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Kids love Disney, whether it’s the theme parks, the movies, the TV shows, or whatever and parents would like to see kids get more exercise, especially with obesity being what it is these days. And the Mouse’s latest partnership does just that. Working off the success of Kinect Disneyland Adventures, the new title Kinect Rush follows a similar format aimed at the young folks in mind, but we’d suspect some older folks might want to get in on the fun.
Instead of exploring one of the world’s most famous theme parks, this one takes its cue from five of Disney’s most popular Pixar titles including Toy Story, Cars, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, and Up! Like its predecessor though, it’s filled with the same sort of activities we found there, only with different circumstances and goals. For instance, instead of flying over London with the lost boy from Peter Pan’s Flight, this one takes you soaring over Paris at dusk. There is also a skiing game too, reminiscent of the Matterhorn attraction in the other. But there are some cool new experiences like saving the world from destruction from an evil robot as Mr. Incredible, jumping from tree stump to tree stump as Woody and Buzz, throwing tomatoes at the nasty chef, driving on two wheels as Lightning McQueen, and running through the rainforest as the kid from Up!
The trailer doesn’t seem to show any multiplayer action this time around. We aren’t sure if this is oversight or the game really is far more solo oriented than before. We’d hope that it’s not because anyone with young kids will tell you that taking turns is not always a cordial thing. I don’t know how many times my niece and nephew have wound up arguing with each other and yelling for their perspective parents to settle the dispute of who gets to go next or who had more turns, etc. Not all of them are as well behaved as those in the trailer, seen above.
Disney has certainly hit on a formula that is both fun and gratifying to parents who enjoy seeing their kids active and getting into the stories and there’s nothing wrong with that. But knowing the company as I do, they often times settle into a format and milk it for all it’s worth. So I won’t be a surprised if they have a few more titles up their sleeve featuring the same gameplay, only with different scenarios all for another $50, scenarios that could be better as an add-on than a standalone in most cases. But then it works for the dance titles, so I guess I shouldn’t judge.
Anyway, the game is set to be released on March 20, 2012 and will retail for the pretty standard price of $49.99.
