Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow

Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow, known as Donald Starring in Maui Mallard in Europe, is a platform game of 1995. The game was developed by Eurocom and published by Disney Interactive. The game was one of the first to be released by Disney Interactive. What caught our attention, besides the quality of the game is the ability to control Donald Duck in two distinct styles of gameplay. Addressing a content a bit macabre, unlike standard on other Disney games, Cold Shadow managed to surprise the players who saw the Disney games with exclusivity and easy child. On a tropical island, the idol Shabum Shabum disappears. Shabum Shabum is considered the guardian spirit of the island, and unless the idol is recovered, the whole island will explode. The detective Maui Mallard ("interpreted" by Donald Duck) is called on the island to discover the whereabouts of the idol, and his investigations lead him to a haunted mansion. Going forward, he finds a strength training Ninja, where a wizard gives you Ninja skills. So Maui goes the power to transform into Cold Shadow. Besides the normal stages the game also features bonus stages called Babaluau Baby, all take place in a theater and the goal is to get all the fireworks.
The soundtrack of game is composed by Michael Giacchino. Giacchino is known for working on the soundtrack for films such as "Ratatouille," "The Incredibles," Up", "Mission Impossible III" and on the soundtrack of the series as "Lost"and "Fringe". For the North American versions of the game, all Donald Duck references are omitted for unknown reasons and the main character is only known as Maui Mallard.

With beautiful graphics, music and more, Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow is another good platform game for SNES. A sequel was planned, but factors like low popularity and the fact that it was launched in 1996 at the end of SNES, meant that these plans were shelved. I wish this game had continued. Maybe one day!

Mojo Mansion: 01:09
The Ninja Training Grounds: 16:01
Muddrake Mayhem: 36:21
Sacrifice of Maui: 48:26
Test of Duckhood: 1:00:57
The Flying Duckman: 1:16:47
The Realm of The Dead: 1:27:42
The Mojo Stronghold: 1:45:13