@TheSecondTigger Gameloft starting to talk with other companies to add their franchises in the game... The only thing they would need to include after seeing Manny and the others walking on Main Street. 🙄
It is one of the theories that existed when Jessie's image was shown in the theard. Who knows, but many are probably hoping to see another update for "The Sword in the Stone."
So... Similar to the "Pirates of the Caribbean" collection? Since it also focuses on the original trilogy. Although in that case it was because it is the only way to explain the appearance of some characters, the storyline of the collection being like a "sequel" after the third film, within the "Universe" of the game.
Maybe in this case is simply because Gameloft wants to put a "limit" on themselves with this collection without putting too much material. (Maybe they don't want to repeat what they did with "Star Wars" 😅)
Well, Peaches as a baby was very cute. If she is added, it will be nice to see her walking around Dumbo, or Hathi Jr. if he is also included in the future. 😊
Maybe it can arrive today on some devices as expected, mainly Android ones. But mainly in those for iOS, the update may be delayed until tomorrow.
Sorry, I just wanted to give a summary, and finally I have made the text longer than I expected.
In short: Since they have added a 20th Century Studios franchise for the couple of reasons mentioned, these types of characters in those three points should have more right to appear as they are characters in the Disney brand and productions under the Disney label that would be present in a Disney game.
(It's not a complaint about "Ice Age", I already get used to the idea that they are in the game, and in the future I hope to see Ellie, Peaches, Buck... I'm just saying that now the developers should be more "obliged" to add more variety of those types of content)
Well, although "Ice Age" has its reasons for being included (Gameloft already had the license for video games with the characters, the productions for Disney+...), it is still curious to see characters from a 20th Century Studios franchise in a game which has existed since before the Disney Company acquired that franchise.
Therefore, now that they even include this collection, they should add more content of the three types that are almost absent in the game, and that perhaps deserve more to be in a Disney game:
— 1. Characters from Disney Parks.
This is a game to building a Disney Park, so they should add more of these characters, like a collection of the "Country Bear Jamboree" attraction, Figment (if they decide not to do more Events to catch him), Duffy and Friends, Orange Bird. .. To give some examples of popular characters.
Since at the moment we only have the ghosts from "Haunted Mansion" as playable characters based on an attraction.
Or, although they are not characters from the parks, characters from the film "Jungle Cruise" (games from other developers such as "Sorcerer's Arena" or "Mirrorverse" already having the characters), in the same way as the characters from "Pirates of the Caribbean" are from films inspired by an attraction. Which brings me to my next point...
— 2. Walt Disney Pictures live action films.
Of course, not all films among the dozens of films produced by the studio. For the Disney brand, it is a handful of films that end up accompanying the animated characters in what is mainly related to the brand, either due to popularity or by becoming franchises with other media.
As is the case with "Hocus Pocus", being a film that is a "Halloween classic", with the film present in all types of products, and even in live shows at Disney parks, and ended up coming to the game to celebrate the release of the sequel.
Therefore, let's see if they end up adding other films, such as those "tied to the Disney Animated Canon" such as "Mary Poppins", "Bedknobs and Broomsticks", "Pete's Dragon"... Or other popular films, such as "Enchanted" (just like those already mentioned, standing out for the combination of live action and animation), "Tron", or "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" (although since it closed, I guess they wouldn't add the "Honey, I Shrunk the Audience!" attraction).
— 3. Characters from animated TV series.
Like live action films, obviously not all series that have been produced under the Disney label, also a handful being those that are frequently used for Disney brand merchandise. But while other games have several characters originating from Disney animated series, in this game there are only Angel and Webby, with "DuckTales" being the only collection under the name of a series.
Several series are even present in Disney Parks (some currently and others at some point in the past), another reason to be in a game to build a Disney Park more than the characters of "Ice Age", apart from being from a non-Disney franchise the fact that they are characters outside the parks is also what makes them seem "out of place".
Therefore, these series are at least under the Disney label, so although there are some that have not been present in the Disney Parks, also due to popularity among fans they could be added ("Onward" was neither present in the Disney Parks, nor was it a popular film, being included only to promote a film in the same month of the release, that only lasted a couple of weeks before the theaters closed).
So why not TV series like "Recess" that even had a film series (being one of the few Disney series that has had a film released in theaters), or series like "Gravity Falls" that caused a cultural impact?)
It may even be a reference to Shuriki, the antagonist of "Elena of Avalor", who used green smoke in her spells. 😅
Taking into account that among the various cultures on which Avalor is based is also the Mexican one... Is this what we will have for Cinco de Mayo? 😮
(I'm just saying options, since that smoke is giving all kinds of fun possibilities 😁)
Anyone want Anastasia? In that case what they must do is unlock Cinderella's stepsister. 😐
In the end it will turn out to be Cruella's cigarette green smoke, and we will have a Mini Event with Horace and Jasper, along with Sergeant Tibbs as a premium character. 😐
Or is it the fire/smoke that appeared during Dr. Facilier's song in reference to the fact that we will have his partner Lawrence in the Kingdom Pass due to the upcoming opening of Tiana's Bayou Adventure? 😬
I don't know what to imagine! Is it fire? Is it smoke? That clue can be anything! 😭
To find out what arrives in June we will have to wait for the Roadmap shared in April... (or for possible notes that are shared on Discord that reveal all the content of the Season, whichever comes first)
@Cdavymatias Hopefully it's a reference to "Home on the Range".
I've been imagining for years that it would be fun to see Grace with an animation in which she sings and crooked musical notes appear due to her bad singing. 😁
(If the theory holds true, I hope Alameda Slim also arrives, since "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" in December 2022, the only Villain from a Disney animated film that has arrived in all this time has been the Horned King)
@Cdavymatias Probably. I think that fire was used in the past in other videos about Tower Challenges.
Well, Tower Challenge = New content for Kingdom Story. If it's "The Sword in the Stone", I guess they didn't want to reuse the sword for the "scene change" for the third time.
The Encanto Relic will be added to the Token Shop, so it seems that they will indeed help at the Event.
🦣 "Sid, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore... I mean... in Ice Age Village"
@Verdiclub Yes, it is true that there was also one with Sid and Scrat for the Disney100 celebration. (probably also, apart from the popularity of both characters, due to the two productions already mentioned for Disney+, since, as far as I know, there were no other coins from 20th Century franchises)
@Cdavymatias So if they add it for these reasons, possibly "Ice Age" is an "exception" of a 20th Century franchise in the game due to these facts.
They have simply taken advantage of the license they already had, and, as has been said, the recent productions under Disney to add it to this game.
(A very strange exception for many, if only Disney's Animal Kingdom had an attraction based on the movies or something... The closest thing being temporary sand sculptures that were in that area to promote "Adventures of Buck Wild" and "Scrat Tales")
Almost, except for Buck. Since according to some notes from December the other four will appear, along with Baby Scrat from "Scrat Tales" (which, as some theorize, perhaps to have the excuse of a character "created under Disney" for the update).
But it is not an attraction, but the building/studio where the Walt Disney Animation Studios films and productions are made. 😅
That seems to be the type of hints they've focused on in recent Livestreams, different things serving to change the screen in the video.
We see if this time it changes a little and we see, for example, Archimedes making a cameo (similar to what happened with Berlioz in the August Livestream), or they say the typical words with double meanings referring to something else for the next update.
If it had already been in the public domain, I wouldn't be surprised if Aslan or the White Witch had already been included in "Disney Heroes: Battle Mode", or various emojis based on the characters in "Disney Emoji Blitz". 😆