Mickey Mouse becomes videogame hero
November 30, 2010 by Trend PK
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SAN FRANCISCO: Mickey Mouse makes his US debut as a videogame hero Tuesday in “Wasteland,” featuring an alternate world that includes Walt Disney Company”s long forgotten characters and attractions
“Disney Epic Mickey” for Wii consoles puts players into the large yellow shoes of the famous cartoon mouse and challenges them to use wits, paint, and paint thinner to defeat enemies, save old friends and restore a ruined land.
Mickey has the power to erase characters or restore them to glory, with his actions influencing the course of the game, according to Warren Spector of Junction Point Studio, which crafted the software. “Mickey hasn”t been the videogame hero he was meant to be,” Spector said of the character introduced in 1928 while providing a glimpse of the title at a conference in Los Angeles earlier this year. “That”s about to change.”
Mickey”s foes in the game include “Oswald the Lucky Rabbit,” a pioneering Disney cartoon figure turned bitter because the mouse soared to stardom while he sank into obscurity.
The game will mark the first time Oswald has appeared in a new Disney story since 1928.
Mickey Mouse 80th Birthday Celebrated Today
November 18, 2009 by Trend PK
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Mickey Mouse 80th Birthday Celebrated Today, Walt Disney Studios is looked at in many different ways. Disney is a children’s delight, a target for ridicule or satire, a massive annoyance, or all three or more, depending on your outlook. Besides, it is one of the few media giants to owe everything it has to a mouse. Mickey Mouse turns 80 years old today.
The Disney empire would not be where it is today if Mickey Mouse wasn’t born on November 18, 1928. Mickey Mouse debuted on that day, then he and his friends in the Disney universe went on to slowly conquer the entertainment world and the minds of children.
Mickey Mouse famously appeared for the first time in the short Steamboat Willie 80 years ago. Thanks to Mickey paving the way, Disney Studios took off and created its various classic movies, additional animated legends, and theme parks.
Mickey Mouse 80th Birthday Celebrated Today was first posted on November 18, 2009 at 8:38 pm.
