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VAMatt on 15 February 2020
JWeinCom said:
ARamdomGamer said:
An Epic Mickey with full creative freedom would be, epic.

Unfortunately, I think that's the one character that Disney is least likely to give full freedom on.  I'm actually surprised they let them do as much as they did with Epic Mickey.  And tbh the gameplay was more of an issue than the creative side to me.

I think that's going to be an issue with more than just Mickey.  Disney is super protective of their characters.  I imagine it would be hard for a lot of developers to work with the restrictions Disney would likely put into licenses for many of their family-friendly IPs.  



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JWeinCom on 15 February 2020
VAMatt said:
JWeinCom said:

Unfortunately, I think that's the one character that Disney is least likely to give full freedom on.  I'm actually surprised they let them do as much as they did with Epic Mickey.  And tbh the gameplay was more of an issue than the creative side to me.

I think that's going to be an issue with more than just Mickey.  Disney is super protective of their characters.  I imagine it would be hard for a lot of developers to work with the restrictions Disney would likely put into licenses for many of their family-friendly IPs.  

True, but it varies.  Mickey represents Disney in a way that other characters don't.  The best example is Donald Duck.  It's not like they're going to make a Conker style Donald Duck game, but Donald Duck is frequently shown to be arrogant, grumpy, mean, greedy, and sometimes even bullying.  Mickey really can't be any of those things.  

Even back when Walt was alive, there was a reason why they were allowed to do this with Donald Duck, but would never had put Mickey in that situation.  (One of the best cartoons ever btw.)



FragileSurface on 15 February 2020

I'd honestly prefer new IPs than a game based on anything Disney owns.



JWeinCom on 15 February 2020
CaptainExplosion said:
JWeinCom said:

Unfortunately, I think that's the one character that Disney is least likely to give full freedom on.  I'm actually surprised they let them do as much as they did with Epic Mickey.  And tbh the gameplay was more of an issue than the creative side to me.

Oh come on, it's not like anyone's asking Disney if they can make a game where Mickey chainsaws his way through the forces of hell.

Actually they kind of did XD

https://kotaku.com/kingdom-hearts-conceived-with-chainsaws-5310597

But Disney is incredibly protective of Mickey.  I honestly don't even think they'd let Mickey throw a punch.



JWeinCom on 15 February 2020
CaptainExplosion said:
JWeinCom said:

Actually they kind of did XD

https://kotaku.com/kingdom-hearts-conceived-with-chainsaws-5310597

But Disney is incredibly protective of Mickey.  I honestly don't even think they'd let Mickey throw a punch.

Well they could just have Mickey engage in, you know, silly pretend violence like in cartoons.

They could do whatever they want. They can have Mickey beat wave after wave of cute baby rabbits with his dick. The point is they don't want to.  That's not how they want Mickey portrayed.  They want him to be as "pure" as possible.

In what cartoons made in the last 20 years does Mickey engage in silly pretend cartoon violence?  Kingdom Hearts is the only circumstance that I could think of Mickey doing anything of the sort. 



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JWeinCom on 15 February 2020
CaptainExplosion said:
JWeinCom said:

They could do whatever they want. They can have Mickey beat wave after wave of cute baby rabbits with his dick. The point is they don't want to.  That's not how they want Mickey portrayed.  They want him to be as "pure" as possible.

In what cartoons made in the last 20 years does Mickey engage in silly pretend cartoon violence?  Kingdom Hearts is the only circumstance that I could think of Mickey doing anything of the sort. 

Ok, so Mickey kicking ass is off the table.

How about a new Gargoyles game?

I dunno.  No reason they couldn't, but it's hard to imagine they would unless they were planning a reboot of gargoyles.  Never watched the show.



Dulfite on 16 February 2020

What would be epic:

1) Makers of Tomb Raider make Indiana Jones game.

2) Platinum makes Bayonetta-like Tron game.

3) Someone makes Rogue Squadron 4.

4) Star Wars: Total War

5) Bethesda makes RPG game set in the kindgoms of the various Disney movies, all connected in the same world. You can explore and fight evil in the sea against evil mermaids, in Tarzan's Jungle against imperials, against would be usurpers in Arendelle, etc. Don't make it cheesy and appealing to only little girls. Make it visually stunning, T for Teen, open world RPG with massive DLC plans for various other kingdoms (pridelands of Africa for example).



JWeinCom on 16 February 2020
CaptainExplosion said:
JWeinCom said:

I dunno.  No reason they couldn't, but it's hard to imagine they would unless they were planning a reboot of gargoyles.  Never watched the show.

Kingdom Hearts still features worlds and characters from older Disney movies, so it's not too far a stretch to do an Arkham City-esque Gargoyles game.

I mean... no reason why they couldn't, it's just a matter of whether they see money in it.  Kingdom Hearts is a bit of a different situation, since it's not selling on the basis of any one license.  So you can throw in something niche like The Three Musketeers, even though it's very unlikely a Three Musketeers game would be profitable itself.