# Okay, who let Disney off their meds this time? (New Wii Game - Epic Mickey) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 5, 2009, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-let-disney-off-their-meds-this-time-new-wii-game-epic-mickey/505405 "2009-08-05T10:18:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-let-disney-off-their-meds-this-time-new-wii-game-epic-mickey/505405/1 "2009-08-05T10:18:03Z")
From Warren Spector (System Shock, Deus Ex) is a new game that… I don’t even know other than the concept art are going to haunt my dreams. It appears to be set in a steampunkish post-apocalyptic Disneyland. [A dam or something](http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg181/xblah/other/thin_wallhires.jpg) [Giant sea transport with what seems to be a ruined Epcot dome on it](http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg181/xblah/other/sea_transport.jpg) [What appears to be a partially ruined animatronic Goofy… THAT WILL HAUNT YOUR DREAMS](http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg181/xblah/other/goofy_zombie.jpg) [Cinderella’s Castle on a weird landmass, shot from what appears to be the dam from screeny 1](http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg181/xblah/other/castle_side02.jpg) [The castle from above, nice drop](http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg181/xblah/other/castle_dwn_view.jpg) [A giant jug of Mickey Mouse brand paint thinner. Oh and apparently an invasion by sea of dwarf-caterpillar monsters that are bent on killing old black and white cartoons. Nothing out of the ordinary there.](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/DuelistGoku/2e3u34x.jpg) [A terrible hellbeast made up of the faces of several Disney characters (TIGGER!?)](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/DuelistGoku/4630880_402x410.jpg) [Don’t know, some sort of Grim Reaper thing except with a Mickey glove on a staff instead of a scythe](http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/4972/blot35.jpg) To prove it’s real here’s a Wikipedia entry: > **[Epic Mickey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Mickey)** > > Epic Mickey is an action-adventure platform video game developed by Junction Point Studios and published by Disney Interactive Studios for the Wii. It was released in November 2010 in North America and PAL territories and August 2011 in Japan by Nintendo. The game focuses on Mickey Mouse, who accidentally damages a world created by Yen Sid for forgotten characters and concepts and must save it. The game features Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, a character created by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks and origi... And a Gamespot Piece: > **[Video Game News, Game News, Entertainment News - GameSpot](https://www.gamespot.com/news/)** > > Read the most authoritative, up-to-date news and headlines from the video games and entertainment industry at GameSpot Well, okay, the verdict is “looks not bogus,” so it could still be a hoax, but still, **damn**. I suppose at least it’s not another Hannah Montana-like tween sitcom… though I’m debating the use of “at least” in that sentence. This is at _least_ 10 times more twisted than American McGee’s Alice. ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-let-disney-off-their-meds-this-time-new-wii-game-epic-mickey/505405/2 "2009-08-05T10:33:57Z")
Want. WANT. And it’s for a console that I actually own! Steampunk Mickey… mmmMMMMMMMMmm. I never thought I’d love anything Disney, but this is just so warped… Gwaaaaaaaarsh. Seriously though, I don’t know how kids would react to seeing Goofy zombified. I mean, there’s seeing your favourite cartoon character in a video game, and seeing… that. Waaaaaaaaant. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-let-disney-off-their-meds-this-time-new-wii-game-epic-mickey/505405/3 "2009-08-05T10:40:38Z")
> [@Tabby\_Cat](#): > > Seriously though, I don’t know how kids would react to seeing Goofy zombified. I mean, there’s seeing your favourite cartoon character in a video game, and seeing.. that. This is Warren Spector, the chances of it being under an M rating are approximately nil, so no kiddy trauma here (though I weep for the parents who see a creepy Mickey on the front and think “Mickey, my kid would like that!” without checking the rating). Oh, and found two more images: [A cool robotish thing](http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/382/beetlethings.jpg) [A psycho multi-legged robot with mickey ears](http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/3075/beetleworx6.jpg) ETA: Also, I know, isn’t it just awesome? I forgot to make that clear in my OP. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-let-disney-off-their-meds-this-time-new-wii-game-epic-mickey/505405/4 "2009-08-05T11:33:22Z")
Read around and found the last little bits of info I could form various places. It appears to be a platformer starring Mickey (source is apparently Spector’s blog, which has an entry some time back about making a platformer to complete with “the plumber himself”). It will rely on the pointer to draw, erase, and alter parts of the level, and the story may have something to do with old forgotten Disney (or Walt-created) characters like [Oswald the Lucky Rabbit](http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/07/oswald0730.jpg) (seen on the decal on the spaceship) attempting to get revenge on Mickey because he’s popular and they’ve been cast aside. ETA: And more art! [Pencil Sketches of the castle](http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/07/2m2hvno.jpg) [A run-down town with a conspicuous cog](http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/07/2h5si74.jpg) [More castle](http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/07/5mdzra.jpg) [More town](http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/07/2dqstuq.jpg) [Dumbo robot scaling a wall](http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/07/epicmickey072901.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Aghris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecccb3/32.png) [@Aghris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aghris)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-let-disney-off-their-meds-this-time-new-wii-game-epic-mickey/505405/5 "2009-08-05T12:29:16Z")
😮 This is so cool… ---
**Author:** ![Airk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Airk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airk)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-let-disney-off-their-meds-this-time-new-wii-game-epic-mickey/505405/6 "2009-08-05T13:35:34Z")
I keep waiting for this to be some sort of elaborate hoax. I can’t -believe- the Disney lawyers signed off on this. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-let-disney-off-their-meds-this-time-new-wii-game-epic-mickey/505405/7 "2009-08-05T14:10:18Z")
I suspect that if the game gets released (always a big if this early on) that it’ll be much more toned down. We’re probably only seeing the really extreme stuff like that killer Mouseketeer. I’ve got my fingers crossed that this will finally be a good new game from Warren Spector. The last good game he made was Deus Ex and it’s nearly ten years old at this point. ---
**Author:** ![xnylder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbce88/32.png) [@xnylder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xnylder)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-let-disney-off-their-meds-this-time-new-wii-game-epic-mickey/505405/8 "2009-08-05T16:38:57Z")
> [@Airk](#): > > I keep waiting for this to be some sort of elaborate hoax. I can’t -believe- the Disney lawyers signed off on this. I thought Kingdom Hearts was a hoax before it came out. Maybe the success of the KH franchise has convinced some Disney higher-ups that shaking up the franchise conventions can be a \*good \*thing? I really, really hope this game makes it into production. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-let-disney-off-their-meds-this-time-new-wii-game-epic-mickey/505405/9 "2009-08-06T07:57:12Z")
I officially want this more than I’ve ever wanted a game that I’ve only seen the concept art for. AND I ACTUALLY OWN THE CONSOLE THAT IT’S FOR! That’s a rare combination. I usually think this kind of genre-blending and fracturing of fairy tales is lame but something about this just screams awesome. I hope it’s real and real good. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-let-disney-off-their-meds-this-time-new-wii-game-epic-mickey/505405/10 "2009-08-06T08:10:07Z")
> [@xnylder](#): > > I thought Kingdom Hearts was a hoax before it came out. Maybe the success of the KH franchise has convinced some Disney higher-ups that shaking up the franchise conventions can be a \*good \*thing? I really, really hope this game makes it into production. See also: Lego Star Wars. That game was assumed to be a joke right up until it was released because no one thought that making a Star Wars game out of Lego characters (up to that point, there had never been even a passable Lego game) was the craziest thing they had ever heard. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-let-disney-off-their-meds-this-time-new-wii-game-epic-mickey/505405/11 "2009-08-06T11:30:47Z")
If this is accurate, and if this is close to what it actually comes out like, then i’ll drop any and all of my complaints about Disney ever. The weird thing is it’s Warren Spector, so if it is dystopian weird Disney, then it’s likely going to be pretty damn good. And Disney have already shown they can work with video game companies to make good spin-off affairs. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-let-disney-off-their-meds-this-time-new-wii-game-epic-mickey/505405/12 "2009-08-06T13:38:25Z")
Notice the hull of the sea vessel is the whale from Pinocchio. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-let-disney-off-their-meds-this-time-new-wii-game-epic-mickey/505405/13 "2009-08-06T20:28:01Z")
I have doubts that it will actually get made. I mean, this is pretty much all just concept art, and even as “dark” as Kingdom Hearts was, it was nowhere near this level. If it does get made, I expect it to get toned done a lot. But damn, that wall-climbing elephant is the creepiest to me. For some reason, anytime I see an elephant that isn’t “normal,” it creeps me out. Regular ol’ elephant with skin and such is fine, but a skeleton, or those paintings with the tall, skinny-legged elephant things? Creepy as fuck. ---
**Author:** ![Kalea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b487fb/32.png) [@Kalea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalea)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-let-disney-off-their-meds-this-time-new-wii-game-epic-mickey/505405/14 "2009-08-07T02:35:07Z")
Hope springs eternal. I, too, am pessimistic about this game hitting the shelves even close to as designed, but I will keep my eyes on this as more news becomes available. ---
**Author:** ![Steampunk\_Willie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Steampunk\_Willie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steampunk_Willie)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-let-disney-off-their-meds-this-time-new-wii-game-epic-mickey/505405/15 "2009-08-07T06:18:13Z")
:eek::D:eek: There is no better feeling in the world when a movie, comic, video game, etc. is announced and it seems you were the only person they thought about in the creative process. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-let-disney-off-their-meds-this-time-new-wii-game-epic-mickey/505405/16 "2009-08-07T06:22:15Z")
> [@Steampunk\_Willie](#): > > :eek::D:eek: > > There is no better feeling in the world when a movie, comic, video game, etc. is announced and it seems you were the only person they thought about in the creative process. Wow, _excellent_ name/thread/game combination there. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-let-disney-off-their-meds-this-time-new-wii-game-epic-mickey/505405/17 "2009-08-07T07:01:56Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > Wow, _excellent_ name/thread/game combination there. :eek: Seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-let-disney-off-their-meds-this-time-new-wii-game-epic-mickey/505405/18 "2009-08-07T07:34:24Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > Wow, _excellent_ name/thread/game combination there. It’d be even more impressive if he hadn’t registered the day after the news broke 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-let-disney-off-their-meds-this-time-new-wii-game-epic-mickey/505405/19 "2009-08-07T07:53:14Z")
> [@Steampunk\_Willie](#): > > :eek::D:eek: > > There is no better feeling in the world when a movie, comic, video game, etc. is announced and it seems you were the only person they thought about in the creative process. Hah! I know what you mean. It irks me that I still have to _wait_ for Brütal Legend, though. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-let-disney-off-their-meds-this-time-new-wii-game-epic-mickey/505405/20 "2009-08-07T10:02:48Z")
But the lawsuit’s over, and the game’s still scheduled for ROCKTOBER! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-who-let-disney-off-their-meds-this-time-new-wii-game-epic-mickey/505405.md?page=2)