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Kasz216 on 06 October 2009
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nordlead said:
Kasz216 said:
Killergran said:
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It appears the magazine itself will be released in a week or so. So for now it's just the cover.

Fair enough.

 

I mean I know this is a big brand and Warren Spector is beloved... but i still worry about it's sales.

Sure Micky is huge... but are parents going to buy their kids a micky game where Goofy is a freakin zombie with bones poking out and such?

Isn't this going to rely almost completly on older nostalgic Disney fans?

Platformers aren't what they used to be...

Though i've got to admit... Mario Galaxy sold a heck of a lot more copies then I remembered it selling.  I seemed to of recalled people bitching about its sales.

Still I'm... dubious about it's chances due to it being so... werid.

How do we know it is a platformer? I didn't think we knew anything about the gameplay.

Anyways, as for sale, until further information surfaces we can only make random guesses. Since this seems to be a high production game, it will probably get good advertising and good sales. Unless this turns out to be some niche game or something crazy happens I'm guessing this game gets 2m sales.

I got it from this, though it might just be speculation from the Game Informer cover.

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/2009/10/06/warren-spector-details-epic-mickey/1

 

Dubbed 'Epic Mickey' internally, the project has been the subject of much speculation since concept art and rumours that it was a Castle of Illusion remake first started to surface earlier this year.

Now, according to a feature in the upcoming US issue of GameInformer, Spector has finally confirmed that 'Epic Mickey' is indeed a Wii-exclusive platformer starring Mickey Mouse - one which is firmly grounded in Spector's love of the character and which tries to take Disney in a slightly new direction.

The game apparently casts players as Mickey Mouse, who has been dethroned as the King of Disneyland by an army of lesser-known characters who set about remaking the kingdom to their likeness. Mickey then sets out to reclaim his place, using what seems to be a magic paintbrush that lets you erase and redraw portions of the level.

The game also appears to be keeping with the unusual art direction seen in the earlier concept art, with plenty of steampunk creations and darker imagery than you might expect.