Disney's Upcoming Free-To-Play Racer Unveils A New Playable Character

Okay, where do I sign.

I refused to pay for Dreamlight Valley. I’ve watched the girlfriend play it on her Switch and I can confidently say it’s not for me, I’ll stick with my Animal Crossing. This, however, has my interest. Not enough to preorder it, but I’ll wait to try it when she inevitably gets it and see if it’s actually a competent kart racer. The drip feed of new Mario Kart tracks has me yearning for a good new racer. It is made by Gameloft though so I will keep my expectations in check

I won’t lie the little dragon is pushing me to at least give the game a shot.

Did not care about this game until this announcement LOL. Figment is such a funny character and this is a funny announcement.

Definitely wouldn't mind playing a racer but not interested in Mario characters outside of Rosalina so never bothered with MK8.

I'm down for the f2p version if I can unlock that sweet sweet sexy Meg. Hope there's some amount of voice acting and not just a few grunts or generic "weee" voices though, could be make or break like with that silent Smash rip off that failed.

Well that’s neat. I’m loving this roster. Gameloft have proven that they can make a good racer. I’m just afraid its going to be a monetization nightmare, like Chocobo GP.

What movie is Figment from? Looks like he came straight out of a Spyro game.

@Kyloctopus It will be worse, it’s Gameloft. Look at all their previous games, including what they’re doing with Dreamlight valley’s Premium shop, despite «early access».
What they mean by early access is early money.

@ThaBEN If only there was an article above this comment section that explained where he was from...

@ThaBEN
He is actually a mascot for Disney. He was never in a film before.

Sadly they won't use this opportunity to update his ride back to its glory days....

I love Disney Dreamlight Valley don't get me wrong, but the way that it performs... yeah I don't have much confidence with this game running well. it doesn't even matter too much in DDV but this game... that's a whole 'nother story.

I am interested but I'll be definitely waiting for reviews.

Oooh that’s who this is! I’ve never been to World so I’ve never seen him before but he’s been popping up in Dreamlight as well, which makes sense as their current theme is the parks.

Still don’t like the edgy/badass art direction in this at all. Super off-putting for me and a really disappointing missed opportunity for themed vehicles.

I'm sooooooooooo torn on this whole thing I've been waiting for a solid Disney kart racer for years but I'm really worried about this being F2P it's probably gonna be MT hell and die like Multiversus did like seriously just make a proper full priced Mario Kart/CTR style game I'll buy it

@ketrac No bro lissen okke? i play dis game from day one, and I can assure you that since the last update the premium shop has nothing gamebreaking or PtW in it, they are only completely optional cosmetic things, you decide whether or not to buy them or not the game does not force you at all to spend or less money.

Title: Upcoming Free-to-Play

Article: $29.99 USD or you can get the deluxe or ultimate packages for $49.99 / $69.99.

Until we can actually play this game for free, or at the very least bare minimum have a date for when we can play this game for free, how ‘bout stop lying in the title, ‘k? 🤷🏻‍♂️

Figment is from a ride at Epcot called Journey Into Imagination. Figment is awesome, but his ride is one of the most outdated rides at a Disney Park......but it's got "character" and there's never a line. You could get on, get off, then get right back on if you really wanted to.

I may actually try this game now!

Imaaaaaaaaaaaagination!

Wow! I can't recall Figment ever being included in the roster of one of these Disney crossover type games. The free-to-play model is not to my tastes, but it's still cool to see Figment get some more attention!

@dkxcalibur Yeah, his ride could really use an overhaul. The originsl version was so great! Then they remade it into a version without Figment (though with Eric Idle). After Bakclash, they re-added Figment (and kept Idle). It's okay, but it could really use a rehab.

Also, for those interested, there are a couple of Disney Kingdoms comic books that have the story of Figment. He's never been in a movie though. He is used as the mascot for Epcot and their many festivals that they have seasonally.

@Keyblade-Dan Same. I love Mario kart and Crash Team Racing. There's room and an audience for a great full price racer.

With the FTP microtransaction model, it's impossible to play for a household without paying the price of several games to get real content out of it. That's the design though. Gameloft knows how to exploit whales.

@BrianJL Technically I don't think he's the mascot of Epcot....but he definitely features on a lot of merch.

@dkxcalibur Well, for all intents and purposes anywya. He is the mascot for the various festivals, which pretty much run year-round now. They used to use Duffy Bear more, but they kind of got rid of him in the US parks.

He wasn't the mascot when I attended two festivals (Wine & Food and Flower & Garden)

Duffy wasn't even in the Epcot stores when I was there last year.

Glad they're remembering the great Figment, who was cut from his own ride for a little while there before returning when they redid it a 3rd time. Now I hope they bring back the Imagination song too!

IMAAAGINAAATION!

Oh good lord I was trying to avoid this game, because: Gameloft.

But... buutttt... it's FIGMENT. I LOVE HIM. He's almost never included in stuff like this!

I literally have a little plushie clip-on Figment "climbing" up my monitor right now as I type this, and magnets and stickers of him on my PC and laptop. A whole folder full of pin badges. I buy everything I see with him on it. Argh.

@dkxcalibur Sadly Duffy and Shellie May are only at Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong nowadays. Makes me sad as I only go to the American parks and Paris with any regularity. I really wanted to get into buying a new costume or accessory on every trip.