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Disney Gamer's Highlights:
Disney Magic Castle: My Happy
Life Preview
2013 is looking
to be one of the best years in
Disney gaming yet. Titles like
Disney Infinity and DuckTales
Remastered look to keep a lot of
Disney gamers occupied for the
rest of the year. There is
another highly promising game
cooking up over in Japan that
should also be worthy of our
attention if it reaches American
shores: Disney Magic Castle: My
Happy Life for the Nintendo 3DS.
Developed by
Namco Bandai, the same company
behind the smash hit Pac-Man,
Tekken and the Naruto video
games, My Happy Life can be best
described as Nintendo's Animal
Crossing series crossed over to
the Disney universe. In
Nintendo's series, the focus was
to just live life to the best of
your abilities, making
friendships with colorful animal
characters, decorating your
house, fishing and adventuring.
My Happy Life sets out to do
similar things, but with the
wonderful Disney characters we
have grown to know and love.

In fact, this is
the game's main draw: as the
players take control of their
Mii characters, they will be
able to befriend over 80 Disney
characters and visit their
worlds. You can even take
pictures with them, much like at
the theme parks! Confirmed
characters so far include Alice
and friends from Alice in
Wonderland, Mickey, Minnie,
Winnie the Pooh and friends,
Aladdin, Cinderella and many
more. In these worlds, you will
be able to partake in various
activities, such as attending
Rabbit's garden, fishing with
Donald Duck, and even battling
baddies in a magical cave!
Also like in
Animal Crossing, players will
also be able to buy clothes and
accessories to customize their
in-game Mii characters at
Daisy's boutique. Players can
dress up as Stitch, Alice, Pooh,
and tons of other characters. In
addition players can buy
furniture for their homes.
Lastly, one of the other appeals
of the game is that players can
take care of a restaurant where
they can delight other players
as well as other Disney
characters.

Disney Magic
Castle: My Happy Life is set to
be released in Japan on July 11,
both as a digital download and
retail copy. The release will
also include a special edition
3DS with a Disney decal on top
of it. The question now is: will
this make it to North America?
The high appeal of the Disney
brand indicates yes, but the
simple and laid back concept may
concern publishers in North
America. But if Kingdom Hearts
has taught us anything, it is
that even the weirdest Disney
concepts can see great life. If
My Happy Life is released, it
will join the likes of Epic
Mickey: The Power of Illusion
and Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop
Distance as amazing Disney
titles for the 3DS. Stay tuned
here on Gamer Tuesday for more
news on this very impressive
game!
For now, you can
watch the Japanese overview
trailer here: