Epic Mickey: Rebrushed Is A Switch Remake Of A Wii Favourite

Finally, people can reexperience a game that kinda sucks(and I say this as someone who really liked EM when it came out)

The first seconds, i was hoping for a realese for the Castle of Illusion 2013 remake as its not avalible on any Nintendo Console. I was very disappointed when i realized what it was.

Excited to see Epic Mickey get another shot but hopefully the camera was the first thing to be fixed because dear lord, it could get bad in the original release even by 90s 3D platformer standards.

Pretty good game. Enjoyed it a lot back when it came out

As someone who played the original game it’s honestly pretty solid. Heck it actually has (sorta) a karma system where you can make the citizens of the wasteland either happy or miserable based on what choices you make in the side quests and you can also choose to save the bosses with paint or erase them using thinner.

This is my entire childhood and I will likely be picking it up day one! Been waiting for a good excuse to revisit this one.

At first I thought it was a remake of Disney's Magical Mirror Starring Mickey Mouse which would be a niche choice for a reworking

Absolutely adored this game on the Wii and I have never been big on Disney video games. I wanted Disney games to go down this path in general but no.2 in the Epic Mick series was below average and they dispensed with the series. Insta-buy.

I remember being hyped for the game back in the day then I bought it and made it like maybe three hours in before never touching it again.

Yes!!! This is the game from the Wii era that I most wanted to get a remake, I'm beyond happy to see it return!

Never finished this when it first came out so I am glad i's getting this remake. It has some issues but I remember really liking it back then. Wish they were doing the sequel too, which I have barely touched.

This is the game where Mickey's ears are always facing the camera from any angle. Not even Kingdom Hearts 3 managed to get that effect working lol

Nice, if they improve the camera and so with the remaster, I will finally get to play it!

There were a lot of details and Easter eggs in this game but it kinda got lost due to being SD on the Wii. Hopeful a remake can sort this out. Also would love Epic Donald which got cancelled.

Glad we got a remastered of the first one but also why not bundle it with a port of the second one?

Well, pretty decent 3rd party remake.
Will check the PS5 version if available.

While I am EXTREMELY confused as to why Disney Social Media would do a full scale remake of this and not just port it like everything else, I'm beyond happy to see Purple Lamp still working hard. It makes sense why they've been completely uneffected by the restructer, rolling from Battle for Bikini Bottom 4 onto this. They're my favorite part of my favorite publisher, and Oswald is pretty much the only part of Disney I still love without exception. This is my game. It was made for me.

I’ve never been this excited in a partner direct. This game and its sequel practically introduced me to video games and I’ve always wanted to replay it and now I get the opportunity!

Does this have non-motion controls?

This game was my jam back in 2010, when Sonic games stopped being about 3D platforming this game filled a void.

EM and Another Code R are definitely in my top 10 Wii games.

I'm fairly excited for this one!

I'll get this if they fixed the gawd awful camera. It's a good game but ugh that camera. 😡
Still need to play the second one.

@martynstuff I'd like to see a remake of that. Having said that, how much would Nintendo need to be involved for that to happen?

I mean, that game as well as the GBA version of The Magical Quest 1 were made by Nintendo and Capcom, and even Shigeru Miyamoto has a Producer credit on both.

Anyway, about Epic Mickey: Rebrushed. Is it going to be based on the original western release or the seemingly slightly superior Japanese version?
This is a game I have in my Wii collection I never finished, but I wouldn't mind going back to it before playing the Switch version.

If they have a gyro controls option, kind of like Metroid Prime Remastered, I'm on board. Hopefully in the future we get Epic Mickey 2 and the 3DS game as well.

It wasn’t a bad game back in the day, I might revisit it.

@martynstuff Haha, that was my first thought too! I was like "wait that's the weirdest choice for a remake ever".

@N00BiSH For me the thing that sucked was the camera, probably the worst in any known 3D game.

EDIT: I see I'm late 😁.

Would have wanted a dual pack but ok I will get this.

I never played Epic Mickey on Wii back in the day, so I'm excited to finally play it now.

I'm so excited. Hopefully, if this does well, we could see other adventures in this universe. There are so many creatvie possibilities with the setting and characters. And a graphical upgrade could really send home the visuals wth the dark ominous areas as well as the light and colorful ones.

I missed out on this back in the day, but thankfully I'll have an opportunity to rectify that.

I hope they expand the world and levels a bit, maybe even pull some areas or content from the second game since that was a train wreck.

My favorite announcement of the showcase, I know I'm in the minority but I loved Epic Mickey on the Wii and can't wait to revisit it on my Switch

@ElRoberico Yes. The direct mentions ‘optional motion controls’.

man, I remember following the development of this game.

Warren Spector wanted to go a lot darker with much more interesting ideas but Disney chickened out.

@ottoecamn He also said back then that the camera was good 🤣.

Magical castle remake on Switch please.

One of the more pleasant announcements of the Direct. This one feels a long time coming ever since the need for that company to make Mickey cool again, public domain aside

I tried playing this game last year I think...I really wanted to like it, because usually Warren Spector creates (or at least influences) some really great games, but it just felt like a poor-man's Rareware.
I ended up turning it off and playing Donkey Kong 64 instead.
Maybe I'll give it another shot some time.

This is neat! The Wii wasn’t even HD. The improvements should be very nice. 😊

They wouldn’t announce an older game like The Disney Afternoon Collection in a partner showcase, but they should still bring it to Switch. Maybe for the 7th anniversary? 🤞

I liked this on on the Wii, nice it's making a come back.

This game was ok perfectly middle of the road, I liked it enough to beat it but I barely remember anything from the game besides a few settings and the weird final boss thing. It would be a good one to get on a sale.

@rvcolem1 I remember the 2D sections because at least they were... playable, but I also beat the whole game.

@Banjo- oh my I completely forgot about those and it wasn't like I was a kid when I played it...I guess it was just that memorable to me.

Is it just me or did that trailer look like it was running on different hardware? 🤔 Seemed almost 4K to me.

I really liked this, camera could be weird but fun none the less. I think it should have EM2 as well though.

@Banjo- buddy, the camera is the least of the game's problems

@HammerGalladeBro what's different about the JP version?

@N00BiSH Well, yeah, the frame rate is choppy, the controls are unresponsive and even the collision detection is faulty.

Hopefully a fix to the awful camera is part of the remake.

I get motion sick easy, but this game has my worst memory of being sick. Many, many hours of nausea and headaches after playing the game for an hour. I love the idea of this game and am terrified to try and play it again.

@cyrus_zuo Poor thing. So, it's not just me who thinks that the camera is the worst thing about it even if it's not the only bad thing about the game 😅.

@Banjo- It's not just about how it plays, it's also about how it executes its concept--THAT'S where it falls apart for me.

Happy for those that never played this that will get their chance now.

I've never seen it referred to as a "Wii favorite" before. Where do they come up with this stuff? SMH.

@N00BiSH I understand. It was a good idea because Mickey was not that popular in video games and films at that time, so it could have been the Fantasia of video games, but it was not.

@Johnny44
There was definitely some rough performance in parts of the direct trailer which did make it seem like it was running on switch hardware though there was also some footage of what looked like FMVs.

though the game is multiplatform so i imagine trailers outside of the direct will be based on other versions.

@Lizuka I know what you mean. I still have my Wii hooked up to the main TV and have had this game for years in the always expanding backlog. A few months ago I decided to give it a shot, and yeah, a few hours in I just packed it in. The opening animation captured me, but the game itself was rather dull to play which was a shame as I was really looking forward to starting it.

@DreamlandGem Me to! I never got to play the original on Wii so this is great.

Stoked for this one. I own and have beaten the original release many times and the sequel. This was back when Disney was still magical.

I remember the whole story.. the hype about Warren Spector and his early 'dark / decaying' concept artwork. Then the game turned out quite bad, supposedly.