Though the release of a new Disney film is normally followed only by the release of its tie-in game from Disney Interactive Studios, DIS has something else upits sleeve coming on the Prince Caspian DS game that's released concurrently with this week’s film. On the cart is DGamer, Disney’s online community that launches today.
Once you getsigned up is when it gets appealing, as DGamer interacts with what the player accomplishes in games, such as with Prince Caspian. Say you got to the end of a level in that game. A prompt then lets you know you just earned an "Honor" that has been added to your lists of Honors. They may not have a numerical value like, say, Achievements, but collecting them could be just as addictive. Especially since these could actually mean something.
As you earn Honors and other items in the games you play, special pieces get added to your digital locker that your friends on DGamer can see as well. When they peep, for instance, Cinderella's glass slippers in your collection, they are going to be sooooo jealous. Additionally, some items can be used for dressing up your avatar. Among them are Mickey ears, Buzz Lightyear’s costume and Prince Caspian's armor.
Though the DGamer's security system seems almost too tight for its own good, what it offers for free, ignoring you bought the game it came on, is pretty nice. And the version on Prince Caspian is only the beginning. According to Disney Interactive, this service will be on allits future DS games. For example, in the upcoming Spectrobes sequel it will allow for easy online battles. With it being on every future game, that allows for updated versions to be put on the later releases should the devs choose to fix anything.
May 15, 2008
