Epic Mickey!

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10-17-2009, 08:45 PM
Freya

Epic Mickey!

Mickey is getting a dark change. There was a thread a bit ago with vague concept art but I forget what it was called.

http://gameinformer.com/resized-imag...F00_single.jpg
Thats the only image I can find online. The magazine has tons of pictures!

My game informer did a big spread on it. It's a world that a long long time ago when mickey was all young and foolish and kinda bad from the late 20's cartoon, he spilled paint and thinner on a world Yensid had made. Forgetting about it for years he was in the tower and he got pulled through a mirror where is long forgotten brother, Oswald the Lucky Bunny, was battling to fix the corrupted world. It looks really dark and you get to paint your way through the world! Well or use thinner to destroy it. I guess depending on what you do, mickey changes his appearance. If you destroy lots of stuff mickey get's more rat like. If you paint and create things he gets more upright and golden hands and such.

Its like Tim Burton and Walt Disney had a baby and it's one weird child. It will be a wii exclusive.

EDIT: Found a video on the game informer site of the art. :P
10-17-2009, 10:33 PM
Rostum

I'm only going to comment on the art style, because I haven't read enough about the gameplay.

Beautiful.

I remember seeing some art for it awhile back, when there was most likely no hope that a game would eventually see the light of day. I think it's an incredibly inspiring art direction, and to take something that was part of the founding of animation and still make it interesting is just fantastic.

I approve of the art, 100%.
10-17-2009, 10:35 PM
Marshall Banana

"DISNEY'S ICONIC MOUSE AS YOU'VE NEVER SEEN HIM."

Hahahahahahahaha.
10-18-2009, 12:21 AM
Psychotic

Glad to see Oogie Boogie can still get a gig these days.
10-18-2009, 01:13 AM
Old Manus

It was only a matter of time before the last remaining childhood icon follows suit and turns into a grimdark and moody 'deep' teenage wristcutter. Trebles all round for Disney!
10-18-2009, 07:30 AM
Freya

I'm excited for the wii. A lot of games don't use the wii mote well. I hope this one works well with it!
10-18-2009, 10:31 AM
Jiro

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Originally Posted by Old Manus

It was only a matter of time before the last remaining childhood icon follows suit and turns into a grimdark and moody 'deep' teenage wristcutter. Trebles all round for Disney!

I think they're going to ruin Mickey with this. Honestly. But I don't care, so long as the game is good.

Kids need to get their own goddamn icons and stop stealing the ones from our childhoods. (I don't think I'm quite old enough to say this yet but I did anyway)
10-18-2009, 10:31 PM
Dreddz

Are there any actual gameplay pictures inside the magazine? Thats all I really want to see. The game has a lot of things going for it so far. Warren Spector is behind the title for christ sake! He can do no wrong in my eyes.

EDIT - Just saw the pictures for myself. Seems like its a fully 3D platformer instead of a 2.5D one which was rumoured. The graphics don't really do the original concept art justice. Or at least from what I'm seeing. Kinda looks like Kingdom Hearts to be honest. I'm actually pretty underwelmed :(
10-19-2009, 11:45 AM
Madame Adequate

In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war.

http://www.collider.com/uploads/imag...sted_ariel.jpg
10-19-2009, 04:13 PM
Bunny

Not Pictured: Sebastian's rotting corpse, complete with fork markings from Ariel's new fork-arm.
10-19-2009, 04:56 PM
theundeadhero

smurf yeah zombie thelittlemermaid!
10-19-2009, 05:29 PM
KentaRawr!

Oh god, she has a dinglehopper for an arm.

D:
10-19-2009, 05:45 PM
livingdeadgirl

Mother :)
10-19-2009, 06:07 PM
Marshall Banana

Flounder is so cute!
10-20-2009, 08:46 AM
Wolf Kanno

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jiro

Quote:

Originally Posted by Old Manus

It was only a matter of time before the last remaining childhood icon follows suit and turns into a grimdark and moody 'deep' teenage wristcutter. Trebles all round for Disney!

I think they're going to ruin Mickey with this. Honestly. But I don't care, so long as the game is good.

Kids need to get their own goddamn icons and stop stealing the ones from our childhoods. (I don't think I'm quite old enough to say this yet but I did anyway)

Actually after reading the article, its actually them taking Mickey back to his roots before he became the epitome of absolute good and wholesomeness. We're going back to the 1920's stuff where Mickey is actually mischievous and somewhat of a realistic character.

I was even more surprised that another Walt Disney creation was going to be in the game. Oswald the Lucky Bunny, Walt's first cartoon character before he did Mickey. Really, the whole plot of the game is a reflection of the mythology of Walt's creations back in the day. I'm really excited by it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dreddz

Are there any actual gameplay pictures inside the magazine? Thats all I really want to see. The game has a lot of things going for it so far. Warren Spector is behind the title for christ sake! He can do no wrong in my eyes.

EDIT - Just saw the pictures for myself. Seems like its a fully 3D platformer instead of a 2.5D one which was rumoured. The graphics don't really do the original concept art justice. Or at least from what I'm seeing. Kinda looks like Kingdom Hearts to be honest. I'm actually pretty underwelmed :(

I disagree to a point. Yes, some of it looks like it came out of KH but other images like the building or the film reel world are absolutely breathtaking in my opinion. I also like what they did with Mickey as he's represented by his original style. The post-apocalyptic robot version of Donald is pretty creepy and stays in line with the concept art.
10-21-2009, 12:13 AM
NeoCracker

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Originally Posted by Wolf Kanno

post-apocalyptic robot version of Donald

I'm sold.
10-21-2009, 12:58 AM
Markus. D

ZOMBIE ARIEL FTW!