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Update: Since the platforms for Epic Mickey 2 have now been confirmed, it’s unclear as to what Keighley intended when he said “next gen”. Was he simply referring to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360? And what about that 3DS rumor? There are still many unanswered questions!

Epic Mickey: The Power of Two will surely be made available for the Wii, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. However, it seems that Junction Point Studios is also bringing the game to at least one next-gen system.

When asked which platforms Epic Mickey 2 is being made for, GTTV’s Geoff Keighley said, “It’s on next gen too!”

I guess this means that a Wii U version is pretty much a lock…

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Epic Mickey 2 has been confirmed – to the surprise as no one. As predicted, GameTrailers TV will be debuting the first trailer and gameplay footage of the title.

Geoff Keighley tweeted a short while ago:

“Tomorrow night, world premiere of Disney Epic Mickey: The Power of Two on GTTV on Spike. Trailer + tons of game footage with Warren Spector!”

Details about the project haven’t arrived as of yet, but players can expect co-op, an improved camera, and more voice acting based on previous comments from Junction Point’s Warren Spector.

Epic Mickey: The Power of Two is likely in development for Wii (and possibly Wii U), PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. A 3DS spinoff is also rumored.

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Yep. Smells like Epic Mickey 2 to me!

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Bit.Trip Runner 2 was delayed to November earlier today, and Gaijin Games artist Mike Roush is once again reminding everyone that a Wii U version is possible. The console should be out for the holidays… wouldn’t Bit.Trip Runner 2 be a nice launch title for the Wii U’s store?

Regarding a Wii U version, Roush said:

“(A Wii U version is) definitely something we’re thinking about. My guess is we will always be with Nintendo. Everyone at Gaijin Games is a Nintendo fanboy, so we will most likely continue that relationship in the future. We’ll make one game and cross-platform it to the best of our ability. When we made these decisions we never knew about Wii U. So rather than us ‘leaving Nintendo’, it’s that these decisions were made a year ago. We would never leave Nintendo, we love them to death.”

That’s not the only news from Roush. He teased an idea Gaijin Games has for something called “BitTroid”. It would be “a mash-up of Bit.Trip and Metroid.”

He said:

“We’ve been joking around for years about making ‘BitTroid’ – a mash-up of Bit.Trip and Metroid. We’ve never thought about it seriously but we talk about it often. It would be something we’d love to do. We’d need to get a sub-team focused on that and do it in the old Bit.Trip style.”

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The Epic Mickey team consisted of a large number of staff. For that title, nearly 180 people were brought in.

Warren Spector’s new project – which everyone believes is Epic Mickey 2 at this point – is made up of an even greater amount of employees. Spector told GamesIndustry,  “we have over 700 people around the world working on our new game now.”

That’s roughly four times as much as the original Epic Mickey team!

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It’s the weekend, so let’s have some fun, shall we?

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Below are a couple of winners from the 2012 BAFTA Video Game Awards. You can find the full listing here.

Action: Batman: Arkham City
Artistic Acievement: Rayman Origins

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On this week’s episode: Nintendo at GDC, including Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir, Mario Tennis Open, Kid Icarus: Uprising, an interview with Resident Evil: Revelations producer Masachika Kawata, and eShop games.

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So this is a little bit awkward. Junction Point’s Warren Spector has opened up on improvements he would make to Epic Mickey, but we all know a sequel is on the way – and it should be announced next week. Spector says he would improve the game’s camera, would bring it to additional platforms, and would include co-op and full voice acting. Two of these points were mentioned in a newsletter distributed by Disney.

Spector also revealed that Epic Mickey “was the best-selling single-platform game the company has ever done” and once again expresses interest in making a new DuckTales game (as well as a Marvel title).

Head past the break for Spector’s commentary.

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