The game focuses on Mickey Mouse, who accidentally damages a world created by Yen Sid for forgotten characters and concepts, and is forced to fix the world while combating antagonists with a paintbrush. Marvel Comics released a prequel comic based on Epic Mickey, titled Disney's Epic Mickey: Tales of the Wasteland. The Paint and Thinner had severely damaged the world and created an evil being called the Blot, who has usurped power from Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Walt Disney's first creation before Mickey, and sent the world into ruin. Iger initiated a trade with NBC Universal that would allow Michaels to be released from his contract in exchange for the rights to Oswald and other minor assets. 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They go to Tomorrow City and find a rocket they can use to leave, but Oswald finds the Mad Doctor has stolen essential parts from it to use for his evil plans, so Mickey goes to collect them. [17][18] Warren Spector has stated that Epic Mickey was planned as a trilogy. Epic Mickey is a 2010 platform game developed by Junction Point Studios and published by Disney Interactive Studios for the Wii.The game focuses on Mickey Mouse, who accidentally damages a world created by Yen Sid for forgotten characters and concepts, and is forced to fix the world while combating antagonists with a paintbrush. The build featured during E3 is nearly identical to the final release build, save for a few differences such as the dialogue boxes, E-ticket colors, and various other textures. [2] The Wasteland concept and Oswald and the Phantom Blot as antagonists were part of this initial pitch and the project became a factor in Disney getting Oswald back from Universal in 2006. Created by Hal Adelquist, Walt Disney. Contributed By: noidentity 2 1 « See More or Submit Your Own! Publisher Early concept art indicates that the game had more steampunk-type art direction. Video game talk show Good Game's two presenters gave the game a 6 and 7 out of 10. Warren Spector clarified that the art style in these screenshots was still being finalized and that the game was still in early development.[3]. In early concepts and builds of the game, Mickey's appearance was originally intended to change more drastically based on his actions, and the "playstyle matters" aspect of the game was assumed to have played a much higher role. Two of the three sketches, the watch and the television, slow down time and distract enemies, respectively. I guess it is a kid's game after all, but at least it's an intelligent one. [11] Disney Interactive Studios was unable to secure a developer for the game until 2007, when Disney acquired Junction Point Studios, Warren Spector's company. [48] These rumours were further encouraged when Disney France and Warren Spector invited the French media to an "epic project" taking place on March 27, 2012. The … Warren Spector However, Mickey frees himself before they can succeed and scares off the Blot with Yen Sid's brush, forcing the Mad Doctor to flee. In its opening weekend, Epic Mickey failed to reach the UK Top 40 and even the Wii Top 10 sales charts after its November 26 UK release. The game also marks the first time that Oswald and Mickey appeared together. Alternatively, Mickey can use his spin move to knock enemies off ledges and into Thinner. Epic Mickey Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. Wii Release Date It focuses on Mickey's half-brother Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, and gives some insight on what the Wasteland was like before Mickey's appearance and the thinner disaster. In its opening weekend, Epic Mickey failed to reach the UK Top 40 and even the Wii Top 10 sales charts after its November 26 UK release. The initial plans for Epic Mickey were developed in a. [45] On November 30, 2010, the release date in North America, the game was completely sold out on the Disney Store website by the afternoon. The game is set in the Cartoon Wasteland, a pen-and-paper stylised world, created in the game's narrative by the sorcerer Yen Sid, as a place for "forgotten things", namely disused or obscure Disney characters. Race around 20 All-American courses - from Alaska to the Everglades - as you try to track down the Weasels and rescue poor dognapped Pluto. [19] An early idea for the game was for Mickey to adopt an angrier look when he was played in the "scrapper" manner; this idea was dropped after Spector decided it changed Mickey too much from people's perceptions of the character. The player's decisions can change parts of the world, such as other characters' attitudes towards Mickey, and more subtle changes such as slower music or the amount of Blot drops coming off of Mickey. The first official screenshots were shown off by Game Informer in their November 2009 issue. Early concept art of the Dark Beauty Castle with the scrapped Hero Mickey. They compared the paintbrush abilities to that of the water jet pack from Super Mario Sunshine and found it frustrating how the levels reset back to their original state after leaving. Originally, it was planned to be released for the Xbox 360 and PS3, with a Wii port handled by an outside studio. The player controls Mickey using traditional 3D platforming mechanics. [10], The game was originally intended to be released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and its name was its working title. However, the mechanism was scrapped in favor of the Guardian system. In an interview, he stated that Disney gave the development team a lot of creative freedom, but was a bit more touchy with how they handled Mickey Mouse. Engine James Dooley After traveling through the Gremlin Village and fighting the Clock Tower (who has been driven insane after hearing the song "It's a Small World" non-stop for decades)[citation needed], he makes it to Mean Street, where the Wasteland Toons mainly reside. Mickey must defeat the Blot, gain the trust of Oswald, save the forgotten world, and return home to the Toon World. Concept art for the game by Fred Gambino and Gary Glover depicts a "surrealistically bizarre" look at Disney characters and locations. Screenshots of an early version of the game suggest the game was originally going to use a lives system. Nintendo Power magazine also commented on the rumour, stating that their April 2012 issue would include a "top-secret" title preview, with the preview for the issue showing a cropped down picture of Oswald The Lucky Rabbit. Epic Mickey received mixed to positive reviews,with a score of 72.57% on GameRankings and 73/100 on Metacritic. After stopping the Blots invasion of the Wasteland, Mickey, Oswald and Gus attempt to use the rocket to reach the Blot, but end up crashing into Dark Beauty Castle after the Blot absorbs the rocket's paint. For example, obstacles can be erased from physical existence using the thinner and then restored using the paint, or enemies can be befriended by revitalizing them with the paint or destroyed completely using the thinner. It had gone from the post-apocalyptic steampunk-style setting to a new more gloomy, chaotic, and shapeless wasteland. With the Wasteland now regenerating, Mickey escapes back to Yen Sid's workshop and returns home through the mirror, which becomes sealed by Yen Sid to prevent Mickey from entering again and causing any more mischief. In a list of the top 10 best-looking Wii games, Lifewire put Epic Mickey at second place, praising it for its unique take on Disney animation and noting that it looks "more like a Disney cartoon than most modern Disney cartoons."[5]. His chance came in 2006, when television sportscaster Al Michaels expressed interest in joining NBC (which had merged with Oswald owner Universal Pictures by this time) to call play-by-play for Sunday Night Football, even though he had just signed a long-term deal with Disney-owned ESPN to continue on Monday Night Football. Oswald reveals that he and his girlfriend, Ortensia, attempted to seal the Blot away, but Ortensia was blighted by the Blot in the process and entered an inert state. [12], Compared to the Kingdom Hearts series, a similar video game franchise created by Japanese video game company Square Enix, which combined modern-day Disney characters with their own Final Fantasy characters, Epic Mickey emphasizes retro-vintage and long-lost Disney characters that were created much earlier, and draws more plot elements from the film Fantasia, rather than Final Fantasy; in Kingdom Hearts II, a location in the game was based on the 1920s Steamboat Willie cartoon, but other than that, the rest of the game took its cast from more recently created characters. The game sold 1.3 million copies its first month. A Japanese version (titled Epic Mickey: Mickey Mouse and the Magic Brush) with camera issues fixed, higher brightness, and adjusted difficulty was published on August 4th in Japan by Nintendo. Our goal is that you will not have to touch the manual camera controls even once to play through the main story path of this game." Mickey, realizing what he has done, sets out to clean up his mess and restore Wasteland with the help of the magical paintbrush. A U.S.-exclusive Epic Mickey Collector's Edition was announced that includes special packaging, special behind-the-scenes DVD, Mickey vinyl figure, a Wii Remote skin, and Wii console skins. Spector also revealed that the game was to include voice acting and musical numbers, both of which were absent in the first game. [9] Other locations include Bog Easy, based on New Orleans Square, which is home to the Lonesome Manor, based on the Haunted Mansion; Ventureland, based on Adventureland; Tomorrow City, based on Tomorrowland; and OsTown, based on Mickey's Toontown, where Clarabelle Cow, and an animatronic version of Goofy live. [citation needed], Writer Peter David, who in 2010 was an exclusive writer for Disney-owned Marvel Comics,[24] wrote a graphic novel adaptation of Epic Mickey, and a prequel digicomic, Disney's Epic Mickey: Tales of Wasteland. The Last of Us 2 co-director talks about the dev team's true final boss: doors. Initially distributed on Disney's Digicomics platform for iOS products, a print version released in late-August 2011. Photos related to Epic Mickey. Platformer, Action-Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy Panicking, Mickey quickly tries to erase the Blot by throwing paint thinner onto it, but spills more paint on the model in the process. Mickey Mouse, out of curiosity, enters Yen Sid's workshop through a mirror in his house and discovers the model of a land (which resembles Disneyland) that Yen Sid created for forgotten Toons and the tool used to create it, the magic paintbrush. Epic Mickey features a morality system similar to games like Infamous, Spider-Man: Web of Shadows, and Shadow the Hedgehog. He stated that Disney had a bit of a hard time swallowing the idea of Mickey's appearance changing depending on the player's actions. These choices influence the collectibles that can be unlocked, the background music that plays, the ease of getting past obstacles, and the cutscenes in the game. He's not just a multiplayer character. [35] G4TV also named it "Best Wii Game. [27][28][29], Epic Mickey received average to positive reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic.[30]. In June 2010, the world got another look at Epic Mickey. ", Giant Bomb gave a Negative review with 2/5 stars saying "Nevermind these heightened expectations, though: even on its own merits, Epic Mickey is a platformer that feels about a generation behind, though one with just enough flashes of inspiration to keep you constantly aware of its wasted potential". According to Warren Spector, Disney may have been the cause of the removal of the "Hero Mickey" and "Scrapper Mickey" gameplay mechanic. Gametrailers.com also stated that their March 22, 2012 episode would include a "world-exclusive preview of Warren Spector's new epic adventure" and that it would be "notably significant". An art book, The Art of Epic Mickey, also released in September 2011. I guess it is a kid's game after all, but at least it's an intelligent one. [21][22] Epic Mickey marks Oswald's second appearance in video games after Férias Frustradas do Pica-Pau (released in Brazil only). Oswald is shocked to see him and flees the scene. With Jimmie Dodd, Tommy Cole, Eileen Diamond, Annette Funicello. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. It was released on Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation Vita, and Wii U. The game has sold over 3 million copies worldwide since its release. Epic Mickey is primarily a platform game and allows players to use their own solutions for getting through the levels. While the game received average reviews from critics, it has garnered a following in later years. [8] Mickeyjunk Mountain is based on the Matterhorn Bobsleds, and is covered in Mickey Mouse toys and merchandise. The in-game currency (E-tickets) are important to these boss fights. The Group make their way to the top of the castle, where they defeat the Blot's remaining minions before being swallowed by the Blot itself. [15] The 2D cinematics were created by Powerhouse Animation Studios, Inc,[16] and the game utilizes Emergent Game Technologies' Gamebryo Engine. Shirley Chase from GameZone complimented the game on its usage of Disney history, but added that the game had numerous flaws saying, "For all of its good points, Disney Epic Mickey does have some glaring flaws, which can make the game feel like a chore. The Mad Doctor and Oswald had created robotic "Beetleworx", which originally helped out in Wasteland, but then began patrolling Wasteland and capturing Gremlins. The land is tormented by the evil Blot, a monstrous being loosely based on the Phantom Blot, an antagonist to Mickey in the comic strips created by Floyd Gottfredson. The game originally started off as a spinoff title called Final Fantasy Versus XIII which was being directed by Tetsuya Nomura and produced by Shinji Hashimoto and Yoshinori Kitase.. Gus, one of the Gremlins (who serves as mechanics and helpers throughout Wasteland) helps Mickey disable the mechanical arm and escape Dark Beauty Castle, which the Mad Doctor was using as a hideout. If you're playing as a single player, Oswald will be there every second of the game. Regardless of the choices Mickey made in the Wasteland (Yen Sid shows Mickey the positive outcomes or consequences of his major choices in the game), the ending after the credits is the same: Not long after the mirror is sealed, Mickey discovers that he still has some of the Blot's ink in him, leaving the possibility he may still be able to reach the Wasteland. Mickey is also able to materialize objects from sketches, which have various effects. The game was leaked by warez groups weeks before its official release date. The t-shirt, however, was just regular/current Mickey, with no actual connection to the, A Dutch release of the game also came packaged with a copy of, According to Warren Spector, he had once pitched a, In an interview with Chad Moldenhaur (studio art director of Studio MDHR/co-creator of. Disney Interactive StudiosNintendo (Japan) [46] As of June 2011[update], the game sold 2 million copies in North America and Europe combined. It was published by Disney Interactive Studios in all regions but Japan, where it was instead published by Nintendo. The Wasteland is split into several locations based on the various lands from Disneyland and other Disney theme parks. Junction Point Studios Oswald all the while had his will and his mind twisted from years of hiding and his jealousy of Mickey's rise to fame, unaware of the enigmatic Mad Doctor (who was formerly loyal to Oswald before siding with the Blot) and the Blot's plan to steal Mickey's heart away, which they plan to use to escape the ruined world, as all Wasteland Toons living there are forgotten and can't leave Wasteland since they no longer have hearts of their own. Directed by Tony Craig, Roberts Gannaway, Burny Mattinson. It is suspected that this may have been removed due to Disney's input. Spector said: "I'm such a geek about musicals, I love the co-op and next-gen stuff, but for me, when a character breaks into song, which they do on a regular basis in this game, it's magic." Mickey uses the brush to restore the Wasteland in order to atone for his destruction and win Oswald's trust. The game features the brush mechanic, where the player can aim with the Wii remote to either Paint things in, or make them disappear using Thinner. Successors to the franchise include Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two and Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion. One day, Mickey is taking a nap when his mirror makes an odd noise, awakening him. In a review for GamesRadar, Chris Antista who began the article as an admitted "diehard Disney dork", praised it as a "thoroughly heartwarming salute to Disney" and that he hasn't "fallen so head over heels with the look, feel, and play of a third-person platformer since the original Banjo-Kazooie". Oswald, who was spying on them, also flees after tampering with the Mad Doctor's machines, leaving Mickey to deal with the Mad Doctor's now-hostile mechanical arm. [49] Warren Spector himself also commented on the game's development, revealing that he had "a team of over 700 people working on the sequel". "[37] In a review for GamesRadar, Chris Antista who began the article as an admitted "diehard Disney dork", praised it as a "thoroughly heartwarming salute to Disney" and that he hasn't "fallen so head over heels with the look, feel, and play of a third-person platformer since the original Banjo-Kazooie". They were likely concerned that it would have a negative effect on Mickey's image if the player made bad choices. It is also possible to avoid mini-bosses if specific actions are taken. Before the Thinner Disaster, the Mad Doctor worked closely with Oswald before he got power-hungry after the Blot was unleashed. For NieR: Automata on the PlayStation 4, GameFAQs has 3 guides and walkthroughs, 53 cheat codes and secrets, 48 trophies, 11 reviews, 62 critic reviews, and 169 user screenshots. IGN gave it a score of 8/10, criticizing its camera, control issues and lack of voice acting, but praised its charm, story, art design, and lasting appeal for the players. A long time ago, the sorcerer Yen Sid used a magic paintbrush to create a world for Disney's forgotten characters. [50] Following this, on March 20, 2012 the official French Nintendo magazine posted a comment on Twitter, revealing that Disney had plans to create a companion to the main sequel for the 3DS, under the name Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion. Fiddling with the brush and some paint to make a self-portrait, Mickey accidentally creates the Blot. Redeemed enemies no longer attack Mickey and will help him by fighting nearby hostile enemies. Featured in the concept art are post-apocalyptic renditions of Goofy, Spaceship Earth, and Cinderella's Castle. Genre The most noticeable problem is the camera, which will lead to more cheap deaths than anything else. Information about scrapped content should not be considered canon. [10] When the concept was pitched to Bob Iger, then-president and COO, he lamented that Disney didn't own the rights to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and could not produce the game. Epic Mickey enjoyed high pre-release awareness and received mixed to positive reviews upon release, with a score of 72.57% on GameRankings and 73/100 on Metacritic. After grabbing Yen Sid's magic paintbrush, Mickey attempts to create a statue of himself in the world but instead creates the Blot. Rally across America with Mickey and friends! The initial plans for Epic Mickey were developed in a think-tank session in 2004 about how to renew Mickey Mouse in the eyes of the public. Mickey looks more smudged instead.[20]. The game had changed dramatically from the style of the leaked concept art. Epic Mickey Scrapped Content To date, the game has sold over 3 million units worldwide. After acquiring all the rocket parts, Oswald has Mickey help repel a Blot attack on Mickeyjunk Mountain. [25][26] Disney also promoted the release of the game with a launch party at the Times Square Disney Store in Manhattan on November 30, 2010, the day the game was released. He manages to escape without Yen Sid knowing and returns to his world where he went on to live years of success and fame. A long time after the Thinner Disaster, Mickey is kidnapped by the Shadow Blot and pulled into the world. Present at the party was designer Warren Spector, Peter David, and actors Jennifer Grey and Kyle Massey, who had recently completed the eleventh season of the U.S. [39] Video game talk show Good Game's two presenters gave the game a 6 and 7 out of 10. The player can control Mickey's path in Wasteland through the way enemies are defeated and the choices that are made. Mean Street, is based on Main Street, U.S.A., which is home to Horace Horsecollar and Pete, though other incarnations of the latter appear through the game. Gamebryo Mickey yields his heart to the Blot, who then proceeds to further destroy the Wasteland before moving on to the cartoon world (the current Disney universe) to wreak havoc there. Epic Mickey is a hybrid of a platformer, action-adventure and RPG video game developed by Junction Point Studios and published by Disney Interactive Studios. While jumping angrily on the cork sealing the Jug, Oswald accidentally causes the cork to break, allowing the true form of the Blot- a giant specter constructed from paint thinner- to escape his prison into the world. By Connor Sheridan . AU: November 25, 2010UK: November 25, 2010EU: November 26, 2010NA: November 30, 2010JP: August 4, 2011, UK: November 25, 2010EU: November 26, 2010NA: November 30, 2010JP: August 4, 2011. With Carlos Alazraqui, Wayne Allwine, Tony Anselmo, Jeff Bennett. Upon seeing Yen Sid approaching, Mickey quickly tries to clean up the mess, but in his haste, spills thinner onto the paint spillage as he flees back to his house, while the Blot, having survived Mickey's attempt to destroy it, enters through a portal created by the paint/thinner mixture and takes control of the ruined world from its first resident, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Due to the sequel's poor sales, which fared even worse than its predecessor, Disney consequently closed down Junction Point and ended all potential for future titles and Disney Interactive Studios shut down in 2016. Spector also commented on the sequel's co-op features, stating that: "It's drop-in, drop-out co-op, you can sit down at any time with a friend who is playing as Mickey, and you can take control of Oswald. [13], Mickey receives a character redesign in this game, which attempts to give him a "retro" look,[14] and the game uses an animation engine to replicate the stretchy athleticism of cartoons. Platformer, Action-Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy. Platform It was confirmed by Warren Spector that they were just made to see how dark Disney would let the developers go with a Mickey Mouse game, and were never intended to make it into the final product. Graham Hopper of Disney Interactive then suggested dropping the development of the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions completely, and instead releasing it solely on the Wii. In 2008, Gamasutra published a report claiming to have seen concept art for the game. Dancing with the Stars, which is broadcast on the Disney-owned ABC. The Chronicles of Narnia series of films is based on The Chronicles of Narnia, a series of novels by C. S. Lewis.From the seven books, three were adapted—The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), Prince Caspian (2008), and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)—which collectively grossed over $1.5 billion worldwide.
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