With both franchises now fresh in our minds, it makes sense that Disney would want to re-release these classic platformers. I knew one day I would have to return to the Pride Lands of Africa to defeat Scar!Įverything you see exists together in a delicate balanceįast forward to 2019, and both Aladdin and The Lion King have been reimagined in as both a live-action film and stunning photorealistic 3D animation respectively for our cinematic pleasure. And with the assistance of a friend, I was able to defeat Jafar! But despite this victory, The Lion King still lingered in the back of my mind.

Soon afterwards I acquired the Sega Mega Drive and a copy of Aladdin, which is arguably one of the best platformers for that console. So many hours were sunk into The Lion King and yet I was never able to successfully complete it… So when The Lion King video game adaptation was advertised around the same time as the cinematic release, I began saving my pocket money until I had enough to buy it for the SNES. Like every other kid I knew growing up, I was obsessed with Disney’s animated feature films particularly Aladdin and The Lion King.

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