"The Disney Afternoon: Collection" Set To Arrive At Nintendo Switch And Switch 2 With Atari Set To Be Publisher For Re-Release.
There's so much to do, the Nintendo Switch's getting ready just for you!
"The Disney Afternoon: Collection" appears to be coming to Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch. This new re-release of the collection will be published by Atari Games. All six classic games feature new and improved visuals and include filtering options that replicate a retro look and feel.
The Disney Afternoon Collection
Starring a cast of beloved Disney characters, The Disney Afternoon Collection takes you back to a golden era of gaming and afternoons filled with adventure. Hunt for treasure around the globe as Scrooge McDuck, fight crime as the hero Darkwing Duck, take to the skies as ace pilot Baloo the bear, and enjoy co-op as Chip and Dale to take down Fat Cat.
The collection includes the following six games:
- Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers
- Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers 2
- DuckTales
- DuckTales 2
- Darkwing Duck
- TaleSpin
Rating Summary
The Disney Afternoon Collection is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB with Mild Fantasy Violence and Use of Tobacco. This is a collection of action platformer games from classic Disney franchises. Several games depict instances of mild, fantastical violence: players stunning enemies; characters shooting enemies; players throwing objects (e.g., boxes, rocks) at enemies; a plane shooting down enemy planes. Some games contain larger bosses and boss rush modes. One boss is depicted holding a cigar.
Walt Disney World Hints "Gazelle" As The Next Redesing For Passholder Magnet By Disney Television Animation And Walt Disney Imagineering.
We're turnin' the floor into a zoo, ooh, ooh. 🎶
Walt Disney World has hinted that the next magnet will be themed in some way to a character or characters from Zootopia. The teaser is obviously inspired in the new attraction "Zootopia: Better Zoogether" which opened last November at Disney's Animal Kingdom.
According to comments that are trying to find the actual clue, it's likely that this Passholder Magnet will have Gazelle since she has prominent role in the attraction specially during the Zoogether concert where Judy and Nick hijack her show by trying to find the mysterious animal that tries to ruin the event for the community.
As usual the redesing will be done by Asia Ellington ("Primos"), Paul Rudish ("The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse" franchise) and Alex Kirwan (Warner Bros Animation "The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie", "Looney Tunes Cartoons"). The passholder magnet will have an original animation of the character by Disney Television Animation and Mercury Filmworks.
"The Doomies" is still aiming a Q1, 2026 release date on Disney+ according to Canadian site The Globe and Mail.
The horror-comedy serialized series got listed as part of Disney+'s biggest releases in the first 3 months of 2026.
"Streaming releases feature anticipated content, including theatrical releases like Venom: Let There Be Carnage and Disney+ originals like Wonder Man (Marvel Studios series), The Doomies, Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2, each leveraging Disney's unparalleled intellectual property portfolio. "
Adult Swim Co-Founder Andy Merrill Unveils That He Developed His Version Of A "Haunted Mansion" Series At Disney Television Animation But Got "Killed" Once Walt Disney Studios And Guillermo Del Toro Expressed Interest On Axed Film Adaptation.
Grim Grinning Ghosts almost came out to socialize at Disney Television Animation for a third time.
Andy Merrill one of the key veterans that founded Adult Swim at Cartoon Network as well proving the voice of the character Brak in Space Ghost Coast to Coast revealed that he attemped to pitch a animated series based on the beloved "Haunted Mansion" attraction at Disney Television Animation.
According to Merrill, a full pitch bible was written alongside a pilot script with Merrill detailing the pitch bible was very big however he would mention that the project was killed when Walt Disney Studios and Guillermo Del Toro expressed interest in making a new film adaptation of the ride but that project also got killed in the mid-2010s.
Based on the anecdote it seems that Merill's pitch was before Disney Television Animation tried to revive the idea in 2014 with two more attempts by Joshua Prett and Scott D. Peterson ("Phineas And Ferb", "Milo Murphy's Law") as a standalone television special for Disney XD and Shannon Tindle (Laika Studios "Kubo And The Two Strings", Netflix Animation "Ultra Man: Rising") as a mini-series also for Disney XD however executive changes at Disney Branded Television in 2017 shelved it's production, since then the studio has only touched the "Haunted Mansion" IP in the Random Rings and Chibi Tiny Tales short-series for crosspromotion material.
Merill is not stranger to Disney as he provided voice acting work in Disney TVA in shows like Gravity Falls as "Teeth” during “Weirdmaggedon”, Jelly Lips in the Disney TVA pilot “Club Sandwich” co-created by Craig Lewis (“StuGo”, “Wander Over Yonder”, Cartoon Network Studios “Chowder”, “Fosters Home For Imaginary Friends”) and currently is doing Pat Chatterly in “Kiff”.
Maybe one day the mansion's doors will open once again at Disney Television Animation with a new film or animated series for Disney+, beacuse we feel that animation is the next logical step after two failed attempts with live-action films.
Maybe hire Patrick McHale (Cartoon Network Studios "Over The Garden Wall") to do it or revive Del Toro's and Merrill's idea as an animated film.
ESPN Gives "Hoppers" Preview At NFL Wild Card Game
That was intense…🦎ESPN and Walt Disney Studios gave audiences a special preview of Pixar Animation Studios new original film "Hoppers" during the NFL Wild Card Game.
In "Hoppers" after a group of scientists invent a way to "hop" human minds into lifelike robotic animal bodies, an animal-loving teenager named Mabel Tanaka uses their technology to embody a robotic beaver and thwart a construction company's plot to destroy the local animal habitat with a new highway.
"Hoppers" is directed and written by Daniel Chong (Cartoon Network Studios "We Bare Bears" franchise) with a screenplay by Jesse Andrews ("Luca"), Nicole Paradis Grindle ("Toy Story 3", "Monsters University") serves as producer, Mark Mothersbaugh (Sony Pictures Animation "The Mitchells Vs. The Machines", Cartoon Network Studios "Regular Show", "Close Enough") serves as score composer.
"Hoppers" opens in worldwide theaters March 6.
Disney Enterprises Inc Renews Merchandise Plans For "Dragon Striker" As It Hints Disney Branded Television's Plans For The Series To Become Disney's Next Big Animated Hit.
The game is getting ready and Disney has merchandise plans.
Disney Enterprises Inc. has renewed their trademarks for merchandise plans for the upcoming serialized fantasy-driven comedy series "Dragon Striker" slated for a 2026 release on Disney Channel and Disney+.
Seems that Disney has faith on the Disney EMEA Animation series in becoming their next big animated hit as the renewed trademarks for merchandise include plans for backpacks, clothing, books, school supplies, tote bags.
Merchandise plans for "Dragon Striker" & "The Doomies" got trademarked back in 2022, a few months after both series got greenlit at Annecy 2022.
"Dragon Striker" joins fellow Disney EMEA series "The Doomies" in getting so much faith behind the scenes at Disney as "The Doomies" has gotten an 4 episode extension order bringing a 26 episode order to it's first season alongside standalone shorts and a potential second season currently in pre-production according to Xilam Animation CEO back in October 2025.
Seems that Disney wants "The Doomies" and "Dragon Striker" to become Disney's next big flagship series which is surprising with the recent cancelations of their original animated programming at least within it's American animation studio ("Hailey's On It!", "Primos", "StuGo") as The Doomies and Dragon Striker are 100% done by Disney european unit.
"Dragon Striker" and "The Doomies" debut this year on Disney+ and Disney Channel.
Disney Kids Youtube Channel Sets “DuckTales" (1987) Livestream
Life is like a hurricane here in Duckburg...
The Disney Kids Youtube is hosting a 24/7 livestream of “DuckTales" (1987). The stream plays select episodes of the series already available on the channel.
The “DuckTales" (1987) Youtube stream joins "Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure", "Lilo And Stitch: The Series" “The New Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh”, “Goof Troop”, “Gravity Falls, “Kiff”, “Phineas And Ferb” and “Big City Greens” in getting livestreams to introduce kids to current and legacy series from Disney Television Animation.
Let’s hope they make streams "Adventures Of The Gummi Bears”, “Darkwing Duck”, "Gargoyles", ”DuckTales (2017)“, ”Kim Possible“ ”Big Hero 6: The Series“ and ”Chibiverse“
Happy 1 year anniversary to "StuGo"! Here's the original animatic of the theme song via The Internet Archive. Press F to Merian doing a little dance and Francis eating a Sandwich. The animatic was drawn by Steve Wolfhard ("Amphibia", Cartoon Network Studios "Adventure Time" franchise, Adult Swim "SuperMutant Magic Academy"). Wolfhard currently joined Disney Television Animation in a new NDA series for Disney Channel now that his gig on "SuperMutant Academy" at Adult Swim is done. "StuGo" NOW streaming on Disney+.