Epic Mickey Early Concept Art 

They were making these concept arts just to see what Disney would allow. They knew these wouldn't be allowed

Fun Fact: The art of Oswald being a monster and holding several Disney characters inside of him was based on an early story concept where Oswald would've betrayed Mickey and merged with the Phantom Blot, but Junction Point decided against it due to Epic Mickey serving as Oswald's re-integration back into the Disney brand, and establishing the character in a villainous way wouldn't have went well.

There is some satisfaction in the knowledge that these were more "let's see what we can get away with" concepts rather than the original vision of the game.

These concept art images always seemed so cool to me

0:58 imagine seeing this battle in 4k on the ps5 with insane transitions and cutscenes. They don’t call it epic Mickey for nothing, a man can only dream though.

The horror community as soon as classic Mickey was free of copyright:

Epic Mickey was my CHILDHOOD But wow these illustrations are gnarly… in a good way!

It would be pretty cool to have this happening, I love when Cartoons take dark turns

If Disney imbraced it's Darkside, Epic Mikey could've been longer and cooler, while Epic Mikey 2 could've done so much more for some of its scrapped elements.

It makes sense learning that these weren’t expected to be approved by the higher ups. I was under the impression that these monsters were indicative of a horror direction the game was taking, and it really intrigued me since I figured Disney would’ve never pursued this project unless they knew they had a good idea on their hands. Well…I guess I’m satisfied knowing this wasn’t the “true” artistic vision the team had in mind and only served to gauge artistic limits, because it made me think we were denied the full experience that was originally envisioned by the creators.

If they would have made it as dark as in the concept arts it would have been so much better and more people would remember the game

Happy to announce epic Mickey is getting a remake in fall of 2024

wow....Its beautiful

This game would have given kids a lot of nightmares

The idea of walt Disneys characters turning into forgotten and evil monsters is the best horror concept ive seen. I can't wait to look around this game again soon and find so many interesting small details and secrets

The fact that these are abandoned concept artworks that never got to see the light of day adds to their creep factor

0:42 Oswald was suppose to have an evil form.

These images really tell you how off wasteland is compared to regular disney worlds, just a shame that disney didnt allow most of these, perhaps one day there will be a mod for rebrushed

Now that is what i call a legendary mickey!!!! 0:59

Imagine if we got this version. Disney would hate but many would love it I think

I think it might've been these concepts that partly inspired Bendy and the ink Machine. I still can't help but picture a game this dark featuring a beloved character anyway. It's a theme that people wanna explore but we just don't get a lot of.

Disney just casually predicting FNAF and Bendy like that will not go unnoticed. Bro, imagine Disney acknowledging Country Bear Jamboree nowadays.

The environments stand out to me, they're so desolate looking. Some of the most creative drawings I've seen. They illicit some odd emotion I can't describe

This concept art looks kind of cool

This looks like it would be a significantly better integration of mickey into horror than what movie companies are currently doing

Wow this is horrifying. It's like "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream" and H.R Giger's works had a baby

Man these concepts are something else

THIS WAS GOING TO BE EPIC MICKEY ? DANG! Disney was thinking DARK

I wanna travel to the parallel dimension where we got this dark version of the game

Hard to believe that Epic Mickey was gonna be a very dark game. Now that the remake is coming out, it’s time to visit this gem from my Wii days

This is darker than the darkest game on the market

You know, with steamboat Willie in the public domain, some of this stuff could actually be realized!

I wish they would remake this game as the dark surreal art thing that it was meant to be. With the tech we have I'm sure most of these enemies are possible to model now.

This feels more Eerie than Other Indie Horror Games

0:31 oh shit heartless Mickey

If this would have been the game the age rating would have rocketed

Imagine having the game look like this art, or ink.

Bro really love it the "… madness returns…" formula in games

I love these concepts, they’re filled with creativity and just don’t care if they’re unsafe, God I wish if these were all greenlit!

I swear Epic Mickey would’ve been the greatest game of all time if Disney let the developers do what they wanted… Oh wait it already is

I think This Would have been a interesting Story to Epic Mickey if they got to keep it in

Now that steamboat willie mickey is public domain We could actually potentially make a really dark epic mickey fan game using the old concept art But of course it would feel better to use the original epic mickey formula How about one where Oswald is captured and forcefully turned into the monster and Mickey (steamboat willie version) must save him and the choices you make decide whether the ending is good or bad *THE REBRUSHED IS REAL*

0:39 that is awesome

These concept art images show a lot of untapped potential in Epic Mickey. I’d be interested to see a remake with these darker and unsettling elements included.

Imagine Epic Mickey but its a horror game. The concept art matches a horror version of the game perfectly.

We should get a Mickey and friend horror game that has these concepts and shows no limits.

And i thought the game was dark enough.

Epic Mickey could of been the dark souls of Disney those fools.

1:19 I wondered what this area is supposed to be? Cause I think what’s in the distance underneath the castle is Main Street.

"I have a test tomorrow. Don't be sick. " My body:

Phenomenal art!! I remember being a kid and seeing these "leak"

this is something tim burton would do if he had control

I think these are the darkest concepts Disney has ever done! I love it!

In an alternate universe where Disney doesn’t have a limit on how scary their franchises can be, this became a reality.

Just imagine the final version of the game is going to look like the concept art like the more twisted and scarier enemies and the storm blot as the final boss of the game

1:11 Imagine being the Alternate Universe Kid stumbling across this. Trauma for life.

Given to how edgy things are in some horrors of parodies, this surprisingly wouldn't be out of place and would be considered the godfather of these horrific monstrosities

Man, I wish they would do the direction alike to kirby.

Disney now: one of the most embarrassing and hated companies since 2020 Disney in the 2010s:

People after Steam boat Willie became public domain: why do they have to make everything In the public domain into horror? Mickey's Epic developers, years ago: So, should we make it a horror game?

I’m guessing 0:37 was some concept art for Mickey being INSIDE of the Small World clock tower.

Wish Disney wouldn’t have been so sensitive and we could’ve gotten a truly dark and edgier take on Mickey Like the game itself is good but seeing what could’ve been…

In the coming years, I imagine stuff like this will be more possible and tolerated by Disney, the world is ever advancing.

WE ARE SO FUCKING BACK

If Disney had balls they'd look at these and go "hell yeah"

1:58 What the hell is that?

Having evil mickey in final game, Would made me think having Scrapper mickey vs Suicide mouse

I saw these when I was kid searching “epic Mickey 3” boy was that a mistake ☠️

Would love if Disney made a game in this style.

I wish that had existed, those terrifying animatronics, although for me the game is still dark and I hope they revive the game again

Oh man, Rebrushed has a huge opportunity to bring back at least one of these concepts

So, there’s a remake coming out. I hope they’re able to make it as dark as they want this time around. I loved this game as a kid, and the dark atmosphere played a huge role. Can’t wait to see what they do differently this time.

man i would love to see a system shock-esque directors cut of epic mickey since this game was produced by warren spector

Imagine if someone made a game inspired by these early concept arts. Like a more mature take on Epic Mickey.

Regardless of how toned down the final product was, Epic Mickey is more of what modern Disney needs more now. It needs some edge and lots of character, to be able to experiment, the money will come regardless, but they're losing a lot of it by eating themselves.

With this definitelly would have been an excelent horror game

0:30 Lol, I once had this as my profile.

Today I learned that Epic Mickey was almost a horror game

In an alternate universe these is what Epic Mickey looks like and it's a fuckass game

I want to see a spiritual successor to epic Mickey and it’s based on the concept art

Thess concept arts look so cool. Epic Mickey would've been the equivalent of Kirby in Disney 👀

It's incredibly cool to find out that one of the concept artists is now working on Metroid Prime 4. So at least now he can draw as many dark concepts as he wants that could actually represent the final game.

I'm hoping someone makes a fan game of Epic Mickey and adds the concept art into the game

I would love to fight that storm blot I could see it as like a DLC what if fighr

This is more scary than any horror game from today

Some creatures remind me of those that appear in bendy and the ink machine

Oswald as a boss is pretty boss ngl. Kind of a missed opportunity. Wouldve been crazy

1:22 Mickey: IS THAT THE GRIM REPAR

The earlier artwork and earlier concept ideas is soo cool. 😎 I love the idea if Mickey continues to use Thinner he will start dripping Ink looking like a Mini Shadow Bolt dripping Ink fangs and claws This is why Epic Mickey the first game is my favorite, I love the Darkness. ♥️🖤 Epic Mickey 2 is where they water it down to feel more "kid friendly and light-hearted" what a disappointing squeal.

Damn but I wish they’d continued with these ideas.

Imagine spawn from mk11 coming to wasteland he would kill every blotting walking around shooting them using his chains

0:52 it would been cool to have this to see all the villian characters and the different sides and stuff

1:33 This is what I personally think 1006 will probably look like in poppy playtime

Imagine Epic Mickey with some of this concepts. Where world become darker place, where heroes begin to lose hope, where black creatures dying, but nightmares take their place. For example, i like 0:32 art - it looks like one of nightmares took Mickey form, or even worse - Mickey turned evil himself. This game could have a scale of hope or adequacy depending on our actions, decisions to "Save or Destroy" and some actions in the game. And if we had failed the main characters, Mickey himself would have become one of these monsters that Oswald had to stop or die trying to do it. We won't see this game, but it would be very cool, very Epic.

Imagine if these concepts were in the rebrushed game... would be so epic!

the broken daisy robot giving me fnaf vibes

I must say if I was still a kid and saw this,I would shit and piss my pants at the same time

I've been getting very strong *"American McGee's Aliece"* vibes

Now I remember why I was too scared to touch this game as a kid

I wonder if the remake is gonna add any of these ideas