There are also mentions of 'GoBlobs', which was an early name for the Spladooshes.

Although Dropwings did ultimately end up appearing in the sequel, a render of one from the first game was seen in an Italian magazine article, and their appearance differed substantially from their design in the second game. In the config files, there are some mentionings of Dropwings, likely a type of Blotling. This was the early health bar as the Wastelander.Īnd this was the health bar as the Scrapper. Complete models of those forms exist in the final game. You could see that on the early HUD of the game. If you do both, you will be the Wastelander. If you do helpful things, you would be the hero. If you killed all enemies and are mean to everyone, you would be the scrapper. You can still find some files which reference to that feature. This mechanic was planned for the game, but was sadly scrapped. It could also be that there was only one type of guardian back then. There were no guardians, but thanks to an early screenshot, we can say that they were white instead of blue.You could switch between the brush and the other sketches with the control pad instead of the + and - buttons.No idea how you used the brush back then. The e-ticket symbol looked different and was right on the top and always visible for the player.Strangely, you only see the half of the bar in a few screenshots, but not all of it. If he lost them all, you would get most likely a game over. Mickey's health bar looked drastically different.The whole map is unused and looked like a map to test different mechanics.There was a flying book, which was later used in the mansion level.The lamp posts 'came to life' if you walked in their direction.

It looked nice, but if you would jump too much, it would look messy. If you jump and Mickey lands on the ground, you can see a yellow blot spawning underneath him.You could see Mickey's bright yellow footsteps.To be honest, all the animations looked pretty unfinished, except for Mickey's walking animation. Pete's animations didn't look really finished.This was changed because Mickey looked like a statue. Mickey doesn't have an idle animation.

The movement of Mickey was more limited than in the final game.

Here are some differences about the prototype and the final game: The game back then was really different not only because of the design of the HUD, but the whole concept behind the game was different. Gameplay of the 2009 prototype was shown off at Digifest 2012. The idea for Epic Mickey dates all the way back to summer 2004, where a meeting was held consisting of seven undergraduates invited by Buena Vista Games, which was the first-ever 'Think Tank'.

Unknown date - Concept art is leaked, showing a much different setting.

Unknown date - Warren Spector signs onto the project.

Summer - A meeting was held, dubbed the 'Epic Mickey Think Tank 2004', consisting of undergraduates on how they would revitalize Mickey Mouse, leading towards the birth of the Epic Mickey concept.

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