The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse (SNES) Playthrough

A playthrough of Capcom's 1992 license-based platformer for the Super Nintendo, The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse.
Played through on the normal difficulty level.
The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse was the first SNES game to feature Disney's mascot, and just like Sega did for his Sega Genesis debut in Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse, Capcom nailed it.
Mickey has starred in a lot of great video games over the years, but the ones from the 16-bit era are the ones that have stuck with me the most. When it came out at the end of 1992, Magical Quest looked and sounded fantastic, and it still does now. The animation is great - I love the details like the way he pulls the curtain over as he's changing his outfits, and the colorful scenery and parallax scrolling make every stage pop nicely. The music is super catchy, and it sounds a whole lot like Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts. That distinctive combination of high strings, trilling flutes, and tinny reverbed brass gives the soundtrack a showy bit of pseudo-orchestral flair, and you'll remember the tunes long after you've turned the game off.
The gameplay is simple, classic platformer fare. Mickey has six lengthy stages to survive if he's going to rescue Pluto, and each one sees him hopping on enemies' heads, throwing blocks, seeking out hidden power-up caches and storefront entrances, and best of all, playing magical dress-up.
When Mickey puts on his magician outfit, he can breathe underwater and blast enemies like he's Mega Man X, complete with Mega Buster. In his firefighter uniform his hose fire can shift and destroy blocks, douse flames, and make ice. And finally, when he dons his shamrock-green mountaineering lederhosen, Mickey becomes the Bionic Commando, firing a grappling hook to grab objects, launch himself across chasms, and stun enemies.
Noticing a pattern here? Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse is a giant melting pot of elements from classic Capcom games, and the entire package comes together beautifully. The gameplay is tight, it's as fun to play as it is good to look at, and the level of polish on display is top-tier Capcom stuff.
It doesn't put up a thumb-destroying challenge, but that's totally okay. It can still put a big smile on my face, and for me, that's more than enough cause to revisit this magical quest again and again.
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[@NintendoComplete]

Magical Quest is classy, classic Capcom all the way.

[@LITTLE1994]

No doubt.

[@LPetal86]

I think it's neat that no matter who handled the development of Mickey games, they all gave Mickey a curtain to change clothes behind (I'm thinking of _Mickey's Ultimate Challenge_ for Genesis, that was developed by WayForward!), and they respected his design and animation. I'm not going to pretend like bad games didn't exist back during the 8 and 16-bit eras, but man, when games were good like this, they were _GOOD_ . Capcom were god-tier back in the day and if someone born recently were to ask what you meant, this game would be a perfect example to illustrate the point.

[@HrvojeGrahovac]

Future Disney playthroughs to come

[@christopherthibeault7502]

Recurring rental when I was a kid. Never secured a copy later on, though....

[@therealseanw.stewart2071]

It doesn't get much more classic than this. Absolutely some of my favorite 16-bit platformers, Capcom made these with love! Although short and a bit on the easy side, there was just so much heart here, something about the atmosphere of these games really sucked me in with the amazing soundtracks. Something about Fire Grotto was so scary to me as a kid! The overall sound design is very similar to Super Ghouls n' Ghosts. Plus it's just little touches like how you can pick up and throw stuff, enemies included, sending them spinning like Koopa shells! Never gets old. Mickey's costumes and their gimmicks really pushed these games over-the-top with how clever they were utilized. From using the magic to breathe underwater to latching onto ledges Bionic Commando-style with your lederhosen to dousing flaming platforms and enemies as the fireman. Even the enemies and bosses ooze charm. The Magical Quest trilogy are absolutely some of the best Mickey Mouse games, and some of my favorite Disney-based games in general besides Kingdom Hearts. Good times!

[@LPetal86]

Platforming goodness right here, with loads of secrets, tons of collectibles, and classy cartoonish graphics, all set to wonderfully adventurous music. Us 90's kids got spoiled by games like these, LOL.

[@rjcupid]

Yes, us 90's kids had it good indeed. I love the costumes in this game, especially the wizard one. The charged magic shot was the best attack in the game. Those hidden upgrade shops were awesome.

[@therealseanw.stewart2071]

Hard to explain how fun using those different costumes was, for some reason I just loved the fireman and how the developers made so many different enemies and platform gimmicks that utilize it in a clever way. Plus, the atmosphere of places like Fire Grotto was special. I thought it was so scary!

[@LITTLE1994]

The 1990s was a good, creative time.

[@therealseanw.stewart2071]

Always loved this game. Heck, it's one of my favorite SNES platformers. This entire trilogy is great! Truly one of Capcom's greatest series of licensed games. While all fantastic, it's a shame the third one didn't originally come to the West until its GBA port years later. But by...alternative means I still got to play the SFC version as a kid and it's awesome.

[@mistamontiel00]

Magical Quest 3's gotten translated

[@bloodrunsclear]

Look at that beautiful sprite work!

[@drewpa13]

This game is 30 years old. Where did the time go?

[@NintendoComplete]

For real

[@Colin12475]

Don't let the character of Mickey Mouse fool you, this isn't some vapid child's play game, this is a good game.

[@rjcupid]

This game had one of the best Nintendo Power articles about it. I remember looking at the pictures and thinking this looks amazing. Keep in mind, you also couldn’t tell any of your friends that you wanted to play a Mickey Mouse game at that point (We were all playing Street Fighter 2, Wolfenstein 3D etc.), so we loved it on the down low. Don’t tell anyone. Shhh.

[@KacyCats19]

I had this on Super NES!!!

[@perualonso]

They ought to add this and other Disney SNES games to the SNES Nintendo Switch Online library. Can you imagine how much fun it would be playing this, The Great Circus Mystery, Mickey Mania, Maui Mallard and more on the Switch?

[@Dorian_Scott]

Maui Mallard was the shit. Especially that game's soundtrack. Very underrated.

[@prilarocha]

I'd loveee it, they should add them

[@christianboyce2070]

I remembered playing it as a kid, and now I still have it. So much nostalgia and memories!

[@spoonshiro]

One of the first SNES games I rented. Good memories.

[@LITTLE1994]

Nostalgia. Still own this game. Playing this on Easy or Normal goes through the game a bit fast, but Hard makes a good challenge. But Pete in this game was MEAN! I don't care what people say, whether you think Kingdom Hearts or Mickey Mania, no game had made Mickey's nemesis so dangerous.

[@emprrah]

When is Pete?

[@NintendoComplete]

@@emprrah He's the last boss.

[@LITTLE1994]

@@emprrah He is the final boss. (40:13)

[@LPetal86]

You know, the Mickey Mouse video games of the 90's had, to me at least, this kind of dark fantasy quality about them. I mean yeah the graphics were bright and cheery, the music could be happy sounding, but then when one thinks about the bosses and the enemies, it becomes unsettling. Mickey and his friends in video games, unlike the source material, can be killed. And villains like Pete and Mizrabel aren't afraid to kill them!

[@NintendoComplete]

@@LPetal86 Yeah. Even though the graphics were the only decent thing about it, I think Fantasia fits that same description.

[@zilla2006able]

I remember playing this game a lot

[@jacobdagun3670]

Oh look, it's my childhood!

[@themadatheist1976]

Paid 70usd back in my early high school days at the mall buying xmas presents. Not a bad game, was OK. Let someone borrow it when their dad thought it was Square's Magical Quest.

[@slowpoke8585]

I really hope Disney and Capcom release some kind of Magical Quest Collection. I love these games so much!

[@Liminal-Escalator]

Distant memories... The Composer of this OST is Mari Yamaguchi, whom I just learned the name of. I had to find out, as the music was so similar to Breath Of Fire and Super Ghouls And Ghosts, they were composed by Mari as well.

[@danalong1237]

Don’t forget Mega Man V!

[@Liminal-Escalator]

Thanks, I'll check it out!

[@familydog]

This game is amaaaazing! Used to rent it all the time. Wish I owned it.

[@wahoo8683]

This deserves to be Remastered just lie castle Of Illusions did.

[@Dorian_Scott]

Agreed. I always preferred these games to Sega's Illusion series. But, both are fun as hell.

[@LITTLE1994]

Definitely. But it did have a remake on the GBA, though.

[@NintendoComplete]

That would be so great.

[@LPetal86]

Gotta ask, is the remaster good? I was interested as I didn't get to own many games growing up, but then forgot about it being a thing.

[@LPetal86]

@matt Well that's a darn shame. What went wrong?

[@disneywitchywoman1512]

Cool game 😎

[@lltbg]

I've been watching your videos for a few years now (well tbh, the vast majority I just click through to get a snapshot of how each one plays - unless it's a game I have a nostalgic connection with - BUT I read EVERY one of your video "reviews" under each vid and your main posted comment in the replies), and I'm just really impressed and appreciative for all the hard work you do and the time sink you put into playing each and every game, and I look forward to every upload you post. Thank you very much!!

[@NintendoComplete]

That's super nice of you to say, thanks! 😀

[@cherokeefit4248]

I bought this game for $5 a few months ago from the flea market guy because the label was torn and a complete mess. I remember renting this game when I was a kid but that was the last time I ever played it. Totally forget I have this game.

[@ericpinnow5927]

I have a great memory of playing hooky from school and playing this all day at my grandma's house. This game slaps.

[@emprrah]

36:13 thrilling!

[@Nbjk01]

its my child hood. i can't take it, must play my version even if it's cursed to have bosses show up as invisidible , yes my copy became that old

[@theedwardian]

I love the non-linearity and verticality in the first level. The flying vegetable mechanic was awesome, as was the stun and throw combat. Excellent music and sound design overall. Also first subboss is a red arremer reference.

[@thegoat4461]

This was my shit back then

[@VahanNisanian]

I think 10 hearts is how many you can earn a maximum of, is that right. Anyways, solid game. Graphics so nicely done, even the man himself, Walt Disney, would approve.

[@julesgamergourmand]

It is the best Mickey game for me.

[@XenoJehuty84]

This game is a gem and I still love replaying it.

[@susanfit47]

I played the Game Boy Advance port of The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse, called Disney's Magical Quest Starring Mickey & Minnie back in 2002. In the GBA version Minnie Mouse was added to the game as a playable character, though she is identical in gameplay to Mickey. Additionally, four minigames for both Single-player and multiplayer were added to the remake. The multiplayer mini-games were played with the GBA link cable and only one cartridge was needed to play with a friend. Notably, the GBA port also introduced a save feature and could connect to Disney's Magical Mirror Starring Mickey Mouse via the GameCube-Game Boy Advance link cable.

[@MatthiaGryffine]

I remember my aunt playing this game and death spamming in the Fire Grotto in order to improve her chances of getting further.

[@RealAlphaMale69]

I can feel the 16bit Vibes in this game..

[@erikapeng8847]

Classic 👍

[@dr.wolfstar1765]

By the second one the sprite art looked amazing. This game looks so rough

[@BowBeforeJOW]

you wrong for that thumbnail.

[@NintendoComplete]

Lmao, you noticed, eh?

[@aaronwillis1864]

This game was awesome.

[@KGRAMR]

It sucks that the Sega Genesis version of Magical Quest 1 never came out. It was in development and previewed. Great game still!

[@NintendoComplete]

The Genesis had Castle of Illusion, so it pretty much evens out.

[@SuperPanoply]

First boss has literal crotch spawn.

[@CharlieGapperson]

I like the part where Goofy moonwalks.

[@rcblazer]

Not the hardest game I ever played (can beat it no problem even on Hard), but it is a fun platformer with nods to classic Capcom games of the past.

[@francismunizr.9376]

Excelente Juego de Mickey mouse ahora sí ya subiste la Trilogía de Magical Quest estaría bien que jugaras Disneyland no Daiboken de la SFC también es un excelente juego de Mickey mouse hecho por Tommy 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@susanfit47]

It's great action/adventure fun featuring awesome arcade-quality graphics. What a Mickey Mouse game!

[@stevendudley5687]

This game looks fun. Wish I could have played it on my SNES when I was a kid.

[@matthewhahn1132]

I love this game

[@shelbiecain9289]

I played this or a game similar to this on a Gameboy in kindergarten. Could never beat it. I didnt like it. But man what a blast from the past

[@NintendoComplete]

Are you talking about Mickey's Dangerous Chase? I loved that one.

[@Vollsur]

Nice game

[@beaniegee5129]

Awesome!!

[@beaniegee5129]

'90s video games at its finest!!

[@marianocorera]

❤

[@beaniegee5129]

Love that game!!

[@beaniegee5129]

Classic game!!

[@dorasolorza6781]

Game.snes

[@xxxYouTunesxxx]

Great game