The Blot takes Oswald and Gus, threatening to kill them if Mickey does not allow the Blot to take his heart. Oswald soon reveals that he and his wife, Ortensia, attempted to seal the Blot away, but Ortensia was blighted by the Blot in the process and entered an inert state. While jumping angrily on the cork sealing the Jug, Oswald accidentally causes the cork to break, allowing the true form of the Shadow Blot- a giant specter constructed from paint thinner- to escape his prison into the world. Mickey uses the brush to restore the Wasteland in order to atone for his destruction and win Oswald's trust.Īfter defeating a fake Blot (Oswald revealed the Shadow Blot Mickey fought along with all the Blotlings he encountered were drippings of the real Blot), Mickey eventually comes to terms with his actions and reveals all to Oswald, who loses his temper. During his journey through the Wasteland, Mickey is guided by Gremlin Gus and becomes armed with Yen Sid's brush. Oswald all the while had his will and his mind twisted from years of hiding and his jealousy of Mickey's rise to fame, unaware the enigmatic Mad Doctor and the Blot formulate a plan to destroy Mickey and steal his heart, which they plan to use to escape the ruined world, as all Wasteland Toons are forgotten and thus no longer have hearts of their own, but fail to do so. Upon seeing Yen Sid approaching, Mickey quickly tries to clean up the mess, but in his haste, spills thinner onto the paint spillage as he flees back to his house, while the Blot, having survived Mickey's attempt to destroy it, enters through a portal created by the paint/thinner mixture (taking the Jug -the bottle of thinner- with him) and takes control of the ruined world from its first resident, Oswald ("The world I had created was ravaged - a wasteland").Īfter many decades of fame following the accident, Mickey had forgotten it all until the Shadow Blot enters his home through the mirror and abducts him into the ruined forgotten world, now named by this time as the Wasteland. Panicking, Mickey quickly tries to erase the Blot by throwing paint thinner onto it, but spills more paint on the model in the process. Fiddling with the brush and some paint to make a self-portrait, Mickey accidentally creates the Shadow Blot. StoryĪ then-unknown Mickey Mouse, out of curiosity, enters Yen Sid's workshop through a mirror in his house and discovers the model of the land Yen Sid created and the tool used to create it, the paintbrush. Heavily based on the Disneyland theme parks, this world is home to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Gremlin Gus, and other obscure or scrapped Disney characters, Disneyland rides, or areas. It was created by the sorcerer Yen Sid (Disney spelled backwards) for "forgotten Toons," appearing as an intricate model of Disneyland in his workshop. The game is set in a pen-and-paper stylized world called the Cartoon Wasteland. To travel between sections of the Wasteland, Mickey traverses 2D side-scrolling levels based on his classic cartoon shorts (with three being based on Oswald shorts Trolley Troubles, Great Guns, and Oh, What a Knight and two being based on Sleeping Beauty and Fantasia), such as Steamboat Willie and Clock Cleaners. They are used to buy concept art, pins, health refills, or paint or thinner refills. Another thing that is useful in the game is a type of currency called E-tickets. For example, the "Art Appreciator" or "Mean Street" pin. Most are bronze, silver, or gold pins, but some are special. However, the fluids automatically but slowly refill and power-ups that quickly replenish the fluids are available in certain areas. Both fluids have limited reserves, adding a strategic element to gameplay: players must compromise between making various tasks harder or easier to accomplish. Two of the three sketches, the watch and the television, slow down time and distract enemies, respectively. Mickey is also able to materialize objects from sketches, which have various effects. For example, obstacles can be erased from physical existence using the thinner and then restored using the paint, or enemies can be befriended by revitalizing them with the paint or destroyed completely using the thinner. The game's key feature is the paint brush, which Mickey wields, that has the ability to draw or erase objects using paint and paint thinner. It is also possible to avoid mini-bosses if specific actions are taken. Different alliances, side-quests and power-ups are made available depending on the choices of the player. Epic Mickey features a morality system similar to games like Infamous, Spider-Man: Web of Shadows, and Shadow the Hedgehog. Epic Mickey is primarily a platform game and allows players to use their own solutions for getting through the levels.
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