>Monopoly is releasing a 'Lion King' board game, and it comes with a mini Pride Rock that plays music from the movie.
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Monopoly is releasing a 'Lion King' board game, and it comes with a mini Pride Rock that plays music from the movie
Caleb Lopez
Xavier Brooks
>Zazu isn’t the lowest price thing to buy
Wasted opportunity
Jason Barnes
>"We know fans love pop culture integrations with their favorite games and with the 25th anniversary of the original motion picture and the release of the live-action film in July, fans will be clamoring for ways to celebrate the classic movie," senior director of global brand strategy and marketing at Hasbro, Jen Boswinkel, told INSIDER of how this edition came about.
Nathaniel Sullivan
>music from the movie.
Which movie?
Kevin Gray
The original film.
>The outside of the box has sketches of "The Lion King" characters all over it.
Carter Reyes
>While you can buy a few landmarks from the Disney animated feature like Pride Rock, The Lion King edition of Monopoly focuses more on reliving Simba's journey to becoming King of the Pride Lands.
>The properties for purchase are a mixture of moments and locations from "The Lion King." There's the Elephant Graveyard Simba and Nala sneak inside to concepts like "The Circle of Life" and "Remember Who You Are."
Michael Garcia
>Mufasa, Scar, Simba, and his friends, Nala, Timon, and Pumbaa are the six tokens that will come with the board game. These are finally crafted, weighted tokens. Each one has its own unique place to go back inside the box.
Jayden Robinson
>Hasbro confirmed to INSIDER all of the artwork seen on cards and on the board is conceptual and developmental art straight from the Disney Animation Library.
Joshua Allen
>The "Lion King" edition doesn't come with Chance and Community Chest cards. Instead, both are replaced by 32 Destiny cards.
>If you're a big fan of the animated movie, each Destiny card recalls a scene from the film and will probably make you a bit nostalgic for the classic. For example, a card with Scar's line "Life's Not Fair, Is It?" requires players to pay 50 Monopoly dollars to the banker. Harsh.
Juan Gomez
>Hotels and houses are replaced by plastic beetles and grubs and the railroads consist of four animal herds: the Rhino, Elephant, Antelope, and Wildebeest.
Thomas Williams
>And instead of the two utility spaces, players can land on "Advisor" properties with Rafiki or Zazu on them. The properties are the same in nature.
Ryan Harris
>The coolest addition to the "Lion King" edition is a compact rendition of Pride Rock, which holds the game's Destiny cards. When you press a button on the miniature, it plays the opening seconds of "The Circle of Life," which mean "Here comes a lion, father" in Zulu. The mini Pride Rock requires two AAA batteries, which are included with the game.
>Monopoly's "The Lion King" Edition will be available Monday, April 22 at Walmart for $39.99 for ages eight and up. It will be available at other retailers in June.
DONE.
Who's your favorite Lion King character?
Would you take a safari to the The Pridelands?
Jonathan Wright
ANIMALS DONT USE CURRENCY REEEEE
Angel Harris
this is fucking stupid
Jack Butler
So what currency they use in this game?
Jaxson Wright
The art on these cards is the coolest thing about this.
Jace Gonzalez
What do you guys think the games piece tier list will be for this version?
Nathan Evans
Surprising lots of effort put into this, compared to Frozen Monopoly, for example.
Jaxon Bennett
I'll bet that's concept art and suchlike from the original release.
Josiah Murphy
Really nice, though it makes me think of Zazu and Rafiki working in goverment office (not a cubicle or building but an institution) as registrars and tax auditors.
Hudson Wilson
They could've made an interesting board game and instead they just made a clone of the shittiest.
Cooper Jones
>using money as a currency to buy animal territories
>instead of pissing all over the board to claim your territory