Talk:Disney Crossy Road/@comment-30119529-20161001220539

Hey everyone! I've been following this page for awhile and I just wanted to say GREAT JOB, especially to you, Gogobell. :) It's great to see so many people so passionate about DCR!!!

Anyway, I wanted to provide some insight into why Star Wars, The Good Dinosaur, and Cinderella were removed from the files. The way DCR is developed is that it's a "licensed" product, meaning Disney can basically do whatever they want with it, even though they don't make it.

Hipster Whale/Mighty Games develops what Disney tells them to develop, but also develops some worlds or characters they want to add for themselves. For example, Disney wanted Jungle Book, Alice, and Dory out in April, May, and June, so Mighty Games had to follow suit and do so. When there isn't a movie coming out a specific month though, Mighty Games has a little more free reign, and can publish their own ideas. However, these need to be approved by Disney FIRST before they can be released. The most recent example of this was of course, Aladdin.

What happens is Mighty Games creates a select few characters and a prototype world for their "unapproved" idea, and then sends it over to the people at Disney to say "yea" or "nay" on. In this particular case, they said no to The Good Dinosaur and Cinderella. I'll get to Star Wars in a moment.

TGD and Cinderella were denied because they aren't considered viable properties for Disney right now. TGD was a flop at the box office, and they don't want to divert any attention to what they consider a "failed" property. The Cinderella prototype that was made was based off the 2015 film, and since there is no sequel in sight, it was denied because they think it'd conflict with the upcoming Beauty and the Beast. Star Wars was also denied because they don't want to mix brands too much. The idea was sent over to Lucasfilm for a separate game, but we have yet to see where that goes...

Because the characters and stuff for these pitches were developed along side already approved content, both got added to the game's files and were thus found.

(Sorry for the lengthy post! Just trying to clarify everything from this end of stuff so there's no confusion)

Now to conclude, I'll give you a list of the updates Disney has mandated for 2017. You should see some of these show up in the files as they get farther into development. Beauty and the Beast, DuckTales, LOTS more Pirates characters, LOTS more Tangled characters, Cars, aaaand Coco. That leaves 6 months of the year open for some stuff the Mighty Games people personally want to see released. More details about THAT later.

Thanks for reading everyone, and putting up with my verboseness. Awesome job again with the page! It's great the game has so many fans. :)