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Here is my full playthrough of Magical Quest on Normal difficulty done live on IGTV. Due to Space restrictions I was only able to record Stage 4 onwards.

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REVIEW:
-Capcom effortlessly bring their Disney legacy to the SNES with a platformer that delivers all the slick gameplay people came to expect after their NES offerings but with a significant new layer of bright and colourful gameplay only 16-bit hardware could offer.

I have to admit that this was my first real experience of Capcom & Disney on the SNES. With Sega's success producing Disney classics such as the 'Illusion' games and 'Quackshot' and Virgin Interactive muscling in, with huge success, for the more recent Disney franchises such as Lion King and Aladdin, its a shame 16-bit era was only graced with 2 offerings from Capcom. Still with a certain fighting game on the horizon Capcom would hardly fade into insignificance over the following years!

While theres not a great deal at fault with Magical Quest, it does have a slightly more bland feel to it than that of Sega's Disney output. Not that story should ever be a yardstick to measure a good platformer by, but the tired of yarn of 'Pluto's missing, you better save him Mickey', culminating in that ever so rewarding final payoff of 'oh it was all just a dream!' Is the kind of narrative best left in 8-bit.

The mechanics for jumping, brick throwing & enemy dispatch all perform respectably tho the inclusion of a run mechanic would have added the satisfaction factor the jumping feels distinctly lacking in. Thankfully the addition of new magical outfits for each world offers a much needed Injection of variety and elevates the gameplay from the mediocre to something far more enjoyable.

With infinite continues (at least for Normal mode), it's a relatively pain free affair, only raising the blood pressure with the occasional unfair boss encounter; such as the Ice Skating bear with whom only perfect memorisation of his patterns will suffice.

Certainly not as memorable as Sega's Mickey adventures, tho far from a forgettable experience. With 2 more entries in series to come, tho this one may not be topping any classic Disney game lists, perhaps the best is yet to come. Either way this certainly warrants a playthrough.