Disney's Mulan (video game)

Disney's Mulan is an action video game for the PlayStation, Nintendo 64, and Microsoft Windows, based on the film of the same name which came out on June 12, 1998, a week before the film was released. Handheld versions of the game would later be released, with the Game Boy version arriving first on October 19, 1998, two days before the release of the Game Boy Color, and the Game Boy Color version, which was developed by the same team who developed the console version, being released later as one of the launch titles for the system in Europe in November 1998, then in the US on February 2, 1999, to promote the film's home media release in that region. Most of the voice cast, with the exception of Eddie Murphy, reprise their roles from the film.

Plot
Like most Disney games developed by Eurocom, the game follows the plot of the film. Fa Mulan must take her ailing father's place in the army and train to fight against Shan Yu and his army, while meeting Li Shang, Yao, Ling and Chien Po in the process.

Gameplay
The player assumes the role of the titular character. The game is both an open world and platformer, although in many missions the player can walk to other planes via pathways. There are 15 levels and three difficulty modes: Recruit, Trainee and Man, with the last two only being played in the Man difficulty. In the first levels, the player has to collect items to complete objectives.

The player's health can be increased by picking up Mushu coins and Great Stone Dragons. Mulan won't have weapons until later in the game, in which she first acquires her father's sword.

Like in Disney's other game, Hercules, there are hidden letters in levels that, if collected, will form the word MULAN and will allow the player to spawn directly at the next level, instead of starting the game over from the beginning.

There are also cutscenes using clips from the movie

Cast

 * Ming-Na Wen as Fa Mulan
 * BD Wong as General Li Shang
 * Mark Moseley as Mushu
 * Miguel Ferrer as Shan Yu
 * Harvey Fierstein as Yao
 * Gedde Watanabe as Ling
 * Jerry Tondo as Chien-Po
 * George Takei as First Ancestor Fa

Trivia

 * Some packages for the PlayStation version of the game in the US offer a coupon good for a 20 piece Chicken McNugget box at McDonald's, which was promoting the movie during the time, for $2.00, $1.29 more than the advertised price.