Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed – THQ Nordic’s promising remake of legendary designer Warren Spector’s flawed however lovable 2010 platform journey – launches for PlayStation, Xbox, Swap, and PC on twenty fourth September this 12 months.
The unique Disney Epic Mickey, developed by Spector’s Junction Level Studios, launched for Wii again in 2010 – plunging Mickey Mouse right into a splendidly creative, and surprisingly darkish, world of corrupted theme park points of interest and long-forgotten Disney historical past.
Inevitably, it by no means fairly lived as much as its deliciously twisted idea artwork, but it surely did characteristic a novel magic paintbrush mechanic – enabling Mickey to color and erase gadgets on the earth to resolve puzzles and help his traversal – plus surprisingly concerned questing, together with a light-weight morality system. Epic Mickey is arguably additionally single-handedly accountable for introducing Oswald the Fortunate Rabbit again into the general public consciousness, so it will get factors there too.
Sure, it had its fair proportion of clumsy platforming segments, however I nonetheless cherished it for all its bizarre, Defunctland vibes – and developer Purple Lamp’s remake is the right alternative to repair up a few of these tough spots and let the remainder of it shine. Whether or not that’ll occur stays to be seen, however writer THQ Nordic has now revealed extra of Rebrushed’s overhaul in a brand new launch date trailer.
That contemporary take a look at the remake comes alongside information of an $200 USD (round £160) Epic Mickey: Rebrushed Collector’s Version that includes the sport, a 28cm Mickey Mouse statue, an Oswald the Fortunate Rabbit keychain, a classic Mickey Mouse tin signal (“including a contact of nostalgia”, says THQ Nordic as if desperately attempting to justify the existence of this extraneous tat), six postcards, a steel-book case, and the Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed Costume Pack.
The latter consists of Steam Boat Willie, Soccer, and Courageous Little Tailor costumes, and can be being provided as a pre-order bonus for anybody buying the £50/$60 commonplace version forward of launch. Pre-orders moreover include 24 hours of “early entry” to Rebrushed – a notion about as magical as a $25 Disney park queue-jump quick cross.
Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed shall be obtainable for Xbox Collection X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PS4, Swap, and PC when it launches on twenty fourth September – and I am genuinely trying ahead to revisiting its wild, bizarre spin on Disney’s lesser-remembered previous.