This article has a talk page!Epic Mickey is a 3D platformer marking the eponymous cartoon mouse's big return to the video game world, developed by Warren Spector of System Shock and Deus Ex fame. The game also has a lot of legacy fanservice.
The game mostly suffered from some camera problems, but Nintendo stepped in and fixed most of the issues... for Japan only.
In February 2024, to the surprise of almost everyone, THQ Nordic and Purple Lamp Studios announced a full-blown remake titled Epic Mickey Rebrushed. The remake was released in September of the same year.
Development Info
Prerelease Info
Debug LeftoversDebug Mode?
Regional DifferencesThe camera problems were fixed? Try to spot the regional differences.Unused Areas (Developer Tests/Blockout Levels/Early Levels)#
There's a lot of unused levels in the game the asset cooker forgot to exclude, most of the unused levels are developer tests but there's a few blockout versions of levels. Chase Jones, the lead designer for Disney Epic Mickey commented that the levels were going to be much larger, but had to reduce significantly for scope and schedule.
Unused Graphics#
An early title screen in .bmp format, which comes in low-color and HQ variations. Probably just a placeholder.
Speaking of placeholders...
An early loading screen, judging from the "LOADING..." text at the bottom. May have been included in early demos of the game, due to the lack of an instruction manual.
An unused language select screen found in LanguageSelect\Localization.
This file is called "mickeyradialmenu_debug_ia.dds", which likely refers to the radial debug menu commands mentioned in ConfigFiles.ini. This hand was likely rotated to point at debug commands to run them. It is actually seen in some Epic Mickey 2 prototypes, where the debug menu is enabled.
Unused Music#
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Theme of Epic Mickey#
This was supposedly the early main theme of the game, created by an unknown composer. This theme can be heard in some early trailers and interviews of the game back then in 2009, along with the Digicomics app.
Unused Movies#
There are also some unused videos left on the disc. One is from the E3 Demo, the others are tutorials to the sketches. Two videos even show unused sketches, the balloon and the firework sketch.
(Source: Yak0)
ESRB-for-E3#
RadialMenu_Desc_Anvil#
RadialMenu_Desc_Balloon#
RadialMenu_Desc_Fireworks#
RadialMenu_Desc_TV#
RadialMenu_Desc_Watch#
Unused Sketches#
There are two scrapped sketches. The balloon and the fireworks. Its intended purpose or usage is unknown, nor is there any information. The remnants of information that they were planned are their own tutorial videos (which didn't have any tutorial elements at all) and two graphics in the files which were used for them.
Leftover Text Files#
VERSIONDATA.TXT#
213945.213967.213969SNames.txt#
Cell Division
Cinnamon Spice
Sacajawea
Sacrificial Offering
Safety Dance
Saggy When Old
Salisbury Steak
Salmonella
Saltgrass
Sanctimonious Sally
Sasquatch
Saucy Face
Sawdust
Statutory
Schlitterbaun
Scintillator
Scratch n' Sniff
Sealegs
Semper Fi
Senate Majority
Sepulcher
Serendipity
Sergeant Slaughter
Shakira
Shamu Eats Trainers
Shania Twain
She Sells Sanctuary
Shipwright
Shocktop
Shockwave
Shoot From the Hip
Short Story
Shot in the Heart
Shoots n Ladders
Sidewinder
Silent but Deadly
Silent Night
Silly Sticks
Silverback
Silverstein
Simple Simon
Simpleton
Singapore
Sippy Cup
Sin City
Skeeter
Slack Bastard
Slackjaw
Slappy
Sleestak
Sliced Bread
Slick Willy
Slinky
Slip of the Tongue
Slippery When Wet
Slobbering Suzie
Slobberknocker
Sloppy Joe
Sloppy Salad
Smooth up in Ya
Snausages
Snotbubble
Snuffleupagus
Soccer Momwhich
Soft and Gentle
Somalia
Sombrero
Sonic Hedgehog
Souxsie and the Banshees
Spatter
Spladoosh
Stab a Monte
Stabbing Westward
Stagnant Pond
Stalingrad
Stankowich
Stankhoober
Static Shock
Stationary
Steady as he goes
Steak Knives
Steamboat Willie
Steeplechase
SteepleRita
Steeple Colada
Stefani
Steffi Graf
Stegasaurus
Stephanopoulos
Steppenonasandwich
Steppenwolf
Steppercise
Stereophonics
Stiff Upper Lip
Stiffler
Stipulator
Strawberry Shortcake
Strategorist
Streptococcus
Sublimation
Subliminal
Suck in Your Gut
Supergirl
Superstitious
Surreptitious
Swamp Gas
SwatBottom
Sweep the Leg
Swiss Cheese
Swivel Hips
Swizzle Stick
Stormtrooper
SnowTrooper
Set to Stun
Synonym
System Shock
Skin graftConvertHXKToNewVersion.pl#
A conversion script written in Perl, leftover on the game's root directory.
#! /usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
#In all subdirectories
# On each file in subdirectory that is a *.hkx or *.hkx_wii
# assetcc2.exe <file>.hkx <temp_file>.hkx // really .hkx or .hkx_wii
# move <temp_file>.hkx to <file>.hkx // don't need <temp_file.hkx> around anymore so can delete it
sub process
{
opendir(DIR, ".") || die "opendir failed\n";
my @files = readdir(DIR);
closedir(DIR);
foreach my $name (@files)
{
next if ($name eq "." || $name eq "..");
if ($name =~ /\.hkx$/)
{
my $temp = "TEMPFILE_" . $name;
#convert the win32 file to the wii version
my $name_wii = $name . "_wii";
system("d:\\assetcc2.exe -v -s -r4011 $name $temp");
system("p4 edit $name_wii");
unlink $name_wii;
rename $temp, $name_wii;
# convert the win32 file to the latest version of Havok
system("d:\\assetcc2.exe -v -s -r4101 $name $temp"); #-r4101
system("p4 edit $name");
unlink $name;
rename $temp, $name;
}
if (-d $name)
{
chdir $name;
process();
chdir "..";
}
}
}
process();Oddities#
The Film Reel of one of Ventureland's Projector Screen levels - namely "The Castaways Part 1" - reappears on subsequent playthroughs and can be recollected as a result. It does not increase the in-game counter, so this is most likely an oversight.
The Lonesome Manor Pin also reappears on replays, and can be repurchased from Bertrand's shop in Bog Easy once per playthrough. Purchasing the pin again does increase the in-game pin counter, allowing players to get more than the intended 105 pins.
The programmers are nicknamed Bug Wranglers, according to a .txt file called "BugWranglers.txt". This .txt file lists all this game's programmers' names.