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10/30/09
Disney knows how to do a proper ad campaign. #disneyepicmickey
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So, don't buy it, don't play it, and don't blame your loss on the anyone but yourself. #disneyepicmickey
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Read the Game Informer article about the aspirations of this game, not so much the graphics or game play or anything else - what it's trying to achieve, and will succeed at, is that you're going to have a great protagonist and all his life breathed back into him. Mickey used to be an amalgamation of Goofy, Donald, Pluto, et al. and now he's the "aw shucks" personality-less team leader. He's adored and even he doesn't know why. This will be a story to restore that feeling, and will be his own journey of re-discovery through his purpose based on the failure of those before him. By that same token, if the game does it right, you, too, will discover things about yourself alongside him.
If it delivers, we're going to have a good, genre/platform changing game that sets the bar. If it doesn't, then we're going to have a good platformer. #disneyepicmickey
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I don't know how much it will cost them, but I definitely think the wrong choice was made when it became an exclusive. #disneyepicmickey
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@geiko: #disneyepicmickey
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If the game has some mechanic that absolutely CANNOT work outside of a Wii thanks to its controller, then I could understand. Considering the game initially was not planned for the Wii though, I think they could have found a way to make it work.
Keeping it on the Wii restricts the number of people who may play it. Just because Wi is the best selling console around does not guarantee sales eother. There have been more than enough stats posted to back this up. I just think they're restricting their audience too tightly... especially when the game isn't intended to be simply for kids. You would think for a new IP you'd at least consider multiple opportunities. #disneyepicmickey
11/01/09
If you are still "waggling," or even think you still have to, you haven't played in a ver long time. #disneyepicmickey
11/01/09
"Making it work" is exactly why so many multi-platforms are having so much trouble this generation. It either looks off on one, requires a different style of art, or new controls. If more developers had the good since to stop trying to "make it work" and instead "make it right," there would be a lot less crappy games over all.
Yes, making in exclusive restricts the audiance, but that goes back to the "work vs right" arugement above. The biggest problem developers have on the Wii is advertising, they simply assume they don't have to do it. Thye let sites like Kotaku pick up a few stories, throw up an ad at GameFAQS a week before release and assume that's all that is needed. But this is a Disney game, and they are good at advertising. The DS Kingdom Hearts game is one of the very very few advertisments I've seen around here. #disneyepicmickey
10/30/09
On the other hand, Spector's insistence that Wii games must be their own thing suggests that there was a significant chunk of (important) people that disagreed with him ... #disneyepicmickey
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Noo, book to game! The movie version of Northern Lights was an abomination, they totally gutted the story to appeal to the American audience. #disneyepicmickey
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We're all going to pretend that that movie never happened. Got it? #disneyepicmickey
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Well that's ok then as the Wii can do 480p! No more need for you to worry. #disneyepicmickey
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If that happens, I hope they still work on this Wii version since it's suits the Wii best.
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...Unless you were talking about how it was originally an ARPG, in which I'm pretty sure they said that they switched back to turn-based due to DS limitations that led to the possibility that multiplayer would be clunky as hell. #disneyepicmickey
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Either way, this DQIX issue (with a number of serious dedicated fans who probably disliked the direction the game was going towards) can't really be compared to what's happening with Epic Mickey (in which nobody really knows what it's going to be like in the long run, and the only people trashing it appear to be those who want it on their console of choice/don't really like the overall look of the game judging from screenshots so far).
Oh, and many, MANY thanks for approving me. I've been waiting to be approved for about 10 or so months.
10/30/09
That said, I'm really digging the concept art for this game, but the screenshots are falling flat. This game is just begging for hand-drawn art. Games like Muramasa, Okami, and A Boy and His Blob have proven that the Wii can handle really beautiful art styles. #disneyepicmickey
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Gamers, take note. This is what *good* developers do. #disneyepicmickey
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I'm glad they aren't porting this all over the place -- at least initially -- because it means they can pool their resources into the one platform. It will make a big difference in the quality of the final product. #disneyepicmickey
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That also means no spiky-haired amnesiacs or convoluted plots, factors apparently needed to satisfy the hardcore constituency.
Also, even if you don't consider Nintendo's history of Disney platformers (SNES had some great ones), two of the last three mainstream KH games were on a Nintendo console.
If it does well, count on a port. #disneyepicmickey
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When you go multiplatform with platforms that are too different, the game's quality gets compromised in at least one of the versions. #disneyepicmickey
10/30/09
And while I understand that lots of people like them, I'm not a fan of the Thing or the Fantastic Four. But still a Spector made Marvel game of any sorts would be really interesting. #disneyepicmickey
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[www.computerandvideogames.com] #disneyepicmickey
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Now that that's been said, I guess it's time to flee the topic, because 90% of the comments will be people bitching about the game, its exclusive status, or its graphics. Just like every other time.
*sigh* #disneyepicmickey
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Besides, the painting concept just works best on the Wii (in my mind). I mean, the controller is a paintbrush, right? Look what it did for Okami! Arguably, the Wii version is the best version of that game because of the improvements made in the control department. #disneyepicmickey
10/30/09
Wow, cool! Are you posting from next year? Do we have flying cars yet? What's today's lottery number?! #disneyepicmickey
10/30/09
Remember how last gen, being a graphics whore was a bad thing and "real gamers" played games with lower-quality graphics? Gotta love how that reversed when the only non-HD system on the market was embraced by the mainstream instead. #disneyepicmickey
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Anyways, I'm glad that they are focusing on one system (the Wii!) rather than fragmenting between the bases and making a dulled-down Wii port.
Great to see them focus.
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There are games being developed right now that take advantage of both systems, so surely if the Epic Mickey team wanted to, they would have gotten in on developer's kit to prep PS3 and 360 versions for Natal and PS3 Motion Control's releases.
Glib, sarcastic responses are sometimes appropriate, but use your head first. #disneyepicmickey
10/30/09
Anyway, most (if not all) of the games for the PS3 wand and Natal are first party games.
Besides that, this game has been in development for ages, whereas Sony and Microsoft only revealed their motion controllers earlier this year. #disneyepicmickey
10/30/09
just look at sales figures for the lego games.. besides lego indiana jones.. theyve always done better on the wii (and indiana jones was given away with the 360.. so thats cheating).
i know this game is "edgy," but i doubt itd edgy enough to scare kids.. i think the edge is for older people to take it more seriously.
the fact is, the so called "hardcore" dont make games sell in the megamillions.. the wii has a larger audience, and families/kids instantly come to the mind of many when nintendo/the wii and disney/mickey are mentioned. #disneyepicmickey
10/30/09
Designing this game as a Wii exclusive is the right move. Working on another game with a similar take on Mickey for the PS360 is also a good idea but ports always suck. Disney is right to take this one game at a type so they can really focus on it rather than rush something to retail. #disneyepicmickey
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Hardcore gamers want mickey too...right?? #disneyepicmickey
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in the same regards.. someone who doesnt like fpses can enjoy monopoly and scene it on the 360. this casual/hardcore division is almost as bad as democrats v republicans. it needs to die. #disneyepicmickey
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You landed on "crazy ass super expensive drive" And there's 3 houses here, please pay me all your money and kick the chair in anger. #disneyepicmickey
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Therefore, by a hardcore gamer definition, this is a match made in Heaven. :3 #disneyepicmickey
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To be honest with you I don't care about the hardcore = ps360 casual=wii. Though I have seen a larger amount of "casual" games going to the wii while more "hardcore" games going to pc/360/ps3. #disneyepicmickey
10/30/09
From now on, sarcasm goes italic, irony goes bold. Done.
I am d-o-n-e with looking like some smart-ass troll.. fuck it.. i was trying to be ironic and i end up looking like a fool once more..
NO MORE! #disneyepicmickey
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