Toontown Online marks Disney’s entrance into the MMORPG market. The game is designed for children, but can be enjoyed by adults as well. Toontown allows players to take part in a very different online experience from the normal hack and slash of fantasy games or the laser blasting of sci-fi games. You play a cartoon character of your own choosing and are on a mission to save Toontown from the greedy suit and tie robots known as the Cogs. As you are helped along the way by your fellow players and the characters of classic Disney cartoons, you fight Cogs by throwing pies, squirting water, or dropping weights on their heads. The game has many basic themes of the average MMORPG, but carries a fun and easy attitude for kids to enjoy. While Toontown does suffer from the typical MMORPG grind, it is still a fun game and a great way to keep the kids occupied for hours on end.

Saturday Evening Dec. 10, 2005 – I started my character Fatty in Toontown online. After going through the choices I decided the monkey was the funniest looking. I made him as short and fat as possible and kept him the classic brown color. However, I could not resist the Hawaiian shirt option. I am very pleased with Fatty. Though Disney gives you a million names to choose from, I opted to create my own. When you do this Disney reviews the name to make sure it is appropriate.

The tutorial begins and before I know it I am riding the trolley to play games. The cannon game to shoot you into a giant water bucket is hysterical. Some very skilled players were in the game with me. I lost horribly.