is a Japanese mobile game created by Aniplex and Walt Disney Japan. Yana Toboso, creator of the manga series Black Butler, is in charge of the original plan, main script, and character designs, which are inspired by Disney villains from various franchises. The game was first launched in Japan on March 18, 2020. An English localization was released on January 20, 2022, in the United States and Canada.
Gameplay The genre of Disney Twisted-Wonderland is described as a "Villains Academy ADV (adventure game)". It is described to have a "basic gameplay system" consisting of three main elements: Lessons, Stories, and Exams.
Twisted-Wonderland operates a gacha game model that allows players to obtain random new characters by spending the in-game currency of Magic Keys, which are obtained through the in-game shop, or Magic Gems. The characters players obtain can be leveled by having them attend "Lessons" and using the items obtained from said lessons. Players can test the strength of their characters through exams, which test specific elements that switch periodically. Players place their characters in battle to score points depending on their team's strength. Players then achieve a rank depending on their point score, with higher ranks giving higher rewards.
A system function was introduced to the Japanese version of the game on May 30, 2022, called the Guest Room. It allows players to freely customize and enjoy the "Guest Room" of the Ramshackle dorm while inviting their favorite characters (of the cards they have) to visit.
Plot Yuu, is summoned to another world by a magic mirror and arrives at a magical school, Night Raven College. The school's headmaster gives Yuu an abandoned dorm to stay in while he attempts to find a way for them to go home. Yuta becomes acquainted with the school's top students, each in seven different dormitories (each based on a different Disney villain), while searching for a way home.
Prologue: Welcome to the Villains' World Yuu is summoned to another world by a magic mirror and arrives at the magic training school, Night Raven College. Yuta has no recollection of how they were summoned there and is unable to be sent back to their original world. Through the antics of a fire-breathing magic cat monster named Grim, Yuta receives a small demonstration of the abilities some people in this new world possess.
Due to having nowhere else to go, Yuu is forced to live in Ramshackle until the headmaster, Dire Crowley, can find a way to send them home. After fighting some local ghosts and being evaluated by Crowley, Yuta and Grim are allowed to stay in the dorm.
Grim and Yuu meet Ace Trappola and Deuce Spade, who inform them about the Great Seven that the seven dormitories at Night Raven College are based on. Due to Grim's antics, an expensive magical chandelier breaks during a fight, and Crowley expels the group from the school. However, they are told that if they go on a quest to retrieve a replacement mage stone for the chandelier in order to fix their mistake, their expulsion would be rescinded. They visit an abandoned mine to find one and are attacked by a monster covered in an ink-like substance called "blot".
The group fights the monster for the stone, and Yuu discovers that they are able to get normally uncooperative students to work together. As these talents would be of a huge help to Night Raven College, filled with headstrong students unwilling to work in teams, Crowley asks Yuu to become a joint-student of the school, sharing their enrollment spot with Grim.
Book 1: The Rose-Red Tyrant On the night that Yuu and Grim are admitted to the school, Ace arrives with a magic-sealing collar on his neck, asking to stay the night. When asked about the situation, Ace replies that he angered Riddle Rosehearts by eating one slice of a tart that were meant for an unknown event, and that as punishment, he was collared. He complains about the long list of rules they must follow in his dorm, most of which seem to be unreasonable. He promises to apologize to his housewarden the next day and heads to the Heartslabyul dormitory.
They help a junior, Cater, paint some white roses red to match the rules of the dorm. He reveals that since they haven't come with an apology tart, a rule they were unaware of, they're still not allowed back in the dorm. They encounter other issues as Ace gets himself in trouble with Riddle once again during lunch and is now stuck with the collar for a longer period. They receive help from another member of the dorm, Trey, a childhood friend of Riddle's and a talented baker. He helps them bake a chestnut apology tart.
Yuu, Grim, Ace, Deuce, Cater and Trey all help taking the large tart to Riddle, and it's revealed that the party the original tarts Ace ate were meant for was the now-happening unbirthday party. They present the tart to Riddle, who angrily declares that they've broken rule 562 of the dorm by bringing a chestnut tart to an unbirthday party. Riddle then collars Deuce and Grim as well, and they are once again thrown out of the dorm. Ace decides to challenge Riddle for the position of dorm leader and loses. Riddle's excessive use of magic-blocking collars then causes several of his dorm members to speak out against his harsh punishments.
Out of frustration of people not following the rules of his dorm, Riddle uses too much magic and becomes an Overblot monster, like the one Yuu encountered in the mines. Crowley explains that when mages use too much magic, and the leftover waste product, blot, gathers in excess and causes the mages to go berserk. Grim and the Heartslabyul students defeat Riddle before he destroys the dorm.
Riddle apologizes for being so uptight about the rules and admits he doesn't really want to follow them himself. They throw a second unbirthday party at Ace's request, and Yuu, Grim and the Heartslabyul students paint the rest of the white roses red together. Riddle decides not to follow all of the dorm's rules as rigidly as he has been previously.
Book 2: The Usurper from the Wilds Yuu learns that a televised inter-dorm tournament for the sport of "Magical Shift" ("Spelldrive" in the English version) will be held at the school. Grim wishes to participate, but the sport requires a team of seven. A series of mysterious "accidents" begin to occur, resulting in injuries to exceptional players at the sport, including Trey and a near-miss on Riddle. Crowley requests Yuu and Grim to investigate in exchange for allowing them to participate in the tournament.
Deducing that the accidents were acts of sabotage, they, alongside Ace, Deuce, and Cater, visit Savanaclaw Dorm to warn Jack Howl, a skilled Magical Shift player, that he may be a target, but he refuses their help and the group is forced into a round of the sport by the housewarden, Leona Kingscholar, which they lose. That night, Jack realizes that Leona and Ruggie causing the accidents using Ruggie's ability to force people to mirror his own actions. He criticizes Leona for his dishonesty, who coldly dismisses him. Meanwhile, Yuu meets a Diasomnia student with horns outside Ramshackle, who leaves without introducing himself. Grim names him "Hornton". The next day, the group realizes that the injuries are caused by Ruggie's magic. Jack joins the group in confronting him, deciding he wants to help.
At the tournament, Ruggie causes a stampede using his ability in an attempt to remove Malleus Draconia, the Diasomnia housewarden and the most skilled player in Night Raven, from the competition. However, he is caught out using a trick from Cater and the pre-warned Diasomnia students. Leona gives up and refuses to play for his dorm, claiming that him playing is useless if Malleus is involved, as they're bound to lose anyway. Continued taunting of his weak will causes Leona to overblot, and Yuu and the Heartslabyul students work together to defeat him.
The tournament proceeds as originally planned, with all of the dorms insisting that Savanaclaw still be allowed to participate so they can try and get revenge through the game. Yuu, Grim, Ace, Deuce, and the Ramshackle Dorm ghosts all play a special exhibition match against Savanaclaw. The tournament is ultimately won by Diasomnia, and the Savanaclaw students resolve to try harder and play fairly next year.
Book 3: The Merchant from the Depths When end-of-term exam scores are announced, Yuu and Jack are shocked to see Grim, Ace, Deuce, and other students suddenly grow sea anemones from their heads and are dragged away to Octavinelle. It's revealed that all of them made magically binding deals with Azul Ashengrotto, the housewarden, for exam study guides, with the condition that if they failed to get above a certain rank in the school-wide results, then they would be forced to work for free in the dorm's café, the Mostro Lounge. Yuu signs a contract of their own with Azul to free their friends in exchange for a picture of Prince Rielle from the museum in the Coral Sea and is forced to offer Ramshackle Dorm as collateral. Now homeless, they are taken in by Savanaclaw, who assists them in destroying Azul's contracts and defeating him after he overblots.
Book 4: Schemer of the Scalding Sands The students of Night Raven College return home for the winter break. With no place to return to, Crowley tasks Yuu and Grim to watch over the school's heating system. Yuu meets Jamil Viper, the vice housewarden of the Scarabia dormitory, who tells them that the Scarabia dormitory received bad results on the final exams and will remain at school during the break to study. Jamil invites Yuu to visit Scarabia headed by housewarden Kalim Al-Asim, the eldest son of a wealthy family whom Jamil serves. Yuu uncovers Jamil's plot to use mind-control magic on Kalim, causing him to overwork Scarabia's students. By turning the students against Kalim and winning their support, Jamil hopes to replace him as housewarden, frustrated for living in Kalim's shadow despite being a more capable mage than him. With the help of Octavinelle, Jamil's plans are thwarted and he is defeated after he overblots.
Book 5: A Beautiful Tyrant The new semester has begun and Yuu, who has gotten used to their daily life, is surprised that the National Arcane Academy Culture Fair is happening at the school. Students were encouraged to audition for the fair's main event, the "Vocal & Dance Championship", and Ace, Deuce, and Grim are determined to be chosen to win the grand prize. They were taught how to dance by Kalim and Jamil, and passed the audition held at Pomefiore. Together with Vil and the others, they partake in intensive training to win the championship. On the day of the competition, Vil attempts to poison his longtime rival, Neige LeBlanche of Royal Sword Academy, but his plans are thwarted by Yuu and the others, causing Vil to overblot. After being defeated, Vil and the rest of the NRC Tribe perform, but they ultimately lose to Royal Sword Academy. Later that night, Yuu is attacked by Grim, who has gone berserk from consuming too many blot crystals.
Book 6: The Watchman of the Underworld