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Pixar’s Best Movie of the 2010s Is Having a Huge Moment
Pixar’s Coco, widely regarded as one of the studio’s strongest films of the 2010s, is finally receiving broader franchise treatment after years as a largely standalone success. Its inclusion in Disney Lorcana signals a renewed effort to keep the film’s characters and themes prominent within Disney’s wider entertainment empire.
Coco will appear in Lorcana’s music-themed Hyperia City expansion, launching at prerelease events on 16 October and more widely on 23 October. Cards featuring Miguel, Héctor, Mama Coco and Ernesto de la Cruz translate the film’s ideas about music, memory and the Land of the Dead into gameplay, including discard-pile mechanics and a powerful “Remember Me” recovery effect.
In short
- Coco is joining Disney Lorcana’s expanding universe.
- New cards reflect the film’s music and memory themes.
- Hyperia City launches in October.
Explained simply
Coco is a Pixar film about Miguel, a boy who dreams of becoming a musician despite his family’s ban on music. During Mexico’s Day of the Dead, he enters the Land of the Dead and meets relatives who help him uncover his family’s history. The story centres on music, family and remembering those who have died.
The main characters include Miguel, his great-great-grandfather Héctor, his great-grandmother Mama Coco and the famous musician Ernesto de la Cruz. Disney Lorcana is a trading card game featuring characters from Disney films and other stories; its cards turn characters and ideas into game abilities. Coco’s presence in the game brings its characters and themes into Disney’s wider collection of entertainment.
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