Disney not ruling out possibility of Epic Mickey on other platforms
“We’ve got to think about our audience and obviously we have a very large base that has Wii in their homes. It’s not to say that it won’t come to other platforms, but we want to get the intersection of that story, those characters and that audience.” – Disney Interactive president Stephen Wadsworth
“The simple thing is that the key mechanic is an ink and pain mechanic and the motion of the ink and painting and erasing something with the Wii as a gesture is completely intuitive to people. And as soon as we started playing around with that, it seemed obvious to us that Wii was the right platform to bring this to life. We started this a few years ago. I think if we would have started it six months ago we would have potentially thought differently about it. But when we did this there was no sign of Natal on the horizon. I think that kind of gesture control, which is an intuitive way of interacting with the game, is going to help us to make more immersive experiences that are more natural for people.” – studio chief Graham Hopper
I’m very happy that Epic Mickey is for the Wii, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see the game on other platforms in the future. You may remember that, originally, the game was going to be for the PS3/360/PC. Right now, I just hope that it does well when it’s released. Considering the title features a star character in Mickey, chances are it’ll be more successful than most third-party Wii games.
