Disney Infinity 3.0

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Disney Infinity 3.0
Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano
Developer(s)
Composer(s)
James Dooley
Chuck E. Myers
Kevin Manthei
SeriesDisney Infinity
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 4
Xbox 360
Xbox One
Wii U
iOS
Android
Apple TV
Release
August 28, 2015
  • PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii U
    • EU: August 28, 2015
    Android, iOS
    • WW: September 29, 2015
    Microsoft Windows
    • WW: October 29, 2015
Genre(s)Action-adventure
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Disney Infinity 3.0 (also known as Disney Infinity: Star Wars) is a 2015

Marvel Comics characters and playsets, 3.0 has a focus on the Star Wars
franchise. The game was announced on May 5, 2015, and was released on August 28, 2015 in Europe and on August 30, 2015 in North America.

Gameplay

Disney Infinity 3.0 features similar gameplay mechanics to

combos have been integrated, which allows the player to pause mid-combo and branch off into another variation of the combo.[2] Playable characters with the ability to use the Force, in Star Wars mythology, have the ability to push and pull enemies during combat.[2] Special attacks, which were introduced in Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes, have returned. Only the bearer of a close-ranged weapon (such as lightsabers and other blade or staff weapons), including the characters who have their own primary close-ranged weapons (like Mulan, whose primary weapon is a staff, similar to the Jedi and Sith's own primary lightsaber), and characters who can fly are able to perform an aerial combo.[2] Instead of waiting for a progress bar to fill up for a special attack to be performed, a new feature allows the attack to be released early, but the effects of the attack are not as strong.[2] Auto-lock when firing ranged weapons at targets has been enhanced, so players no longer have to move closer to enemies in order to auto-lock on their positions.[2]

Plot

Twilight of the Republic

The Twilight of the Republic Playset storyline is based on the era of the Star Wars prequel trilogy. Set during the events of

Padme Amidala and the main antagonist Darth Maul, and travel to planets Coruscant, Naboo, Geonosis and Tatooine.[2]

Rise Against the Empire

The Rise Against the Empire Playset storyline is based on the events of the original Star Wars trilogy, with some differences. The playset revolves around Luke Skywalker, his sister Leia, Han Solo and Chewbacca finding themselves locked in battle with Darth Vader.[3]

The Force Awakens

A playset based on

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens was announced at the 2015 D23 Expo and released in December of that year; it features Finn, Rey, Kylo Ren, and Poe Dameron as playable characters.[4][5]

Inside Out

In the Inside Out playset, Riley falls asleep watching a horror movie and chaos ensues in her subconscious. This scatters some of Riley's memories all over Imagination Land and the emotions must find and return them to headquarters before Riley awakens.

Marvel Battlegrounds

In the Marvel Battlegrounds playset,

Ultron to manipulate all of the universe's heroes into fighting each other using robot duplicates while they steal one of the six Infinity Stones from the Asgardian vault. All Marvel characters from Disney Infinity 2.0
are playable in this playset, along with new characters introduced in 3.0. This is the first and only Disney Infinity play set to utilize four-player local gameplay.

Finding Dory

In the Finding Dory playset, Dory learns of a flood at the Marine Life Institute that has washed the littlest fish into all the wrong tanks. Together with Nemo, Marlin, Hank, Bailey and Destiny, she returns to rescue them and lead them out to safety. Along the way, she makes new fish friends and customizes a new reef area as a sanctuary for the rescued fish.

Toy Box Takeover

The Toy Box Takeover expansion game begins with Mickey summoning his friends. When Syndrome gets his hands on Merlin and Mickey's Wand he teams up with all the other villains for control of the Toy Box. Toy Box Takeover features six dungeon crawler-style levels that can be accessed by any playable character, except for any characters the game considers a car. The player must take down Syndrome's minions before confronting him in his protected base.

Toy Box Speedway

The Toy Box Speedway expansion game is a battle racing game, similar to the races in the Cars Play Set from the original Disney Infinity and the Mario Kart game series.[6][7] Like its dungeon-crawler counterpart, Toy Box Takeover, any playable character may enter it.

Development

Since

Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano from Star Wars: The Clone Wars.[10] The game was officially revealed by Game Informer on May 5, 2015.[11][12]

Studio Gobo,

LucasArts had expressed interest in working with the company.[2] United Front Games was chosen for their combat experience on Sleeping Dogs
to develop the Marvel Battlegrounds playset.

Release

Disney Infinity 3.0 was released on August 30, 2015 in North America. The Starter Pack, which includes the game disc, Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano character figurines, one playset piece (Twilight of the Republic), one web card and the Disney Infinity Base, was released on the game's launch. The game also received a digital download release.[3] Exclusively in Europe, Disney Infinity 3.0 had a game disc-only release without the figurines, web cards and Disney Infinity Base, that are included in the Starter Pack.[3]

A Saga Bundle Starter Pack was available at launch for the PS3 and PS4. It contains the basic starter pack, Rise Against the Empire playset, and Boba Fett figure. Boba Fett was a timed exclusive to this pack and was released on his own in March 2016.

Power Disc Packs, which unlock additional content in the game, are no longer sold in blind packs, contrary to the use of blind packs in the previous two games.[3] Instead, power discs were released in identifiable packaging.[3]

A special Power Disc based on Mickey Mouse's Kingdom Hearts role was given out at Disney's 2015 D23 Expo. Controversially, it is an expo exclusive and was not sold in stores. Despite this, it does not affect a player's chance to get 100% completion.[13]

Reception

Disney Infinity 3.0 received very positive reviews from video game critics who praised the refinements to the Toy Box, Play Sets, combat, and reduced bugs.

End of non-console support

Between the March 2016 releases of the Marvel Battlegrounds Play Set and the then-new Marvel and Baloo figures, and the cancellation of the Disney Infinity series, players of the Windows, mobile and Apple TV versions noticed that the game was not updated for those platforms to support the new figures or Play Set. The Disney Infinity account confirmed that the new content would be available on consoles.[21][22][23]

Closure

Due to Disney's decision to shut down Avalanche Software and end its toys-to-life business, Disney began to gradually retire the Disney Infinity franchise, leaving it as a trilogy. On July 29, 2016, the in-game purchase system was completely removed for the Windows (except the

Windows Store
) were disabled as well. On the morning of March 3, 2017, in addition to the discontinuation of all aforementioned online services, Disney also shut down all officially related websites, including Online Profiles linked to Disney Accounts and the official forums. Apple TV and Windows 8/10 versions were unplayable as well on that day.

Legacy

In October 2017, Disney quietly announced a series of action figures entitled "Toy Box" exclusive to

Pixar, Star Wars, and Marvel properties in their Disney Infinity designs.[26]

Awards

List of awards and nominations
Award Category Result Ref.
The Game Awards 2015 Best Family Game Nominated [27]
2016 Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Video Game Nominated [28]
2016
Toy Of The Year Awards
 E-Connected Toy Of The Year Won [29]

References

  1. ^ Cork, Jeff (July 8, 2015). "Disney Infinity 3.0 Piles Into Living Rooms Late August". Game Informer. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Hilliard, Kyle. "Fighting The Clone Wars: Ninja Theory's Take On Star Wars". Game Informer. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Robertson, Andy (May 8, 2015). "Everything We Know About 'Disney Infinity 3.0' 'Star Wars'". Forbes. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
  4. ^ Robertson, Andy (October 12, 2015). "Disney Infinity: The Force Awakens Dated, Adds Kylo Ren And Poe Dameron". Forbes. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
  5. ^ Valdes, Giancarlo (December 9, 2015). "Disney Infinity's Star Wars: The Force Awakens lets John Boyega play with himself". VentureBeat. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
  6. ^ "Disney Infinity 3.0 Meets Mario Kart In The Speedway Toy Box". gameinformer.com.
  7. ^ "Details Of The Four 'New' Toy Box Game Discs In Disney Infinity 3.0 – Infinity Inquirer". infinityinquirer.com. 5 May 2015.
  8. ^ McMillan, Graeme (August 26, 2012). "Will 'Disney Infinity' Add 'Star Wars' in 2015?". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
  9. ^ "Rumor: Disney Infinity 3.0 character lineup to feature Olaf, Mulan, Inside-Out, and more". Nintendo Everything. April 20, 2015. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
  10. ^ "Rumor: Star Wars figures to be a part of Disney Infinity 3.0". Nintendo Everything. April 20, 2015. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
  11. ^ Cork, Jeff (May 5, 2015). "June Cover Revealed – Disney Infinity 3.0". Game Informer. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
  12. ^ "Disney Infinity 3.0 officially confirmed, featured in this month's Game Informer". Nintendo Everything. May 5, 2015. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
  13. ^ "PSA: The King Mickey Power Disc Is NOT In Hall Of Heroes; Will Not Affect 100% Completion or Achivements [sic] – Infinity Inquirer". infinityinquirer.com. 17 August 2015.
  14. CBS Interactive
    . Retrieved July 4, 2016.
  15. CBS Interactive
    . Retrieved July 11, 2018.
  16. CBS Interactive
    . Retrieved July 11, 2018.
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  18. ^ "Disney Infinity 3.0 Review". gamespot.com. GameSpot. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
  19. ^ Jones, Brandon. "Disney Infinity 3.0 – Review". gametrailers.com. GameTrailers. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  20. ^ "Disney Infinity 3.0 Review". ign.com. IGN. 28 August 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
  21. ^ @DisneyInfinity (March 12, 2016). "At this time, the new content will only be available on console. We will certainly make the community aware if that changes!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  22. ^ Seeto, Damian (March 15, 2016). "Disney Infinity 3.0 PC Won't Be Getting Future Updates Or Content". Attack of the Fanboy. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
  23. ^ Parreno, Ryan (March 15, 2016). "Disney 'Evaluating' PC Strategy For Disney Infinity, No New Content For 2016". Gameranx. Archived from the original on March 20, 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
  24. ^ a b "9/30: Disney Infinity Update". steamcommunity.com. Disney Interactive Studios. 30 September 2016. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  25. ^ a b Friedman, Nicholas (10 December 2016). "Disney Infinity Gold Editions released on Steam". WWG. ComicBook.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  26. ^ Brooks, Dan (2017-11-21). "Inside the New Disney Infinity-Inspired Toybox Star Wars Figures". StarWars.com. Retrieved 2017-11-27.
  27. Ola Balola. November 12, 2015. Archived from the original
    on November 14, 2015. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
  28. ^ Harrison, Lily (2 February 2016). "Kids Choice Awards-2016 Nominations Are In Jennifer Lawrence Chris Pratt Anna Kendrick More Favorites Named". E! Online. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
  29. TIA's ToyAwards.org. February 12, 2016. Archived from the original
    on March 9, 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2016.

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