Line #3 Trivia/EpicMickey


1	!!General
2	* At a panel, Creator/WarrenSpector mentioned that he limited the references to other Creator/{{Disney}} films up to ''WesternAnimation/{{The Jungle Book\|1967}}'' in order to prevent himself from going overboard. At the same panel, Creator/PeterDavid mentioned that ''The Jungle Book'' was, incidentally, the last film Creator/WaltDisney had a direct hand in making. Spector then replied that that was now the official reason.
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4	!!Trivia
5	* ChristmasRushed: WordOfGod is that ''Epic Mickey'' was rushed to reach store shelves by the 2010 holiday season, which explains a few of the game's rougher edges. Even with the rush, it still missed the "Black Friday" after-Thanksgiving shopping weekend.
6	* CollectorsEdition: Those who pre-ordered the game got a special edition of the strategy guide (with an interview with Warren Spector in it), themed Wii skins, and a vinyl Mickey figurine holding a paintbrush.
7	* ExecutiveMeddling: Disney ordered the game to reach store shelves by the 2010 holiday despite it still having about a year of estimated development time before it was completed. Beyond that, they were actually pretty hands off with game, only stepping in when they believed things got ''too'' dark.
8	* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: The pre-order of the game comes with a Behind the Scenes DVD, a Mickey figure, and some decals for the Platform/{{Wii}} and Wiimote.
9	* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: Most people who are aware of Oswald's existence owe it to this game, [[InvokedTrope which was intentionally made as a comeback vehicle for both him and Mickey]], not the original cartoons he starred in, though the game does acknowledge them. Adding to the issue is that while half of his original cartoons are available on DVD, said set only got a limited release, and wasn't released outside the US.
10	* TheOtherMarty: Early [[https://youtu.be/-c1kcRcJYms footage]] featured Oswald having a younger voice when encountering Mickey in the introduction.
11	* TheMerch: Showing up in Ride/DisneyThemeParks after the game's release was a lot of merch featuring old Mickey (including at least one shirt featuring a shot of him from ''Gallopin' Gaucho'', a short that fell into company CanonDiscontinuity for having Mickey light a cigarette with his foot among other things.) This game is why.
12	* MissingTrailerScene: A behind-the-scenes trailer showed The Mad Doctor and Oswald working together in the opening to take Mickey’s heart with the plunger which Mickey later tosses towards them. When the game was rewritten, obviously, Oswald became the one who ''saves'' Mickey.
13	* PlayingAgainstType: The creator of ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' was put in charge of a ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse'' game. Lot less jarring if you were aware of Warren Spector's work on Creator/SteveJacksonGames' ''Toon!'' RPG.
14	* PromotedFanboy: Warren Spector was already a pretty big Disney fan before being given the project.
15	* RoleReprise: Creator/CoreyBurton returns to voice Yen Sid, after voicing him in the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series.
16	* ScrewedByTheNetwork: The finished game was originally supposed to be a late 2011/December 2011 release, but Disney cut the development time by a full year for the 2010 holiday season, meaning the game technically isn't finished.
17	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
18	** The "[[CharacterModelKarmaMeter Scrapper]]" mechanic (where WesternAnimation/{{Mickey\|Mouse}}'s appearance would change to reflect the player's moral decisions) ended up ''[[{{Pun}} scrapped]]''. Depending on whether Mickey's actions were good or bad, his appearance would have changed into either the tall and proud "[[IncorruptiblePurePureness Hero]]" form or the dark, hunched-over "[[AntiHero Scrapper]]" form. Even before ''these'' were cut from the game, there were two other, much more evil-looking forms proposed (one of which you can see in this [[http://epicmickey.wikia.com/wiki/File:Concept-mickey.jpg concept art]]), that would only be attainable if the player took the worst actions possible. Spector said that [[SeriousBusiness people didn't like having Mickey's iconic appearance tampered with]], so instead his {{Fairy Companion}}s turn blue or {{sickly green\|Glow}}. The change from the Scrapper/Hero system to Guardian system was also made so people wouldn't just try to play the meter and instead make their own choices. More concept art regarding the mechanic can be seen [[https://www.deviantart.com/hamilton74/gallery here]] for those interested.
19	** Before the concept of Mickey using the paintbrush was finalized, many sketches and ideas of Mickey's paint abilities were of him using ''himself'' as the paint, ink constantly dripping off him and even some drawings having parts of him reduced to a sketch due to how much paint he was using.
20	** An ''Alice in Wonderland'' level based on "Alice's Curious Labyrinth" from [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disneyland Paris]] was planned but scrapped to avoid confusion with the Creator/TimBurton film. This is actually referenced InUniverse; it's in Yen Sid's model of the Wasteland, but when Mickey spills the thinner onto the Wasteland, the Labyrinth model sinks away into nothingness, erasing it from the game.
21	** Oswald was originally going to be the main antagonist of the game, with the FinalBoss being him [[FusionDance fused together]] with the Shadow Blot to become the "[[http://hamilton74.deviantart.com/art/Epic-Mickey-Storm-Blot-193975504 Storm Blot]]". When Warren Spector came on as director, he made the decision to turn Oswald into an AntiHero since he wanted people to love Oswald again, not hate or fear him.
22	** Several concept art shows that Minnie was originally going to be in the game.
23	** Another storyboard shows [[http://web.archive.org/web/20150208121914/https://billygeorge.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ursula_7.jpg Ursula]] as a villain in the story. According to the art book, Ursula would have lived inside The Jug, originally written as a separate location from Mickeyjunk Mountain attached to various machinery filtering out the thinner in the environment.
24	** Potential bosses for Mickeyjunk Mountain included Chernabog and a robotic Yeti exo-suit of Oswald's.
25	** A larger example comes from the decision why the game is a Wii exclusive. It was originally a Xbox 360/[=PS3=] game, but when he was asked about a Wii version, Warren Spector decided he didn't want to it to make it a bogged-down port. So they decided to make it a Wii exclusive. {{Hilarious\|InHindsight}}ly, ''VideoGame/EpicMickey2ThePowerOfTwo'' and the 2024 ''Rebrushed'' version are both multiplatform.
26	** The Blot was originally a DarkerAndEdgier reimagining of the Phantom Blot from the ''ComicBook/MickeyMouseComicUniverse'', but after the devs realized that [[InNameOnly they strayed too far from his comic counterpart]], they made him a different character instead, signified by his name being changed to just "the Blot". Despite this, some promotional material and the graphic novel adaptation [[EarlyDraftTieIn still refer to him]] as the Phantom Blot. The 2019 Mickey Mouse comic "The Blot and the Blob" would [[DevelopmentGag allude to this connection]] by having the Phantom Blot work together with the Blot.
27	** After it was decided to make the Blot a separate character from the Phantom Blot, there were plans to have the Phantom Blot appear alongside the Shadow Blot, which got far enough that he appears in place of the Mad Doctor in an early version of the opening cinematic (which also implies that he would've been [[CompositeCharacter a cloaked version of the Mad Doctor]]). However, the devs decided to only have the Blot because of concerns that players would be confused as to which Blot the characters were talking about.
28	** Unfinished videos for "balloon" and "fireworks" sketches can be found in the game's files. [[https://twitter.com/ChaseJonez/status/1257438824017338370 According to a designer on the game]], the fireworks sketch was a noisemaker that could distract enemies, and the balloon sketch would “trap and disable”.
29	** [[https://external-preview.redd.it/SjStn9uRBt4nMKy0Jdb0sCyWPJ9rmlAx4AaLqliO4RI.jpg?auto=webp&s=d6e9c2e9ee53851c3eca41d693980616e73fb525 One piece of concept art]] shows that a land based off of Epcot and Hollywood Studios was considered at one point, but seemingly never made it past the concept stage. Wasteland in the final game largely limits itself to using Disneyland Park[=/=]Magic Kingdom Park as inspiration.
30	** In 2015, [[https://twitter.com/DisneyAPromos/status/1642581729876627458 Warren Spector proposed a film adaptation]] of ''Epic Mickey'', but while he was able to put together a trailer with a team and budget, Disney rejected the proposal. While no official explanation was given, this likely stems from Disney's [[NoAdaptationsAllowed general opposition to feature films starring Mickey Mouse, given that they've rejected numerous proposals of films starring him in the past]].

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