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My Epic Mickey: Power Of Illusion Review...
13 years ago
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Hey guys, this is my very first review on Video Games, and I wanna start this one off with a game that's based on a classic one, Epic Mickey: Power Of Illusion!
Now before I get started, I'll explain about Epic Mickey! Epic Mickey is a new video game series made by Disney Interactive Studios, and the first game, Epic Mickey for the Wii, featured the return of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Mickey's older brother in a way, into this game, now for those of you that haven't played the first one, I implore you to get it, cause it was one of the best Disney game ever played besides the Kingdom Hearts series!
But anyway, the first game was such a success, that they made a sequel, Epic Mickey 2: The Power Of Two, but they also decided to make Epic Mickey: Power Of Illusion as well for the 3DS only, and that game was what we were wanting the most, cause you see, like I said before, thsi game is based on a classic one, a game you might know that is called "Castle Of Illusion: Starring Mickey Mouse" for the Sega Genesis, Game Gear, and Sega Saturn!
Now I'll explain what "Castle Of Illusion" is all about! The story is about Mickey Mouse being in a magical quest to save Minnie Mouse from the evil witch named Mizrabel, who kidnapped Minnie and took her to her Castle in order to steal her youth!
Now this game was one of the BEST Disney retro game ever played, and it wasn't just the levels that made that game so good. The music, the controls, and Mickey's animation in the game just pulls you in and make you want to play this great game!
So the fact that Disney decided to make a sequel to that retro game in Epic Mickey style was pure genius! I mean, the gameplay, the animation in Power Of Illusion that was similar to the classic, the music, and the fact that you save multiple Disney characters from nearly every Disney movies you've seen and getting power ups in it was just awesome!!! I have to say, Disney really outdone themselves with this game, even the story was perfect and spot on as well...
Unfortunately, though, THAT is where they kinda fail as well...
{Spoilers Ahead, Don't Read If You Didn't Play This Yet!}
You see, The evil witch, Mizrabel, and her Castle of Illusion, have been accidentally transported to the Wasteland by the wizard Yen Sid. Oswald the Lucky Rabbit contacts Mickey Mouse to tell him the castle has mysteriously arrived in Wasteland and that Minnie Mouse has been spotted inside of it. Mickey then sets off to save Minnie and the "Illusions" of other Disney characters trapped in the castle. However, after Mickey leaves, Minnie comes to his house in the Cartoon World while Mickey went to the Wasteland(Keep that part noted, you guys). Upon arriving at the castle, he is greeted by Oswald, and they are both trapped when the gates shut. Mickey then meets Jiminy Cricket, who tells Mickey that Mizrabel will try to steal the kindnappees' heart power to get back to the Cartoon World. Jiminy hops into Mickey's pocket and acts as his guide throughout the journey. Now of course, he saves everyone and all, and goes on to face Mizrabel! He manages to defeat her and she retreated in defeat, and the Minnie that was trapped in the castle kissed her hero and all! Later on, Mickey returned to the Cartoon World, in his house, and suddenly Minnie comes in, asking where had he been, and before Mickey had a chance to tell Minnie what happened, she explained to him that she had a dream about an evil witch in a castle, which leaves Mickey jaw dropped...
THE END...
Now it wasn't just the ending that bothered me, the length of the game was bothering me as well, cause it was a bit too short! I mean, I expected more, A LOT more than this!
Now for those of you that have kept that part noted above, you gotta understand something...the real Minnie was safe and sound, while the Minnie that was in the Castle was fake, so you would've assumed that Minnie was REALLY Mizrabel , cause remember, in the classic game, Castle Of Illusion's ending, Mizrabel turned good and gained some of Minnie's beauty to boot, so she almost look just like her...
So you would expect that after you defeat Mizrabel, who was posing as Maleficent in Power Of Illusion, you would expect Maleficent to snap out of it and wonder where she is and all, leading to the fact that she wasn't really Mizrabel at all, then Minnie reveals herself as the real Mizrabel, and steals Mickey's heart, cause that was her plan all along, and then disappear into a much deeper part of the castle or something, leading to Mickey to travel on journey that wasn't over yet, saving some more new Disney characters besides the ones before when you started on the way, and THEN finally facing the real Mizrabel, where you and Oswald work together to defeat her once and for all, and she becomes a good person once again, apologizes for the trouble she've caused in the Wastleland and Cartoon World, and peace is finally restored again! THEN at last, Mickey goes back home, Minnie comes in, and of course she'll tell him about the dream, like in the original ending of Power Of Illusion!
See? Now doesn't THAT kind of ending makes more sense than the original ending?! I mean, not only does make the story more interesting, it give you more levels, making the game a lot less short than it is already!
That's where Disney fails a bit, they should made the game a bit longer than that, it was just a bit too short, at least for me! And the ending really should've been better as well...
Overalls, I'd give it 8/10, it has great gameplay, great visuals, great music, even a great story, but the cons are that the game is too short and the story's ending didn't make sense...
That's my review on Epic Mickey: Power Of Illusion! Feel Free to comment on how you feel about this review and your opinions on the game itself...
Now before I get started, I'll explain about Epic Mickey! Epic Mickey is a new video game series made by Disney Interactive Studios, and the first game, Epic Mickey for the Wii, featured the return of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Mickey's older brother in a way, into this game, now for those of you that haven't played the first one, I implore you to get it, cause it was one of the best Disney game ever played besides the Kingdom Hearts series!
But anyway, the first game was such a success, that they made a sequel, Epic Mickey 2: The Power Of Two, but they also decided to make Epic Mickey: Power Of Illusion as well for the 3DS only, and that game was what we were wanting the most, cause you see, like I said before, thsi game is based on a classic one, a game you might know that is called "Castle Of Illusion: Starring Mickey Mouse" for the Sega Genesis, Game Gear, and Sega Saturn!
Now I'll explain what "Castle Of Illusion" is all about! The story is about Mickey Mouse being in a magical quest to save Minnie Mouse from the evil witch named Mizrabel, who kidnapped Minnie and took her to her Castle in order to steal her youth!
Now this game was one of the BEST Disney retro game ever played, and it wasn't just the levels that made that game so good. The music, the controls, and Mickey's animation in the game just pulls you in and make you want to play this great game!
So the fact that Disney decided to make a sequel to that retro game in Epic Mickey style was pure genius! I mean, the gameplay, the animation in Power Of Illusion that was similar to the classic, the music, and the fact that you save multiple Disney characters from nearly every Disney movies you've seen and getting power ups in it was just awesome!!! I have to say, Disney really outdone themselves with this game, even the story was perfect and spot on as well...
Unfortunately, though, THAT is where they kinda fail as well...
{Spoilers Ahead, Don't Read If You Didn't Play This Yet!}
You see, The evil witch, Mizrabel, and her Castle of Illusion, have been accidentally transported to the Wasteland by the wizard Yen Sid. Oswald the Lucky Rabbit contacts Mickey Mouse to tell him the castle has mysteriously arrived in Wasteland and that Minnie Mouse has been spotted inside of it. Mickey then sets off to save Minnie and the "Illusions" of other Disney characters trapped in the castle. However, after Mickey leaves, Minnie comes to his house in the Cartoon World while Mickey went to the Wasteland(Keep that part noted, you guys). Upon arriving at the castle, he is greeted by Oswald, and they are both trapped when the gates shut. Mickey then meets Jiminy Cricket, who tells Mickey that Mizrabel will try to steal the kindnappees' heart power to get back to the Cartoon World. Jiminy hops into Mickey's pocket and acts as his guide throughout the journey. Now of course, he saves everyone and all, and goes on to face Mizrabel! He manages to defeat her and she retreated in defeat, and the Minnie that was trapped in the castle kissed her hero and all! Later on, Mickey returned to the Cartoon World, in his house, and suddenly Minnie comes in, asking where had he been, and before Mickey had a chance to tell Minnie what happened, she explained to him that she had a dream about an evil witch in a castle, which leaves Mickey jaw dropped...
THE END...
Now it wasn't just the ending that bothered me, the length of the game was bothering me as well, cause it was a bit too short! I mean, I expected more, A LOT more than this!
Now for those of you that have kept that part noted above, you gotta understand something...the real Minnie was safe and sound, while the Minnie that was in the Castle was fake, so you would've assumed that Minnie was REALLY Mizrabel , cause remember, in the classic game, Castle Of Illusion's ending, Mizrabel turned good and gained some of Minnie's beauty to boot, so she almost look just like her...
So you would expect that after you defeat Mizrabel, who was posing as Maleficent in Power Of Illusion, you would expect Maleficent to snap out of it and wonder where she is and all, leading to the fact that she wasn't really Mizrabel at all, then Minnie reveals herself as the real Mizrabel, and steals Mickey's heart, cause that was her plan all along, and then disappear into a much deeper part of the castle or something, leading to Mickey to travel on journey that wasn't over yet, saving some more new Disney characters besides the ones before when you started on the way, and THEN finally facing the real Mizrabel, where you and Oswald work together to defeat her once and for all, and she becomes a good person once again, apologizes for the trouble she've caused in the Wastleland and Cartoon World, and peace is finally restored again! THEN at last, Mickey goes back home, Minnie comes in, and of course she'll tell him about the dream, like in the original ending of Power Of Illusion!
See? Now doesn't THAT kind of ending makes more sense than the original ending?! I mean, not only does make the story more interesting, it give you more levels, making the game a lot less short than it is already!
That's where Disney fails a bit, they should made the game a bit longer than that, it was just a bit too short, at least for me! And the ending really should've been better as well...
Overalls, I'd give it 8/10, it has great gameplay, great visuals, great music, even a great story, but the cons are that the game is too short and the story's ending didn't make sense...
That's my review on Epic Mickey: Power Of Illusion! Feel Free to comment on how you feel about this review and your opinions on the game itself...
