Epic Mickey And Oswald The Lucky Rabbit
 

Being a big fan of animation, I loved the first Epic Mickey game. If you haven't played it, you should. Here's a bit of trivia that you may not have known.

Walt Disney's original cartoon star (before Mickey) was Oswald The Lucky Rabbit. He became extremely popular, but due to licensing issues with universal, Walt lost the rights to him. Walt then had to make a replacement character...Mickey Mouse. That's right, Mickey Mouse was only made to replace Oswald. If it weren't for licensing issues, Oswald would have been the most recognizable and popular cartoon character ever (like Mickey is today) and Mickey would have never existed.

Anyway, have any of you played any Epic Mickey games? If so, share your thoughts.

I played it and it suuuuuuuuuuuucked.

The end.

Really? Well, I'll admit the gameplay and camera weren't great, but you've gotta admit, the story was amazing.

No, it wasn't. None of it was amazing.

Oh god. No it wasn't. It was barely there and what was there was lame.

These games are painful to play and miserable to look at.

Yeah, the story that had so much potential but was wasted on characters like Oswald and Smee.

The fmvs look great tbh, particularly EM2.

How was it "wasted" on Oswald? The reason the game was made was to bring Oswald back and reintroduce him. I for one thought it was a great story.

Because there are a hundred more interesting and better Disney characters.

Because Oswald is a lame character that doesn't have anything interesting or funny about him? Literally the only sort of interesting thing about the game is the real life story and even that is bland.

But man those games are not fun to play at all.

I thought Oswald was very interesting. He was Walt's original character before Mickey, and I thought an interesting part of his character was that he hated Mickey for most of the game, since he could of been what Mickey is today. I agree about the "real life" story, but they kind of incorporate that story into the game.

I enjoyed the game, it has that old cheesy Disney feel that I use to love, still need to get the second game.... don't know if I should get it on the wii, or if I should wait to get it on the ps3 and a playstation move set

My only huge complaint was that prior to its release, it seemed like they hyped up the concept art too much and making us think the game was going into one direction when it didn't

though, I say Animatronic Daisy is creepy in the fact that she acts cute while the way she looks

I am a classic animation fan who has watched most of the classic Disney shorts from their Walt Disney Treasures dvd line including the Oswald cartoons that survive.

I played through the first Epic Mickey game. I really wanted to like it because it has a pretty cool atmosphere and premise. The problem with the game was that it isn't any fun. It is pretty clunky and reminds me of a 3D platformer on the N64, and not one of the good ones. The concept art they showed before the first game came out was way more interesting than the actual game turned out to be. I haven't tried the sequel (I don't plan to).

There won't be Epic Mickey 3, ever. Disney shut down the studio due to poor sales for EM2.

http://www.3news.co.nz/Disney-closes...#ixzz2JXY6461z

http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/...2-disappoints/

Oh no, that really stinks...I mean, I wasn't that big a fan of the GAMES themselves, but more of Oswald and his backstory. Now I'm worried that Disney will forget all about Oswald again.:tsad:

In regards to the studio being closed, good riddance. That's what they deserve, for not listening to complaints and fixing the various issues that plagued the first game.

I wouldn't worry about Disney forgetting about Oswald... He's used at their theme parks and is a part of their history that they went out of their way to reacquire.

I hope you're right. Oswald is my favorite cartoon character and I'd hate to see him forgotten AGAIN. Hopefully they'll use him in the new Mickey movie or something...

Why would they? He's basically the same exact character as Mickey only much more lame.

Also, Mickey movie? GOOFY MOVIE, SON!

How is Oswald lame compared to Mickey? He can fly with his ears, use his arms and legs as boomerangs, take his head off and use it as a bowling ball, and much more. Plus, he's Walt's original character. And what exactly can Mickey do that makes him better than Oswald?

You just answered your own question!

I asked how Oswald was more lame, and I gave examples that I thought showed that Oswald WASN'T lame, so uh, no. I didn't answer my own question.

Those examples are reasons why he is lame:lol:

I'm not even going to bother arguing with you. You've obviously never watched classic cartoons and don't understand how they work.

Of course Ive watched classic cartoons ( Tom and Jerry), and yes I understand how they work. Let's stop this argument before it gets worse.

Oswald appeared LONG before Tom and Jerry, and if you think all of those things that Oswald can do are LAME for a classic cartoon, the you DON'T know how classic cartoons work.

I knew that.

I don't think ALL the things Oswald can do are lame just some I think are stupid.
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Like I said before let's stop this before this gets bad. You have your opinion and I have mine, there.

Oh my god. Stop it.

Who cares that he does stupid sh*t? He's still a boring character that's EXACTLY the same as Mickey. Difference being that some people actually give a crap about Mickey. Oh boy! He can turn his head into a bowling ball! That'll draw the kiddies.

So this thread is really just about your weird boner for Oswald more than the Epic Mickey game.


You know what movie is awesome though? A Goofy Movie.

I'm just going to say this... both sides of the "argument" is pretty stupid, I myself enjoyed both cartoons...Oswald was fun for its time... I'd kind of would like to see what he would be like in a present day story

also funfact, apparently Pete is older than Oswald... so there is that.

Heck yeah it is. And Goof Troop on SNES is actually a pretty fun game.

Kingdom Hearts> Epic Mickey.


i hope Oswald shows up in Kingdom Hearts III, or is at least referenced.

Fixed that for you daaawwwwgggg.