Epic Mickey confirmed as Wii exclusive News

ooooh... paintbrush .. wiimote pointer..

interestwesting!

The concept art looks really cool...

It's now an undisclosed title on the guys resume, hehe..

(As usual, what the hell is up with the negs on this one, it is, go check the resume yourselves.)

The trolls are deep in this one.

@Watkins381 : A quick search on your name shows you'll slag off anything in most wii/ps3 threads... So yes you are being a dick
@mowgli : A quick search on your name shows you claim to own a wii...

The Wii can output pretty impressive visuals in the right hands. That said, the only Wii game that has managed to really impress me visually is Dead Space: Extraction. Just goes to show that if developers put their A-teams on the job the results can be very impressive.

@Watkins381: of the 50+ million people who currently own a Wii there will be more than plenty who will appreciate this, just as they appreciated SMG , TP and any number of AAA titles on the Wii.

Make some fucking sense son.

The paradox of it being on a "proper console", so to speak, is that the significant possibility exists that "hardcore" would most likely berate or ignore the title for being a 'kiddies' game...

Logically, this title will appeal to the core audience demographic of the Wii - casuals and younger gamers; especially given the Disney brand. It *will* sell, and do so in large quantities. I also think that the Wii can do it justice graphically, given it's most appropriate title for comparison - Mario Galaxy - still looks damned good by any platform's standards

I fail to see why people engender such an irrational attachment to a plastic box that sits under a TV.

@Azza12342 : The best looking game i've played this generation on ANY machine is mario galaxy..

Not because of the tech, but because of the art style choices.

There's more to making a game look good than how many pixels the hardware can pump out

So Wii owners have thereotically not the right to wait for an interesting project and should stick with third quality spin-offs, huh?
And, by the way, can I ask to the detractors if they really think a brand like Disney (be it epic or not) would find a warm welcome on X360, given the userbase that console appeals to?

Yup, cause everything warren spector is famous for can be distilled into looking at emo mickey in HD.

heres hoping that the wii exclusivity means that we can look forward to a robust and innovative use of the wii hardware, at the end of the day this thing will probably be released in a special edition for natal/ ps3mote somewhere down the road anyway.

"No, we want it on a 'next-gen' console as the concept art looked AMAZING! and the wii is not capable with the type of visuals it was portraying."

Point 1: Define "next-gen", since if you are talking about 7th generation machines such as PS3 and X360, then the Wii is also by definition next-gen. Or in fact, current gen - since next month we'll be 4 years into the current cycle.
Point 2: Concept art is one thing - translating it into a workable engine is something else. As has been pointed out before, the Wii is not totally incapable of producing a complex and well-rendered graphical environment. In the right hands (i.e. those not entirely consumed with shovelling out "crap-in-a-box" as quickly as possible) it can produce some high quality graphics - albeit not in HD (although there are enough articles on DF pointing out that PS3/X360 have their issues with that too).

Are you a developer at Junction Point? Or anywhere else for that matter? Are you intimate with Wii hardware? Can you definitively say that Junction Point aren't technically capable of rendering an environment which can accurately reflect their concept art? How do you know that it wasn't a design choice based the control mechanism for the Wii?

I'm not doubting that it probably couldn't be done better on another machine, but I'm puzzled as to why you're adamant that the Wii is the wrong platform. I'm quite happy playing Devil's Advocate in this instance. :-)

EDIT: PC being a spaz. And spelling.

Well well well. If this can in any way live up to the sheer joy of the Disney Mickey games of 16 bit gen I may have to get another Wii.

/ breaks out World Of Illusion

@bad09
Yep, agreed - which is why I'm actually *really* looking forward to this. :-)

It's Mickey Mouse, the whole family remembers him. Makes sense to put his game on the system that's used by the whole family and not just by the people who are slightly too old to appreciate "childish" characters and too young to feel nostalgia for them.

I didn't see people complaining that the PS2 is too bad for some concept art, some PS2 games had amazing art that did justice to its concepts and the Wii is much more powerful than a PS2.

It's bloody scary to see people getting worked up about a game with mickey mouse in it. Disney will not let this game be anything dark or brooding as that's simply not the Mickey Mouse IP. I doubt this game will be anything like the concept art and I'm fairly certain it's not going to be for mature adults only or anything like that. It's on the Wii for a very good reason!

@penhalion : Yeah.. kingdom hearts was SHIT wasnt it?

there is concept art like this for most disney films. the final result wont be anywhere near as stylish im certain.

@Smelly

Are you seriously trying to tell anyone that Mickey Mouse's appearance in Kingdom hearts is in any way shape or form dark and broody!

I've completed the PS2 kingdom hearts games as I'm sure many here have so we already know that Mickey appears as his familiar disney self in that game. In fact you don't get to play with him at all in any of the monster bashing gameplay. He simply advises you and is in a few cut scenes.

I have a seriously low tollerance of fanboys of late and it's getting worse. I hate pointlessly misleadig hype heads even more!

chrisjm: Fair point. It is splendid though :)

I would prefer Metal Mickey

Wow, that Wii exclusivity makes me sad.

What a disappointment.

It's not just because of the Wii's graphics capabilities, though it is a shame that concept art won't be reproduced as beautifully as can be, but because third-party wii games (except, perhaps a couple from Sega) tend to exist in a low-production-value ghetto.

... and it risks the danger of being ruined by something not-quite-right in a partially motion sensitive control scheme, or wonky camera control due to the lack of a second Analogue stick, or something. Granted, Mario Galaxy migtht have made it work, but in that regard it stands alone, even Zelda was a kludgy hack, control-system wise, and Okami was the same but worse.

why the negs for everybody that wants this on 360/PS3?

people are reacting positively to the game announcement and they still get rated down because they don't want this to look like a ps2 game? i wish the wii crowd would wake up and see the wasted potential, but hey, it seems denial is in fashion.

@Mentalist(air)
"What a disappointment.

It's not just because of the Wii's graphics capabilities, though it is a shame that concept art won't be reproduced as beautifully as can be, but because third-party wii games (except, perhaps a couple from Sega) tend to exist in a low-production-value ghetto."

That may be true in many cases, but then again very few third party devs will have the kind of financial depth and resource that the Disney group can provide.

@JahB
I'm platform neutral but I have to say IMO, I don't think the comments have been entirely positive or constructive in favour of the Wii. In fact, the first few posts were the typical "OH NOES ITS ON TEH WII" garbage which sadly clogs up games forums on a regular basis. If you post flamebait, it's not entirely surprising to see posts get flamed.

Bottom line - nobody knows what Warren Spector and the team at Junction Point are capable of producing on the Wii; but there is existing evidence that it can manage to produce imaginative, stylised and graphically impressive game environments in the right hands. Given Warren's previous track record, I'm fairly confident that the game isn't going to be an abject failure. That being said, it's a major IP we're talking about and I doubt that Disney will want to have their company mascot's first lead title being anything less than stellar.

I think we're all keen to see what the first in-game screens will look like.

if it was on the PS3 or 360 it would still look like shit. 600p at 30fps, whoop di doo. only way it would look good is on the pc.

but the market for platformers is on the wii, and it makes sense if you're going to be painting stuff

the PS3 is a gamecube-esque failure that no-one buys games for, period. the360 is more successful but no-one buys anything for it but shooters.

if you retards wanted this game on ps3 or 360 you should have bought more copies of banjo kazooie or the latest ratchet and clank rehash for ps3.

Xbox Fanboys : "The wii has no good 3rd party games"
The Web : "here coems one which looks like it'll be good"
Xbox Fanboys : "That shouldnt be on a wii, that should be on our system.. boo hoo"

etc etc.

I mean, this isn't a comment exclusively related to this thread, but fuck me, gamers are retards.

Pirotic, Psychotext, I'm surprised at both of you. :-/ /tut tuts
mowgli, carry on.

I loved the Mickey's Magical Quest games on the SNES. I hope this will turn out to be a new quality Mickey Mouse game, it looks promising.

I am already bored of the "its on the Wi! :-(" "fails on the Wii" comments. Seriously..so...pathetic. The Wii is capable of doing good graphics when the developers can be bothered to take the time, Mario Galaxy/Metroid Prime 3, sure the Xbox/PS3 still look better. However it isn't especially the power of the graphics, but the art style that makes the real difference. As long as the game's art style, music, and sound manages to create the steam-punk atmosphere displayed in the concept art I don't have any problem at all.

I doubt the game will be overly dark at all, if anything I'd expect the games feel to be similar to Kameos, if even that "mature" styled.

I'll be keeping my eyes out for this game's development.

This comments section is basically proof that the karma system is pointless for anything other than burying posts you disagree with.

Lol at the whiners who want this on a "proper" console. If the game is good, it is good. I surely am getting it for my Wii. I do not mind that it is not on the 360. Yeah it will look a bit worse, but it is the gameplay that counts.

@Ludus

I'm not saying spector won't be able to do something great with the wii, but the fact is that there's a whole lot of potential going to waste here. it's like Ferrari announcing that they got Michael Schumacher to drive in the Fiat 500 cup. Sure, he's gonna get some really fast lap times, but he could do much, much better in a proper racing car.

by the time this game comes out both Xbox and PS3 will have motion controls superior to the wii's, so there's nothing but downsides to making a game like this a wii exclusive. i know i'll get the negs for saying it out loud, but the sales numbers prove that "mature" games go to waste on the wii. and i'm afraid so will this one, which is a damn shame.

The fact that Disney even allowed this is awesome by itself, I just wonder if the game will ever look as good as the concept art, regardless of the platform. Maybe they'll go A Boy And His Blob on this and make it a beautiful 2D-ish title to match Disney's old style of animation, but I doubt it.

Also please no inserting crappy Japanese Final Fantasy characters into the Disney canon, this time. Thanks.

I mean, this isn't a comment exclusively related to this thread, but fuck me, gamers are retards.

Amen to that. Interesting IP? Check. Great concept? Check. Pedigree developer? Check. Gamers will be excited about this then? Nope.

Anything substantial to go on like screenshots or descriptions of gameplay? Ch- uh, wait.

Awww, I was all excited about the concept art and would love to play a decent Mickey game.

Not too keen on buying any more Wii games as I've been bitten too many times by turds masquerading as software, and Ninty don't do demos.

Hopefully there will be some news on the Kingdom Hearts franchise soon.

third-party wii games tend to exist in a low-production-value ghetto."

That may be true in many cases, but then again very few third party devs will have the kind of financial depth and resource that the Disney group can provide.

Disney Interactive's previous form on Wii would suggest that isn't necessarily the case.

@JahB: Who says that this is a "mature" game? The fact is that even with a darker theme I doubt the main audience on the 360 and PS3 would want to buy this game.

It's Spector and it looks pretty dark... but it's still Disney, Mickey Mouse based and on Wii.

I have very mixed feelings over this game :/

@varsas

so you think the housewives will be all over this then?

@JahB: No I think "kids" will be all over this. How many "hardcore" players will be over this if it were on 360/PS3 considering the motion controls required that they deride on the Wii?

@varsas

"No I think "kids" will be all over this."

How can you make any assumptions about who will buy it when you know absolutely nothing about the game? I'd wager that as many adults have fondness for Mickey as children do.


"How many "hardcore" players will be over this if it were on 360/PS3 considering the motion controls required that they deride on the Wii?"

Plenty. The controls are not what is being derided here.

Glad to see this is a Wii exclusive as hopefully it means it makes good use of the wii controller.

I'd hate to see the game restricted by the PS3/360's last gen retro controllers (although of course a port may happen when they get around to releasing their current gen controllers next year).

Let's hope this game looks great, plays great and comes with a Hot Coffee mod, then we can all be wrong :)