Disney Phantasm Island, a recreation that was beforehand unique to the Nintendo Swap, is seemingly making the leap to a multiplatform launch. As noticed by Gematsu, PSDeals managed to scrape via the PlayStation Retailer servers to discover a itemizing for the PS5 launch of Disney Phantasm Island Starring Mickey and Pals. It’s price noting that Disney has made no announcement concerning the potential multiplatform launch for the 2023 platformer.
In accordance with the shop description as caught by PSDeals, Disney Phantasm Island Starring Mickey and Pals will embody all the options of its unique Swap launch within the PS5 model. This contains help for offline multiplayer for between 2 and 4 gamers. Apparently the PS5 launch additionally has the “Starring Mickey and Pals” suffix within the title when in comparison with the unique launch. This would possibly point out further content material coming to the title.
Whereas no launch date has been given for the title, a PS Retailer itemizing current in Sony’s servers signifies that announcement is probably going not too distant.
Initially introduced again in September 2022, Disney Phantasm Island was launched on the Nintendo Swap in July 2023. The title bought a trailer main as much as its preliminary launch, showcasing the varied challenges that gamers must tackle as they discover the eponymous Phantasm Island.
The title additionally contains some options extra generally seen in metroidvania titles, with gamers being able to swim, leap and wall-jump, amongst different issues, relying on the character they select to play as. The bottom recreation featured Mickey, Minnie, Donald, and Goofy as its main protagonists. Every character additionally has co-op skills the place a number of gamers can help one another of their exploration.
On launch, Disney Phantasm Island bought typically optimistic evaluations, with a Metacritic combination rating of 73. In our personal overview of the title, we praised it fairly a bit for its nice visuals and animations, stable stage design, and its witty writing. Our solely complaints revolved round an absence of fight, uneven boss fights, and the title not being as advanced as one would need from a metroidvania recreation. In the end we gave Disney Phantasm Island a rating of 8 out of 10, praising its common enchantment and accessibility.
