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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT_FSWqoml8 OK, one more video. I couldn't help myself.... this one is just so obvious. RIGHT AT THE VERY BEGINNING (00:04 to be exact), you can see a list of levels on the screen behind Warren Spector available for demo-ing. BUT.... notice how it says Disney Gulch Lab (where you fight the dragon) Visit 1. THEN further down the list it says 'Disney Gulch Lab Visit 2'. WHAT?! YOU ONLY VISIT IT ONCE IN THE FINAL GAME! AND WHY WOULD IT BE MARKED 'DISNEY GULCH LAB' AND NOT 'DRAGON BOSS'? MAYBE YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO ORIGINALLY GO BACK THERE TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE MAD DOCTOR'S PLANS? AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHH!
...thoughts?
I'm sorry if I in any way insinuated that you were asking me to buy the first game. As a matter of fact, I do own the original, and I've played it through several times. I'm well aware of the significance of Mickeyjunk Mountain and the plot. I just thought it would have been cool to see it in EM2, maybe piled even higher with more Mickey junk?But, I never went so far as to recommend that Mcbasilrocks buy a used Nintendo Wii (for $100 or less at Gamestop) and EM1 (for $20 new at Wal-Mart), just to get context and more complaints on EM2. You can't know how truly important Mickey Junk Mountain is if you havent been there, where Oswald lives, and where THE INK BLOT is bottled up (the other ink spatters and big slobber are only drops that occasionally escape from the bottle.)
katydiddd
Sorry again if I offended you in any way. The way you wrote that post made me feel bad....
Also note that the flowers, clouds and hands that make up the 'floating scenery' in OsTown are moving. This is most noticeable at 6:47 on Mickey's side in the second video. However, the gameplay is clearly set during the OsTown pump mission, as Goofy is present, as is Prescott. It is not possible to mend the 'floating scenery' until after fighting Prescott in the actual game, when a Green Gremlin replaces him in the Gag Factory and offers to fix it for you. This hints that possibly the OsTown visit was to be later in the game, with more areas before it, adding to the 'areas scrapped' theory we have going.
Additionally, the way to Mickeyjunk Mountain (seen at 7:30) appears to be sealed by a corrugated metal door, rather than the 'pile of junk' that we have in the final piece. This obviously shows that Mickeyjunk Mountain was to be accessible, but at the last minute they just covered it up with 'junk' and pretended it never existed.
Look at 7:16. The turnstile is above the Thinner, unlike the actual game, where it is submerged. The transport tube near the Gag Factory appears somewhat open as well. Ideas?
Just an unrelated note, look at Oswald's electrodes near the pumps that he needs to power up. Personally I like their old design better, with his ears.
Look intently on the ground at 0:20 and you'll see a book. Scrapped plot device maybe? Who knows?
Have a look at this, too: http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/viewer.php?mode=article&id=44916#top_banner
Spatters underneath OsTown? I'm positive they aren't there!
As for your question, katydiddd, I do actually mildly like the game. It feels cheap and incomplete, but I love the songs and Disney references. In short (ha! See what I did there?), it needed more content and more time working on it, but what little content that's there is... alright, I guess.
And I'd like to ask one more question to you, katydiddd.... what did you think of the whole 'Mad Doctor TV Show' plot point at the end? It wasn't hinted at once throughout the story. No buildup to it, and once it's been said, no mention is made of it again. At all. His diary just suddenly says 'oh, yeah, hey.... you know that guy who's evil? Yeah, well, he has a TV show. I know we didn't mention it before, but... yeah. There's your plot twist. Bye!" Big Lipped Alligator Moment? Yes, yes, yes. Planned beforehand? No, no, no.
Found any more interesting stuff in those videos? Let me know!
KATYDIDDD IN PARTICULAR, LISTEN UP. LOOKING BACK THROUGH EARLY GAMEPLAY OF THE GAME, I FOUND THIS VIDEO:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLlk-mvVt5E
NOTE HOW AT 5:32, THE TRANSPORT TUBES THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT ARE OPEN. NOT CLOSED. OPEN.
AND AT 7:43 IN THIS VIDEO:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVkzdob_20A
THE TUBES ARE EVEN MORE OBVIOUSLY OPEN.
Thoughts?
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