Capcom Announces Disney's Hide and Sneak

July 29, 2003, 10:11 am EDT
Total comments: 6

Maybe it's like Mickey Mousecapades - with stealth!

CAPCOM® ANNOUNCES DISNEY’S HIDE AND SNEAK FOR THE NINTENDO GAMECUBE

SUNNYVALE, Calif. - July 29, 2003 - Capcom, a worldwide leading developer and publisher of video games, today announced their collaboration with Disney® Interactive to create Disney’s Hide and Sneak for the Nintendo GameCube. Disney’s Hide and Sneak is a platform-style game that blends action and stealth gameplay elements to create an exciting adventure featuring Mickey and Minnie Mouse. As Mickey, players are challenged to rescue Minnie from mysterious flying creatures. To do this, players must solve puzzles as they run, jump, dodge, and hide from these entities. Players directly control Mickey as he hangs on to ropes climbs onto containers and uses stealth manoeuvres to evade foes. Capcom plans to release Disney’s Hide and Sneak this winter.

Disney’s Hide and Sneak features:

· Two Playable Characters - Play as either Mickey or Minnie from the start.

· Exciting stealth based gameplay

· Three unique gaming environment stages - Warehouse, Museum, and Ruins, each divided into 10 explorable areas.

· Master the Trick button - ‘Trick’ points allow players to unleash special tricks and combinations.

· Directly control Mickey as he explores the maps including storage, museum, etc.

· Intermission sequences are featured to help tell the story to the player

· More than 30 animated sequences for both Mickey and Minnie to ‘hide and sneak.’

· Solve puzzles, run, hide and dodge from objects that hinder Mickey’s or Minnie’s objective to rescue one another.

· Various moves and animations for players to perform with very simple controls.

We are pleased to bring Disney’s Hide and Sneak to the GameCube, said Todd Thorson, director of marketing, Capcom Entertainment. This game features the beloved Disney characters, Mickey and Minnie Mouse, and lots of non-stop action and stealth gameplay. It is the perfect game for kids of all ages.

Talkback

Bartman3010July 30, 2003

*Some owl comes and steals Minnie away from Mickey*

RhoqJuly 30, 2003

How will the GameCube ever overcome the stigma that it's a "kiddie system" if it keeps getting exclusive games made for children?

Maybe Mario really does need to shoot a hooker to make the industry take them seriously.

Ian SaneJuly 30, 2003

"How will the GameCube every overcome the stigma that it's a 'kiddie system' if it keeps getting exclusive games made for children?"

Well I don't really see the problem here. Do you know what other exclusive Gamecube games Capcom is making? Resident Evil 4, Viewtiful Joe, PN 03, Killer 7. Sure we're getting a kiddy title but the same company is giving us a good supply of exclusive games made specifically for older gamers. It's when a company only makes kiddy Gamecube games (like Konami until MGS was announced) that there's a problem.

RhoqJuly 30, 2003

You are correct about Capcom's upcoming GameCube exclusives for older and mature audiences - I am looking forward to several of those titles myself. I was speaking with the non-Nintendo fan in mind. The GameCube already has the reputation of being a "kiddie system", another exclusive Disney game geared towards children just makes the situation that much worse.

I don't care either way, I will love my Cube regardless. It would just look better for Nintendo if those types of games made for children shipped for all 3 systems instead of having them as exclusive titles.

PIACJuly 31, 2003

just because they have the stigma of a 'kiddy console' doesn't mean they should stop having kiddy games entirely. we dont really have a huge amount of games specifically aimed at kids, there is a healthy mix of everyone/older gamer titles, if you really look at it there arn't that many 'kiddy' games.
i for one welcome this title and hope its good, not that i will get it reguardless of the style, no good games should be held back because they are agiansed the social trend.