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  • Disney Universe Jungle Book DLC does not have Don Karnage

    by 
    Mike Schramm
    Mike Schramm
    01.18.2012

    Sorry, Disney Universe Jungle Book costume DLC pack, but what are you doing? TaleSpin is still the coolest thing to come out of the Jungle Book setting. Yes, the little costumes in this three-buck pack -- featuring man-cub Mowgli, Shere Khan the tiger, Louie the ape, Bagheera the panther and a baby elephant -- are cute, and kids will probably love them. But nothing compares to the classic early '90s cartoon series that re-imagined the lovable Baloo as a down-on-his-luck seaplane pilot, Louie as the owner of his favorite watering hole (get it?), and Shere Khan as a sharply-dressed and golden-voiced business cat. Until you've got elements that play on Cheers, old adventure movies, and an alternate postware timeline, you just enjoy your lower place on the list of cool Jungle Book tie-ins. %Gallery-144921%

  • Disney Universe sounds like Kingdom Hearts with better hair [update: trailer!]

    by 
    Justin McElroy
    Justin McElroy
    05.26.2011

    We've all had the thought while playing a Kingdom Hearts game: "Sure, this is fun, I just wish my clothes didn't have so many buckles on them." Your prayers may have been answered by Disney Universe, a new multiplayer action game unveiled this morning for the 360, PS3 and Wii. Here's what we can extrapolate from the release: Players will team with friends and battle bad guys in six Disney-themed worlds with the aid of Disney character costumes, each with their own special powers. We're hoping for the Uncle Remus costume that will allow us to disappear from store shelves for decades. Maybe that's not terribly likely, but we'll all find out together when Disney Universe Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Drops this fall. Update: Catch a teaser trailer after the break. We're sure that scene of a character swinging a key like a sword is just there coincidentally.