Lately you may have been wondering what the heck to do with your Vita. Perhaps you are like me, having played a ton of Soul Sacrifice, and wondering what kind of games are on your radar in the near future. Well, add a cooperative game to the list of up and coming Vita Titles. Disney Interactive is porting over Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two to the Playstation Vita quite soon. In fact, it will be released next month on June 18th.
Disney Infinity’s Toy Box mode is looking great so far, and should be a solid contender to the Skylanders franchise. As Avalanche Software explained in one of their behind-the-scenes video series, “Creating Infinity”, they were highly inspired to make Toy Box Mode from the Toy Story 3 movie and video game.
Disney Interactive has just confirmed the release date of the Wii U version of Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two, only previously revealing the official dates of the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Nintendo Wii versions.
For those of you who wish a decent video game movie would be released in theaters for once, we might have a true winner with Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph. The movie’s official video game, however, is being described as the game that will “Inspire a whole new generation of young gamers”. Both Activision and Disney Interactive have been working on a side-scrolling, arcade title of Wreck-It Ralph: The Video Game for current Nintendo platforms to go right alongside what is portrayed in the movie.
Recently, another behind the scenes video of Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two’s development has surfaced on Youtube by Disney Interactive. This time, the footage features Creative Director, Warren Spector, discussing the two main characters of the game, Mickey Mouse and Oswald the Rabbit, who work cooperatively to traverse their magical world of The Wasteland.
Watch a small clip of Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two’s co-op gameplay, as Disney Interactive members decided to give us a behind the scenes look at the story aspects of game development. What does it take to make a wonderful looking game with two, colorful, co-op characters in Mickey and Oswald? Obviously, the many talents of an experienced, comic book professional.
A new trailer for Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two has surfaced on Youtube recently, one that should give Wii owners a reason for one last gaming experience before the coming of the Wii U.
Disney’s upcoming co-op title, Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two hits shelves later this fall. In the mean time, Disney Interactive Studios and Creative Director, Warren Spector, have decided to release a behind the scenes look at Epic Mickey 2. In this video, they feature both the main characters, Mickey and Oswald, and give us a small overview of what sort of co-op aspects we can expect to see from these two former rivals.
After some hopeful anticipation for an improved Epic Mickey experience, we finally get a closer look at what Epic Mickey: The Power of Two has to offer via an official game trailer.
Warren Spector, designer for Epic Mickey, admits that he didn’t make the first game as “epic” as he wanted it to, but Disney Interactive Studios next Mickey game in the works, Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two, will hopefully give him a chance to truly be epic, in every sense of the word.
