Not much of a topic, but it's just something I can't get out of my mind.
Let's be frank. Disney Town is the Atlantica of this game. I'm not dissing on the mini games necessarily (after all, I loved the Winnie the Pooh mini games), but as far as story and presentation goes, it's watered down compared to Disney Castle. It's a place where you could have... for lack of a better term, plenty of finny fun.
But we don't like finny fun.
I don't think I have to go into how much of an embarrassment Pete's banishment was, for example.
The question is: Could they have done better, and how?
As a matter of fact, they very easily could have done so, and even have source material to work with to boot.
What story could have replaced the Disney story in BbS?
The Prince and the Pauper was my all time favorite Disney short when I was a kid. And reminiscing on it now, it would have fit perfectly.
For those who don't know the story, in short, there's a prince identical to Mickey Mouse who is preparing to receive the throne from his dying father. He longs for the life of a commoner, free of the duties of royalty. On the other hand Mickey, a commoner, longs for the luxury of royalty, free of the hardship of peasantry. The two meet by fate and hatch a plan in which they trade places. Meanwhile, Pete, the Captain of the Guard, hatches a plan in which he can manipulate Mickey and become the de jure leader of the kingdom.
See where I'm going? Now THAT is something Pete ought to get banished to another dimension for, not wanting to ruin an ice cream contest. And it just fits so well. Most of the other Disney movies are based on classic tales with a modern spin, and this is no different. Moreover, it would have fit well with what's already been established (the Disney kingdom, and all of the other castle themes in BbS).
While there are some inconsistencies with what is already canon to KH, it could be worked out with some artistic license. For instance, Mickey is SUPPOSED to be the king in KH, so perhaps it could be a role reversal: he is the king to start with and becomes a peasant for some time. Or maybe it's the opposite: he's a peasant at first and switches roles permanently for whatever reason.
We could see Goofy take Pete's place as Captain of the Guard after Pete gets banished. Not to mention what could be a pretty bad ass boss battle with Pete and the weasel guards.
I know I'm ranting and raving over something that should be inconsequential, but it just pains me to see what they did with Disney Town. It's like Toon Town. That's the bastardized version of Disney of recent years, not the classic one I love. And that's not to say that we won't get to see this in a future installment of KH (where Mickey decides to relieve his royal duty for some time, but Pete returns to try and take over the kingdom), but the best opportunity was with BbS.
Unfortunately, Disney took the whole movie off of YouTube recently, so you'll have to torrent it if you haven't seen the whole thing (though there's a Spanish version on YT lol).
Here's some clips to give an idea:
Spanish lol:
Let's be frank. Disney Town is the Atlantica of this game. I'm not dissing on the mini games necessarily (after all, I loved the Winnie the Pooh mini games), but as far as story and presentation goes, it's watered down compared to Disney Castle. It's a place where you could have... for lack of a better term, plenty of finny fun.
But we don't like finny fun.
I don't think I have to go into how much of an embarrassment Pete's banishment was, for example.
The question is: Could they have done better, and how?
As a matter of fact, they very easily could have done so, and even have source material to work with to boot.
What story could have replaced the Disney story in BbS?
The Prince and the Pauper was my all time favorite Disney short when I was a kid. And reminiscing on it now, it would have fit perfectly.
For those who don't know the story, in short, there's a prince identical to Mickey Mouse who is preparing to receive the throne from his dying father. He longs for the life of a commoner, free of the duties of royalty. On the other hand Mickey, a commoner, longs for the luxury of royalty, free of the hardship of peasantry. The two meet by fate and hatch a plan in which they trade places. Meanwhile, Pete, the Captain of the Guard, hatches a plan in which he can manipulate Mickey and become the de jure leader of the kingdom.
See where I'm going? Now THAT is something Pete ought to get banished to another dimension for, not wanting to ruin an ice cream contest. And it just fits so well. Most of the other Disney movies are based on classic tales with a modern spin, and this is no different. Moreover, it would have fit well with what's already been established (the Disney kingdom, and all of the other castle themes in BbS).
While there are some inconsistencies with what is already canon to KH, it could be worked out with some artistic license. For instance, Mickey is SUPPOSED to be the king in KH, so perhaps it could be a role reversal: he is the king to start with and becomes a peasant for some time. Or maybe it's the opposite: he's a peasant at first and switches roles permanently for whatever reason.
We could see Goofy take Pete's place as Captain of the Guard after Pete gets banished. Not to mention what could be a pretty bad ass boss battle with Pete and the weasel guards.
I know I'm ranting and raving over something that should be inconsequential, but it just pains me to see what they did with Disney Town. It's like Toon Town. That's the bastardized version of Disney of recent years, not the classic one I love. And that's not to say that we won't get to see this in a future installment of KH (where Mickey decides to relieve his royal duty for some time, but Pete returns to try and take over the kingdom), but the best opportunity was with BbS.
Unfortunately, Disney took the whole movie off of YouTube recently, so you'll have to torrent it if you haven't seen the whole thing (though there's a Spanish version on YT lol).
Here's some clips to give an idea:
Spanish lol:
