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05-21-2007, 11:39 PM
Disney Parks Providing Extra Loot for "Pirates" Game
By John Gaudiosi
Hollywood Reporter
May 21, 2007
ANAHEIM, California - Disney Interactive Studios is letting amusement park customers pillage a little extra content for its latest "Pirates of the Caribbean" game.
The division showcased its first collaboration with Disney Parks and Resorts at Disneyland on Saturday, hours before the world premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" took place in the amusement park.
Beginning on Friday at both Disneyland and Walt Disney World in Orlando, consumers who bring their Nintendo DS and "At World's End" game to the Pirates of the Caribbean ride will be able to seek out 10 secured wireless hot spots to download free exclusive game content that won't be available anywhere else. The gaming stations will be marked with a Pirates "X" at different areas through Labor Day at both parks.
The new Nintendo DS game -- which will also be sold at both Disney parks, along with other versions of the "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" games -- follows the exploits of the third movie and features such characters as Captain Jack Sparrow, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann. There will be three different downloads available around the theme park ride, including one that gamers can access while standing in line for the Pirates ride that inspired the films and games. Players will be able to unlock bonus items such as unlimited health, new costumes for the three stars of the game and new weapons, characters and locations for the online dueling mode of the title.
A new area of Disneyland's Frontierland opens Friday called Pirates Lair, which previously was Tom Sawyer Island. The new attraction has been designed by Disney Imagineers to incorporate a pirate's life into a live-action show that was choreographed by Tony Angelotti, a stunt man in the three films. Disney Interactive Studios, which provided the software and download stations for the Nintendo DS hot spots, worked with the Imagineers to hide X's throughout this new area for gamers to find, as well as in other sections around the original ride.
Disney Interactive Studios had Xbox 360, Wii and Nintendo DS kiosks of "At World's End" set up for the world premiere of the third "Pirates" film for the roughly 2,500 guests to play before and after the film was shown in a closed-off section of Disneyland. The Xbox 360 and Wii game also were on display at the press reception area throughout the day. All attendees of the world premiere received a limited-edition "At World's End" Nintendo DS portable game player and Nintendo DS game as part of the gift bags handed out after the event.
Disney Interactive Studios shipped seven versions of the new "Pirates" games across every current gaming platform. The new game incorporates action from both "Dead Man's Chest" and "At World's End" and expands the story beyond those films with new characters, plot twists and locations.
By John Gaudiosi
Hollywood Reporter
May 21, 2007
ANAHEIM, California - Disney Interactive Studios is letting amusement park customers pillage a little extra content for its latest "Pirates of the Caribbean" game.
The division showcased its first collaboration with Disney Parks and Resorts at Disneyland on Saturday, hours before the world premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" took place in the amusement park.
Beginning on Friday at both Disneyland and Walt Disney World in Orlando, consumers who bring their Nintendo DS and "At World's End" game to the Pirates of the Caribbean ride will be able to seek out 10 secured wireless hot spots to download free exclusive game content that won't be available anywhere else. The gaming stations will be marked with a Pirates "X" at different areas through Labor Day at both parks.
The new Nintendo DS game -- which will also be sold at both Disney parks, along with other versions of the "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" games -- follows the exploits of the third movie and features such characters as Captain Jack Sparrow, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann. There will be three different downloads available around the theme park ride, including one that gamers can access while standing in line for the Pirates ride that inspired the films and games. Players will be able to unlock bonus items such as unlimited health, new costumes for the three stars of the game and new weapons, characters and locations for the online dueling mode of the title.
A new area of Disneyland's Frontierland opens Friday called Pirates Lair, which previously was Tom Sawyer Island. The new attraction has been designed by Disney Imagineers to incorporate a pirate's life into a live-action show that was choreographed by Tony Angelotti, a stunt man in the three films. Disney Interactive Studios, which provided the software and download stations for the Nintendo DS hot spots, worked with the Imagineers to hide X's throughout this new area for gamers to find, as well as in other sections around the original ride.
Disney Interactive Studios had Xbox 360, Wii and Nintendo DS kiosks of "At World's End" set up for the world premiere of the third "Pirates" film for the roughly 2,500 guests to play before and after the film was shown in a closed-off section of Disneyland. The Xbox 360 and Wii game also were on display at the press reception area throughout the day. All attendees of the world premiere received a limited-edition "At World's End" Nintendo DS portable game player and Nintendo DS game as part of the gift bags handed out after the event.
Disney Interactive Studios shipped seven versions of the new "Pirates" games across every current gaming platform. The new game incorporates action from both "Dead Man's Chest" and "At World's End" and expands the story beyond those films with new characters, plot twists and locations.