Spector was the one pushing for Epic Donald and other Epic Mickey spin-offs, and with Disney setting its sights on more current trends, fans would never see those games developed. Disney executives were constantly asking developers to take advantage of current gaming trends like free-to-play and always-online functionality. During the not-so-successful release of Epic Mickey 2, Spector had a falling out with Disney and by January 2013, Junction Point shut down for good. Disney wanted the game out as soon as possible and Spector wanted to produce a high-quality game. Warren Spector, the director of the Epic Mickey games, was dealing with what many game developers deal with, a time crunch. Related: Every Character Confirmed For Disney Dreamlight Valley (So Far) While two gaming studios connected to Disney were shut down in 2011, Junction Point, the studio behind Epic Mickey, was trying to crank out Epic Mickey 2 by Fall 2012 in order to make money. Modeled after the brush used by Mickey in the. Disney is still developing multiplayer games to this day, with the recently announced Disney Speedstorm revealing multiple playable characters. Whether the game was going to be traditional multiplayer or whether one player was going to be in charge of multiple characters is unknown.Īccording to Press Reset: Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry by Jason Schreier, in 2010, before the original Epic Mickey was released, Bob Iger, then CEO of Disney, announced that Disney was planning to shift its focus from console games to mobile games and Facebook apps. Step into the magical world of Epic Mickey with this paintbrush-shaped nunchuk. The footage with the stand-in Mickey seems to have been being used to test some sort of multiplayer mode. Gameplay footage shows Donald and a Mickey Mouse-colored duck body with a Mickey Mouse blockhead exploring some ruins, with gold coins falling from the ceiling. To read my review of the game itself- see Disney Epic Mickey Collectors Edition. The rest of the game is a retread of countless games that have come before it. This ties into the thin notion of Mickeys morality and its impact on the world, but like a lot of the support elements in Epic Mickey, it doesnt seem fully formed. The brush works not just on enemies, but on the surrounding environment as well. Unfortunately, Mickeys magic paintbrush is the only gameplay element that is even marginally unique. Combat also revolves around the paintbrush, and you can choose to either thin enemies out of existence or paint them until they turn against their brethren. Related: Disney Mirrorverse's Coolest Character Redesigns Mickey uses a magic paintbrush in the cartoon world to help him either create with paint or destroy with thinner. While the footage is short, it does show that development was far enough along that gameplay was being tested, at least to an extent.

A lot of information can be gleaned from this gameplay footage concerning what developers had planned.

Recently, actual gameplay footage from Epic Donald was discovered and revealed by Youtube channel Slope's Game Room, where previously only some images and news were released.

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