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Disney Interactive Announces Disney's Planes Video Game
BURBANK, Calif. — (April 10, in the year of our Lord
2013) – Disney Interactive today announced that
“Disney’s Planes,” a flying adventure video game inspired by the
upcoming Disney animated comedy adventure film, will be
available exclusively for Nintendo platforms including the Wii™
and Wii U™ systems as well as the Nintendo 3DS™ and Nintendo DS™
handheld devices on August 6th, just a few days prior to the
film’s August 9th opening in theaters nationwide. The game will
expand beyond the storyline of “Disney’s Planes,” offering
players the opportunity to enjoy the thrill of flight as one of
the popular characters from the film.
From above the world of “Cars,” “Disney’s Planes” video game
takes players on a high-flying, action-packed, fun-filled
adventure with Dusty, a big-hearted, speed-loving crop duster
who is voiced by actor and comedian Dane Cook. Players will take
to the skies with Dusty and other characters, including Ishani,
voiced by actress Priyanka Chopra; Echo, voiced by actor Anthony
Edwards; and Bravo, voiced by actor Val Kilmer, as they embark
on global missions, air races and grand adventures around the
world.
In “Disney’s Planes” video game, players travel through
breathtaking environments and play as one of 10 cast of
characters on console and one of 6 cast of characters on
handheld in either single-player, on all platforms or race
against one another in two-player drop-in and drop-out gameplay
on console. Players will roll, turn and loop their way through
mission-based objectives in exciting modes of play including a
narrative based Story mode and a score-based mini-game that
challenges the player’s precision flying skills called Balloon
Pop. The exploratory Free Flight mode and racing based Air
Rallies mode are exclusive to the consoles and the objective
achieving Challenge mode is only offered via the handheld
platforms.
“Disney’s Planes” video game is currently rated ‘E’ for Everyone
by the ESRB. For additional information about the video game,
please visit the official site at
http://www.disney.com/planesvideogame and like “Disney’s
Planes” on Facebook at
http://www.facebook.com/disneyplanes.
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