Tom Morrow
06-13-2007, 07:46 PM
Toy Story Mania brings 4-D to video gaming
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Hollywood Reporter
Disneyland Resort is taking video gaming 4-D next year. It will launch Toy Story Mania at California Adventure in Anaheim and Disney-MGM Studios outside Orlando, a ride that will blend "manic gameplay with a next-generation ride experience," says Tom Fitzgerald, executive vp and senior creative executive at Walt Disney Engineering.
The ride is the latest example of Walt Disney Imagineers working with Pixar Studios to bring a CGI movie experience to life and follows this week's grand opening of the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage at Disneyland in Anaheim.
Fitzgerald, who spoke Monday during a news conference in Anaheim, said Toy Story Mania will feature a variety of video game challenges accompanied by characters from the Toy Story films, including Mr. Potato Head, who plays a carnival barker that shrinks a vehicle down to the size of a toy.
Riders will shoot virtual ammunition at targets at specified stops along the way. The guns will change ammunition from darts to colored eggs as the games change from room to room. Thanks to 3-D glasses, the riders will see the ammunition fly. Special bonus shots will unlock additional points.
(The fourth "D," by the way, refers to water, air and other effects that affect the ride experience.)
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At Disney, vid games are along for the ride (http://hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/features/columns/playing_games/e3i2d5887633794139ac54a08625e99664d?imw= Y)
Hollywood Reporter
Disneyland Resort is taking video gaming 4-D next year. It will launch Toy Story Mania at California Adventure in Anaheim and Disney-MGM Studios outside Orlando, a ride that will blend "manic gameplay with a next-generation ride experience," says Tom Fitzgerald, executive vp and senior creative executive at Walt Disney Engineering.
The ride is the latest example of Walt Disney Imagineers working with Pixar Studios to bring a CGI movie experience to life and follows this week's grand opening of the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage at Disneyland in Anaheim.
Fitzgerald, who spoke Monday during a news conference in Anaheim, said Toy Story Mania will feature a variety of video game challenges accompanied by characters from the Toy Story films, including Mr. Potato Head, who plays a carnival barker that shrinks a vehicle down to the size of a toy.
Riders will shoot virtual ammunition at targets at specified stops along the way. The guns will change ammunition from darts to colored eggs as the games change from room to room. Thanks to 3-D glasses, the riders will see the ammunition fly. Special bonus shots will unlock additional points.
(The fourth "D," by the way, refers to water, air and other effects that affect the ride experience.)
complete article (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/features/columns/playing_games/e3i2d5887633794139ac54a08625e99664d?imw= Y)
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