I’ll be at Disney when the remaster comes out in September

Man 45 minutes in. This video is exactly what I needed. Played them when they came out replayed the first end of 2016 and then thought about it for the last month or so.😊😊

Epic video you’ve made here! (Pun intended) very well done. I’m excited for the remaster!

great video thank you <3

this game was amazing, I just learned of rebrushed and I am so excited to beat it again in September.

Do not recite the deep magic to me, witch, for I was there when it was written.

I learned so much! He also has a new Christmas short on Disney's KZfaq channel that they made about 5 years ago. Don't you get goosebumps when he and Mickey touch hands in Epic Mickey?

This was definitely a miss for Disney. When I first saw it in theaters, I didn’t think it was awful because it felt relatable to myself. I personally think the reason why it flopped was I felt sorry for King What’s-his-face. Despite his villainy, I still feel he was just misunderstood and deserved some forgiveness. What they should’ve added is after they defeated him, they show him the error of his ways and sentence him to the dungeon not for life, but until he understands the mistakes he made. They say he’ll hopefully understand in time what Asha and his kingdom really wanted and deserved. This movie definitely deserves another shot, it CAN be fixed. They should perhaps give it a mini-sequel on Disney+ where the king is redeemed.

That movie was underrated and deserves more praise. I feel it’s WAY better than Turning Red. It deserves a TV series on Peacock or Netflix.

I never saw the whole thing, I just skipped through it on Netflix instead. And I didn’t like what I saw. I feel it’s overrated. And I also don’t recommend it for kids or families. I feel it should’ve been rated PG-13 for teens only. And also the release date for part 2 is still uncertain. So everyone should forget about it for a while so they won’t stress over it. However, I also feel the first one, INTO the Spiderverse is way better so everyone should stick with that instead.

I’m conflicted about this film. It’s either stupid or just different. It was geared too much towards girls, which I’m not. However, I still feel it deserves a sequel, there’s room for improvement. I feel it should be more appealable to boys.

I actually found somebody who watched the movie

It’s nice to see a positive review for this film! While flawed, Wish is truly a magical film. And your analogy between Magnifico and Capitalistic America is an interesting take that really gives me something to think about. Something I never thought of before.

So Mickey is a ship child.

Hot take. I liked the original voices. It made it feel almost like a balance between earlier cartoons that were silent and more modern cartoons with full voices. The grunts feel more cartoon-y to me.

I loved both these games as a kid. Honestly though, I loved the way they did the cutscenes in the first game. I loved the exaggerated movements and noises to convey the emotions like an older cartoon

I was recommended this and it's fascinating! I had no idea that the games were based on things in Disney's history. Unfortunately I haven't seen much of their newer movies and stuff so I don't have opinions on them, but I want too. I never played the second game but I did play a bit of the first. I ultimately got rid of it because I didn't like the motion controls. Also as someone else in the comments pointed out yeah Twisted Wonderland does kinda take inspiration from classic Disney and Epic Mickey.

Being brutally honest, if I saw a platformer in the 2000s or most of the 2010s focusing on “Two player co-op,” I was always expecting a watered down piece of crap that put emphasis on making sure everyone can get through it without ever having to be engaged. Of course, this is made even worse if they include a single player option where you have to tediously get every character into place to pull switches or open doors.

The director guy has the most heartwarming vibe

Cool

I really wanted epic Mickey as a kid and I was lucky to find a copy almost three years ago still with either preorder/bonus disk. I usually played it at night for a more spooky vibe. Love the game and I hope the remaster fix a lot of things. Also I love how Phil was always like “really? Okay I’ll do it lol”

Love this movie too … your review style is almost as subtle 😊

I always thought Misrabel was the evil queen from Snow White...

If they make an Epic Mickey 3, there's a load of forgotten characters they could use, such as characters from the cancelled film Gigantic, the Wish concept art characters, deleted characters from Zootopia, Elsa's original design etc.

I've had this pulled up for a over a month now. I finally got around to watching it. As a huge fan of Epic Mickey myself. I love how detailed, and well scripted this entire retrospective of the franchise is. I can't wait to hear your thoughts on the remaster once that is out. So you sir have earned a new subscriber.

This made me so emotional 😭 this game means so much to me it was apart of my childhood, it was one the reasons I love horror today, and it sparked my love for Oswald thank you Warren Spector 🫶🫶

I love the Art of Epic Mickey book. It is one of my favourite books to skim through as it is not your typical Disney fare. It's pretty dark and bleak with some really scary designs as well as some absolutely beautiful Disney art of their main characters. I picked up my copy from ACME ( Australian Center of Moving Image) and I just can't recommend it enough for any inspiring creative😊

i remember learning about epic mickey online, getting the game informer and studying every picture and concept art, and obsessing over the game i thought it would be in my head. when it came out, i was honestly disappointed that it wasn’t the “dark gritty” world that the initial concept art promised, and my interest dropped ever since. however, seeing this video (and growing into an adult with a much different perspective) has really made me rethink my opinion on it and want to revisit it. i’m super excited for the remastered edition!!! thanks for this!!!

finally i'm not crazy for saying it's my favorite game of all time

The immersion of the first game was really special and created a lore in head canon that surpassed the production of the game itself.

This is definitely my favorite video on the Epic Mickey franchise! Thanks for going over everything and being so informative!

I'm really happy that I decided to watch this video. I was very wary at first, because I've seen many talking points and think pieces with the same regurgitated thoughts towards this game for years. As soon as I saw you with all your Epic Mickey merch mentioning that it was your favorite game, I definitely perked up and got excited to hear what you had to say! A lot of criticism that comes to this game, from my own experience, has been from people who haven't really played it or ever cared to play it. They don't realize that the people who love this game are already very aquatinted with its flaws and know where it falls short. This game came out right before I was set to go to college, and I went to college for Digital Art and Animation. There was an emphasis on more video game related media, but we did learn a lot of foundational animation skills like hand-drawn flip animation. I was very obsessed with animation and also very obsessed with Oswald, and I remember seeing all those interviews where they talked about replicating old cartoon animation in a 3D space! I loved the idea of a forgotten world with forgotten characters, a lot of it lines up so perfectly with a Kingdom Hearts storyline (another series I was heavily obsessed with as a child) My desire to play this game definitely stemmed from seeing Oswald brought back (I hoped to see more of him afterwards too!) The problem with going to a school focused on video games and animation is that there are a lot of... big criticisms within our own art towards each other but also towards media in those industries. It's kind of like those jokes about meeting someone who took one psychology class and has a lot to say. I remember expressing that I enjoyed Epic Mickey, or I would implore if anyone else had played Epic Mickey, because I thought at the very least that the progress videos of them replicating 2D animation in a 3D space would be REALLY cool for my peers to see. Almost every person I tried to talk to would not stop bringing up the fact that "the game just doesn't live up to the concept art so it sucks" it was infuriating, because it was so dismissive, and eventually it just felt like that was being parroted to me over and over with no context. Also, as a school with an emphasis on art in video games, I would think it's obvious that concept art does not equate final product. Epic Mickey isn't alone in this! I understood the frustration with choices not being as important as you thought, or the paint and thinning abilities not being as flexible and open as people would have liked. That's valid! I would also ask people who brought up those criticisms (especially since I was in a video game obsessed school) what their solutions would be to fix those things in a realistic way, but since they didn't actually play it there wasn't much to actually discuss. I really loved the amount of history you added into this video with the old school animations, the developers, Disney as a company and the games themselves. It's a breath of fresh air for me, honestly. I really enjoy the criticisms too! Even though I had seen most of these interviews, I had never seen the one where Warren Spencer talks about Epic Mickey meaning the most to him because of the fanmail and the amount of people that let him know how important the game was to them. That honestly hit me hard because I hadn't realized how much of a bubble I had felt stuck in over this game. I genuinely thought so many more people hated this game, and there is something so wonderful finding out that it is really well loved. I'm happy that more people will be able to experience it with the remaster! This video was excellent and I really appreciate the work you put into making it.

I really enjoyed this movie, I felt it was a much more faithful and I dare say accurate portrayal of the actual ride, which is my favorite Disney world ride I may add

This IP is my favorite from Disney’s game list, I love epic Mickey and can’t wait for rebrushed, I want to get the collectors edition and even if I don’t I’m still gonna get the game, I’ll even buy it again if I do find the collector’s edition

Awesome video essay. 📝✍🏼

I genuinely think a musical video game is such a genius idea and so on par for Disney. It wouldn’t have worked for the first game so I’m glad they didn’t do it but the combination of having only the Mad Doctor singing and making all the other characters aware and confused by it adds a level of and comedy and a level of charm bc the songs r elite

Thank you so much for this video, I loved every bit of this and it honestly had me ready to cry

Im glad he doesnt care about what reviews say and that he is proud of it ect

I bought epic mickey 2 today first time playing actually like it quite abit ngl yh it isnt perfect ect

I completely understand the disappointment that the thinner/paint choices didn’t affect the story all that much, but as someone who gets way too emotionally invested in not hurting a fictional character’s feelings, it definitely makes me feel better knowing me accidentally making a “mean” choice won’t stop me from getting the good ending 😂

This game and it getting remade are secretly among the biggest and most ambitious events in gaming history

Tell me. Why we didn't get an epic mickey movie for the 100 years of disney...instead we got wish!?!?! An Epic Mickey movie would've made much more sense!!! A true nod to the foundation of disney plus a tie in to the new remake coming out this year. They could've even had a halloween event where the blot is taking over disney world/land and have a tie in app to defeat the blot around the parks.

Amazing hope i get as good as you

Is it just me or is this hilarious?

What a great intro

Well done, sir.

I played and beat the first game over a dozen times. I never realized that I could redeem enemies and get different cut scenes at the end.

I never got to play Epic Mickey 2, but I remember playing the demo over and over again and being enamored by it. It’s a shame the rest of the game didn’t live up to that intro.

Epic Mickey is fr so important to me 😭 I pray every day for more

Orange Bird has become popular at Disneyland too. He has merchandise at DCA and Disneyland And plushies