You can thin enemies, hit them with an up-close spin kick, or you can paint them, which gives them little blue hearts above their heads and makes them friends. Since Mickey has the power of paint and of thinner, the environmental puzzles in each thematic land typically have a couple of different solutions. Warren Spector calls it play style, saying that he never judges players. Even in segments without much story, my whole family looked forward to setting the controllers down, leaning back, and soaking in the vivid colors and retro animation style of the interstitial movies. The stylized, grainy, two-dimensional cutscene story segments that take place between larger lands and episodes are whimsical and delightful to watch. Anyone who’s seen a Disney film will find something unexpected around the corner while playing through.

You’ll see enemies based on the little robot from The Black Hole, The Little Mermaid, and even a boss level with Pete’s Dragon. Each and every land in Epic Mickey has a unique feel, with environments drawn lovingly from the huge oeuvre of Disney visual lore. Everything is sharp, bright, and simply gorgeous, inviting a closer look at the environment and the various characters and enemies in the game. The high-definition output of the Xbox 360 version makes the original Epic Mickey for the Wii unappealing and unattractive. It’s up to Mickey and his pal Oswald to track down the source of all the problems and save the toons once again. You know, rabbits, electricity - that whole connection.Everything begins with a mad dash through Dark Beauty Castle, down Mean Street North and South (the in-game analog to Main Street from the Disney theme parks), and on to OsTown, which is really Toontown in disguise. Earthquakes have been plaguing the town, wreaking all kinds of havoc. Mickey looks set to retain his magical paintbrush from the first game, while Oswald can use his ears to 'fly like a helicopter', and use electricity to 'fight or befriend' enemies, as well as solve puzzles. What's even better is that it'll also (potentially) be co-operative, with one person playing as Mickey Mouse, and the other as Oswald the Rabbit. With zero information on Epic Mickey 2 having been released up until now, a potential sequel wasn't even on most people's radars - but it seems that work may be churning along nicely behind the scenes, if the survey's to be believed.įor starters, the sequel to last year's Wii exclusive is down as being prepped for release not only on the Wii, but also the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 too. Originally picked up by gaming website Destructoid, a potential Epic Mickey sequel is now being rumoured, stemming from a survey that's come straight out of Disney. Letting you defeat enemies by either erasing them from existence with paint thinner, or converting them to be on your side by painting them in, every action you took had a consequences, as effectively removing certain characters from existence could hinder your Wasteland-healing mission.

It was a game that introduced a number of unique ideas, for any game, yet alone a game starring Mickey Mouse.

Armed with a magic paintbrush and a bottle of paint thinner, Mickey must work to undo all the trouble he caused - by selectively painting in and erasing certain aspects of the world over the course of a platforming adventure, as he tries to win back the trust of Oswald the Rabbit, Mickey's real-life predecessor created by Walt Disney. Last year saw the release of Epic Mickey, a Wii game in which Disney's mischievous mouse managed to turn the world upside down by clumsily knocking over jar of a paint, and creating the evil Shadow Blot, who becomes the tyrant of a world known as the Wasteland - a land filled with all Walt Disney's forgotten and failed creations.

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