Is Epic Mickey a lesson to third parties?

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jarrod said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

How about....it's a high quality Mickey Mouse game thats on a Nintendo console. I ever get a Wii I'm buying it.

It was also well promoted and well funded, which is something 3rd parties seemingly forget about with their Wii releases all too often.

Epic Mickey really had all the right things going for it (brand, developer, budget, promotion, etc), but I think it needed that to do as well as it has.  I'd say it's also pretty much only the 2nd time in Wii's entire lifecycle that a 3rd party game has hit perfectly on all those significant factors (MH3 was the first, DQX will probably be the last), which is ultimately a shame.

The problem ( not really a problem), there is a better formula to sell more on the Wii without spending so much.