Legend of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse

{{Infobox video game

|title=Legend of Illusion
Starring Mickey Mouse

|image=GG Legend of Illusion Cover art.jpg

|caption=Game Gear Cover art

|developer=Aspect

|publisher=Sega
Tec Toy (Master System)

|director=Katsuhiro Hasegawa
Hisayoshi Yoshida

|producer=Motoshige Hokoyama
Mike Larsen
Patrick Gilmore

|designer=Eiji Ikuta
Yuichiro Yokoyama
Eiji Taki

|artist=Takako Kawaguchi
Hisato Fukumoto
Nobuhiko Honda
Hisakazu Kato

|programmer=Tatsuo Matsuda
Yoshiki Matsushima

|composer=Yayoi Fujimori
Kayoko Maeda
Shigenori Kamiya

|released=Game Gear
{{vgrelease|JP|January 13, 1995{{cite web |title=Software List (Released by Sega)|url=https://sega.jp/history/hard/gamegear/software.html |website=セガ製品情報サイト |publisher=Sega |access-date=May 15, 2023 |language=ja}}|NA|January 1995{{cite web|url=https://segaretro.org/index.php?title=File:EGM_US_066.pdf&page=268|title=Electronic Gaming Monthly #66 pg. 268|date=January 1995|publisher=Sega Retro|access-date=19 June 2016}}|EU|February 1995{{cite web|url=https://segaretro.org/index.php?title=File:CVG_UK_159.pdf&page=85|title=Computer and Video Games Issue No 159 pg. 85|date=February 1995|publisher=Sega Retro|access-date=7 December 2015}}}}Master System
{{Video game release|BRA|December 1998{{cite journal |date=December 1998 |title=Pacotão: As novidades nacionais |journal=Ação Games |issue=134 |page=11 |location=São Paulo |publisher=Abril Jovem |issn=0104-1630 |language=pt }}{{cite journal |date=January 1999 |title=Legend of Illusion |journal=SuperGamePower |issue=58 |page=40 |location=São Paulo |publisher=Nova Cultural |issn=0104-611X |language=pt }}{{cite web |url=http://nitta.sakura.ne.jp/brazil/brazil.index.html |script-title=ja:ブラジルのゲーム（笑） |access-date=December 11, 2012 |work=新田光明の牢獄 |language=ja }}}}

|genre=Platform game

|modes=Single-player

|platforms=Game Gear, Master System

|series = Illusion

}}

Legend of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse{{efn|Released in Japan as {{nihongo|Mickey Mouse: Densetsu no Oukoku|ミッキーマウス伝説の王国}}}} is a 1995 platform video game developed by Aspect and published by Sega. It was released for the Game Gear in 1995, with a Master System version released in Brazil at the end of 1998.

Plot

A dark shadow has struck the land and King Pete is told by the advisor that only a king can find the legendary water of life to heal the land. The cowardly Pete makes Mickey, a laundry boy, an honorary king. Reluctant at first, Mickey sets off to save the kingdom.

Gameplay

Unlike the other two Master System/Game Gear Illusion games, Mickey defeats enemies by throwing bars of soap (and later rocks) to defeat them rather than by bouncing on them. Frequently, there are puzzles that need to be solved to progress through the stages. One of the stages is a scrolling shooter. If all gems are collected in the final level, the player is rewarded with an alternative ending after King Pete is defeated.

Reception

{{Video game reviews

| EGM = 7.5/10 (Game Gear){{cite magazine |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/c/cd/EGM_US_067.pdf |title=Review Crew: Legend of Illusion |magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly |issue=67|publisher=Ziff Davis |date=February 1995 |page=36}}

| rev1 = Computer and Video Games

| rev1Score = 75% (Game Gear){{cite magazine|title=Review CVG |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/7/79/CVG_UK_159.pdf |magazine=Computer and Video Games |issue=159 |publisher=Future Publishing |date=February 1995 |page=85}}

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Reviewing the Game Gear version, GamePro mildly criticized the sounds, the lack of challenge, and the Game Gear's limited controls, but praised the "Disney quality" graphics and concluded the game to be "worth playing".{{cite magazine|title=Legend of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse|magazine=GamePro|issue=68 |publisher=IDG|date=March 1995|page=123}} The four reviewers of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave it a 7.5 out of 10, commenting on the impressive graphics (particularly the "crisp" colors), the solid controls and playability, and general fun of the game. Ed Semrad concluded, "It seems that the programmers took some time on this one. Action gamers and Disney fans alike should check out this outstanding game."