Epic Mickey

Before I say anything else, I'm going to warn you that this review may be a little bit biased. I had been waiting a LONG time for this game to come out and I was eating up any information I could get about it when I first heard about it. So, just to warn you, I'm pretty excited about this game.

Epic Mickey was released December, 2010. You play as Mickey Mouse who had accidentaly destroyed a world that had been created for rejected and forgotten characters. The leader of this world being Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, who was Walt Disney's first cartoon character until the rights were lost to Universal Studios in 1928. Years after the "ink blot incident" (where Mickey had spilled paint and thinner on to a model of Wasteland, creating the Shadow Blot in the process), Mickey is pulled in to Wasteland by the Shadow Blot, who is in need of Mickey's heart to be able to leave Wasteland. While Mickey is trying to escape Wasteland, he meets Oswald, who blames Mickey for being forgotten and winding up in Wasteland. Because of that, Oswald agrees to help Mickey find a way to escape.

In this game, how you go about defeating enemies effects the end of the game and how others treat you. Mickey uses a magic paintbrush to attack his enemies and you can either use paint thinner, which will kill your enemies, or you can use paint, which will make them your allies. Depending on how you defeat bosses, you will either gain more paint or more thinner. You attack with the paint brush by aiming the Wii remote at the enemy. But, some enemies can only be destroyed with thinner because they aren't influenced by paint.

I love this game; the story is amazing, the gameplay is great, and I love Oswald. Though, I have to admit, I haven't finished the game (I'm so close I can almost taste it. I'm just stuck), I can already recommend this game to everyone. There are a bunch of little miniquests that you can do and can get special prizes for them like concept art and some of the old Mickey cartoons (And a couple Oswald cartoons like my favorite "Oh, What A knight!").

As I've said, I really really enjoy this game and can spend hours trying to find all of the little treats. I think everyone should play this game, even if they don't really think that Mickey games can be interesting.