It is most definitely a better experience going into it blind and figuring all its little details out as you go. This is where it gets tricky to talk too much about Kingdom: New Lands.

As far as I could tell Kingdom was just a nice looking game about riding your horse back and forth through cool environments, and that’s definitely true, but after putting time into the iOS version I now realize there is so, SO much more to this game than there appears on the surface. Kingdom appeared to be a side-view city-building and exploration game with minor tower defense elements all wrapped up in stunning pixel art.

Not having played the game on other platforms I only really knew what I read and what I saw in trailers. Like I said, I’ve known about Kingdom for a long time, but I didn’t really KNOW know what the game was all about until this iOS release. Well, better late than never as Kingdom: New Lands has finally arrived on iOS with all that extra content in tow. It was supposed to launch on iOS later that year, but the developers had to turn their attention to a massive expansion to the original game called New Lands which they launched on desktop alongside an Xbox One version of the game last August. It always seemed like a natural fit for mobile, and during GDC last year we were shown an early demo of Kingdom running on iOS, and it looked really promising. I’ve known about Kingdom: New Lands ($4.99) for quite some time, as the game originally started as a Flash game in 2013 before being fleshed out and released for desktop in the fall of 2015. If you disagree with what we’ve chosen, let’s try to use the comments of these articles to have conversations about what game is your game of the week and why. These picks might be controversial, and that’s OK. Instead, it’s more just us picking out the single game out of the week’s releases that we think is the most noteworthy, surprising, interesting, or really any other hard to describe quality that makes it worth having if you were just going to pick up one. Now, before anyone goes over-thinking this, it doesn’t necessarily mean our Game of the Week pick is the highest scoring game in a review, the game with the best graphics, or really any other quantifiable “best' thing. For now though, parks fans can only hope for more details on this proposed expansion in the near future as it will certainly be interesting to see what sort of attractions and experiences would be present within each of the unique areas.The idea behind the TouchArcade Game of the Week is that every Friday afternoon we post the one game that came out this week that we think is worth giving a special nod to. Given the scale of this proposed expansion, it’s understandable why D’Amaro presented them as more like “suggestions” for now, as it's likely that Disney may even be hoping to gauge guests reactions before moving forward. Perhaps the most exciting part is that their debut shouldn’t come at the cost of another major Magic Kingdom attraction, as these early plans see the new lands placed behind Big Thunder Mountain, where there are currently no attractions, or even guest access. Should these plans come to fruition, it could mark one of Walt Disney World’s biggest expansions at the Magic Kingdom. These plans were revealed to be in their earliest possible stages of development, confirming that, even if Disney were to officially decide to move forward with them, it would be a long time before guests actually get to experience them for themselves.

These interesting ideas were accompanied by some fairly vague concept art, which can be viewed below, that glimpsed the Madrigal’s casita from Encanto, as well as a Coco-themed area, while some dark villainous looking shadows can also be seen in the far distance. Presented by Disney parks chairman Josh D’Amaro, who prefaced them as plans that would likely scare the heads of the Disney company, it was revealed that early concepts have been conceived for Encanto, Coco and Villians themed lands. The ‘announcement’ saw three exciting new lands suggested for the park, all set to exist beyond the towering rock work of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. Disney closed their most recent parks panel at D23 Expo with some huge “What Ifs” offering a glimpse inside the minds of the Imagineers who are currently working on what’s next for the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World.

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