At the tail end of 2008 we first reported that Warren Spector's Disney-owned Junction Point Studios was rumored to be hard at work on a "steampunk" Mickey Mouse game. Nearly one full year and several news articles later we're finally getting to see the first official press and media about the Wii project, Disney Epic Mickey.
In the game's fiction, a sorcerer named Yen Sid creates a beautiful, whimsically-twisted world where Disney's forgotten and retired creations thrive. Originally, the powerful sorcerer from "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" in Walt Disney's 1940 film "Fantasia" was nicknamed "Yen Sid" by Disney animators, although never named as such on screen.

Players use the Wii Remote to wield magical paint and thinner to re-shape the world around them. Paint's creativity and thinner's damaging effect give the player robust tools and empowers them to make choices about how they move through the world.
Disney Epic Mickey is looking at a fall 2010 release on the Wii, but we're expecting to see and hear a lot more about the project over the coming months. Head into the gallery below to see all-new screenshots and artwork from Disney Epic Mickey.

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Bryn says: I really like the look and sound of the game so far. I immediately thought of Capcom's Okami in terms of using a paint brush to shape the game world, and while the two games will undoubtedly be very different, it's a very cool mechanic which worked extremely well in Capcom's offering.

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