Disney Magic Kingdoms is a video game published by Gameloft. In 2016, the game released an event called, "This Is Halloween", featuring four Nightmare Before Christmas characters: Jack Skellington, Zero, Sally, and Oogie Boogie. The event lasted from October 13th, 2016 to November 3rd, 2016.
Plot[]
The event begins with the story, "Happy Halloween!", in which Mickey Mouse plans his Not-So-Scary Halloween Party. He plans to make the best Halloween party with Goofy's help, and decides to spook the Kingdom up with Jack's House.
The player is able to welcome Jack Skellington into their Kingdom, who helps Mickey with his Halloween party. He wants to improve it and goes to think of scary ideas. The player can then build Finklestein's Tower, which Jack uses to test out his improvements. His experiments are a scary face, to which he defends with, "... What? Sometimes, the simplest idea is the best one!". He sends his debut of his face to the Kingdom while Oogie Boogie unknowingly makes his appearance inside his Lair.
Jack Skellington notices the bugs piling into the Kingdom. He is alarmed by the harm they can cause the Kingdom visitors. He goes to his house to think of a way to get rid of the pests, only to realize that he has more books about summoning bugs than he does getting rid of them. At this point, the player can now welcome Sally into their Kingdom. She rejoices with Jack and tells him, "No matter what might be troubling you... This time, we'll figure it out together."
Jack alarms Sally about the bug infestation. Sally goes off in search of a premonition in hopes that it'll help them. She comes across Oogie Boogie, who warns her that this Halloween is now his. Sally tells Jack about her encounter. They leave together to concoct a plan. They come up short, in which Jack retorts, "I suppose it's back to the drawing board..." He comes up with a plan soon after, claiming they need the "right venue". The player can now build the Broomstick Graveyard.
Jack and Sally come to the top of the Spiral Hill, and falsely boast that the bug infestation was their idea and not Oogie's. Oogie Boogie surfaces after, angrily accusing Jack that he tried to take credit for his bugs. In the midst of his scolding, he accidentally reveals the whereabouts of his Lair. The player can now send either Jack Skellington, Sally, or Zero to attack Oogie. After 12 attempts, Oogie Boogie goes back into hiding.
While Jack expresses his confusion of Oogie's disappearance, Sally brings up the new bugs that have surfaced in the Kingdom. Jack realizes they belong to Oogie, and the player has to defeat 150 bugs. After defeating them, Oogie scolds Jack for stomping on his bugs, in which Jack calls him "predictable". This enables the final battle against Oogie Boogie, where the player can send Jack Skellington, Sally, or Zero to attack him again. After 18 attempts, Oogie is defeated once and for all.
The main story ends with Jack and Sally leaving to prepare the rest of the scares. The player is now able to welcome Oogie Boogie into their Kingdom.
The Tower Challenge[]
On June 4th, 2018, a new event was added to the game called The Tower Challenge. The event features Jack Skellington and offered back The Nightmare Before Christmas legendary chests. If players do not already have Jack prior to the challenge, they can purchase him using the event's currency.
This Is Hallo--what? quest.
Story[]
"No! It cannot be! Maleficent is back and she wants to turn your Kingdom into ‘the place where nightmares come true.’ To achieve this goal, she has constructed a Tower used to steal dreams from within your Kingdom. The fate of Disney Magic Kingdoms rests on your shoulders!"
Jack Skellington, Sally, Oogie Boogie, and Zero can be sent to challenge Maleficent's Tower. Jack Skellington has his own quests that can be played through the event.
Villain Tower Takeover[]
A new event was added on October 18th, 2018, called the Villain Tower Takeover. It featured The Nightmare Before Christmas characters again and made Jack Skellington available for purchase through the event's currency. The event also introduced Magical Tower Chests, which can obtain Nightmare Before Christmas characters. This event shows many similarities to The Tower Challenge, as the characters have their own quests that can be played through the event again.
Story[]
"Trick or treat? Halloween is here, and the villains have taken over the Kingdom in our latest Tower Challenge! Prepare for a frightfully fantastic event full of screams and scares featuring the cast from Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas! Oh, did we mention that the Kingdom has a newly elected official? Maleficent is back, and she’s assembled a team of villains to help her with her sinister plans in our latest Tower Challenge starting October 18th!"
This event features the Mayor, who is available for a limited time. He can be obtained through participation in the Tower Event. His tokens can be bought using the event's currency and are held in 3 different chapters. The game also added a new concession stand called "Barrel's Lollipop Stand".
Trick or Treat[]
On October 6th, 2020, the game released another Nightmare Before Christmas event featuring Lock, Shock, and Barrel called Trick or Treat! The event was available to play October 24th and lasted until November 1st. The event was teased ahead of time on the game's Facebook pages, with Lock, Shock, and Barrel's faces carved into pumpkins.
"Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas is back! Join Halloween’s finest trick or treaters Lock, Shock, and Barrel in a time-limited event that will leave your skin crawling for more. And remember – there’s only 365 days until next Halloween!"
Lock was available to purchase through a limited-time bundle or with gems. Meanwhile, players were able to unlock Shock and Barrel by participating in the event. To unlock Barrel, players needed to tap 80 spooky spiders within 8 days. To unlock Shock, players needed to get rid of Shadow Monsters by using other characters. To do so, players needed to collect certain tokens to defeat shadows and trees in order to collect the ones needed to defeat the Shadow Monsters, where one gives tokens for the other.
Kingdom Passes[]
Doctor Finkelstein in Disney Magic Kingdoms.
On October 13th, 2022, Doctor Finkelstein was officially added into the game, in addition to the Hocus Pocus event. He is obtainable through the Season Pass, if the player purchases the Kingdom Pass. He is earned on the 75th tier, and his tokens can be awarded in future tiers. Players can reach certain tiers if they consistently complete their weekly and daily tasks.
Side Quests[]
Zero[]
A Dog's(Un)-Life: Zero comes to Jack after he's welcomed, confused with where they are. Jack suggests he goes exploring around the Kingdom. He comes back smelling like "hamburgers", prompting Jack to advise him to always ask permission before haunting food stands.
Beware of Ghost-Dog: Zero becomes upset thinking about Oogie Boogie breaking into Jack's House. Jack notices this and calls him the "most vigilant guard dog in Town!" Zero goes and guards the house, only to end up sleeping in their sitting room.
A Rag Doll's Best Friend: Sally feels gloom thinking about how far they are from home. Zero goes and cheers her up. Sally tells him, "With friends like you and Jack around, it's impossible to stay lonely for long, isn't it?"
A Grave Solution: Zero is on his way to the Broomstick Graveyard to go exploring and stumbles upon Sally. She gets notified by a zombie family that he stole their rib cages, and advises Zero to return them after he's done.
Jack Skellington[]
Dead-itation: Jack becomes melancholy thinking of what else he can do besides being Pumpkin King. He resorts to thinking in the Broomstick Graveyard. He feels better after teaching himself how to juggle.
The Play's The Thing: Jack wants to get inspiration for his frights and mentions his favorite authors(Poe, Shelley, Stoker...). He recounts Haunted Tales, going around the Kingdom monologuing: "To scare, or not to scare...that is the question...and it's a very silly one, if you ask me! Who WOULDN'T want to be scary?"
Preparing for Scaring: Jack goes off practicing scaring people around the Kingdom.
Sally[]
Wish You Were Here: Sally devotes some of her time thinking about her friends back at Halloween Town. She plucks petals for each friend and gets confused on how many she should count for Mr. Hyde.
Sew Be It: Sally sews herself up and fixes some loose threads.
The Fright of Fashion: Sally comes to Jack frantically asking him about next year's Halloween Costumes. They both go to Jack's House to discuss ideas. Sally is a little skeptical about his idea of possessing a cape with a poltergeist before making it wearable.
Shadowing a Skeleton: Sally follows Jack around the Kingdom to make sure he doesn't have any "outlandish ideas". Jack catches her stalking him, in which Sally confesses. He assures her that he had been wondering on how to follow people all this time and that she inspired him.
Sally's Shopping List: Sally sneaks into Finkelstein's Tower to steal some snakeroot for Jack to make him some cologne.
Oogie Boogie[]
Scarier Than Thou: Oogie Boogie talks about the rumors of his scaring, claiming they're exaggerated. He insists he can scare "Jack's way", and goes around the Kingdom scaring the guests.
Dancin' Ghoul: Oogie complains about Jack's pride and insists he has the same class, moves, and style like he does. Oogie goes around the Kingdom dancing and claims he has "moxy".
Revolting Reconnaissance: Oogie tries to fetch Lock, Shock, and Barrel to go and spy on Jack, only to realize that they're still in Halloween Town. He goes and spies on Jack himself at Jack's House. He gets disturbed by a citronella candle on his doorstep, calling it "Horrible! Just horrible!".
The Mayor[]
Burden of Office: The Mayor goes over the blueprints Jack left at the Town Hall to plan for Halloween. After reviewing them, the Mayor gets visibly disturbed, in disbelief that Jack is considering a certain idea, thinking it's a misunderstanding of some sort.
Civic Unrest: The Mayor considers using the loudspeaker of the Mayor-mobile to leave a town-wide emergency broadcast until realizing that his hearse is being used as part of the parade, and claims he can't reverse a civic ordinance. His solution is to look for Jack at his house, screaming so loudly he can wake the dead.
Open for Debate: Jack appears right behind the Mayor, startling him. Jack asks about the issues he has with their Halloween plans this year, and explains that an egg-shaped drawing is just a brain. The Mayor is relieved and tells him he thought he was stealing another holiday, to which Jack ensures he learned his lesson from and that they both have eyes only for Halloween.
Lock[]
Speed is the Key: Lock claims he pulled his best prank yet on Barrel when he swapped his lollipop out for a "leech-y" pop(the bite-y kind, he says). He plans to run away fast so Barrel doesn't realize it's him, and watch his tongue swell up. However, as he's running away, Lock finds that his feet are starting to itch. He laments the fact that he was too far away to see Barrel eat the gigantic leech, and says he'll wallop him for putting itching powder on his feet.
Festive...Sorta: Jack asks Lock to decorate his house for next year's Halloween, and Lock can't say "no". But he takes it to his advantage when Jack doesn't specify what kind of decorations he should use. He ends up decorating Jack's house with mummy bandages thrown all over the roof and walls.
Shock[]
Boxing Day: Shock pranks Lock by giving him a special 'leader' present, after he insists he's the leader of the trio, while Shock believes she's much smarter than him. His present are brand-new shoes she made herself, using stingleaf needles inside. She finds something fun to do with the leftover box, like putting her stinkbug collection in it.
Witch Way?: Shock notices kids riding broomsticks over the graveyard. She complains how the Witches in Halloween Town won't let her ride their brooms anymore, since she crashed them a bunch of times. Shock promptly cuts to the front of the line to ride the kingdom's broomsticks. After she's done, she claims it was 'great' and 'dizzying, and only crash landed four times. She wants to go again, but is unfortunately out of brooms.
An Unfinished Chat: Shock is talking to Barrel about how she told Lock something three times, and it was funny how he he didn't get it at all. She realizes Barrel *also* doesn't know what they're talking about, and says she will tell him only one more time. After they're done with their plot, Shock makes sure Barrel isn't gonna tell anyone, and he expresses his hesitancy.
Barrel[]
A Barrel and Laughs: Barrel congratulates himself for finally pranking Shock by putting glue on her hat and sneaking away in time. To celebrate, he has a lollipop, but finds he can't feel his tongue anymore and is talking funny. He believes Shock got him back for the prank.
What's Out Back?: Barrel warns the player not to tell anyone he's sneaking to the back of the candy shop. He says he needs to be quiet, otherwise Shock and Lock will ruin his plan. He soon finds his 5-year old Halloween moldy candy stash in the shop, relived that Lock and Shock haven't found it.
An Unsaid Confession...: Jack confronts Barrel, and he starts getting defensive. Jack stops him before he can leave, saying there's something he's been meaning to ask him and says he has to be honest. Barrel reluctantly agrees as Jack says how concerned he was when he found pairs of footprints leading to the Christmas tree. He asks if the three have been sneaking into Santa's town without permission, to which Barrel assures him they haven't. Jack believes him even though Barrel had his fingers crossed the whole time.
Doctor Finkelstein[]
Make a New Friend: Dr. Finkelstein claims he's had the fires of invention come back to him after creating Jewel and the Skeletal Reindeer. He has another creation planned to exceed other laws of biology. He succesfully makes them so he has a fourth player for Contract Bridge, including himself, Igor, and Jewel.
Gameplay[]
The gaming platform for Disney Magic Kingdoms on Android involves the player swiping around the screen
to travel across their Kingdom. They tap through dialogue and are obligated to give characters "high-fives" after they complete a quest. This is required on both Android and on Windows. The gaming platform on Microsoft Windows is essentially the same, except the player uses their mouse to travel through their Kingdom and click instead of tapping like Android users.
The player can send characters to perform tasks, which may take hours to complete. When the tasks are done, characters have chances to earn character tokens, which are used to level them up. More stories are available the higher the characters' levels are. Jack Skellngton, Sally, Zero, and Oogie Boogie all have maximum levels of 10.
Game Trailers[]
Trivia[]
- Zero and Lock are unlockable characters in the event, costing in-game gems or can be purchased through limited-time bundles.
- The event was extended by one extra day due to a large-scale networking issue that resulted in server outages on October 21st, 2016.
- While the This Is Halloween event did not come back for Halloween 2017, the game has since promoted limited-time Nightmare Before Christmas Legendary Chests, where the player could unlock characters and attractions through purchase.
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