"Epic Mickey", Warren Spector's Wii Project

[Pop]

So some stuff has hit the webs and it's speculated they are from Warren Spector's (of Deus Ex fame) new game for the Wii. Junction Point studios was bought out by Disney in 2007.

 

Looks like they've gone with a horror-steampunk look.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read about it here.

[Hurlshort]

Link didn't work, but I really doubt there is any project surrounding those images. They just seem like cool sketches, I doubt they'd get money to do a post apoc. Disney game.

[Pop]

I thought that as well, but they don't necessarily have to go violent to be scary. A good chunk of Fantasia is really supposed to be kind of scary (I'd say some of these pics are pretty Fantasia-y), and don't forget that one song from Dumbo that freaked the **** out of you when you were little. Plus Disney already farmed out their most famous characters to the ridiculous Kingdom Hearts series.

 

Here be the link.

Edited September 3, 2009 by Pop

[Purkake]

This is actually pretty old news from July, I think.

 

It looks like it could be fun, but the Wii only thing kinda ruins it for me.

 

Also, Warren Spector could be making something awesome instead, but apparently he's tired of "black trench coats"

Edited September 3, 2009 by Purkake

[Wrath of Dagon]

Yeah, wrong platform for this kind of game, I predict it'll bomb spectacularly. The game itself coud be cool though.

[Morgoth]

I like the concept, but it's sad it isn't developed for PC/next-gen consoles.

 

After this project though, I hope Warren gets back to Ninja Gold.

[213374U]

Like mustard in your breakfast milk. Some things just aren't meant to be.

[entrerix]

he's a tool for allowing the destruction of deus ex

 

either fix the series or do the honorable thing and get to the seppuku...

 

jk

 

sort of

[Slowtrain]

Warren Spector appears to have pretty much followed DW BRadley into oblivion.

 

Except without making Dungeon LOrds. Yet.

[Deadly_Nightshade]

The artwork looks awesome!

[entrerix]

also, if i remember right, this artwork is really old and is not related to any game in production. i saw an article for it AGES ago that debunked its relations to pretty much anything (no movie no game etc)

 

i could be remembering wrong, i saw this stuff a while ago

 

which is too bad, disney-shock might be a fun game

Edited September 3, 2009 by entrerix

[Slowtrain]

Yeah, that zombie-goofy art has been around for quite a while.

 

Was it posted here once before? It's odd that I remember seeing it before since I don't spend much (any) time randomly looking at stuff on the internet.

[Purkake]

he's a tool for allowing the destruction of deus ex

 

either fix the series or do the honorable thing and get to the seppuku...

 

jk

 

sort of

 

It's not for him to allow or disallow. He's working for a different company and doesn't own the rights to Deus Ex. He made Invisible War, there's nothing left to be destroyed.

 

Yeah, that zombie-goofy art has been around for quite a while.

 

Was it posted here once before? It's odd that I remember seeing it before since I don't spend much (any) time randomly looking at stuff on the internet.

 

I may have posted it to symbolize what the "new" Lucasarts has become.

[entrerix]

lucasarts has been a little cool lately, with the re-release of monkey island (now with spiffy art graphics!) and their old adventure games on steam (sans grim fandango and full throttle for some insane reason)

 

i've got hopes that someone over there is re-thinking what made them a cool company so many years ago

 

 

fingers crossed for tie-fighter 2!

[Purkake]

Lucasarts sacked the last of their in-house development after The Force Unleashed. Re-releasing old stuff is better than taking it to the grave with them, but don't think that they're doing it out of the kindness of their heart.

[entrerix]

oh darn, i thought they were doing it to reignite interest in their products so they could wow us with something genuinely great... im usually too optimistic about this stuff

 

for example, the second i heard bungie bought their freedom from microsoft i thought "sweet, in two years I'll have a new myth game."

 

whoops my bad, i should have said a new HALO game...

 

****ing halo ruining myth forever

Edited September 3, 2009 by entrerix

[entrerix]

http://wiimedia.ign.com/wii/image/article/..._1253914485.jpg

 

 

looks like maybe those concept art things might not have been that far off.

 

black and white, kinda creepy looking oil dripping down a bumpy bioshock looking metal surface...

 

I'm now very intrigued

 

 

plus the announcement is right before halloween, maybe its going to be something scary and spookycreepy like the concept art?

 

oooo exciting.

 

too bad warren spector hasnt made a good game since.... long time?

Edited September 25, 2009 by entrerix

[Oner]

9 years and a month.

[Pop]

 

Basically it's a Wii platformer in which you have certain power over the environment.

 

In the gates, barely visible, is Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, a largely forgotten Disney character created about a year before Steamboat Willie made his debut. Reportedly, the game involves you taking on the persona of Oswald, who seeks to dethrone Mickey as the cornerstone of the Disney Kingdom.

Edited October 6, 2009 by Pop

[Oner]

Awesomeness.

[Purkake]

Great, but it's Wii-only.

 

Who came up with that great business decision?

 

On an unrelated note the Wii Balanceboard was almost outselling the PS3 in North America.

[Pop]

Probably Disney, upon realizing that the Disney Kingdom IP is popular with families, and that the Wii is also popular with families. Overwhelmingly so. Exclusivity was probably decided when they realized you couldn't replicate desired gameplay mechanics on systems without motion detection.

 

This could be one of those rare AAA titles to really crack the Wii market.

Edited October 6, 2009 by Pop

[Oner]

Wii. Great.

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Ugh, just what the world needs. Another comic character gone serious and dark.

[Pop]

Let us not forget the tragedy of Darkwing Duck.