The game is set in a pen-and-paper stylized world called the Cartoon Wasteland (commonly abbreviated as the Wasteland). To travel between sections of the Wasteland, Mickey traverses 2D side-scrolling levels based on his classic cartoon shorts (with three being based on Oswald shorts and two being based on Sleeping Beauty and Fantasia), such as Steamboat Willie and Clock Cleaners. However, the fluids automatically but slowly refill and power-ups that quickly replenish the fluids are available in certain areas. Both fluids have limited reserves, adding a strategic element to gameplay: players must compromise between making various tasks harder or easier to accomplish. Two of the three sketches, the watch and the television, slow down time and distract enemies, respectively. Mickey is also able to materialize objects from sketches, which have various effects. 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. The key feature of the game is the magic paint brush, which Mickey wields, that has the ability to draw or erase objects, using paint and thinner respectively. It is also possible to avoid mini-bosses if specific actions are taken. Different alliances, side-quests and power-ups are made available depending on the actions of the player. Epic Mickey features a morality system similar to games like inFAMOUS, Spider-Man: Web of Shadows, and Shadow the Hedgehog. As of June 2011, the game sold 2 million copies in North America and Europe combined.Įpic Mickey is primarily an open-ended platform game with some RPG elements, and allows players to use their own solutions for getting through the levels. While Epic Mickey enjoyed high pre-release awareness, the game received generally mixed to positive reviews, accumulating aggregate scores of 72.64% and 73% on GameRankings and MetaCritic respectively. The game was officially announced on Octoin London and released in November 2010 in both Europe and North America.
Spector collaborated with both Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios in conjunction with the project.
The game is much darker and more complex than previous Mickey Mouse games.Įpic Mickey is part of an effort by Disney to re-brand the Mickey Mouse character by placing less emphasis on his pleasant, cheerful side and reintroducing the more mischievous and adventurous sides of his personality. The character was regained by The Walt Disney Company in 2006 under the guidance of Robert Iger. Epic Mickey notably features the first appearance of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit since 1928 as a major character, who was one of Walt Disney's first successful cartoon characters before the character was licensed under the ownership of Universal Studios. 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 magic paintbrush. Epic Mickey (sometimes marketed as Disney Epic Mickey) is a 2010 action-adventure platforming video game designed by Warren Spector and developed by Junction Point Studios for the Wii console.
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