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[[File:epic_mickey_box_1963.jpg|frame|[[Karma Meter|The choice]]: Mascot, or Miscreant?]]
 
{{quote|''"I love the nostalgic, myself. I hope we never lose some of the things of the past."''|'''[[Walt Disney]]'''}}
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'''''[[Epic Mickey''']]'' is a [[Disney]] game for the [[Wii]] developed by Junction Point, spearheaded by Warren Spector of ''[[Deus Ex]]'' and ''[[System Shock]]'' fame. In an ambitious effort to help Disney [[Win Back the Crowd|restore Mickey Mouse's iconic status]], it brings back the happy memories of [[Classic Disney Shorts|Disney's classic short subjects]] and [[Disney Animated Canon|feature length films]] from their [[The Golden Age of Animation|Golden Age]], [[The Silent Age of Animation|Silent Age]], [[The Dark Age of Animation|Dark Age]] and [[The Renaissance Age of Animation|Renaissance Age]] as well as attractions from the [[Disney Theme Parks]] of old...
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-MnhFSHTxU ...But NOT in the way anybody expected.]
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* [[Shown Their Work]]:
** Besides including some of the more obvious theme park icons, some sketches even feature early [[Disney Theme Parks|Disneyland]] icons like the [https://web.archive.org/web/20090301052934/http://pacificsites.com/~drhoades/tomorrow.htm Moonliner and Clock of the Future]. Not to mention that the whole game is about obscure characters (such as an unused version of Smee from ''[[Peter Pan]]'') coming back to the spotlight.
** [[La Résistance|The Gremlins]] are from an unmade [[World War 2II]] film, though were still used in some military unit insignia and comics.
** In at least one interview, Warren Spector mentioned that even such seemingly insignificant elements as ''individual barrels'' were taken from [[Disney]] history. '''THAT'S''' [[Shown Their Work|showing your work]].
** You remember the basketball court inside the Matterhorn? Yeah, guess what, [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything|it's actually IN the game in a hidden room on Mickeyjunk Mountain]].
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