The Great Circus Mystery starring Mickey & Minnie

The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey and Minnie, later titled Disney's Magical Quest 2 Starring Mickey & Minnie, was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Genesis/Mega Drive in 1994 and for the Game Boy Advance in 2003. The game features Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse trying to figure out why everyone in the circus has disappeared, and includes four different types of outfits and six different levels. While the SNES and Genesis/Mega Drive versions were practically identical, the GBA re-release in 2003 included some new features. As its predecessor, it received praise for its graphics and outfit system and was criticized for not being challenging enough and short. Notably, it was the first game with Minnie Mouse in a video game role.

Story

Mickey and Minnie Mouse travel by bus to the circus at the edge of town where they are going to spend the day. When the bus arrives, a little late, Goofy appears and tells Mickey and Minnie that everyone in the circus tents has disappeared. Mickey and Minnie are surprised by Goofy's claim, but choose to go to the circus and see it with their own eyes. At the circus they realize that their friends Pluto and Donald are gone. Mickey and Minnie must now find out what is going on at the circus.

Changes

A new feature compared to the previous game is that Minnie is enabled as a playable character. In a single-player game the player can choose to play as either Mickey or Minnie, but the choice doesn't make any difference to the gameplay since the difference is only aesthetic. Moreover, the game features two player cooperative gameplay, unlike the previous game where the players had to take turns. Another new feature is a password back-up, allowing the player(s) to continue where they stopped playing the game.

Outfits

The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey & Minnie features four different suits.

Similar to the first game in the series, the first suit allows Mickey and Minnie to grab some types of objects, including some enemies, and spin-throw them. The sweeper outfit, which is the second outfit, allows Mickey and Minnie to vacuum up some types of enemies with their vacuum cleaner. If an enemy is vacuumed into the vacuum cleaner outfit, the enemy will turn into a coin. Using the vacuum cleaner consumes battery power which can be replenished by collecting the extra battery item.

The third outfit, the safari suit, allows Mickey and Minnie can climb vertical walls as well as swinging from special kinds of circle blocks. The fourth and last outfit, the western outfit, includes a hobby horse and a pop-gun. The hobby horse gives Mickey and Minnie a higher jump and the pop-gun allows Mickey and Minnie to damage enemies by firing corks at them. Firing a cork will decrease a power meter which can be replenished by collecting cork gun items. In addition, the hobby horse gives Mickey and Minnie the ability to make the Desperado Dash move, which flies them through the air, but drains the power meter slightly.