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While Nintendo ’s February Direct Partner Showcase included afew unexpected games , nothing was more surprising than the riposte ofEpic Mickey . The Nintendo Wii escapade is something of a cult classic among Disney fans thanks to its alone house painting hook and some clever 2D levels that make up tribute to classic Mickey Mouse cartoons . Though it ’s beloved by some , reviews at the timewere mixed due to some clumsy Wii - era motion controls and a piteous 3D camera .
Thankfully , the Disney adventure is getting some buyback inEpic Mickey : Rebrushed . The approaching going does n’t just bring the Wii secret plan to swop but aims to fix most of its most blazing problems , too . That ’s a change I ask , considering that it would need a control overhaul to work with the Switch ’s more traditional button layout . What surprise me , though , is thatRebrushedisn’t just a unsubdivided HD remaster like its rubric seemed to connote . It ’s a true remake , even if its visual upgrades are a turn lowly .
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My demo would take me to a chunk of Gremlin Village , Epic Mickey’ssecond major area . I ’d cursorily relearn the basics as I commend how to use key to unwrap concealed objects and disappear opposition with thinner . It was a ingenious 3D platforming whatchamacallum in the Wii era , and it has n’t lost any appealingness here . I still mystify the same satisfaction from cutting chunks out of a rampart so I could stick out to a political program on its other side .
The focusing of the demo was less on gameplay , though . Instead , it was build to show offRebrushed’soverhauled visuals and controls . At first , I assumed that the undertaking was a simple remaster . It looks brighter and suave than its Wii vis-a-vis , but there are still enough rough edges here that make it find like an older plot that ’s been painted up . To my surprisal , I ’d learn thatRebrushedis a much more ambitious project . Every asset has been remade from the ground up . Everything stays true to the 2010 original ’s design , but it ’s a whole raw game . While that ’s slightly disappointing to hear , considering how jag and dated the fresh visuals can look , I appreciate that the team atPurple Lamp and THQ Nordicwent the spare air mile here .
What ’s more impactful is the mastery renovation , which makesRebrushedfeel like an entirely unlike secret plan . Rather than using motion controls to paint , I diddle my demo on a received Switch Pro Controller , using a two - stick apparatus to move and contain the camera . That ’s so by nature implement here that I can barely remember the ill-chosen dominance of the original . Nothing feel out of step with a modern 3D game , where I ’m capable to freely swivel the camera around while painting opposition .
That may not voice like a lot to a casual lector , but it ’s something that ’s sure to get fans of the original unrestrained . With that friction last , Epic Mickey : Rebrushedmoves some major distraction out of the way . That ’ll reserve players coming to it for the first time to more clearly see its unique gameplay twist and the originative ways it thread Disney history into its world . I ’d be remind of that when I dally a remade version of a 2D level theme around Mickey’sSteamboat Williecartoon .
The skilful case scenario?Rebrushedgets a whole raw generation concerned in the short - be series and gives Disney the sureness to make a new installment . Maybe that ’s just aspiring thinking for now , butEpic Mick : Rebrushedputs its good groundwork forward to make a case for a full - on revivification .
Epic Mickey : Rebrushedwill launching this year on PS4 , PS5 , Xbox One , Xbox Series X / S , Nintendo Switch , and PC .
