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Disney Music Parade
Developer(s)R-Force
Publisher(s)Taito (mobile)/Imagineer (Encore)
Platform(s)iOS / Android
Release2021
Genre(s)Rhythm game

Disney Music Parade is a rhythm game for iOS and Android devices developed by R-Force and published by Taito, released for mobile devices on January 21, 2021, and discontinued on January 10, 2023. On August 27, 2024, during a Japanese Nintendo Direct presentation, it was announced that Disney Music Parade: Encore, an offline version of the game, would be released for Nintendo Switch. The game plays similarly to Taito's Groove Coaster series, with music from various Disney movies, TV series, and live events.

Gameplay

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The player's avatar is a train running along a twisting track, with a glowing circle in front. Along the track are multiple different targets, and when a target lines up with the circle in front of the train, the player must either tap, slide, or hold their finger on the screen. Depending on the timing, targets can be scored in one of four ways: Perfect, Great, Good, and Miss. Miss scores will drain the player's life bar, and if the life bar is fully drained, they automatically fail the stage. A Fever bar fills as players hit targets, and during Fever mode, coins can be earned. Coins can be spent before levels on items that have a variety of effects, from increasing the player's health to automatically increasing Miss scores to Good scores.

Players are encouraged to use the game's gacha mechanics to earn higher scores. Different characters can be drawn from the game's gacha system, and characters provide differing point bonuses in gameplay depending on their rank and level. Some characters also provide new songs to be used in gameplay. Each character also has one of multiple special abilities, from refilling the life bar to providing more points for targets. When a duplicate character is drawn, it contributes to the original's rank. Players can also power up a character's abilities by spending orbs, which are earned through normal gameplay.

The game also has a multiplayer mode, where four players move along parallel tracks with their own sets of targets. All four players contribute to a grand total together, and at the end of the stage, a higher grand total will result in all four players gaining higher rank orbs.

Graphics

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The game's visual design is inspired by the Main Street Electrical Parade at the Disneyland resort; characters are accompanied by parade floats covered in multi-colored lights. During stages, certain targets will cause scenes from Disney movies and TV series, as well as footage from real-world events from Disney parks.

Music

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The Music Parade soundtrack is mainly made of famous tracks from Disney movies, given more up-tempo and upbeat remixes that fit the game's visual aesthetic. However, there are some tracks from movies like Toy Story that are left the same, and there are a few tracks from other sources - for example, the Mickey Mouse March from TV series The Mickey Mouse Club, and the theme from the Main Street Electrical Parade.

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