Highlights
- Disney Pixel RPG is a new mobile game featuring iconic Disney characters.
- Developed by GungHo Online Entertainment, the game combines auto-battling mechanics and avatar customization.
- Disney Pixel RPG will soft-launch in Japan on September 9, while its global availability details have yet to be confirmed.
A new mobile game called Disney Pixel RPG has been announced. The free-to-play title promises to offer players a chance to engage with a wide variety of iconic Disney characters in a picturesque setting.
Although Disney occasionally makes its own games, licensing its IPs to third parties still accounts for the bulk of the entertainment giant's activities in the gaming industry. In recent years, that strategy has largely been focused on live-service titles like Disney Dreamlight Valley.
Disney Pixel RPG Soft-Launching in September 2024
Yet another such project has just been unveiled in the form of Disney Pixel RPG. The newly announced game is in the works at Japanese developer GungHo Online Entertainment, known for its work on the Grandia and Puzzles and Dragons franchises, among dozens of other properties. Disney Pixel RPG will attempt to tap into the studio's mobile expertise, having been envisioned as a casual role-playing game that combines iconic Disney characters with auto-battling mechanics and avatar customization, among other features.
The game itself is scheduled to soft-launch in Japan on September 9, 2024. Its preview version will be available on both Android and iOS devices. GungHo confirmed that the upcoming title will be optimized for tablets, making full use of their extra screen real estate rather than rendering in a letterbox format. Japanese gamers who pre-register for Disney Pixel RPG have a chance to win a ¥10,000 Amazon gift card later this summer. GungHo has yet to confirm that its newly unveiled game is planned to launch beyond its home country, but that seems like a plausible scenario, not least because a lot of Disney Pixel RPG promotional materials are already presented in English.
Disney Pixel RPG Pre-Registrations
- Google Play Store
- iOS App Store
The list of characters that have already been confirmed as part of the game's cast include Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Ariel, Maleficent, Baymax, Stitch, Sleeping Beauty, Winnie-the-Pooh, and Genie from Aladdin. The game itself promises "slapstick strategy battles" that will require players to compose teams of three characters. Aside from a story mode, Disney Pixel RPG will also offer Expeditions, resource-gathering quests meant to run in between playing sessions. A hub area of some sort will also be part of the package, having apparently been envisioned as a venue where players will be able to interact with their party. While the specifics of its character collection mechanics are yet to be revealed, Disney Pixel RPG seems to have all the makings of a gacha game.
The 8-bit RPG may not be the only Disney-licensed title to make its way to Android and iOS devices in the near future. According to one recent report, Disney is currently also working on a new mobile game with Sega.
Date Founded July 1, 1998 Headquarters Chiyoda City, Tokyo, Japan Subsidiaries Game Arts , Grasshopper Manufacture
