DF Retro Play: An Unsung Capcom Classic - Magical Quest 3 Starring Mickey & Donald on Super Famicom
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- Опубліковано 12 лют 2022
- The boys are back in town, and they're having themselves a Disney afternoon. This time around, John and Audi go for some co-op action in Capcom's excellent Magical Quest 3, the Japan-only follow up to their Mickey Mouse platformer series. This game was later released on Game Boy Advance, but as you'll see, this Super Famicom original is among the finest games on the system.
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Those SNES Disney games had some of the best art direction and 2D gameplay the medium has seen.
this game was later official for the game boy advance all 3 of them
Little bit of Animation "Inside Baseball" for you: That tendency for something's position to be shifted to present to Camera in a certain way is known as "Mickey Mousing" - after the famous mandate for Mickey's ears to always show their emblematic silhouette.
Always amazing to see you guys just playing and talking about a game together
YES!! For decades, I’ve been preaching the gospel of Mickey & Donald 3 to my circle of friends; a truly under the radar gem. I now feel vindicated. (for some unknown reason, a kid in my neighborhood had this Super Famicom cart working on a Super Nintendo, and I remember many afternoons spent trying to beat this game, with zero knowledge of Japanese - the art and music were so good that’s what kept me coming back for more)
It was probably bootlegged
Always recommended this game too. Love everything about it. I don't get why it didn't release in the west officially, but a bootleg version of it was everywhere here.
If you’re in the USA, then official Super Famicom carts play natively in the US SNES. You just need to remove two plastic tabs inside the cartridge slot that stop SFC carts fitting inside. Without them it plays the carts fine. That kid knew his stuff!
A staple of my childhood. I played this one religiously, mostly as Donald who was my favorite. Actually I played lots of Japanese games I never would have otherwise, and that's thanks to my aunt, who is a "Nisei", and owned a toy store back then, which gave her access to all kinds of imported stuff. Great memories, my God. I loved World of Illusion on the Mega Drive/Genesis as well, and Mickey Mania. Not to mention the NES and Master System games. Disney games were on a roll back then; I don't think something like that will ever happen again.
God I love Audi at 13:52 😆
Always happy to watch DF Retro Play's!
I didn't even know this title existed, so it was a very pleasant surprise! Gotta check out the full game.
btw I would really love to see some DF Retro special sometime on retro graphics. How they made the pixel art for games like this, how it worked on the technology at the time etc. We hear a lot about 3D but not so much about 2D game tech. (or maybe there's already such a video and I missed it).
I agree, loved their deep dive on DKC and KI awhile back
Watch strafefox's channel you won't be disappointed
Deluxe Paint on the Amiga was a pretty popular choice, it was even used for texture work on earlier 3d titles like Quake & many PS1 games
In Brazil we always played that one, loved it
Exactly, I was a bit confused watching them say this was not released on the West. Guess Brazil does not count as West or it was just another bootleg game we luckily got.
My friend had a bootleg copy with the standard square cartridge.
@@spankler It was a bootleg version. Literally every rental store had one too. Whoever brought this game to us is a saint.
Fun video! Glad to see DF Retro Plays return. And man this game looks outstanding. Would really love to see a Magical Quest Legacy Collection or something someday, like how we got Disney Afternoon.
Also huh, something kinda funky happening with pixel sampling whenever the screen goes dark.
I LOVED the Circus Mystery game as a kid! Played it with my cousin all the time.
Had no idea it was a sequel! 😮 Thanks for tugging on my nostalgia strings
PaulsHardware and JayzTwoCents playing together on the DigitalFoundry colab. Nice
Really enjoyed this episode. Would love a tech analysis on how these games were made, especially animation frames and graphics work. Capcom were really good at hiding tiles and making environments feel organic and expansive with clever background art. Perhaps consider a special on the Disney platformers of this era and include non-Capcom titles like Maui Mallard too. Please :)
YES! This franchise needs more recognition. The 3rd game was never released in the West back in the SNES days, a mistake rectified with the GBA port.
A lot of the stuff we take for granted in modern games, like switching outfits, came from Capcom's efforts in Megaman and Magical Quest.
I played the entire series as a kid on emulators, it's a shame most people forgot about them
I suppose it was more of a fashion at the time. On MegaDrive there was for example "Kid Chameleon", that was based fully on cosplay. :)
Its core gameplay idea was a bit of an early version of the more recent, and more unfortunate, "Balan Wonderworld". Also from SEGA.. :(
That is the more costume change game I can think of, but transformations of various kinds were quite common back then.
@@AltCutTV Balan's actually from Square Enix mate
@@TailsGuy72 It was made by a studio formed and consisting mostly of ex SEGA people.
@@AltCutTV Figures. I do know Naka was working on it, though
The opening of this video practically shattered my eardrums with my headphones. 😵
Magical Aventure/Quest 3 was my first Super NES game I played. Came back to it last year with my sister and we had a blast! This game has an English translation fan patch available, so go check it out if you can.
I've had problems with it with slowdown though
The SFC has so many great gems that I've never heard of. Didn't know this existed
Definitely play the first one. Such a great platformer on the SNES.
I only played the Original Magical Quest on SNES Back in the day, Loved it
I used to play this on ZSNES netplay with my friend back in the early 2000's when i first got broadband, great fun along with Super Smash TV.
Gotta love the wonderful pixel art of these games. Donald is by far the more popular character here in the Netherlands. I think most kids grew up with the weekly magazine. I guess most European countries had their own version of that. I really loved that every week and I think it's actually still very popular.
I always preferred Donald Duck as well! Idk, he always seemed to have so much personality, as opposed to Mickey who i never knew what really defined him. And ooooh yeah, the weekly magazine! I still vividly remember the trips to the grocery store with my mom - the magazine stand was right next to the cash registers and every week i was hoping my mom would buy the Mickey Mouse Magazine for me - and she mostly if not always did as far as i remember 😄
Mickey in my country was typical action hero. Donald was a representation of working class. So Donald is more relatable than Mickey, because he lived the everyday struggle like most of us.
Donald was popular in Poland too. There where even twenty something paged comics added to one of top Polish newspapers every weekend. Not to mention classic Donald comics and those thick comic books.
This is not Pixel Art 🤦♂️ this was graphic back then... Pixel Art is nowadays (Mostly !) just "Holy Grail" for lazy ass developers who use it because its easy...
@@dominiktatarka4810 I know what you mean... I'm pretty sure the term "pixel art" just came into popular usage recently, with the rise of indie games.
And old games didn't even look like pixel art until we started emulating them and displaying them on HD LCD screens.
I like the low-res artwork of old games, but don't really care for "pixel art" the way so many people do now.
While there are too many indie games all doing the same thing now (and being praised for it), I have to admit that the pixel art games that I've played have been a lot of fun.
Neat games, I wound up playing The Great Circus Mystery over and over as a kid (aka Magical Quest 2). I should really play the others. World of Illusion is my favorite Genesis Disney game, played it so much with my cousins.
same here Mickey Mania and World of Illusion are my favourite
I still remember playing The Magical Quest very well from back when it first came out. I had no idea there were sequels.
thank you for making me discover this game!
I wish this was part of a collection. Like the Disney afternoon games
I remember playing the GBA port of the first one sometimes with my cousin. Didn't know there where more!
How have I never played this !! Looks great 😁
I LOVED Magical quest so darn much.
Super Play - what a magazine! There are high quality pdf scans of it on the internet out there. The first issues covered the launch of the SNES in Europe, had Super Famicom imports and Anime VHS releases as regular features.
Loving the Richard Leadbetter Crazy Frog Amiibo on the shelf!
The first AND still one of the finest examples of twerking in videogame history 🧐
This is a lot of fun! That game's got incredible pixel art! Is there any chance you'd be able to record gameplay for games like this via your offscreen CRT method? Or does that not work longform?
That twerk commentary got me LOL
I don't know how I played this. I remember playing it on the SNES, but I had an american SNES. Perhaps my memory is fuzzy; perhaps it was a pirated copy or something. But, regardless of the "how", I did play a lot of this game. I loved it, so much fun in co-op.
Man Magical Quest 1 for the SNES was the cake. Can't recall how often i beaten the game. Also one of the first games where i grinded money to get the full Magic Suit in the first level. This was pure overkill to have.
Big shout out to quackshot!
I played the first one alot, such a great game. Capcom Disney games from back then hold up great.
Digital Foundry, the retro-game named Powerslave Exhumed came out on PS4/XBOX ONE (PS5/Series) a few days ago. We want to see your technical review 😎👍
I played this recently, and I'm kind of glad it wasn't localized. You can really see a ton that was reused from Great Circus Mystery, and never comes close to reaching the same heights. If you're a fan of the other two games, it's worth checking out once for the sake of curiosity, but probably not one you'll want to replay over the first two games.
All these years I wasn't aware this game existed with 2 player coop smh
Good stuff
Throwback time
I actually sent a letter to Capcom regarding the possibility of this game coming to the US back when it was out. They actually responded back telling that they don't have plans to do so. Sadly, I no longer have their letter; let alone what EGM called it when they did a mini-review on their "Japan Only" section of the magazine.
The washed out colours was done to compensate for the lack of a backlight on the OG GBA. Hence why some emulators come with shaders to alleviate the saturation problem.
I loved this game and played it dozens of times. Not sure why it was japan only, but it's still one of my favorite games of that generation.
Used to play this game on SNES with my dad back in the day. I wish they brought it to the NSO.
I was able to get this on the Game Boy Advance - with the previous 2 games.
Loved playing all three as a kid.
I'm sure the likelihood of these being rereleased on the switched (via NSO) is slim to nil.
Mickeys Magical Quest was a weird one for me. When I was a kid, it was one of my white whales; I'd seen it in tonnes of magazines, even had a complete walkthrough for it, and desperately wanted to play it, but for some reason I just couldn't find it *anywhere* here in Australia. Then, after years, I managed to find a video store that was renting out an imported french version. It was generally rented out, so I'd keep going back week after week until I FINALLY got it. Raced home to play it, and... it just didn't click with me.
Was my first lesson about how chasing something down can be more exciting than actually getting it!
It wasn't a bad game, but I think in all of those years my brain had built it up into this absolutely amazing thing that real life couldn't possibly live up to.
Whenever you go through a transition where the game fades to black and when it comes back it looks all blurry for a second, does that happen because of the RetroTink 5X and its auto-phase feature? Because it kind of looks terrible when that happens. I'm thinking of getting a RetroTink 5X, but I really hope there's a way to keep the blurriness after transitions from happening.
Cannot have Mickey get angry, never go off-brand guys!
Man it's been a while since I played this now, I remember it being about as good as the prequel and looking great, which it still does. Gotta fire it up again.
Very cool new intro keep it for every video
In the first level, Donald floats, but he's a duck, so it's OK, but he's also made of wood...
I remember playing with my cousin the Great Circus with Mickey and Minei for Mega Drive.
2:00 Yes, this game, but for Mega Drive.
9:22 - That's why we usually don't wear pants.
Gonna show that massive round pond float fluff off - pants couldn't contain it anyways. x3
This really deserves a remake.
Nah the graphics are fine they need a reboot of the series for next generation kids imo or a sequel.
Donald always had to be the "butt" of the joke, didn't he.
Another great unsung classic Disney game is the Disney Tetris for the N64. It’s one of the rare occasions where messing with the Tetris formula actually worked.
Wow! How did you CGI Audi in your room? :P
I am still waiting and dieing to play a Magical Quest 4 or a Goof Troop 2. Both amazing capcom Disney game sequels that need to be made
This is very cool
What's the source for Yoko Shimomura doing the music for this? That's the first I've heard of it. She doesn't list it on her website..
reminds me of World of Illusion that I played a lot of on Sega Genesis, that and Mickey Mania.
@digitalfoundry You have to play Conker Live and Reload as a retro. That games lighting and animation feels way ahead of its time.
Either John is a small-ish dude or Audi is a giant.
I thought you were playing with the Dreamcastguy for a split second!
During their break from reviewing Magical Quest 3 they wasted a bit of time on Gran Turismo 7 before getting back to this wonderful platformer
So good to see DreamcastGuy on here!
Oh crap, thanks Audi for mentioning that the Disney collection added SNES Aladdin. That compilation always seemed like a huge missed opportunity because Aladdin SNES is the best of any of those games and it's the one thing they didn't provide. Glad to hear that's been rectified.
Maui Mallard is a Donald Duck game that was released for the SNES.
It's also the best one gameplay wise in my opinion.
Oh yeah, Maui Mallard! That one actually does have a re-release of sorts too, since you can buy the original PC version on GOG.
Oh man, love this game.
rayos! la primera y la tercera son mis favoritas, en la snes capcom tenia increíbles plataformeros
This game looks so much fun 😍 and I love Mickey and Donald this series should be remastered for Current-Gen and PC 😔🙏 BTW: That Donald twerking part "killed" me 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Man, this game was part of my childhood!
8:22 And I didn't know John could read japanese xD
They put helpful reading guides above the complex characters to assist reading (this is commonly done in games designed for children). Learning to pronounce Japanese with that level of assistance can be done in a few days. Actually understanding what it means is a whole other story...
@@konga382 Exactly, the furigana really helps, but knowing what the kanji itself means is a whole other level. I know because I'm also trying to learn japanese xD
The GBA port allows you to switch to the vivid SNES colours, to accommodate the Game Boy Player (and emulators, by extension).
I think all three games have this feature (or at least 2 and 3).
I have the feeling that Donald Duck was big in a lot of places. Including Brazil.
FYI, there is an English fan translation patch for the SNES too!
Hope you guys play the lion king game and the aladin game. Some of the first I ever met.
Bruh this game is everything to me, sad that it was never localized in the snes
Never played any Disney games and it looks really great
Amazing game! Melhor jogo já feito da Disney!
Muitas memórias, jogo incrível.
I have never played this as I had the Sega Megadrive and Mickey Mouse World of illusion is what I had. My brother had the Super Nintendo but never had this game apart from the CAPCOM Aladdin game.
Is this game available in any form on the Switch? Played the crap out of it as a kid.
Nay
The sfc got an exclusive Donald Duck platform too
This game was fantastic. Would love if this came to Switch.
What are you playing on guys? 1chip, rgb modded jr, super nt?
Very expensive game today. I paid 25€ cib 8 years ago. I love it.
What? I'm sure I played this with my sister as a kid. How did it not come out in the west?
Great game, I played a lot… great memories
It kind of looks like Chip 'n Dale's Rescue Rangers, but played at half speed.
Hell yeah, dude.
Could you imagine Disney and Capcom making an official sequel to this today?
How is the Genesis version regarding slowdowns?
How about a Retro Play about one of the best Capcom SNES titles and among the very best co-ops ever, Goof Troop?
Surprised Capcom didn't released a license game in the US. The N64 didn't come out until September 1996. This was released Christmas 1995 in Japan. Toys r Us and other stores were still stocking SNES games until 1998. Capcom could have easily released this in Christmas 1996. Dkc 3 was released in 1996
World of Illusion on Genesis is another great game.
Mickey currently is super normal and not allowed to be mad or anything but he was allowed to be very expressive in the early cartoon shorts before disney became the monolith.
Also with modern emulation the slowdown can be corrected
Capcom's Disney games were always high quality they just seemed to get overshadowed in the magazines of the time by the Disney games Sega made themselves despite being just as high in quality.
Sorry, but the capcom version of aladdin its not the better version, look at the tests in various magazins. But its a personal taste. I love how the animation was build in the segaversion. Do you know that disney-cartoondrawers make the animations for sega??
The best part of this video is when Donald twerked to a lil 50 cent. Go shorty its your birthday....
First case of twerking in a video game!
Japanese in this game is super easy.
Only kana most the time with exceptions of
Level intro screens which also highlighted with kana.
This looks as fun as World of Illusion.