Once a vibrant, mischievous character in his own right, Mickey Mouse's role for the last several decades has been primarily that of a simple silhouette – his iconic ears little more than a logo for one of the world's biggest corporations. Though he's been the face of Disney for almost a century, these days we rarely get a sense of his original character – which itself has been molded to fit a range of disparate personas, from the wise King Mickey of Kingdom Hearts, to the sanitized Saturday morning Club House compere.
Enter Epic Mickey, a 2010 Nintendo Wii exclusive that re-established Mickey's cheeky-yet-good-hearted character in a truly unusual setting. Part Defunctland episode, part Psychonauts-style adventure, the creative vision of Deus Ex's Warren Spector and his team gave way to a torrent of subversive and dark ideas that permeated the Disney sheen and gave us one of the most interesting games on the Wii console.
