Once again, Capcom has handed some of its 8-bit classics to a team of capable retro-gaming stewards, and the results will land on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PCs on April 18: The Disney Afternoon Collection.
This themed collection includes six Disney-themed Capcom platformers from the NES era. Their common thread (should the title not clue you in) is that their licenses come from Disney's syndicated after-school cartoon series from the late '80s and early '90s: Duck Tales, Chip 'n Dale's Rescue Rangers, Darkwing Duck, and Tale Spin. Those first two TV shows actually had two NES games each, and the sequels are in this compilation, as well. Staying true to the theme, you won't find Capcom's other major Disney-themed NES platformer, Mickey Mousecapade. (In case you're wearing rose-tinted nostalgia sunglasses, let me remind you how awful that game really was.)
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A new "rewind" mode can be triggered with your gamepad's bumpers.
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This interface is pretty solid for anyone who wants to stream their Rescue Rangers speedruns.
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Nothin' but bosses in "boss rush" mode.
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Bring on the concept art!
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Capcom's artists had a lot of fun with the licensed games in this collection, so these sprite-to-art comparisons should be a treat.
The compilation doesn't include HD-ified graphics or remastered music—which might be good news for anybody who thinks the 2013 Duck Tales remaster was a little lacking. Also, the wizards at Digital Eclipse, who handled the top-notch Mega Man Collection for modern consoles, do not appear to be slacking on their latest Capcom release. For starters, every game in the Disney Afternoon Collection will include an optional "rewind" button so that players can turn back time whenever the original games' brutal difficulty or checkpoint systems stymie their progress. Meanwhile, new "time attack" and "boss attack" modes will let diehard players test their skills and climb online leaderboards (with the rewind option disabled, naturally).
Just like that Mega Man comp, this collection will also include a treasure trove of additional vault content, including "concept art, sketches, music, and other fun extras." That stuff is fun, but we're more interested in Digital Eclipse once again flexing its retro-archival muscles in preserving the code and feel of NES hardware gaming on modern platforms. The comp is slated to launch on April 18 for $19.99.
That should tide you over before Disney XD starts airing its animated reboot of Duck Tales this summer. In case you missed it, here's that series' first bit of footage, which debuted earlier this month:
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