Castle Of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (Sega Genesis) is one of best games starring a Disney character.
A colorful game and a great side scrolling game. The stages are whimsical with music befitting the game (definetely and E for everyone type game). The boss fights are extremely easy. It's almost like playing Super Mario Bros as you hop on enemies heads to defeat them or shoot marbles at them. So, the controls are simple: A button to shoot, B as well C to jump. Fairly simple in my opinion.
The game starts off in Vera City. Mickey and Minnie mouse are enjoying a beautiful day but, the witch Mizrabel is about to rain on their parade! Minnie is kidnapped (mouse napped?) and the only way to rescue her is to obtain the 7 gems of the rainbow.
The stages of the game are:
The Forest
Toy Land
Dark Forest
Library and River
Dark Castle
The stages are well done and there aren't many frustrating parts at all. Some things for me do stick out like the tasty candy land stage with enemies like gummie dolphins and a candy dragon! SWEET (literally) also, it takes an interesting imagination to come up with some of the things you'll be swimming in. Encounter a milk bottle and you'll be swimming in milk!
The game is not epic as far as length and you should be able to finish it in one sitting. It was great for its time and I wouldn't mind playing through it again (the last boss is Mizrabel and she offers the only real challenge)
It's a good game and if you have a Nintendo Wii (Virtual Console) it's a nice addition to a library. In all honesty the game's length is perfect as it is not too long and not too short. Still, it was one of the better Sega Genesis games and a game worth playing.