Rumour: Epic Mickey 2 Heading to Xbox 360 With Co-Op Play
Looks like there's going to be an Epic Mickey sequel, and it is heading to Xbox 360. Accidentally revealed by a Disney newsletter, Epic Mickey 2 will hit in Autumn this year. The original game, a 3D platformer developed by legendary designer Warren Spector, was a Wii-exclusive.
The Disney newsletter, which has since been edited, also revealed that the game will feature split screen co-operative play, with the second player taking control of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, one of Disney's earliest characters.
"Disney Epic Mickey 2 is the latest game in the critically acclaimed Disney Epic Mickey videogame series," said the original newsletter. "In this all-new action-platforming game available for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii, Mickey embarks on an epic journey and is pulled back into a world filled with Disney's forgotten characters.
"Players can choose to play single-player as Mickey or for the first time players can also choose 2-player split screen mode. In the 2 player mode one person can play as Mickey wielding magic paint and paint thinner to dynamically change the world and the second player can play as Oswald the Lucky Rabbit – Walt Disney's first cartoon star – with the power to fly like a helicopter and use electricity to fight or friend enemies and solve challenges.
Team-up and choose your path to save this forgotten world because the choices you make will alter the story and change the end of the game!"
The newsletter was originally spotted by Stitch Kingdom and reproduced by GameInformer.
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