Disney Infinity is an
action-adventure game with physical toys, open-world creation, and story-driven gameplay. Characters, playsets, and other features are brought into the game using figurines and discs with the included Infinity Base. With the exception of non-humanoid characters, such as those from the
Cars series, each character has a double jump and a default set of attacks, as well as an ability unique to each figure. For example,
Sulley and
Jack Skellington can roar to scare others while
Violet and Randall can turn invisible. There were two main modes in this game: Play Set Each playset is essentially a self-contained world with its own gameplay, based on a specific film or series with recognizable characters and storylines. In play set mode, the player can earn items, tools, and characters to use in Toy Box mode. Characters from one world cannot enter into another world, but players can put any characters together in Toy Box mode. Toy Box is a sandbox mode that players can fully customize and explore, and earn items, tools, and characters to customize and explore from play sets.
Character Design All characters have a unique design, but the females are different.
Violet and
Elastigirl both have oversized legs and feet and have a slight heel,
Elsa's fingers are combined with her dress,
Jessie has longer legs and her boots are sharper, and
Rapunzel's fingers are combined with her dress, just like Elsa, but her toes are square-pointed.
Play Set Mode There are a number of playsets available, which are accessed via placing the relevant playset piece onto the Infinity Base. These include
Pirates of the Caribbean,
Monsters University,
The Incredibles,
Cars,
The Lone Ranger and
Toy Story 3. These playsets have their own unique campaign, which could be played with up to two players (except for the Wii version). However, all characters from a specific franchise can only play in their respective playset (for example,
Mr. Incredible cannot be used in the
Pirates of the Caribbean playset), meaning two figures from the same series are required to play a play set in split-screen multiplayer. Playing through Play Set mode unlocks objects and vehicles that can be used in the Toy Box mode.
Toy Box mode Toy Box mode allows players to create their own game in an open-world arena. Players can mix and match everything that is unlocked within each of the play sets including characters, weapons and gadgets. By unlocking new content in the
Disney Infinity play sets, players are able to build their own worlds and essentially create their own game. A version of the Toy Box is also available for
Windows PC. These versions of the Toy Box utilized the web codes included with each
Disney Infinity character.
Physical elements ,
Mr. Incredible, and
James P. "Sulley" Sullivan. The Starter Pack edition of the game was bundled with three figurines (Sulley, Mr. Incredible, and Jack Sparrow), three play sets, and an
Infinity Base. The
Infinity Base has two round spots to place figurines, and a hexagonal spot to place world discs. When the figurines are placed on the
Infinity Base, the characters are imported into the game, while world discs unlock Play Sets.
Alternate versions Following a delay, the PC version of
Disney Infinity was released on November 14, 2013. This version was available free of charge and could be downloaded from the
Disney Infinity website. It originally contained the game's Toy Box mode, similar to the iPad version. However, a patch was released on February 28, 2014 that added in all six Play Sets, putting it on par with the console versions. The game featured several changes from the console version, however. The game did not support the Infinity Base. Instead, characters were unlocked either by purchasing them from the
Disney Infinity website (at a discounted rate, due to the lack of a physical figurine) or by redeeming a web code card included with the physical figurines. Since Power Discs do not come with web codes, they had to be purchased from the PC Shop. The game also did not support multiplayer, though players could link up with the console version to share Toy Boxes between the two versions. Due to the space limitations of the Wii platform, some design decisions had to be made in the game. The gameplay does not have online play or multiplayer in Play Sets, but there is multiplayer in Toy Box. That means that there are smaller playset worlds and no downloadable or shareable Toy Box worlds. Toy Box has six different worlds, each with different toys and tools. On August 21, 2014, the
Disney Infinity software was released as a free download for the North American
Wii U eShop, for the convenience of upgrading to the superior Wii U version for players who originally own the Wii Starter Pack, although the Wii version is backwards-compatible on Wii U. The game's subsequent sequels,
Disney Infinity 2.0 and
Disney Infinity 3.0, were not available for Wii. Different from the console and PC versions, the
Nintendo 3DS version of the game is a
party game, in which up to four players play on various themed game boards and participate in various
minigames. The Toy Box mode can be used to create new game boards. This version uses its own Infinity Base, which has only one character slot compared to the console version, and connects to the 3DS wirelessly. ==Development==