Mickey Mouse was a pop culture trailblazer in the world of gaming, with (critically mixed) classics like Mickey Mousecapade and Castle of Illusion making their mark as far back as the days of the NES. But his definitive adventure wouldn’t come along for another couple of decades. 2010’s Epic Mickey was not only a great platformer worthy of the most popular cartoon character in the world, it was a beautiful send-up of an often-overlooked part of the Disney legacy. And this month, PlayStation is giving away the game’s 2024 remaster for free.
After Mickey inadvertently ruins the lives of the cartoon stars that came before him, he’s forced to confront his grave mistake years after finding huge success at their expense. Leading the pack of jilted foes is Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Walt Disney’s most successful creation prior to his split from Universal Pictures in the late 1920s. Here, Mickey must go on a quest through the Toon World in hopes of talking Oswald out of the destructive path he’s on.
