.
@Ralizah could be testing the waters for a sequel. I would have liked a dual pack as well but anything I can retire on 3DS, I am happy.
@ImagineerNik Me as well! This was the "obscure/small" game series I played on the 3DS that I most wanted to make the leap to the Switch but I didn't think it would ever happen. I'm so happy it did. I hope people give it a chance, it is Animal Crossing but Disney - and the character interactions are actually deep, you get special events with them all, the crafting isn't annoying, there are little dungeons you "fight" through, gardening, there are numerous outfits (and your gender doesn't restrict which outfits you can wear). It was honestly just straight fun.
@noakai
Me Three !
Will get this game once it released.
@Ryu_Niiyama I have to imagine there are a lot of people like me who would happily buy a sequel but are also perfectly satisfied with their 3DS copies of this game, so I'm not sure how successful that strategy will be. And Switch is a proven platform with often dynamite sales for third-party games at this point. A port like this would have made a lot more sense early on in the system's lifecycle when it was still relatively untested.
But apparently Miitopia did well on the Switch, so who knows? Maybe there's an audience for this port. All the better, as it makes a new game that much more likely.
@Ralizah True but given the age of the 3ds I am sure there are enough kids coming of gameplaying age that will make up for those that love the 3DS version. Plus the ability to play this on tv adds a dimension of sharing the experience that personal handhelds like the 3DS don’t offer. Not to mention all the new folks that came in from Animal Crossing. They are not going to look at this and go “oh no, a port!”
Not really sure about this one. I skipped the 3DS games. They recieved a measure of hype and reviewed decently so may get it in a sale. Who knows?
@Ralizah I agree! I glanced at the reveal and was like, "Oh, cool, both games bundled together in one Switch package!" Realizing it was just the second game kinda took the wind out of my sails. And I doubly agree on how this should've been a proper next entry.
There was a point where we had 4 copies of the first game in our house.
I played the first game and enjoyed it but never got around to the second so might be picking this up.
@Ralizah
I still remember running cafe business from first game was very slow and tedious but it got way much better from the sequel.
I oftenly log in the game from Disney Magical World 2 to check my income from my cafe, prepare the menu and wait for 30 minutes to collect all the money.
Time to unleash your inner princess 👑
Just like I may get Chocobo GP ahead of MK8DX, I may well get this one ahead (if not ironically instead) of ACNH, even though it happened the other way around on 3DS where I've got New Leaf and still neither of this series. I ultimately ended up drifting away from Animal Crossing because it felt a bit TOO zen for my backlog-thinking mind at the time - but between familiar fictional faces and seemingly more end goals that supposedly come with running a cafe, this one may well be more to my liking. I don't hold my breath for the updates on my latest favourites like Sisu, but even including all the previous DLC, as is common with such ports, sounds quite nice. Especially as DLC is that much more of a hassle to purchase on 3DS nowadays.
And while I don't mean to knock off Disney's mobile crossovers (I've poured quite some time into Disney Heroes and recently Emoji Blitz), it's good to have SOME console crossover on my Switch that understandably but sorely missed out on Disney Infinity games.
Winnie the Pooh running towards the camera is real nightmare fuel
I played this on my old 3DS and liked it, will probably get it for the Switch when it is released as well.
Looks similar too animal crossing not sure about this one.
I was surprised by this. I was kind of hoping we would get a third game in the series, not a remake of the second game. I’m probably still going to get this because I loved the second game but kind of wish they updated the style of it. I didn’t like the look of my character in those games.
@Anti-Matter The dungeon crawling and mini-games overall were more fun in the original, IMO.
@MagicEmperor Just being the second game seems really random, doesn't it? I guess I'm glad there's any sign of life in this property, but I'm not going to repurchase a game I already own in the hopes that they'll make a new one someday.
I'm getting this. I hope Miis are still in the game.
I played both of them and actually considered getting a cheap copy of the second game for replays. Now both in a bundle would have been better, or even a sequel with the less tedious café management from the second game and better combat systems from the first.
@ImagineerNik I was definitely trying to get across that this game is secretly really good in the news post 😅
Sad it’s not both games but a part of me suspects they didn’t do the first game because of the PoTC DLC what with all the court stuff between Depp and Heard
They had me going for a sec thinking Kingdome Hearts was going to be on Switch....
@ShikabaneHime13 Which would be kind of absurd if that's the case given Sea of Thieves had their Pirates DLC and it did great because frankly most people don't really care about that stuff. They see the characters, not the actors.
I really enjoyed this game on 3DS. But if there is nothing new here, I don’t think I’d buy it again just for the sake of it.
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