Donald no Magical World

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Donald no Magical World
System(s): Sega Game Gear
Publisher: Sega
Developer: SIMS, Treasure (some assets)
Licensor: McDonald's Corporation
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 1994-03-04 ¥3,8003,800 G-3340

Donald no Magical World (ドナルドのマジカルワールド) is a Sega Game Gear platform game. It features Ronald McDonald, mascot of the McDonald's fast-food chain. The game was only released in Japan. Curiously, if the player inserts the cartridge into a Western Game Gear, it is translated into English, revealing a unused title, Ronald in the Magical World. This suggests an international release was planned but cancelled for unknown reasons.

The game has many similarities to the Sega Mega Drive game, McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure, but there are differences in gameplay, story, and level design. Some music is shared between the two.

Story

Introduction

A strange incident happens one day when Grimace finds a box and brings it to his friends, having no idea what to do with it. Birdie points out that the box says "DO NOT OPEN!" Hamburglar ignores the warning and opens it anyway, revealing a magical map. Suddenly, a wizard, known as Mr. Joke, emerges from the map and invites everyone to an adventure in his Magical World, proceeding to suck all of Ronald McDonald's friends into the map.

Seeing his friends trapped inside the map, Ronald notices that Mr. Joke dropped his magical stick in the process. With the stick, Ronald enters the Magical World and embarks on an adventure to rescue his friends from Mr. Joke.

Gameplay

The game is a platformer played as Ronald McDonald. He makes his way through four rounds consisting of four levels and a boss fight. For the first three levels of each round, Ronald must find a key to open a door that bars the way to the exit. The fourth level of each round is a vertical level where Ronald must climb to the exit.

Ronald moves with and and crouches with . He jumps with . He attacks by swinging the magical stick with . He can upgrade his attack by collecting items. He can deploy the magical stick into an umbrella with +, which can be used to protect him against enemies. He can move while the umbrella is deployed. He can deploy the umbrella in midair and use it like a parachute, which helps him control his descent and allows him to clear a wider distance horizontally. This is often necessary to jump across platforms in the game. The umbrella can also be used to catch water or air and propel Ronald upwards in some areas.

Ronald starts the game with three hearts, indicating his health. He loses a heart each time he takes damage from an enemy or a hazard. He can earn more hearts, up to a maximum of five, by winning bonus games, which are hidden throughout the levels. If Ronald loses all of his hearts, he loses a life and must restart the level. He loses one heart (down to a minimum of the starting three) and one attack level each time he loses a life. The game ends if he runs out of lives, but the player has unlimited continues.

Items

	Fries
	Restores one point of Ronald's health.
	Cheeseburger
	Fully restores Ronald's health.
	Drink
	Collect 4 to earn an extra life, up to a maximum of 9.
	Magical Stick
	Upgrades the level of Ronald's attack, up to a maximum of 3.
	Emerald
	Defeats all enemies on screen.
	Key
	Ronald must collect the key in each level to open a door to the exit.
	Bonus Game
	Enters a bonus game.
	Exit
	Exits the level.

Rounds

	Wonder Forest
	Cake Town
	Clock Factory
	Magical Castle

Bonus Games

	Search for Same Pictures!
	A matching game. The player is presented with nine cards and can flip over two in each turn. If the two match, the cards stay flipped over; otherwise, the plays accrues a miss. The D-Pad moves the cursor to select a card and flips it over. The goal is to match all of the cards. The player loses by missing three times or by flipping over the "OUT" card, which is located in one of the corners.
	Let's Make an Item Panel!
	Ronald must put together a picture by running and collecting the pieces in the right order as they fall down. He moves with and . The picture is shown in the middle and must be assembled starting with the bottom piece and working up to the top, with four pieces total. There is no penalty for collecting the wrong piece, though the player must start over after collecting a "BOMB" piece. There are four pictures to assemble, and the player gets 30 seconds for each picture. The player loses if time runs out.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as

Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Ronald in the Magical World	Ronald in the Magical World
Japanese	ドナルドのマジカルワールド	Donald no Magical World

Production credits

• Planner: Tsukasa Hiroshi
• Programmers: B-Axe, Ga-Kid
• Graphic Artists: Moriman, Tsukasa Hiroshi
• Sound Producers: Nasu-Bi, Hiko
• Special Thanks: Yen, Lehto, JMS
• Project Manager: Kou

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In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Donald no Magical World/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

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Publication Version Score Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J 60 Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 50 Gamers (DE) 60 Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J 60 Mega Fun (DE) PAL 75

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Donald no Magical World

Game Gear, JP
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Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	CRC32 87b8b612 MD5 34e9b284e61fb9a2cad4878451579295 SHA-1 5f9afdd5720f88f7cc18715f8e50fc5635b15323	512kB		Cartridge (JP)