Disney Dreamlight Valley Could Use Pixar’s Elio to Launch Into Sci-Fi Greatness

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One of the standout aspects of Disney Dreamlight Valley lies in its expanding roster of characters. Since its debut in early access last year, the game has introduced forty-seven characters so far, with even more expected by 2025. Yet, it might be intriguing if Disney Dreamlight Valley delved deeper into the realms we and our characters traverse, by focusing on a particular Pixar movie as a central theme.

Many Disney enthusiasts are displeased by the studio’s planned direction for new content in the coming years. Spanning all branches, including Walt Disney Animation, Pixar Studios, Star Wars, and Marvel, a significant number of the studio’s future projects are slated to be remakes, offshoots, or continuations. Fortunately, a handful of upcoming films will feature entirely new narratives, with an original Pixar production due for release in June.

Elio Should Beam Up to Disney Dreamlight Valley

Originally scheduled for a March 2024 premiere, Pixar’s movie titled “Elio” has been moved to June 13, 2024, due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike and leadership changes at Pixar, as confirmed by Pixar CCO Pete Docter. This upcoming and innovative Pixar production revolves around a young boy named Elio who has a fascination for space and aliens. His life, along with his aunt’s, gets flipped on its head when he is kidnapped by aliens. In this extraordinary situation, Elio assumes the role of Earth’s ambassador to face an intergalactic organization, where he is tasked with explaining everything about his home planet. As the sole representative and presumed leader, Elio must enlighten them on all aspects of Earth.

In the popular game, you’ll find eight characters hailing from the animation studio, yet the majority of Pixar additions in Disney Dreamlight Valley come in the form of extras such as clothing, themes, and decorative items. Interestingly, two whole Star Paths have been reserved for the animation studio – the Pixar Fest Star Path and the Wonder of Pixar Star Path. It appears that Disney Dreamlight Valley is catering to players’ love for Pixar through these Star Paths, given the extensive library of films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. However, this can sometimes lead to player frustration due to a lack of playable characters from Pixar.

There are numerous enjoyable features that Elio could incorporate into Disney Dreamlight Valley. In reality, incorporating Elio as an entrance point within Disney Dreamlight Valley could widen the interaction and explorative possibilities for the villagers already featured in this popular simulation game.

Disney Dreamlight Valley Should Take to the Stars

In Disney Dreamlight Valley, the realms of outer space and sci-fi are not fully explored or well-represented. The only significant representation within this game is through WALL-E from the movie of the same name. Interestingly, both WALL-E characters are inhabitants in the game, but only WALL-E is initially available in the base game, while EVE can be obtained with the A Rift in Time Expansion Pass. Buzz Lightyear is another character that falls under sci-fi, but his character within Disney Dreamlight Valley is modeled after Toy Story rather than the recent 2022 prequel film, Lightyear.

This proposition presents Elio with a distinctive chance to enrich Disney Dreamlight Valley with additional sci-fi aspects, considering the game primarily revolves around fantasy and fairy tales. It’s worth noting that although Disney is known for these genres, it also possesses several sci-fi films that might thrive in the setting of a space-themed expansion. In essence, incorporating an outer space or alien planet biome into Disney Dreamlight Valley‘s map would broaden its current geographical scope.

2025 doesn’t seem like it will bring the addition of Elio as a character in Disney Dreamlight Valley, unfortunately. Back in November 2024, they released a roadmap for their base game that runs up until Summer 2025. With Peter Pan-themed content coming this summer and his movie premiering in June, it seems Elio won’t be joining the valley as a visitor from outer space when his film comes out. However, I think Disney Dreamlight Valley should venture into sci-fi at some point, and Elio would make for a great way to do that!

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2025-02-06 00:57