Disney’s Epic Mickey remake will be released in September

Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed – THQ Nordic’s promising remake of legendary designer Warren Spector’s flawed but adorable platforming adventure from 2010 – launches for PlayStation, Xbox, Switch and PC on September 24 this year.

The original Disney Epic Mickey, developed by Spector’s Junction Point Studios, launched on Wii in 2010 – plunging Mickey Mouse into a wonderfully inventive and surprisingly dark world of corrupt theme park attractions and forgotten Disney history.

Inevitably, it is never enough lived up to its delightfully twisted artistic concept, but it featured a unique magic paintbrush mechanic – allowing Mickey to paint and erase objects in the world to solve puzzles and make traversal easier – as well as some surprisingly involved quests, including a light morality system. Epic Mickey is arguably also single-handedly responsible for re-introducing Oswald the Lucky Rabbit into the public consciousness, so he gets points there too.

Granted, there were quite a few clunky platformers, but I still loved it for all its weird Defunctland vibes – and developer Purple Lamp’s remake is the perfect opportunity to iron out some of those rough spots and let the rest shine. Whether that will happen remains to be seen, but publisher THQ Nordic has now revealed more details about Rebrushed’s revamp in a new release date trailer.

This new look at the remake comes with the announcement of an Epic Mickey: Rebrushed Collector’s Edition worth US$200 (around £160) including the game, a 28cm Mickey Mouse statue, a door -Oswald the Lucky Rabbit keys, a vintage Mickey Mouse tin plaque (“adding a touch of nostalgia,” says THQ Nordic as if desperately trying to justify the existence of this foreign tattoo), six postcards, a wooden box Steel and the Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed Costume Pack.

The latter includes the Steam Boat Willie, Football and Brave Little Tailor costumes, and is also offered as a pre-order bonus to anyone who purchases the £50/$60 standard edition before release. Pre-orders also come with 24 hours of “early access” to Rebrushed – a notion as magical as a $25 fast pass for early access to the Disney park.

Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed will be available on Xbox Series lesser known past.