The Magical Quest RTA Wiki

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This guide is intended for speedrunners of The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse on the SNES. Here you can learn basic and advanced strategies intended to help you complete the game as quickly as possible.

Movement
Mickey's movement in The Magical Quest is heavily momentum-based. Mickey can gain speed by running down slopes, but will lose speed running on flat surfaces or inclines. By jumping, Mickey can keep his speed across long distances and use it to navigate levels quickly and easily.

Damage
* Under most circumstances you should avoid mid-charge magic shots due to the way the damage scales.

Movement:
In addition to slopes, Mickey can also gain run speed if a thrown enemy bounces off another object and collides with him, but make sure to be holding the same direction that the thrown object is travelling when it collides with Mickey. This speed boost will only occur when Mickey and the thrown enemy collide while on the ground.

Momentum can be maintained even when turning around, provided that Mickey turns while in the air. By jumping and then turning, Mickey is able to maintain his speed around corners.

Enemy AI:
Boss patterns and movements are determined by a number of factors, but the most common way to change their RNG is by destroying one or more of the gold blocks found throughout each level. It is important to destroy some blocks on certain levels (such as 1-2) in order to generate the optimal RNG for boss fights.

Keep in mind that some bosses will also change their behavior based on Mickey's position in relation to them, as well as the speed in which Mickey is able to complete previous levels (?). For more details on individual boss patterns and optimal strategies refer to the individual level pages.

Style guide (temporary)
The game is really bad about naming things, so this will help editors to refer to commonly used terms while writing this guide. Standardizing the language we use will ensure consistency and understanding, especially for non-native English speakers.

Mickey's Costumes

 * Wizard's costume
 * Firefighter's costume
 * Mountaineer's costume

Blocks

 * Gold block
 * Red block
 * Grey block
 * Up block
 * Treasure box

Boss names

 * Worm
 * Spider
 * Furnace (?)
 * Roc/Rukh/Rukk (all correct, but pick one. Wikipedia lists it under Roc)
 * Snowboard Pete
 * Emperor Pete