Epic Mickey: Rebrushed Reviews
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Epic Mickey Rebrushed is a warm welcome, even if several aspects leave you wanting more improvements.
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Epic Mickey: Rebrushed is a fantastic remaster that manages to resurrect a cult classic in a way that is respectful of the source material while updating it for modern audiences. The story is still great even after fourteen years. Plus, the visuals and gameplay have been tuned to near-perfection. While you can't help but wish for more additions to the story and world, the quality-of-life changes to gameplay and replayability make this the perfect way to play this underrated platformer.
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Epic Mickey Rebrushed is a lovely remaster of one of yesteryear’s surprise cult hits, and the best thing is, the gameplay actually holds up pretty well, thanks to a few new quality-of-life additions that go a long way towards making this a better game.
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Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed is here almost 14 years after the original's Wii debut and you're probably wondering if it has held up.
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Since its release on the Nintendo Wii back in 2010, Epic Mickey has been begging for a re-release. Despite getting a sequel that was more widely available, it’s only now that the original game is getting a much-needed update. Announced during a Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase, Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed finally gives the game a new coat of paint. It’s exciting to see this creative Disney title come back to life, but does it live up to its potential, or does it fall short of the maste...
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Epic Mickey: Rebrushed is exactly what you’d want from a remastered Wii game. It gives the visuals the contemporary sheen worthy of its unique art style, adds important control improvements to make it palatable to modern audiences, and also knows when to let the gameplay speak for itself.
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Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed is an impressive remake of an already marvelous game. It features the story depth that is unusual for Disney, going beyond the confines of cartoonish fairy tales, while also paying the tribute to the company's classics. This is a mix that certainly deserves your attention.
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At worst, shortcomings like the lukewarm new abilities and the glaring absence of voice acting limit the remake from reaching its true potential. If anything, these missteps speak more to the game's missed opportunities than a supposed lack of quality. Any Disney or Mickey Mouse enthusiast should buy Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed not just to relive the original Wii games, but to experience something entirely new and creepy. And for what it's worth, this remake is leagues above any public doma...
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Unfortunately, removing the faults of the original game leaves behind a very simple platformer. Epic Mickey has so many cool ideas that it never elaborates on despite its initial promises. The hand-hold-y nature of the original Wii game is alive and well and feels incredibly out of place at a time when more people than ever are familiar with not just video games, but the genre of platforming games.
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I wouldn’t be surprised to see something similar for The Power of Two on the way at some point. But it’s safe to say that its predecessor is a worthy pickup for those want something accessible for the younger set or just something breezy and offbeat to play. Rife with love and reverence for anything and everything Disney and Mickey Mouse, you couldn’t really ask for a more competent package than this.
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Epic Mickey Rebrushed is a solid hybrid platformer. With floaty jumps for those new to the genre and deep references to the Disney of yesteryear, it's fun for the family, even if a bit shallow.
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I also wish the nicely animated cutscenes were given full voice-acting for this rerelease, as hearing simple grunts as characters say entire sentences is a bit jarring. I didn’t mind on the Wii, but with the amount of pleasant changes that were made to Epic Mickey: Rebrushed, I had hoped this would be an upcoming addition.
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Originally a Wii exclusive, Epic Mickey Rebrushed has had an incredible face lift, making it feel every bit as fresh as a brand new game from 2024. This is a rich and worthwhile adventure-platformer even if you're not a huge Disney fan — but if you are, you'll get a huge kick out of the frequent nods to the company's long history.
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Overall, Epic Mickey: Rebrushed is a delight to play. Purple Lamp did a fantastic job of remaking the game from scratch with grand visuals and the addition of a double jump makes the game more playable than its Wii incarnation. The paint and thinner mechanics are a true highlight of this Disney adventure, and the overall atmosphere of the game is both creepy and upbeat. It would be a real treat to see if Purple Lamp could make an Epic Mickey 3 in the future, as this game shows the Vienna-studio's talent of making the Wasteland come to life.
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If you like Mickey Mouse and want to play a fun video game about him, you can do a lot worse than Epic Mickey: Rebrushed! You can also do a lot better, but that would require booting up some old emulators or expensive retro hardware, which is a different kind of thing from having something new(ish) on today’s platforms. Those decaying SNES carts in Mickeyjunk Mountain offer a good hint at what you should try next, though. I enjoyed it quite a bit, even if the way the story doesn't hold up in 2024 due to historical context made things...
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Epic Mickey Rebrushed is an undeniable improvement over the original, but a fresh coat of paint can't fix the pointless morality system.
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