History VideoGame / DisneySpeedstorm

''Disney Speedstorm'' is a [[AllegedlyFreeGame free-to-play]] MascotRacer featuring various characters from across Creator/{{Disney}} and Creator/{{Pixar}} by Creator/{{Gameloft}}. It was released in early access on April 18, 2023, for Platform/PlayStation4, Platform/PlayStation5, Platform/XboxOne, Platform/XboxSeriesXAndS, Platform/NintendoSwitch, and [[Platform/MicrosoftWindows Windows]] (via Platform/{{Steam}}, the Platform/EpicGamesStore, and the Microsoft Store), with a mobile version on UsefulNotes/{{iOS|Games}}/[=iPadOS=] and UsefulNotes/{{Android|Games}} soft-launched in some regions (beginning with UsefulNotes/{{Spain}} and UsefulNotes/{{Romania}}) on [[https://toucharcade.com/2023/08/02/disney-speedstorm-mobile-release-soft-launch-download-out-now-iphone-android-ipad-ios-season-3/ August 1, 2023,]] alongside the game's third season. Its full free-to-play release was on September 28, 2023.

* BraggingRightsReward: Every character has a special diamond paint job and more elaborate victory animation that can be obtained by getting far enough in the ranked multiplayer mode. These

* HomeStage: Each character (except for Figment and WALL•E) has a home world from their series.[[note]]During WALL•E's first Limited Event in December 2023, he used Jungle Ruins as his track.[[/note]] (Even [[OriginalGeneration Arbee]], a non-playable character, gets a track of her own with "Arbee's Arena".)

*** Classic (including ''WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie'' and ''WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit''): The Silver Screen

* BattleCouple: Several established Disney couples can race alongside each other on the track. February 2024 featured several Valentine-themed events to obtain special plates for several of the couples featured in-game: Mickey/Minnie, Donald/Daisy, Oswald/Ortensia, Beast/Belle, Hercules/Megara, Mulan/Shang, Mike/Celia, Aladdin/Jasmine, Stitch/Angel, and Kristoff/Anna.

* BattleCouple: Several established Disney couples can race alongside each other on the track. February 2024 featured several Valentine-themed events to obtain special plates for several of the couples featured in-game: Mickey/Minnie, Donald/Daisy, Oswald/Ortensia, Beast/Belle, Mike/Celia, Aladdin/Jasmine, Stitch/Angel, and Kristoff/Anna.

* ArabianNightsDays: The ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' track takes place in the City of Agrabah, and features sections based on the Marketplace, the Desert, and the Cave of Wonders.

* BattleInTheRain: "Toon Village" takes place on a race track undergoing a rainy thunderstorm.

** The ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' track has a section based on Elsa's Ice Palace.

** On the initial early access release, Mike Wazowski's Hold the Door ability spawned two doors lasting on the track for up to twenty seconds that teleported players a considerable distance ahead or behind. A hotfix was released on May 16, 2023, that cut the teleport distances by 10% in both directions, halved the time the doors stay on the track (making charged activations riskier, since they cause the doors to spawn farther away), and made it so that only one door spawns upon normal activation (charged activation still spawns two doors). He was later nerfed again on June 8, 2023, with another hotfix, increasing the amount of time it takes for the doors to be usable (thus players ahead can more easily avoid them) and making them destructible via opponents' shields and invulnerability, which can also help deny the Mike player who spawned them from taking advantage of them.

* UnderTheSea: [[TropeNamers Fittingly]], the [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Atlantica]] track primarily takes place underwater, with floaty physics that allow racers to stay in the air and retain boost energy for long periods of time.

* {{Wutai}}: The ''Franchise/{{Mulan|Disney}}'' track takes place in Imperial China, with a section based on The Great Wall.

** Uniquely, the ''Toy Story'' characters are both bigger ''and'' smaller than they are in canon. On most tracks, they're scaled up to human size. On their home track, where everyone else is instead scaled down to their size, they're much smaller to the point where Hamm, RC, and Slinky Dog look huge by comparison.

** Tricksters can mirror the opponent's screen (similar to the Hack skill) by hitting them with a DashAttack.

** Tricksters [[InterfaceScrew reverse the opponent's screen]].

** Tricksters focus on trickery over offense or defense, being capable of reversing the opponent's screen by sideswiping them and gaining extra boost by drifting. However, since they lack the power of Brawlers or the defensive capabilities of Defenders, getting hit can easily set them back a few seconds with no easy way to recover.

* ''Franchise/TheLittleMermaid'': Ariel, Prince Eric, Ursula

* GoKartingWithBowser: Disney Villains Randall, Pete, Jafar, Hades, Gaston, Captain Gantu, and Hans are among the cast. Notably, the villains also drive for the same teams as their heroic adversaries.

* ''Franchise/TheLittleMermaid'': Ariel, Prince Eric

* ''Franchise/TheLittleMermaid'': Ariel

" ''Franchise/TheLittleMermaid'': Ariel

* ''WesternAnimation/{{WallE}}'': WALL•E, EVE

[[caption-width-right:349:[[HashtagForLaughs #takethetrackbystorm #startyourengines]]]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{WallE}}'': WALL•E

* AllegedlyFreeGame: The game is free-to-play but Racers have to be unlocked by earning their enough of their shards through completing seasons and Limited Events, with only Mickey, Donald, and Goofy being unlockable through a tutorial campaign. All Racers have levels through which players must unlock by getting the necessary upgrade items, including energy drinks for all Racers, specific Racer items depending on their class, specific items depending on their collection (franchise), and finally specific epic items just for that Racer. Crew members Players also must keep earning Racer shards to raise that Racer's level cap, unlock their unique skills, add more Crew Member slots. Of course, players can purchase special packs and Tokens to get Racers and upgrade parts.

* AllegedlyFreeGame: The game is free-to-play but Racers have to be unlocked by earning their enough of their shards through completing seasons and Limited Events, with only Mickey, Donald, and Goofy being unlockable through a tutorial campaign. All Racers have levels through which players must unlock by getting the necessary upgrade items, including energy drinks for all Racers, specific Racer items depending on their class, specific items depending on their collection (franchise), and finally specific epic items just for that Racer. Crew members Players also must keep earning Racer shards to raise that Racer's level cap, unlock their unique skills, add more Crew Member slots. Of course, players can buy special packs and Tokens to get Racers and upgrade parts.

** The Crew Members serve as this for characters who Gameloft Barcelona deem as either not being important or interesting enough to be a Racer but are still worthy of an appearance or who they don't believe could be translated into Racer well for different reasons, such as having a body that cannot work for a race car (like the quadrupedal Shere Khan and Bagheera, since Gameloft did not go the ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'' route for Baloo or anything related to ''WesternAnimation/{{The Jungle Book|1967}}) or not having a unique enough trait that could work for a unique skill.

''Disney Speedstorm'' is a MascotRacer featuring various characters from across Creator/{{Disney}} and Creator/{{Pixar}} by Creator/{{Gameloft}}. It was released in early access on April 18, 2023, for Platform/PlayStation4, Platform/PlayStation5, Platform/XboxOne, Platform/XboxSeriesXAndS, Platform/NintendoSwitch, and [[Platform/MicrosoftWindows Windows]] (via Platform/{{Steam}}, the Platform/EpicGamesStore, and the Microsoft Store), with a mobile version on UsefulNotes/{{iOS|Games}}/[=iPadOS=] and UsefulNotes/{{Android|Games}} soft-launched in some regions (beginning with UsefulNotes/{{Spain}} and UsefulNotes/{{Romania}}) on [[https://toucharcade.com/2023/08/02/disney-speedstorm-mobile-release-soft-launch-download-out-now-iphone-android-ipad-ios-season-3/ August 1, 2023,]] alongside the game's third season. Its full free-to-play release was on September 28, 2023.

* AssistCharacter: "Crew" chips, representing your character's pit crew and offering different skill buffs, take the form of various characters within your character's franchise group.

* TheCameo: The WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse makes an appearance in the Toon Village track for the first time in almost twenty years.

[[caption-width-right:349:''[[{{Tagline}} Take the track by storm!]]'']]

[[caption-width-right:349:[[HashtagForLaughs #takethetrackbystorm #startyourengines]]]]