This time around on Bubble Pipe Theater, Rob, Tim, and Tommy discuss the NikeMag Back For the Future benefit auctions (read: pricey sneakers), the Star Wars Blu-rays (again), fictional technology we’d like to see in real life, the Walt Disney Family Museum, arcade nostalgia, Wii hacking, our current obsessions, and more.
The year is coming to an end, and its time to take a look back at the best video games released in 2010. As part of this series we will be looking at all of the year’s releases for consoles and PC, starting with the Nintendo Wii.
The fourth year of Nintendo’s Wii has been one of its best. From Tatsunoko vs. Capcom and Mario Galaxy 2 earlier this year to the just released Epic Mickey and Donkey Kong Country, it’s been a great year to be a Wii owner.
Here are my picks for the top 5 Wii games of 2010:
I’m sure all you gamers have heard of Warren Spector’s crazy-looking Disney Wii game Epic Mickey. Well, Game Informer has released a new batch of info and images about the game, and it sounds awesome.
If you haven’t heard about it, the title is pretty accurate. It’s an epic adventure where you play as Mickey Mouse in a disutopian/steampunk style environment in which Disney’s lower cast of characters have teamed up to defeat you. Its cool that Disney is backing a project like this, where Oswald the Lucky Rabbit is a villain.
For us animation buffs, it’s cool that they’re using the classic Disney shorts and comic strips as inspiration, even obscure characters like the Mad Doctor and the Phantom Blot. Spector is about as hardcore of a Mickey fan as you can get, so you can expect this game to be chocked full of references to Mickey’s history.
The gameplay involves the erasing and painting of objects, and has some 2D style side-scrolling levels in addition to the 3D levels.
Make sure to check out the article, and keep an eye on Game Informer’s Epic Mickey landing page.
