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Warren Spector on Epic Mickey's exclusivity, Duck Tales photo

Continuing its extended coverage of Warren Spector's Epic Mickey, Game Informer has put up a massive interview with the legendary designer himself. Details on game mechanics, the storyline, how the project came about, and more are covered in the discussion, but for the sake of this post, I'll be highlighting two sections.

While it seems many of us would love to see Epic Mickey go beyond a Wii-only release, we need to face it; we're kind of in the minority when looking at the big picture. "We made the call to go to the Wii long before it was clear that the Wii was going to be, at least for now, the best-selling platform," says Spector.

"It was about going where the audience is and going somewhere where they’re going to accept a visual style that is more cartoony than people are used to seeing and where we don’t feel obliged to throw in every shader on the planet."

Later on in the talk, Spector reveals his desire to make Mickey Mouse "cool." He also says he wants "there to be a theme park ride," and "a feature-length film," which if made, " would rock peoples’ worlds." Lastly, and probably the craziest thing to come out of the interview, Spector says he wants to make a Duck Tales game.

"I can’t convince anybody at Disney to let me do a Duck Tales game. How can that be?" I think I speak for all of us when I say Epic Mickey had better pave the way for such a videogame to be created.

Read the full interview here.


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mrplow8's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 23:07
mrplow8
Duck Tales?! Woo hoo!
xaliqen's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 23:14
xaliqen
Why "OMG poniez?" Are we to infer that the statements may be related to a prank or some kind of tomfoolery? Or am I just misreading things?
Krow's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 23:17
Krow
A Duck Tales game? If it's as good as the original, sign me up.
hood_954's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 23:23
hood_954
Mickey mouse was pretty awsome in the KH series
jhitcher42's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 23:26
jhitcher42
I'm really excited to see where this goes. If it's successful enough, it could prompt Disney to be more experimental with their projects.
wanderingpixel's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 23:27
wanderingpixel
I must have this game now!
gatorsax2010's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 23:29
gatorsax2010
I'd take the NES game as a bonus.

Also, speaking as a Disney buff, reading this interview makes me even more excited than I already was for this game. It's in the right hands. Like this quote: "I graduated from college, I got Disney stock; that was my present. And I wanted to be an Imagineer." Change graduation to a birthday, and that's me. It's like me and Warren Spector were separated at birth, except he's older than I am and very successful.

Sorry, I get excited about stuff like this.
xaliqen's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 23:31
xaliqen
@gatorsax2010 -- Heh, reminds me of "Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom." :)
etirflita's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 23:35
etirflita
Just don't make this game, please.
The Trout's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 23:36
The Trout
Dude, a modern DuckTales game would be AWESOME. Like Tomb Raider, only, you know, with Uncle Scrooge.
ArcticFox's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 23:37
ArcticFox
@etirflita
YES! I mean NO!
Zcdrike's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 23:39
Zcdrike
I feel like one of the few people on destructoid who was perfectly happy with Epic Mickey being a Wii exclusive (yes I'm a bit of a nintendo fanboy, but I'm also cut from a similar cloth as Warren Spector, I grew up watching the Disney classics and wanting to work as an animator in their studios. I'm still studying animation and Disney's history is by far the richest and some of the greatest.

I'm more excited for this game then any other (unless an Earthbound trilogy for DS is announced.)
Zeik56's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 23:44
Zeik56
"I feel like one of the few people on destructoid who was perfectly happy with Epic Mickey being a Wii exclusive"

Count me as one those few. I'm glad they're not going to try to make it go multi-platform, as that would only prove detrimental to the game. There's no way they'd be able to optimize the game for both the Wii and HD consoles, one version or the other would suffer, if not both. With a focused development on the Wii this game has a much higher chance to turn into a quality product.
atastysammich's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 23:50
atastysammich
Mickey Mouse is already cool, because "Runaway Brain."

The defense rests.
VGFreak1225's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 23:59
VGFreak1225
I'm cool with this being Wii-exclusive. Considering what they are going for, they should take the time to optimize the controls and graphics. If anything, port the game after they finish the Wii version.
Deny Everything's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/24/2009 00:25
Deny Everything
All I have to say is at least I have a friend who might get this on the Wii.
Tubatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/24/2009 00:40
Tubatic
If he wants to make a Duck Tales, he needs to approach Capcom.
Alastor's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/24/2009 00:47
Alastor
Sadly, I never been in the mickey thing, well I remember seeing comic book about the movie fantasia (look at that quality!) but I was too young to remember things about disney. Until now. tell me destructoid member, which disnet game are the best ? like the top 3
GEMPadre036's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/24/2009 00:54
GEMPadre036
I'm happy with it as a Wii exclusive. I'm not really one of those "I need my HD" guys. HD is pretty, but not needed to make a game great. In other news, when I read the article about it in GameInformer, I (for lack of a better term) jizzed in my pants.
protoknuckles's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/24/2009 01:12
protoknuckles
This will be AMAZING.
Randolph's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/24/2009 01:12
Randolph
No, HD isn't needed to make a great game, but it sure as shit doesn't hurt, and their are more benefits than just a higher resolution on the PS3 and 360 over the gimped last gen hardware in the Wii. Pass, the Wii is shit, and frankly, nothign about this game is changing my mind so far. Not even Mickey Mouse can make shitty presentation and waggle cool.
ArrestedDeveloper's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/24/2009 01:49
ArrestedDeveloper
I gotta be honest, when I saw the graphics in game informer I got slightly less excited for the game.
Solid Squirrel's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/24/2009 02:11
Solid Squirrel
I'll be honest-- while I was waiting in line today at the Insomniac Community Day (which incidentally would rock anyone's socks--can you say free Capt. Quark shirt, inflatable wrench & Crack in Time copy in advance?), I saw that Oswald the Lucky Rabbit makes a triumphant--if not amicable return to the Disney universe. He came before Mickey, but was lost in copyright mire--in fact, Disney was coming back from NYC over Oswald and on the way back home developed Mickey en route.
ace of knaves's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/24/2009 03:28
ace of knaves
Okay, Spector really sounds like he knows what he's talking about, and I feel pretty comfortable putting a sizable amount of faith in this project.
SetoChaos's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/24/2009 03:31
SetoChaos
As long as it's like the NES one, we need a new Duck Tales game.
seamonkey420's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/24/2009 09:43
seamonkey420
this game looks pretty cool; read the interview in Game Informer. art style is very sweet; just like a mickey cartoon.

glad i got a wii again (sure its softmodded.. but..).

had to get a wii just for the New Super Mario Wii game; 4 player co-op in classic 2d sidescrolling/platforming goodness?? you had me at 4 player (in the same room mind you too!) i still believe over 95% of wii games are waggle-ware, but those 5% seem to redeem the system. dang you nintendo, kicked you to the curb once and i'm back for more. hehe
Doomsday Forte's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/24/2009 10:19
Doomsday Forte
*whistles The Amazon theme from DuckTales*

Man, those Gameboy games were amazing back then. I didn't have the NES versions but man were they amazing. <3

But uh, also yes I'm looking forward to this game.
Theos's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/24/2009 10:22
Theos
Minority? Then why did Kingdom Hearts sell so well? I don't believe that's a valid reason. Oh well. I'd like to play this, but it isn't even close to enough reason for me to get a Wii.
kookkui's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/24/2009 11:38
kookkui
God I would love a new DuckTales! :D
SmDFrylock's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/24/2009 12:20
SmDFrylock
give me a Darkwing Duck Beat Em Up and you can make all the DuckTales games you want to.
NihonTiger90's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/24/2009 12:43
NihonTiger90
A Warren Spector Duck Tales game? I'd buy that.
Comrade Snarky's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/24/2009 21:18
Comrade Snarky
@ArrestedDeveloper

By "graphics" you mean rough animation tests?
Zarathustra's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 01:15
Zarathustra
I am most definitely excited for this. And I like my Wii.
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