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The Nintendo Wii has pulled off quite a coup becoming the exclusive home to a game that promises to change everything you think you know about Mickey Mouse.

Disney’s corporate mascot wasn’t always the happy, smiling doormat we’ve come to know him as. When Walt Disney first created him, he had a playful but mischievous streak that got him into trouble. That’s the Mickey Mouse legendary game creator Warren Spector loves. When Disney officials approached him about redoing Mickey in a video game, he was shocked to find they wanted to bring that mousy miscreant out of the mothballs.

According to a statement released by Junction Point, his video game studio, Spector said:

“Mickey is an adventurous and rambunctious mouse. I want to bring his personality to the forefront, place him in a daunting world and connect his spirited character with video game players worldwide. Ultimately, each player decides for him - or herself what makes Mickey cool.”

The story is that Walt Disney’s first creation, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, lives with other retired characters in the Cartoon Wasteland. It’s a paradise created by the sorcerer Yen Sid (spell that backwards for the joke). Oswald grows a little resentful when he sees Mickey becomes the most famous cartoon in the world. To make things worse, on an unplanned visit to the Wasteland, Mickey accidentally spills some magical paint that creates a being called the Phantom Blot.

Years after his goof-up, Mickey gets pulled back into the Wasteland to see the horror he inadvertently created. Whether he cleans up his mess as the lovable hero or as a dirty rat will be up to the player. Paint and thinner are the weapons that eliminate your toon enemies and you will use waves of the Wii-mote to fling the paint about.

This is one of the projects to watch in 2010 for a couple of reasons. It’s a game with the potential to brilliantly use the Wii’s unique controls, which is something many games strive for and fail at. Also, it’s the re-imagining of perhaps the most well known fictional character on the planet. With the creator of Deus Ex at the helm and the Disney mythology in the sandbox, I can’t wait to see the finished product. Epic Mickey is slated for a fall 2010 release.

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