Disney Tsum Tsum Festival

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Disney Tsum Tsum Festival
Disney Tsum Tsum Festival icon.png
Nintendo Switch icon
Developer(s) B.B. Studio [1]
Hyde [1]
Publisher(s) Bandai Namco Entertainment
Series Disney Tsum Tsum
Platform(s) Nintendo Switch
Release
  • JP: October 10, 2019 [2]
  • WW: November 8, 2019 [3]
Genre(s) Party, puzzle
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Disney Tsum Tsum Festival is a 2019 party video game developed by B.B. Studio and Hyde and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment for the Nintendo Switch. It is the first console game to be based on the Disney Tsum Tsum toyline. [4] It was released in Japan on October 10, 2019, [2] and globally on November 8. [5]

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Gameplay

Disney Tsum Tsum Festival features various Disney and Pixar characters rendered in Tsum Tsum form, as well as a Tsum Tsum version of Bandai Namco's mascot Pac-Man. [6] The game has players play a variety of minigames in single-player, cooperative multiplayer, and competitive multiplayer, with up to four players playing online or on the same Switch console. [4] Minigames include curling and "bubble hockey" (air hockey), among others. [7] Festival also features a version of the original Disney Tsum Tsum mobile puzzle game originally developed by Line Corporation, [8] making use of the Switch's touch screen held in portrait mode. The puzzle game also features two-player local or online multiplayer. [4]

Marketing

Disney Tsum Tsum Festival was announced in February 2019, during a Nintendo Direct presentation. [7] The game was released in Japan on October 10, which also saw the release of a Nintendo Switch bundle featuring a limited edition Tsum Tsum-themed console, dock, and Joy-Con (with a Mickey Mouse head-shaped Home button on the Joy-Con R); the Disney Tsum Tsum Festival game, and a code for downloadable content featuring alternate "Festival" versions of the Stitch, Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, and Winnie the Pooh Tsum Tsums (which are featured on the Switch console and dock). [2] [9] [10]

Reception

Disney Tsum Tsum Festival received mixed to positive reception from critics, with an aggregated review score of 63 on Metacritic based on fourteen reviews. [3] [12] [13]

Disney Tsum Tsum Festival was the best selling title in Japan for 7–13 October 2019. [14] [15] It was the 12th best selling game in Japan for the week of 28 October 2019 to 3 November 2019. [16] Disney Tsum Tsum Festival was the 13th best selling game during 30 December to 5 January. [17] The game was the 17th best selling game in Japan between 6–12 January 2020. [18]

References

  1. 1 2 Romano, Sal (February 13, 2019). "Disney Tsum Tsum Festival announced for Switch". Gematsu. Archived from the original on February 15, 2019. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 "『ディズニー ツムツム フェスティバル』の発売日が10月10日に決定。特別デザインの本体セットも発売！". Nintendo.co.jp (in Japanese). Nintendo of Japan. July 25, 2019. Archived from the original on July 25, 2019. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 "Disney Tsum Tsum Festival for Switch Reviews". Metacritic . CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on July 19, 2025. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 Frank, Allegra (February 13, 2019). "Disney Tsum Tsum for Nintendo Switch looks cute as heck". Polygon . Vox Media. Archived from the original on February 14, 2019. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Disney Tsum Tsum Festival". IGN . Archived from the original on March 25, 2023.
  6. ↑ "PAC-MAN gobbles his way into DISNEY TSUM TSUM FESTIVAL". Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe. October 11, 2019. Archived from the original on November 1, 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  7. 1 2 Pierce, Tanner (February 13, 2019). "Disney Tsum Tsum Festival Officially Announced for Nintendo Switch". DualShockers. Archived from the original on February 14, 2019. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
  8. ↑ Doolan, Liam (February 13, 2019). "Disney's Tsum Tsum Arrive In Festival Form On Nintendo Switch Later This Year". Nintendo Life . Archived from the original on February 16, 2019. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
  9. ↑ Doolan, Liam (July 25, 2019). "Disney Tsum Tsum Festival Receiving A Themed Switch Bundle In Japan". Nintendo Life . Archived from the original on July 25, 2019. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
  10. ↑ Berg, Ricky (July 24, 2019). "Switch getting a special Disney Tsum Tsum Festival bundle in Japan, new Joy-Con and dock". Nintendo Wire. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
  11. ↑ Carter, Chris (November 10, 2019). "Review: Disney Tsum Tsum Festival". Destructoid . Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  12. ↑ The Laughing Place
  13. ↑ "TheGamer". Archived from the original on June 14, 2022. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  14. ↑ "Famitsu Sales: 10/7/19 – 10/13/19 [Update]". Gematsu. October 16, 2019. Archived from the original on July 2, 2025. Retrieved April 25, 2025.
  15. ↑ "Japanese Charts: Disney Tsum Tsum Festival Fends Off Dragon Quest And Yo-Kai Watch For Top Spot". Nintendo Life. October 16, 2019. Archived from the original on July 2, 2025. Retrieved April 25, 2025.
  16. ↑ "Famitsu Sales: 10/28/19 – 11/3/19 [Update]". Gematsu. November 6, 2019. Archived from the original on July 2, 2025. Retrieved April 25, 2025.
  17. ↑ Forde, Matthew (January 14, 2020). "Nintendo Switch accounted for 26 of the top 30 best-selling games in Japan". www.pocketgamer.biz. Archived from the original on July 2, 2025. Retrieved April 25, 2025.
  18. ↑ "Famitsu Sales: 12/30/19 – 1/12/20 [Update]". Gematsu. January 15, 2020. Archived from the original on July 2, 2025. Retrieved April 25, 2025.
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