Is this a joke ?

[moosebug]

I love the artwork. I don't know why, but it reminds me of when Dorothy Returned to Oz.

 

[smylie1]

I would SO play this game! Disney is not just for kids like Barney (now that would be a nightmare game! LOL!) I think it's awesome that they are thinking outside the box. I absolutely LOVE post-apocolyptic subject matter and I absolutely LOVE Disney, so I absolutely LOVE this idea!!!

 

[Alesia]

I stand by the fact that I dont think Walt would have liked it.

Sorry, but I find it really odd that people who never knew Walt Disney seem to know exactly what he would and wouldn't have liked.

It's also odd that it always matches up exactly with what the poster does or doesn't like. Hmm...

 

[SuperTink]

Anyone have a date on the new Kingdom Hearts release?

 

[maxiesmom]

I just didnt think that this fit the image that I thought Disney wanted to maintain. I stand by the fact that I dont think Walt would have liked it.
/QUOTE]

Apparently if Disney is putting that image out there they have no problem with it. And none of us can say with any certainty what Walt would or wouldn't have liked. Sorry, but it just bugs me when people use that as a way to bolster their argument for any point of view.

 

[JeffGoldblum]

I just didnt think that this fit the image that I thought Disney wanted to maintain. I stand by the fact that I dont think Walt would have liked it.

Walt was fine with Mickey committing suicide (In fact, it was his own idea) and Donald killing Goofy, so I think he would be OK with the Epic Mickey video game

 

[cinderella73]

Sorry, but I find it really odd that people who never knew Walt Disney seem to know exactly what he would and wouldn't have liked.

It's also odd that it always matches up exactly with what the poster does or doesn't like. Hmm...

Well thats kinda rude.. I did say " I dont THINK Walt would have liked it. " Not that I could read his mind or ever know for sure. Just my opinion. Am I not entitled to that now ? lol

 

[Evan&Kimberly]

Hey guys I want to see, I want to see, can someone help me to find these pics!!

 

[epcot.girl]

It actually looks pretty cool to me. Very creative. It is just a game. It isn't going to harm the parks. Disney is about profit. They are going to cash in where ever they can. This game should make them a pretty penny.

Definitely - and the concept art is fantastic! Surprised I haven't heard of this as my BF is a huge movie/gaming fan (as am I, just not as much as him).

Sorry, but I find it really odd that people who never knew Walt Disney seem to know exactly what he would and wouldn't have liked.

It's also odd that it always matches up exactly with what the poster does or doesn't like. Hmm...

So true

 

[cinderella73]

Well as I added to my first post I will add it again here. I am "reserving" judgement until I see the game because they can do almost anything with it at this time.

When I said I dont THINK Walt would like it that was just my opinion. You dont have to agree. I could be wrong or you could be. We will never know so does it really matter? Nope

I cant say I will definatly hate or like the game because I havent played it. Based on what I saw at first I was taken a bit by suprise but I have changed my tune and opened my mind a bit and decided to wait and see what its like when it comes out . After all I love The KH games as I said and maybe the game will come across to me in a way that the concept art didnt .

While I guess I have my own idea of what Disney should do ( I unlike "certain" ( not all) people in here ) "respect" that others might have other ideas. And thats cool. And hey maybe I am wrong and the game will be awesome and I will regret what I said. But I guess I was not into the idea of first because I always associate Disney and Disney video games with kids and its not. Its adults as well and I didnt consider that. Hopefully it will be marketed tastefully and done tastefully. But I cant even guess yet because they can do almost anything with that story line based on what we have seen. There is no way of knowing.

So right now I will just be curious to see where it goes.

 

[KathyTX]

Since this is not on topic for our Theme Parks Attractions and Strategies forum, I'm moving it to the Rumors forum.

 

[epcot.girl]

Hey guys I want to see, I want to see, can someone help me to find these pics!!

http://kotaku.com/5325198/this-looks-like-art-from-warren-spectors-steampunk-disney-game

 

[DisneyWonder]

Just my opinion. Am I not entitled to that now ? lol

Not on this board!!!

 

[skater]

This game is the latest in a very long running series from the creators of the Final Fantasy video games and a unique collaboration with Disney. They were viewed as bizarre when they first came out years ago, but they have proven to hold their own with high production values and great story-telling. Everything you would expect from Disney. Mickey is a powerful and noble hero in the games, btw. They are very lucrative and some of the best Disney video games out there. Disney video games are generally not very good, but these usually are. Not always of course, but usually. It will be marketed to teenagers, btw.

That you find this disturbing, I don't know whether to laugh or cry......

I guess you're the one who decides what should and should not disturb someone .

 

[Evan&Kimberly]

2 each its own! Everyone is entitled 2 their opinions! If one doesn’t like this new concept, that's fine and for those that like it, that’s fine 2. For those that don’t like it can choose 2 stay away from it, and those that do like it can gravitate 2 it!

 

[Evan&Kimberly]

http://kotaku.com/5325198/this-looks-like-art-from-warren-spectors-steampunk-disney-game

Thanks for the link!

 

[Scurvy]

I'm really looking forward to this game, and I hope they do end up releasing it. I don't think it looks like the sort of thing that most young children should be playing - but I am definitely intending to get it for myself. Anyone who thinks it's not appropriate for their kids (or for themselves ) shouldn't get it for their kids or for themselves.

As for the Walt thing - given some if the things he was okay with (like the Mickey suicide thing, for example) I think it's entirely possible that he would have thought it was fine. Unfortunately it doesn't matter what he would have thought. He isn't coming back and no one should ever base a decision on what he would have done, because no one can ever know for sure how he would have felt about anything. The only thing that matters now is if the Disney Company is willing to allow it. Assuming they are, then it will matter what the public thinks. If they release this game and there's a huge outcry over it and no one buys it, they probably won't allow such a mature/dark Diisney game again. If it sells well then maybe there will be more of this in the future. Since I think there isn't enough focus on teens and adults when it comes to Disney products and entertainment, I'm hoping for more of this sort of thing.

 

[gymnastgirlflips]

Yeah... it looks cool, yet it freaks me out at the same time having all my favorite things look all destroyed. I guess we'll have to wait and see how the game turns out.

 

[fannatic]

I'm not really into video games, but this looks like the coolest concept art that I have ever seen for one. Kids can handle a lot more than their parents think they can. I'm sure that most kids have seen a lot more disturbing imagery just by watching commercials for horror movies. As for if Walt would like it, who knows? I think that he would love it. He was always including dark imagery in his films. Check out the Night on Bald Mountain sequence in Fantasia. Or, watch the Legend of Sleepy Hollow or even most of the princess movies. Disney has always used gothic art in its media. They even created a concept for a theme park that was supposed to go at WDW called Dark Kingdom. This has been called the "villain" park, but it would also feature the darker elements of Disney films. Will they build this park in the future? Possibly, they say that ideas never die at Disney.

 

[SelfEmployedDebtFree]

In the voice if Napoleon Dynamite... "We'll HECK YEAH!"
Count me in! I'd buy it!!!
I can't stand to play Kingdom Hearts (I can't do the whole RP switch items thing... not my style) but I LOVE to watch my DW & DS play it. They have, of course, beat all the KH games, so I've heard the pre-fight intros before each boss over and over. Kingdom Hearts actually has some pretty dark scenes and images. My DW pre-ordered KH2, and we now have every KH game made including the ones on gameboy or whatever.
The drawings look pretty dang cool to me. If these pics scare you, You don't even want to know the strange things we have done with Miis on our Wii.