Friday, April 29, 2011

Epic Mickey Video Game for the Wii

Junction Point Studios. (2010). Disney: Epic mickey. California: Disney Interactive Studios.
Summary
Epic Mickey is an open ended platform game that allows players to use their own solutions for getting through the levels. The main feature of this game is Mickey's magical paint brush that has the ability to create or erase objects or players in the game. The game is set in a paper and pen world called Cartoon Wasteland which was created by the sorcerer Yen Sid for all things that have been forgotten. Out of curiosity, an unknown Mickey mouse enters Sid's workshop through a mirror in his house and sees a model of the land Sid created. He also sees the magic paintbrush and he accidentally ruins the model that Sid created. Many years later, and now a superstar, Mickey is visited by an evil force and a now mad sorcerer, and is taken to the Wasteland where he must recreate areas and characters that have been destroyed by the two. 
Review
We are a Disney loving family and we bought this on the day it was released. It is super hard for me to play but super easy for my tween...go figure!! It is a great game for fans of Disney and it's colorful history. I like playing it just to see characters that never quite made it to the limelight or got there and fell quickly. My younger son like just playing with the magic paintbrush which is a whole game in itself. Disney is one of those ageless treasures that people of all ages can have fun with. 
Genre
Video Game
Interest Level
Tween/All ages
Similar Games
Kingdom Hearts
Kingdom Hearts II
Final Fantasy games
Annotation
Mickey Mouse will save the forgotten!

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