Well, that didn't take long, did it? Earlier today, we reported on a potential remaster of two treasured Disney platformers - Aladdin and The Lion King - and now it's been officially confirmed. You can see some snippets of footage in the announcement trailer above.
As you can see, the collection - titled Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King - has some neat features in addition to the ports themselves. Multiple versions of each game will be included (with the exception of the SNES version of Aladdin). You'll be able to skip to any part of the game you like, and then hop into the action. A rewind feature will let you instantly retry tricky sections, too.
A museum mode will give you access to concept art and the like, and there's even a rare playable trade show demo included for good measure. The collection will be available digitally and at retail on 29th October 2019 for $29.99.
What do you think? Will you be playing through these two classic games once again on PlayStation 4? Rub the lamp in the comments below.
[source youtube.com, via hollywoodreporter.com, twitter.com]
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I am all over this.
Not including the SNES version of Aladdin seems like a pretty huge omission.
Nice. Actually tempted.
@Ralizah I recon that's something to do with publishing rights being with Capcom.
@Ralizah I understand why, but yeah, the SNES Aladdin was great. The Genesis version looked better, but the SNES release was more fun to play and actually told the story through cutscenes.
The added features sound like a pleasant addition.
I know many will see this as just a cash grab by Disney, however, for me, the Lion King video game is on my list of all time favourites.
It is the first game I ever finished by myself as a kid and I repeated that feat many times. It has a fond place in my memories.
I’m gonna get this just to play with my son and bring back the feels.
I showed this to my wife and at the same time we said:
Me: omg the LION KING!
Wife: omg ALADDIN!
We're now, apparently, fighting.
So in other words these are all the Virgin Interactive published versions. Anyways, the rewind/skipping type options are a welcome option (never played much beyond a store demo of Aladdin back in the day).
No SNES Aladdin? My interest kind of went out the window.
Nostalgia is for fools.
It seems we've been ushered into a new era of creativity void and finally started remaking mediocre games. Alladin is effin' great on both platforms but The Lion King? Really? I've never heard of anyone who was too big on this game (despite the franchise being huge, particularly at the time)
Also, one of the few games in my whole life to give me a migrane.
@makoshichi if you'd read the comments you'd have found, 34 minutes before you posted, that Kienda was big on The Lion King. Shortly followed by NoxAeturnus. He seemed pretty keen, even if his wife didn't. Could have saved yourself a bit of typing.
Mega Drive Aladdin was far, far better than the SNES version. No great loss there. Definitely tempted to pick these up on Switch!
This will be worth every penny just for Lion King alone, Beautiful soundtrack with beautiful stages plus great platforming! I only ever did the first level of Aladdin so it will be great trying to beat it.
Wow, this came out of nowhere for me! Very cool news. These were two of my favourite games on the Sega Megadrive when I was a kid. Definitely up for playing these again, but that is quite pricey!
@gamer95 Hence why many of us will wait for a discount.
@Ralizah mega drive is the much much better version
Heh, bit of a surprise. I haven't played Aladdin, but I remember playing a Lion King game on Game Boy Color ages ago. Maybe it was based on this game.
@Kienda I’m the same. Loved Aladdin and the lion king was my first game ever completed!
@Boucho11 haha, that’s awesome!
@Eldritch It's ok. I'm not offended that @makoshichi has never heard of me.
yea sure... like i'm going to spend $30usd on ancient snes games. these are going to be played on my snes and genesis classics for free. nice try disney. only suckers will fall for this...
@NoxAeturnus @Eldritch LOL, I'm sorry, I guess I meant "as a kid" or "growing up"
But yeah, sometimes I jump the gun when it comes to commenting
@makoshichi You're totally right though, this is a super low energy cash grab because Lion King and Aladdin are in theaters again. But they've got me by the nostalgicles, so guess I'll have to shell out for it.
They should have remastered them as "live action" - you know, to match the new movies.
Aladdin on Genesis/Megadrive is awesome. No so much with Lion King. but will grab this on PS4
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