Disney Pixel RPG is a pleasant, free mobile surprise

Earlier this week, a new Disney RPG dropped. No, it wasn’t the nextKingdom Hearts, but a free mobile game. Disney Pixel RPG is exactly what its title implies: a turn-based RPG with 8-bit/16-bit-inspired art starring many iconic Disney characters.. It’s free to play, and while it does fall into all of the trappings you’d expect from a gacha-focused mobile RPG, you can get through quite a bit of it without feeling like you need to spend much money to have a good time.

GungHo Online Entertainment and Disney are actually launching this game at a good time. Recently, Square Enix announced that it will shut down the mobile RPG Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius at the end of this month. For players looking for a similar game to move over to, Disney Pixel RPG is already shaping up to be a worthy alternative with a lot of room to grow.

In Disney Pixel RPG, several fictional Disney video game worlds are infected with “bug pixels” and creatures called Mimics. Players are summoned by friendly characters called the Repixies for help in saving the gaming worlds. To do so, players have to summon and fight with Disney characters from all of these impacted game worlds and get to the bottom of the bug pixel mystery.

Currently, Disney Pixel RPG does not seem to have the rights to any actual Disney games from the 1980s and ’90s, which is a bit disappointing. Hopefully, GungHo can find a way to collaborate with companies like Capcom to cross over with actual Disney video games. For now, we’ll have to settle for fictional ideas, like a Zootopia stealth action game or a carnival game starring Mickey & Friends.

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It’s a simple conceit that doesn’t get bogged down in lore like Kingdom Hearts, but still adequately explains why Stitch, Baymax, Maleficent, and Mickey can all fight alongside each