Mickeyjunk Mountain is based on the Matterhorn Bobsleds, and is covered in Mickey Mouse toys and merchandise.

The attraction's iconic clock tower serves as the game's first boss encounter. The Gremlin Village is inspired by Fantasyland, based primarily around It's A Small World. Dark Beauty Castle is based on Sleeping Beauty Castle, Mean Street is based on Main Street, U.S.A., where Horace Horsecollar and Pete live, though other incarnations of the latter appear through the game. Wasteland is split into several locations based on the various areas from Disneyland and other Disney theme parks. The land is tormented by the Shadow Blot, a monstrous being which Mickey accidentally created using the brush and is loosely based on the Phantom Blot, an antagonist to Mickey in the comic strips created by Floyd Gottfredson, as well as the Mad Doctor. However, Mickey Mouse's fiddling with Yen Sid's paintbrush causes mass damage to the model, turning Wasteland into a post-apocalyptic landscape. It is physically inspired by Disneyland, and appears as an intricate model in Yen Sid's workshop. The game is set in the Wasteland, a pen-and-paper stylized world, created in the game's narrative by the sorcerer Yen Sid, as a place for 'forgotten things', namely disused or obscure Disney characters. To travel between sections of the Wasteland, Mickey traverses 2D side-scrolling levels based on his cartoon shorts (with three being based on Oswald shorts Trolley Troubles, Great Guns!, and Oh What a Knight and two being based on Sleeping Beauty and Fantasia), such as Steamboat Willie and Clock Cleaners. They are used to buy quest items, concept art, pins, health refills, or paint or thinner refills. Another thing that is useful in the game is a type of currency called E-tickets. Most are bronze, silver, or gold pins, but some are special: for example, the 'Art Appreciator' or 'Mean Street' pin. Mickey can also find collectable pins in Wasteland. 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. The two fluids have little effect on 'Beetleworx' enemies, which require being taken down physically. For example, obstacles can be erased from physical existence with thinner and then restored with paint, or enemies can be befriended by revitalizing them with paint or destroyed completely using the thinner. The game's key feature is a magic paintbrush, which Mickey wields, that has the ability to draw or erase objects using paint and thinner. The in-game currency (E-tickets) are important to these boss fights. 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 choices of the player.

Epic Mickey features a morality system similar to games like Infamous, Spider-Man: Web of Shadows, and Shadow the Hedgehog. Successors to the game include Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two and Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion.Įpic Mickey is primarily a platform game and allows players to use their own solutions for getting through the levels. The game received mixed reviews from critics. The game was announced in October 2009, and released in November 2010. It was directed by Warren Spector, who collaborated with Walt Disney Animation Studios on the project. The game marks the first time that Mickey and Oswald appeared together.Įpic Mickey was 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, depicting him as an epic hero. The game features Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, a character created by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks and originally owned by Universal Pictures The Walt Disney Company gained ownership of the character in 2006. The game focuses on Mickey Mouse, who accidentally damages a world created by Yen Sid for forgotten characters and concepts and must save it. It was released in November 2010 in North America and PAL territories and August 2011 in Japan by Nintendo. Epic Mickey is an action-adventure platform video game developed by Junction Point Studios and published by Disney Interactive Studios for the Wii.

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