The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey & Minnie

The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey & Minnie
Developer(s)	Capcom
Publisher(s)	Capcom
Release Date(s)
Super Nintendo Entertainment System	NA: October 1994 JP: November 11, 1994 EU: April 27, 1995
Super Nintendo Entertainment System	NA: October 1994 JP: November 11, 1994 EU: April 27, 1995
Platform(s)
Genre(s)	Platformer

The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey & Minnie is a 1994 Disney platform game, developed by Capcom. It is based on Mickey and Minnie Mouse.

Plot

Mickey and Minnie Mouse travel by bus to the circus at the edge of town where they are going to spend the day. When the bus arrives, a little late, Goofy appears and tells Mickey and Minnie that everyone in the circus tents has disappeared. Mickey and Minnie are surprised by Goofy's claim, but choose to go to the circus and see it with their own eyes. At the circus they realize that their friends Pluto and Donald are gone. Mickey and Minnie must now find out what is going on at the circus.

Gameplay

Unlike the first game, Minnie Mouse also features as a playable character. In a single-player game the player can choose to play as either Mickey or Minnie, but the choice makes no difference to gameplay and is purely aesthetic. Moreover, the game features two player cooperative gameplay, unlike the previous game where the players had to take turns. Another new feature is a password back-up, allowing the player(s) to continue where they stopped playing the game.

Reception

The SNES and GBA version of The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey & Minnie received mixed to positive reviews. As with the previous game in the series, the easy difficulty and length of the game were criticized while the colourful graphics, outfit system and music received mostly praise. The new co-operative gameplay feature was considered to be one of the game's greatest strengths. On the negative side, some critics noted that The Great Circus Mystery was very similar to the previous game. Much like the first game in the series, the game was mostly recommended for younger players. The GBA version was criticized for not pushing the system's limits and for not providing any new features beside link cable support. Since the SNES version was introduced closely to Mickey Mania, another SNES video game with Mickey Mouse in the title role, both games were compared to each other to a certain extent.

On release, Famicom Tsūshin scored the game a 26 out of 40. Next Generation reviewed the Genesis version of the game, rating it two stars out of five, and stated that "compared to Sony Imagesoft's Mickey Mania, The Great Circus Mystery is just a great big disappointment".

External links

• The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey & Minnie at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey & Minnie at GameFAQs
• The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey & Minnie at MobyGames
• The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey & Minnie at The Disney Wiki, the Fandom wiki on Disney.
• The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey & Minnie at The Capcom Wiki, the Fandom wiki on Capcom.
• The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey & Minnie at Mickey & Friends Wiki
• The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey & Minnie (SNES) at The Cutting Room Floor