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darthdevidem01 on 28 October 2009

Epic Mickey was originally for 360/PS3

Wednesday 28-Oct-2009 5:00 PM Developer Spector reveals origins of Wii exclusive title

Epic Mickey was originally a multi format game before legendary game developer Warren Spector and Disney Interactive Studios took the decision to make it Wii exclusive.

In an interview with ONM due to be published in issue 50 (On sale 20/11), Spector revealed that Disney Interactive Studios allowed him to focus on the Wii version alone in order to make the very best game he could.

When asked whether there was pressure to bring Epic Mickey to other formats, Spector told ONM: "The reality is that we started Wii development in 2008, but before that we were a PC, PS3, and 360 title."

"It's burned in my brain - Graham Hopper [Disney Interactive boss] pulled me into my office one day and said 'What does it take to deliver on the goals we have for this product? And I said, well, you need enough time and enough money to be competitive. And it'd be awfully nice if we could focus on one platform."

"At that time we were talking about a Wii port and I was begging people - no, we can't just port to the Wii, it's not going to work. It needs to be its own game. A lot of the design ideas just won't work on the Wii, we need to give the Wii its dues. Graham looked at me and said 'What do you think about a Wii exclusive?' And I went 'Holy cow - yeah!'"

"They walked away from three other platforms - no other publisher on the planet would have done that. It was a magic moment for me. No-one has even mentioned other formats since that point."

The full Spector interview - complete with more juicy nuggets and world exclusive Epic Mickey artwork - will be published in full within ONM's landmark 50th issue, which goes on sale on Friday 20 November. Until then, why not have a peek at the issue on sale right now?

http://www.n4g.com/ClickOut.aspx?ObjID=418388

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hmm....anyway I'm glad its Wii ony, as some of the things they are doing with it won't be possible on PS360



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Dno on 28 October 2009

Every thing will be possible on the ps3 when the sony wand drops... I hope this does good



Pock3R on 28 October 2009

maybe its not as epic as the codename states.





darthdevidem01 on 28 October 2009

@Dno

However when the BEGAN development they couldn't have imagined in their wildest dream the success wii was to become & how SONY/MS would be compelled to follow a ninty motion direction.



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nordlead on 28 October 2009

At least one developer has it right that they can't port it to Wii.

Honestly I think they made the right decision overall as the game fits the Wii better. If it is good, then it will sell.




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Avinash_Tyagi on 28 October 2009

Because the guy was smart enough to realize that it needed to be exclusive to the Wii.

Finally, a developer that really gets it



 

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atma998 on 28 October 2009
Pock3R said:
maybe its not as epic as the codename states.

Of course, now that the game is on the Wii. But if the game was developped for PS360 it would have been SO epic...

I hope they won't be more shitty comment like that in this thread.



Avinash_Tyagi on 28 October 2009

Double post for some reason



 

Predictions:Sales of Wii Fit will surpass the combined sales of the Grand Theft Auto franchiseLifetime sales of Wii will surpass the combined sales of the entire Playstation family of consoles by 12/31/2015 Wii hardware sales will surpass the total hardware sales of the PS2 by 12/31/2010 Wii will have 50% marketshare or more by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  It was a little over 48% only)Wii will surpass 45 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  Nintendo Financials showed it fell slightly short of 45 million shipped by end of 2008)Wii will surpass 80 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2009 (I was wrong!! Wii didn't even get to 70 Million)

outlawauron on 28 October 2009
Avinash_Tyagi said:
Because the guy was smart enough to realize that it needed to be exclusive to the Wii.

Finally, a developer that really gets it

Why did it need to be exclusive to Wii?

I mean, it needed to be an exclusive rather than just a port, but I don't think that's what you're getting at.



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Avinash_Tyagi on 28 October 2009
outlawauron said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
Because the guy was smart enough to realize that it needed to be exclusive to the Wii.

Finally, a developer that really gets it

Why did it need to be exclusive to Wii?

I mean, it needed to be an exclusive rather than just a port, but I don't think that's what you're getting at.


It wouldn't sell on the Wii if it was just a port, it would be utterly rejected, no, for the Wii it has to be built fro mthe ground up for the system in particular, and making it exclusive means you can devote your full energy to it, this is what you need to really create a blockbuster game o nthe Wii

 

Predictions:Sales of Wii Fit will surpass the combined sales of the Grand Theft Auto franchiseLifetime sales of Wii will surpass the combined sales of the entire Playstation family of consoles by 12/31/2015 Wii hardware sales will surpass the total hardware sales of the PS2 by 12/31/2010 Wii will have 50% marketshare or more by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  It was a little over 48% only)Wii will surpass 45 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  Nintendo Financials showed it fell slightly short of 45 million shipped by end of 2008)Wii will surpass 80 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2009 (I was wrong!! Wii didn't even get to 70 Million)