Warren Spector – lead designer on Wii exclusive Epic Mickey – has said that the advent of motion controls on PS3 and Xbox 360 means that there isn’t any technical reason why the game couldn’t make the jump at a later date. Speaking to Atomic Gamer, he had the following to say;
“Before Move and Kinect I probably would have said no, because the game is built around gesturing. Now, however, there’s no reason technologically why we couldn’t.
That decision is really above my pay grade, and no one’s asked me for a port. I’ve been a Nintendo fan a long time, and I’ve been pretty open about the fact that the Zelda games are some of my favourite of all time. So we’re a Wii exclusive and I’m happy about that.”
As it stands, Epic Mickey is looking like a real sleeper hit and I hope it does well when released on the Wii. To see it move over to the HD consoles with a bit of added shine would make my year. Anybody up for petitioning Sony and Microsoft to bug Disney for a port of the game? No? Just me then…
Source: Atomic Gamer
Guyers94
I thought this game looked great at E3 and it was looking like being one of my very rare Wii purchases. I’d love a PS3 version though, could work brilliantly with Move.
UsernameHere
I’ve thought the same exact thing a little while back. Better hardware could allow them to have better transitional effects. Like they could allow ANY part of the world to be “erased” and re-painted on the fly, not just certain sections.
cc_star
Has the potential to be one of the greatest games ever.
My highlight of E3 by an absolute mile
DRCD1
Damnit, I just read “Epic Mickey 360 and PS3” and I thought it was confirmed. Oh well, I hope they eventually do it.
Charmed_Fanatic
Me too :(
scavenga
Me three :[
Eldave0
As much as the game looks really impressive, one of the two guys demonstrating it at e3 really got on my nerves as he smiled and laughed every time he started to say “Mickey Mouse”, or should I say “Ha-mickey mouse-ha”. Maybe it was just me…. :S
Addam
I was really impressed as well when I saw the game for the first time. I’d definitely buy it for PS3 or Xbox if it was a decent port.
Kennykazey
I’d take part in the petition, this is one of the Wii-exclusives I’d like to see on PS3.
webby_15-0
no thankyou, move and kinect have both seen enough of casual titles, i think it’s time they started to focus on the hardcore (especially kinect). the last thing us hardcore gamers want is to be bombarded by crap… er i mean rubbish.
djhsecondnature
What do you mean they’ve seen enough of casual titles? Neither is out and there’s plenty of hardcore coming out for Move.
cc_star
This isn’t a casual title.
It’s a third person action title with RPG elements.
Seems like you’re confusing pixel count with a quality game, you’re not alone though, many developers do as well particularly on the HD consoles. Luckily Warren Spector isn’t one of them, instead focusing gameplay & narrative.
In Epic Mickey you can play as a hero or someone to be feared, but not strictly a villain (kinda like inFamous), by either painting or using paint thinners to erase, this opens up different completely different game areas and really alter which characters will be your allies and your path through the game… Everything I’ve seen so far uses inFamous’ good/evil mechanics as a starting point and then multiplying the difference it makes to the game by a thousand.
Assuming the controls aren’t borked, and if the game length is OK, there’s absolutely no reason why this won’t go down as an all time classic.
Triggerhappytel
You don’t know much about Epic Mickey, do you – aside from the fact Mickey Mouse is in it. It’s not a casual title at all – it’s an action-adventure that probably looks comparable to games like Zelda or Okami. Plus the fact the guy who designed Deus Ex is behind it is enough to reassure lots of core gamers.
I would love to see this turn up on Move; it looks fantastic.
monkeyspoon
I think nearly all the decent non nintendo games would work on Move. Not Kinect though.
Forrest_01
Apart from those licensed by nintendo of course!!
(That actually rules out most of the ‘decent’ ones though!)