Like most simulation games, Disney Dreamlight Valley provides players with a roster of tools to help them explore their surroundings. This batch of Royal Tools is essential to Disney Dreamlight Valley’s gameplay, allowing players to fish with the Royal Fishing Rod, take photos with the Royal Phone, mine with the Royal Pickaxe, maintain crops with the Royal Watering Can, and dig for resources with the Royal Shovel. But the Royal Tools have seen their fair share of expansions as the game has expanded into DLC itself.
Disney Dreamlight Valley currently features two expansion passes: A Rift in Time and the Storybook Vale expansion. Of course, both DLC passes introduced new characters and worlds to Disney Dreamlight Valley, but they also gave players new tools, including a new Royal Tool. A Rift in Time introduced the Royal Hourglass and the Storybook Vale introduced the Royal Net. Players who only have Disney Dreamlight Valley’s base game aren’t missing out on these tools, as they are used for DLC-exclusive gameplay: the Royal Hourglass is used to detect and extract Mist and the Royal Net is used to capture Snippets. With the possibility and precedent set for more Royal Tools to hit Disney Dreamlight Valley, it would only make sense for Gameloft to utilize one of the most iconic tools of all time if one of Disney’s most popular IPs fully joins the hit simulation game.
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Star Wars Should Head to DDV As an Expansion Pass
As part of the Wonderland Whimsy update, new Star Wars items hit Disney Dreamlight Valley’s Premium Shop. This was the debut of Star Wars content in Disney Dreamlight Valley. Historically speaking, Disney Dreamlight Valley has only added characters from Walt Disney Animation and Pixar Studios to its character roster. However, Gameloft has turned to other properties, primarily the Disney parks and Disney Channel Original Movies, as inspiration for the game’s various furniture, clothing, and decor. The introduction of the Star Wars items received positive reception from players, but Disney Dreamlight Valley’s playerbase has expressed hesitation about introducing Star Wars and the MCU in a character capacity into Disney Dreamlight Valley.
If Gameloft and Disney are dedicated to adding Star Wars to Disney Dreamlight Valley, making the property DLC exclusive seems like the best route. This will give players the choice to add Star Wars content to their game, rather than forcing everyone to accept the property. It would also make adding a Lightsaber Royal Tool quite simple.
What a Royal Lightsaber Could Look Like
As mentioned, Royal Tools are used for integral Disney Dreamlight Valley gameplay, but only with regard to DLC content. In the case of the Expansion Pass exclusive Royal Tools, the Hourglass and Net are necessary to progress the plots of their respective DLC. Therefore, the Royal Lightsaber must interact with some obstacles that players must overcome. Since Lightsabers are obviously modeled after swords, perhaps the new tool could be used to slash down a dangerous entity slowly taking over the Valley.
From there, Gameloft would have to decide the driving antagonist of the Star Wars Expansion Pass. Maybe, somehow, Palpatine returned yet again, this time to Disney Dreamlight Valley. Alternatively, players could be tasked with slashing down Stormtroopers who have invaded the Valley, though Gameloft and Disney could find this to be too violent for the child-friendly simulation game. Things could be taken even further, with players left with a choice to join the Light or Dark sides. This would then be reflected in the color of their lightsaber. Regardless of how Gameloft chooses to introduce the tool, a Royal Lightsaber would be the perfect addition to a Star Wars-themed Disney Dreamlight Valley Expansion Pass.
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WHERE TO PLAY
- Engine
- unity
- Genre(s)
- Life Simulation, Casual
