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Daily Briefs (Aug. 19): Epic Donald concept-art, gamescom 2016, more

Today’s Daily Briefs: concept-art for Epic Donald (a cancelled follow-up to Epic Mickey), but also…

  • gamescom 2016
  • Miitomo

Epic Donald

After the first two Epic Mickey, many fans wondered if the series would have any future at all. And it turns out it almost did! Patrick Block (Walt Disney comic and gaming conceptual artist) started selling some concept-art on eBay, for a very particular game… Epic Donald, which would have been a follow-up to the Epic Disney series. Unfortunately, the project was ultimately canned.

Here’s what the man himself said to Buyatari (a fan who found those piece of concept-art on eBay):

In 2012 I had the very great pleasure and honor of working with Warren Spector and Junction Point on a follow up to Disney’s Epic Mickey and Epic Mickey II.

 

The game was to feature Donald Duck, Duckburg, and the assorted classic world clan. I worked hard on a “Carl Barks” based Duckburg, puling scenes of the town from his comics and doing my best to keep a 1950’s feeling spirit about the game world.

 

Sadly, this was about the time Disney decided to switch over to it’s current gaming, more tablet oriented gaming focus.

 

While we were fully paid for our conceptual work on the project, to date, it has not been made.

 

With the new DuckTales project in the works, I have hopes we still might see the game, with some of our work, get made.

Here’s the concept-art:

Source: Buyatari

gamescom 2016

Here’s a video from Nintendo Deutschland, with the highlights of Day 1 at gamescom 2016:

And if you have time to spare, here’s the full recording of yesterday’s livestream:

Miitomo

Here’s the latest promotional video for Miitomo, showcasing the many ways you can add friends in the game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOW7NngSLaM

Lite_Agent

Founder and main writer for Perfectly Nintendo. Tried really hard to find something funny and witty to put here, but had to admit defeat.

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