Video games Disney Tsum Tsum Disney Tsum Tsum (promoted as
LINE: Disney Tsum Tsum) is a
free-to-play mobile puzzle game for
iOS and
Android developed and published by
Line Corporation. The game features Disney,
Pixar, and
Star Wars characters rendered as Tsum Tsum toys, as well as characters from media based on Disney, including the
Kingdom Hearts series. It also features
Cloud Strife,
Tifa Lockhart, and
Aerith Gainsborough from
Final Fantasy VII, part of the
Final Fantasy series, based on their appearances in
Kingdom Hearts. The game is divided between two different versions which differ in content; the original Japanese version and a separate global version, with both versions being regularly updated separately from one another. The game requires a constant Internet connection to play. As of April 2017, the game had surpassed 70million downloads and grossed over in gross revenue, bringing total franchise revenue to when including merchandise sales, which generated around . bringing total franchise revenue to around including merchandise sales. In February 2022, the game shut down all operations in Russia due to
their invasion of Ukraine.
Gameplay The game's story is that Disney Tsum Tsum toys have fallen from the shelves of the
Disney Store overnight and need to be put back on the shelves before the store opens. Players must drag their finger on their phone's touchscreen to connect at least three Tsums in order to clear them from the playfield, clearing as many Tsums as possible before time runs out. As Tsums are cleared, players score points and more Tsums fall in from above. Players score more points and coins, which can be used to buy new Tsums and raise their score level caps, when clearing four or more Tsums at a time. Clearing at least seven Tsums, or six when a specific boost is activated before a game, will also spawn a magical bubble, known as a bomb in the Japanese version, that immediately clears surrounding Tsums when tapped to pop them. As Tsums are cleared, they fill up a "Fever Meter" that, when full, triggers a ten-second "Fever Mode", which adds five seconds of playtime to the timer, clears away Tsums faster, and temporarily prevent combos from breaking. In addition, clearing "MyTsums", a Tsum that players select before each game, fills a meter that allows players to use their MyTsum's special ability. There are two types of Tsums: Happiness Box Tsums and Premium Box Tsums. Happiness Boxes contain one of fourteen Tsums from the
Mickey & Friends, ''
Chip 'n' Dale, or Winnie the Pooh'' franchises, while the more expensive Premium Boxes contain one of an ever-increasing number of Tsums that have stronger skills than the Happiness Box Tsums and usually have a higher skill level cap. Some Tsums can only be earned via specific methods or events. Also, for certain periods of time, there may be a second option for purchasing Premium Box Tsums in either Pick-Up Capsules or Select Boxes. Pick-Up Capsules contain fifteen or twenty specific Tsums for players to earn, with players being awarded a Skill Ticket—an item that allows players to increase the skill levels of any Tsum that they already have in their collection for free—if they empty the dispenser before its availability period ends. Select Boxes contain upwards of ten or twelve Tsums, providing an increased chance of winning Tsums available in such boxes compared to buying them in the regular Premium Boxes. There are also in-game
bingo cards that award prizes when certain optional missions are completed. Completing a row, column or diagonal line of optional missions for bingo will award players various minor prizes, while completing an entire card will earn players tickets for free Tsums without having to spend coins, special Tsums, including those that cannot be earned through regular means, or Skill Tickets, depending on the card. Various time-limited events also award similar prizes through completing separate sets of missions. Playing a round of
Disney Tsum Tsum costs one "heart" (
life). Hearts can be earned by waiting fifteen minutes to refill, for up to five hearts in total; any more will disable refilling until players have less than five hearts again, completing bingos or event missions, spending "Rubies", the game's premium currency that can be purchased through
microtransactions or earned through leveling up or completing bingos, or by sending hearts to
Line and
Facebook friends who are logged into the game. Players can send one free heart to each friend per hour, and sending hearts does not cost players their own hearts.
Marvel Tsum Tsum Marvel Tsum Tsum was a
free-to-play mobile puzzle game for iOS and Android developed by XFLAG and published by
Mixi. The game focuses on
Marvel characters rendered as Tsum Tsum toys and, despite having similar gameplay, is unrelated to Line Corporation's
Disney Tsum Tsum. The game was released worldwide on August 31, 2016 and shut down on October 31, 2017.
Disney Tsum Tsum Festival Disney Tsum Tsum Festival is a party video game developed by
B.B. Studio and Hyde and published by
Bandai Namco Entertainment for the
Nintendo Switch. It contains a variety of minigames, such as
curling and
air hockey, and a version of the
Disney Tsum Tsum mobile game. It was released in Japan on October 10, 2019, and globally on November 8.
Television shorts Tsum Tsum is a series of comedy computer-animated shorts based on the toy line. Directed by Hiroshi Chida with CG supervision by Yoshiki Nakao at
Polygon Pictures, it debuted in Japan on
Disney Channel and
Dlife on December 12, 2014, and in the United States on
Disney Channel later that month.
Web series Tsum Tsum Kingdom is a live-action series produced by
Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media. Debuted on Disney's website and social media on May 12, 2016, it consists of documentary-style episodes featuring stories centered on Tsum toys. Disney also produced
As Told By Tsum Tsums, a series of video recaps of Disney films such as
Star Wars and
Alice in Wonderland with plush Tsums. == References ==