A Needlessly Exhaustive History of Epic Mickey - Featuring AtlasGeneticist
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- Epic Mickey is my favorite video game of all time. In this video, I go through the entire history of the game and its sequels, plus my thoughts on the games themselves and their place in Disney history.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro/The Two Sides of Mickey
4:20 Background and History Leading Up to Epic Mickey
7:03 Early Development of Epic Mickey
13:22 The Making of Epic Mickey
22:38 Marketing and Release of Epic Mickey
26:46 Synopsis and Gameplay of Epic Mickey
42:17 Review and Analysis of Epic Mickey
46:17 Other Epic Mickey Media and Planned Spin-offs and Sequels
50:31 Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two Synopsis and Gameplay
1:00:37 Review and Analysis of Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
1:07:48 Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion Synopsis and Review
1:10:15 Failure and Cancellation of Epic Mickey Franchise
1:11:38 Failure, Success, and the Legacy of Epic Mickey
1:16:37 Epic Mickey: Rebrushed and the Story of Disney
1:20:16 Up Next
1:20:29 Outro
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I’ll never forgive the world for robbing us of more Epic Mickey. Very excited for the remaster and praying it sparks new entries in the series.
Kingdom Hearts and Epic Mickey are both two of Disney's greatest projects of all time.
Very true!
“Which he does in song” is my favorite running gag in this. Really cements how much it happens and how “ok I guess we’re doing this now” it feels
Because of this game, Oswald is my favorite Disney character. I really hope Rebrushed improves the experience of the original.
I don’t need a history. I experienced it.
Same, still gonna watch the video tho
This game is part of my history
Real recognizing real
Same
46:17 Italian here, you guys have no idea how massive the first Epic Mickey's marketing was, the graphic novel adaptation were drawn by two of the best artists in the country, Paolo Mottura and Fabio Celoni, and one of the biggest comic book/magazines of the country, Topolino had an entire issue dedicated to it.
I remember the first time i saw anything of this game was on a commercial on TV when we were on vacation to Disney World. The game hadn't come out yet, but it was such a mysterious new exciting spooky world that made me more curious about Disney history than anything else.
This was a very, VERY well done retrospective. Not a single detail was skipped. Very glad the remake is coming this year, so new generations can play this masterpiece. Subbed!
Thanks!
This is awesome, thank you so much for making this. Love Epic Mickey so much with its place in Disney history, and am so eager to play the remake.
Thank you for watching it!
A: Modern mickey in most media would/should/is a more mature version of himself. He basically grew into the person he wanted to be, a true role model .
B: Oswald wasn't the favorite child, but he and his little brother are at least working on patching things up, in my opinion
I'd actually like to add that... well, I'm not sure the post-Walt heads of the company really knew Oswald wasn't owned by the studio for years. There was a company easter card from 1982 that featured a ton of Disney rabbits, including an early Roger Rabbit prototype, that had Oswald on it. Coupled with the fact that Disney's Toontown Online referenced Trolley Troubles, the first released Oswald short, also in 2003.
Also, Spector developing Epic Mickey was probably a genius move in hindsight. The man developed a tabletop called Toon, a TTRPG based around cartoon logic as opposed to knights and magic.
I've seen the Easter card, but I wasn't aware of the Trolley Troubles reference. The Easter card wasn't a copyright violation because it wasn't a product sold to the public. I would imagine the Trolley Troubles reference probably wasn't explicit enough to violate copyright, but I couldn't say for sure.
@@ExtraordinaryPeoples It was a building facade that was a theater showing the short, but nothing actually involving it, so true. Though, since released pitch stuff for the game showed that they were considering giving him and Horace their own black and white area extremely early on.
I am glad that this video got recommended to me.
I got into Epic Mickey around 10 years ago, which was like a couple years after the last games in the franchise. As someone who just got started looking into Disney history at the time because I've been a Disney fan my entire life, the premise of the game exploring forgotten and unused aspects of the Disney brand had 7 year old me hooked, despite not playing any of the games.
Throughout the years since then, I've looked into the game's story, and I started to appreciate it even more, showing me that Mickey actually has flaws and wasn't always this picture perfect role model that younger kids idolize.
Around February of this year (or 2024 for those who might see this comment in the future), I was feeling sick, and I couldn't go to school due to my condition. The day after that, I was getting breakfast and decided to check out the Mini Direct out of curiosity. I still was feeling a bit iffy, but it wasn't as bad as the day before. When I saw the announcement of an Epic Mickey remake coming for all platforms, I felt really excited. I felt so good, that the excitement actually motivated me to return to school. And, I was really happy for the rest of the day.
I'm glad Disney decided to approve of a remake for this game, considering it did not only reinvent the mouse, but also a celebration and a bit of an influence for Disney animation and parks.
I'd like to say I've enjoyed this video very much. There was a good amount of effort put into it. And like it was mentioned, I was one of the many people who was impacted by the series. Thank you for making this. I can't wait to enjoy the remake, and I hope you do too.
Thank you! I'm also very much looking forward to playing the remastered game.
Epic Mickey introduced Oswald to me. And he’s one of my FAVORITE characters from the game😭 I love him so much. Epic Mickey also my love of horror.❤ it’s so whimsy and charming and I just love it so much
This was incredibly well done! Epic Mickey is what made me so enamored with animation and its strange and deeply fascinating history. It's hard to find videos, and just information in general about this game. So thank you for putting in all this effort and sharing the history of one of my favorite games, and for the other videos regarding the making of Oswald and Mickey!
Thank you for watching!
I remember being overcome with emotion when I discovered Walt's Office, and seeing Mickey there. If I remember correctly, there was a brief dialogue too. Oswald's story of being found and finding a brother in Mickey was something that has always stayed with me. I'm so glad Walt's lost son has returned and has found a place for himself once again.
First time coming across your channel. You did a great job with this retrospective
Thanks!
"I just feel in this weird sort of way, that (uhh) I'm giving them their hearts back, their hearts are gonna appear in their chest again and they're gonna appear pop back in the real world, and- and people out here are gonna love them again"
- Warren Spector
I'll be honest, It took me a while to play the first game, because when I was little I played the Second One, and wondered who (almost) everyone were, but later i got to know Oswald's story, and how he's become one of my favorite Disney characters, and when I started playing Epic Mickey 1, I was happy when you get to see Oswald at the beginning before the scene where he talks with Mickey. Now I can say Oswald and many of the Wasteland characters have a heart thanks to those who played the games, they leave a little something in our hearts.
Having lived through both of these games they were the best things I had ever played. Hell I still play it almost religiously every year. I'll never stop loving these games.
I'm so excited to also be living through the Rebrushed coming out soon. Hope this sparks an uprise in Epic Mickey and we get a proper sequel and get that final trilogy that Specter wanted from the beginning
Such a great video, I’m glad there’s so much appreciation for this game. I was only a kid when I first played it, I didn’t know anything about Disney history & Disney parks, so I’m glad I can give it a second chance as an adult with the Rebrush edition
The choice style thing is definitely there because young me kept getting stuck when I forgot to defeat a boss with paint and would have to restart the entire game
The only reason you would have to restart would be if you just wanted to use paint for everything, or if you wanted a pin you can only get by using paint. The actual game doesn't change at all regardless of how you defeat the bosses, so this doesn't really make sense to me.
we must have had a bug in our game then because if we didn’t stick to our path then it wouldn’t trigger the next area opening once the boss was defeated in EM2. Say we thinned the area boss instead of painting him, a door wouldn’t open and we’d be stuck in the level and would have to restart the entire game
That's really weird. I've never heard of that happening. It definitely must have been some kind of bug. You're supposed to be able to make any combination of choices throughout the game.
all i know about epic mickey was that the intro scared me half to death as a child
Oh I'm so excited, I'm learning more information about one of my favourite games. This is so good. 😀
Thanks!
Relatable
I remember when first I saw the epic Mickey trailer and the game informer page for epic Mickey for the first time , at The time, I was loving platforming games like crash, Spyro and Spider-Man from PS1 and a little bit of Pac-Man and was already watching a ton of cartoons at the time that were mostly action scenes fighting like Batman the animated series, Spider-Man the animated series, X-Men, Teen Titans, and We already had the wii because my parents wanted me and my brother start exercising with wii sports, EpicMickey changed my life in a numerous amount of ways and might as well kickstarted my love for horror and being able to enjoy/appreciate the characters in games I play a lot more as well as appreciate how far animation has come,not even to mention the story choice mechanic, the dark horror ambience the whole game had, but at the center of it was history and appreciation for the old timey rubber hose cartoons That are Basically the cemented foundation of all the anime cartoons video games we have today without those old timey cartoons they had back in the day I guarantee a lot of the animated and video game entertainment we have today would not be here At least in the form, we know it not to mention the game was practically a welcome back to Oswald which was WAY overdue epic Mickey is a perfect example of That You don’t forget what came before. And that we have the choice whether to scrap everything and destroy the world to forget the past or build off it, use it to paint a whole new future, that’s why I am so hyped for epic Mickey rebrushed and I can’t wait to stream it when it comes out .
And playing through the game trying to talk as the characters just made me connect more to the game that’s why I had such a had so much fun Voice acting it my own live streams on it while also showing my excitement via the reaction video, I made when re-brushed got announced epic Mickey will always have a tender spot in my heart even though the second game wasn’t as big as a hit I hope and pray one day that we will either get the third game that was originally planned so we can see the unfold until that prayer comes true, im happy to have it back in the spotlight again.
Epic Mickey is fr so important to me 😭 I pray every day for more
Crying about a game I've never played wasn't on the docket today but here we are. Disney owes you for promoting the new game I will definitely be buying it 100% thanks to this video
wonderful video! very informative and emotional 🖤
great stuff!! i used to play epic mickey 2 with my younger brother a lot when we were younger and this video was wonderful revisit on the games and those memories in a way :)
This is great. I love deep dives into media I remember. I only ever played the first one, so I'm really glad to hear about the plot and history of the other games.
I never got to play Epic Mickey 2, but I remember playing the demo over and over again and being enamored by it. It’s a shame the rest of the game didn’t live up to that intro.
This is amazing THANK YOU ❤
An excellent video. You did a wonderful job. I wish you further success in your creative endeavors here on TH-cam!
Thanks!
Dude I love your content this video is awesome!!
Thanks!
I used to be obsessed with this game and would watch TH-cam videos on it all the time. When I actually got to play the game though... I never finished it 😂 I don't know why
Theyre not so wrong about mobile... Disney Twisted Wonderland has some aspects taken from both classic disney and Epic Mikey
I played and beat the first game over a dozen times. I never realized that I could redeem enemies and get different cut scenes at the end.
Great video 👏👏
There should have been a cross-over between Kingdom Hearts and Epic Mickey.
Oswald was still well known when Mickey was there also that Card Walt Disney made with Oswald in it is kinda ironic since at the time that was made Oswald's design was changed into a Realistic Rabbit.
I know, but Mickey was far more popular.
Amazing video i shared it on my community tab!
Thanks! I appreciate it!
thanks for making this
Thanks for watching it!
Dang you beat me to it
In all seriousness, I love your 'exhaustive history' videos on Disney history, keep at it!!
Thanks!
Very well done
This deserves more views!!
Thanks!
Ah... Mickey games. Still remember playing one for the V-Smile back in 07, when I was 5/6
Thanks for the information!!
I always played the sequel on PS3 and I just loved it. It was my favorite game and unfortunately I couldn't play the first game because I didn't have a Wii.[I know that rebrushed coming out soon]
Since May I have been working on a university project called F.F.P and I have chosen Epic Mickey as my main theme.I have to research the whole internet now because I only have one year to do it.[Believe me. I have been working on the first chapter since May 😂].Thank you so much , you really helped me
Well done, sir.
this is a really underrated video, this deserves thousands of views, great work!
Thanks!
I remember playing this game I was in middle school and I beg my parents to get me the epic Mickey 2 and I got it. Even though I wasn't finish on the first game but these two games help me a lot in middle school and now I'm in college! and I never forgot these games and I'm so excited that we are going to get a remastered of it!
So, is there just a designated voice actor for Yen Sid? He sounds identical to the one in Kingdom Hearts.
Yeah, it's Corey Burton.
I still regret not playing these games...glad it's coming to the switch I'll get them then
This is an amazing video. Maybe one day you’ll make a retrospective on my tiny game studio once we’ve grown a bit.
Thanks! What's the name of your game studio?
What a great intro
Oddly, Kingdom Hearts did delve into "forgotten disney worlds", but extremely surface level and was on stuff that most people would be aware of. It is weird that Oswald has not appeared in a Kingdom Hearts game. Maybe Kingdom Hearts IV being in an alternate reality is the perfect excuse to finally have Oswald in the Kingdom Hearts series.
Well, at least we knew Rebrushed will have Oswald.
That's because Kingdom Hearts went full-tilt on creating its own lore, rather than deep diving into Disney lore like the 1st game did. I love the Kingdom Hearts series, but Disney faded more and more into the background as it went on.
@@PowerPandaMods Very true.
I'm really hoping that the Switch version of Rebrushed has pseudo pointer controls in much the same way many Wii ports have done. I also think it'd be a good time to address the issues the game had, like improving the camera, adding voice acting ect. I'm not really expecting those things, but eh. BTW, if I recall correctly, I think that Power of Illusion was made by the studio that made games like Monster Tale on the DS, the controls certainly feel like it anyways.
That's correct. The studio is DreamRift.
I feel like this game is so under appreciated even in the gaming community. Epic Mickey was one of the best games I played as a kid, I would totally revisit it if I still had my Wii 😭
This is the best game on the Wii
I loved this game! I spent hours on it, and my sister and I spent hours on the second one. I cannot wait for the remaster for the Switch, and I really hope they remake the second one too
I loved Epic Mickey so much that not only it fits in comfortably in the Disney Animated Canon, the filmography of Walt Disney Animation Studios, it also gave me a new perspective on retired, unused and obscure Disney creations, especially with Wish. Instead of wallowing in woes like those people, I instead imagined those deleted characterisations and designs being in Wasteland. By the by, regardless of what you feel about Wish, I actually liked it. It's not the greatest, but it's far from the worst.
I actually really liked Wish, and I even made a video on this channel defending it.
@@ExtraordinaryPeoples I think I should address. See, the game also has its novelisation, which I constantly read from the library and now currently owning. I loved it just as much as the game itself. Also from last year, I made a special video that commemorates Disney's 100, using the music from Epic Mickey 2 and visuals of concept art of every Disney Animation film, th-cam.com/video/2Tu-ynE-5no/w-d-xo.html
I watched your video; I thought it was really awesome!
@@ExtraordinaryPeoples Thank you.
Finally the algorithm gave me gem of a video.
Thanks!
Amazing hope i get as good as you
The ultimate goal in my opinion is if the remaster does well enough to please the Disney higher ups enough to sway them to let Purple Lamp the company making the game to potentially finish the story that junction point had planned my understanding is JP had 2 more games in the series but we all know what happen
Is it just me or is this hilarious?
1 hour of epic mickey history lol...
there is something i would like to correct though (very common mistake so i don't blame you), the Shadow Blot is the name specifically given to the fake blot you fight on mickeyjunk, while the true Blot is just named "The Blot" or "Storm Blot", there's a video by FungusNitrogen that explains this a bit further. other than that, great video!
Thanks for the compliment! I just watched FungusNitrogen's video, and I didn't really find it very convincing, honestly. The evidence he presents is pretty thin and sparse, and assumes a lot that just isn't really there. For instance, when Oswald and other characters refer to the "storm" or "storm blot", it seems to me that they're just referring to the form the blot has taken as a giant storm, not that "Storm Blot" is literally the entity's given name. That's just a really bizarre reading to me, and in the video, he seems to just assume it's the correct one. Similarly, "blot" and "shadow blot" are just names that Oswald, Gus, and the others came up with to describe the creature, and they're used interchangeably. When Gus first tells Mickey about the blot, he uses both "Shadow Blot" and "Blot" interchangeably, suggesting that "Blot" is just short for "Shadow Blot". And he never differentiates between the two. I just don't see a really compelling reason to think "Shadow Blot" only exclusively refers to the one specific blotling in question. The only evidence that remotely suggests this is what Abe says in Epic Mickey 2, but that just seems like that one character's way of differentiating between the two forms for the purposes of his retelling of the story. So, I don't think there's a strong case to be made that calling the nightmarish creature made from paint and thinner in Epic Mickey "The Shadow Blot" is inaccurate.
After posting that last comment, I decided to look at the Epic Mickey guide to see how it refers to the Blot, and the guide seems to only use the term "Shadow Blot" in the chapter about the specific boss battle, while using the term "The Blot" everywhere else. So, maybe it actually was the intention for only that specific entity to be called, "The Shadow Blot", but of course, as I posited in my previous comment, the game does not specify this at all.
@@ExtraordinaryPeoples i suppose. in the art book, sometimes they refer to the blot as the storm blot as well. storm blot is basically just an alternate name for the creature so it doesn't really matter anyway (there WAS a tweet from chase jones that confirmed that "storm blot" is a canon name for the blot but unfortunately he deleted his original twitter acc so you'll just have to take my word for it lol)
Unfortunately, I've never read the art book. I wanted to buy it before making this video, but I couldn't find a copy that wasn't extremely expensive. I believe you about the Chase Jones Tweet, but either way, if the creators of the game have to specify this kind of stuff, then it's probably not very clear in the first place.
I'm so mad that Jungle Book level never materialized.
Ugh, I would love to play this game again.. sadly I don't have a Wii anymore, so why not bringing it to the newer consoles and PC? I have seen Epic Micky 2 on Steam what made me happy, but they have lost out the first one.
Have to agree with you with the camera movement and consequences part sadly. But with what I cannot agree with is for me it had some style, that the characters didn't speak. Don't know how to explain that.. it fitted well for me with the style of the game/world. I mean it is nice to have and fits well in the second game! They should give it an option to put the synchro on and off :D Aaand I totally love, that the kept doing the 2D cutscenes. Such a nice charme.
It was also really fitting and nice, you could play Epic Mickey 2 with someone together. Sadly Epic Mickey 2 had some bugs and same camera issues I find at least, but played the PC Version so not sure anymore with the Wii. But you say it still was a problem so I guess.. yeah.. meh D:
It was okay. Just had one bug where I couldn't finish the world and got stuck real hard :( I could fix it through reinstalling the game. or did I play all again? No.. I guess not. AND YES, Oswald was kinda annoying staying in the way or didn't do what he was supposed to do xD c_c
Hearing they had to rush it, makes it really sad.. but still, I love the Universe and the games.
Also seeing the Ideas from the epic series that didn't got real is kind off sad.. T_T Epic Donald? I totally would have been in for that.
The DS Game looks so good. Never played it, but have seen a Let's Play from it and liked it.
Aaargh! I want to play it now.. but wait.. Epic Mickey Rebrushed?? If that happens I am more than happy :D please for PC too. Ahh, that is so nice!
Amazing and informative Video! :) Like to see people still talk about this game.
Epic Duck Tales sounds like a billion dollar idea.
Warren sure is a lucky guy
Imagine a world where we got a Mickey Mouse themed game that looks like cuphead. How incredible would that be
BRO DATS ME I DID THAT TOTE BAG BAHAHAHA 1:16:03
Wow, nice!
@ExtrordinaryPeoples I am guessing you have heard of the Epic Mickey Rebrushed coming to Switch?
Yes, I talk about it in the video, actually.
Epic Mickey. Is the best game of all time
This is honestly one of the best written video essays i´ve ever seen
Thanks!
Im sorry but i cannot understand his "introducing choice and consequence" spiel when the choices *have no* consequences. How can you introduce the concept of something when a core aspect of the thing your introducing isnt even there? Thatd be like introducing someone to the concept of lemonade by giving them sugar water. Sure some of the pieces are there, but on its own its a fundamentally different experience that teaches them nothing about what you're trying to explain to them.
Yeah, I don't think it makes a lot of sense, either. I guess he thought that having the final cut scene depend on what decisions you made was enough to get the idea across, but I don't think that really counts when it's just a cut scene at the end of the game.
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I find it so funny Eisner was so scrutinized when now is worse than then! The games Disney allow to be made ONLY have micro transactions. It’s basically a requirement. So now they’re failing in games and in their…”entertainment”. Won’t even consider their recent films as actual films lmfaO
Edit: the only exclusion is the upcoming remake but Disney is known for remakes so idek if I count it as it’s not a new original idea. At least Gameloft won’t have a finger on it.
Edit 2: John Lassiters comment about “it wouldn’t be fair to bring him back to make him the villain” is so unironically funny and sad. I don’t think it was projecting from him but it sure didn’t age well.
Overall, I would definitely say Eisner was a better CEO than Iger is. By far. Iger is a good businessman, but he isn't creative. Despite some big mistakes and missteps, Eisner was the closest a Disney executive has ever been to Walt Disney.
Hey man good video overall but the whole “more on that later” thing is a bit much, I think if you have to add that note I think you should go back to script to make to make it thorough, or just speak on it when the topic is mentioned
I mean, I didn't "add that note." That makes it sound like an afterthought or a result of poor planning, which it was not at all. The three times I did it, it was integral to the structure of the story. I had to mention things and then discuss them later. It wouldn't have made sense to do it any other way. I don't think it's a problem at all.