- Release Date: 2001
- Genre: Traditional
- Style: Trivia Game
- Similar Games: Trivial Pursuit: Millennium Edition (IBM PC Compatible), Ripley's Believe It or Not! (IBM PC Compatible), TV Guide Trivia (IBM PC Compatible)
Game Description
Test your knowledge of all things Disney in Disney Trivia Challenge, a question-and-answer board game that focuses solely on minutia about the Mouse House. Players begin by selecting a token -- Mickey, Donald, Goofy or Minnie -- to represent themselves on the game board, and then choose a level of difficulty. Each player's difficulty can be set to one of three levels so that contestants of various ability levels can all play together.The game's five subject areas are Animation, Film, Song, Personalities and Mousellaneous. Questions are text-based, with the exception of occasional quizzes that require familiarity with an image. Each time you answer a question correctly, you earn a token in that category. Once you've collected five tokens in a category, you can win a medallion by answering a question at the main category square. Once you've collected medallions in all five categories, you can enter to champion square and attempt to answer one final question to be named the "Disney Trivia Legend."
~ Skyler Miller, All Game Guide
Review: Overall
Disney Trivia Challenge is a disappointing board game that begins with a lot of potential but quickly reveals itself to be a hollow experience. In any case, you definitely need to be a Disney fan to even consider playing the game, as the questions are entirely centered on Disney's movies, characters and theme parks. There are no general interest questions mixed in, so if you don't know Disney, you'd be better off playing You Don't Know Jack.What makes or breaks any trivia game are the questions, and Disney Trivia Challenge falls way short in this area, both in quantity and content. The box promises "thousands" of questions, but in reality, questions began repeating within minutes. Even with a limited amount of questions there should be a way for the software to keep track of which had already been asked and be able hold those back until they've all been asked. With the exception of a few questions that involve images from Disney cartoons, almost all of the questions are text-based.
Considering that Disney is known for its animation and beloved songs, it's surprising that none of the questions feature video clips or audio. The announcer occasionally makes a specific comment about an answer, but that's about it. This lack of multimedia enhancements makes the small number of questions even more puzzling. The questions themselves are well executed, though, ranging from hard ones like, "How many dolls are contained in the 'It's a Small World' ride?" to easy ones such as "What type of animal is Piglet?"
For a game ostensibly aimed at families, the rules of Disney Trivia Challenge are needlessly complex, and with all the different tokens and medallions, the structure is really more confusing than it should be. Even though the basic concept of answering questions is simple, there isn't an intuitive sense of what it all adds up to. The entire game board is arranged on one fixed screen, and the content of each space is not labeled until you're ready to land on it. However, the overall look of the environment is attractive, even if there isn't much animation.
The presentation and structural flaws in Disney Trivia Challenge could be easily forgiven if the game didn't commit the cardinal sin of repeating questions too quickly. Such repetition might be useful in an educational game, but unfortunately, there's really no value in learning what Tigger's "tops" are made of.
~ Skyler Miller, All Game Guide
Review: Enjoyment
Disney buffs should enjoy the opportunity to test their knowledge, but the structure surrounding the questions is poorly thought-out.~ Skyler Miller, All Game Guide
Review: Graphics
The game board has the three-dimensional look but is surprisingly static for a game from Disney.~ Skyler Miller, All Game Guide
Review: Sound
The background music consists of some bouncy, goofy jazz, and the announcer's voice is pleasant.~ Skyler Miller, All Game Guide
Review: Replay Value
The heart of any trivia game are its questions, and the ones in {*Disney Trivia Challenge} repeat far too quickly.~ Skyler Miller, All Game Guide
Review: Documentation
The black-and-white jewel case manual adequately explains the game's concept, and the announcer does a good job of guiding the player once they're in the game.~ Skyler Miller, All Game Guide
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