Epic Mickey is coming…

You might recall me gushing last month about the game tentatively known as "Epic Mickey," which purportedly is for the Nintendo Wii. There's a small update to report.

The game is reportedly going to be unveiled in October, either through a feature article in Game Informer or through a press conference in London. The image at right, the teaser Game Informer placed in its most recent issue, says that "something epic is brewing" and "the star of the show is someone you just might know." Accompanying the text is cover mockup that evokes Mickey Mouse's trademark appearance, if not more than slightly oily and more sinister than normal.

If not first seen in the magazine's October issue, Disney apparently is planning to debut "Epic Mickey" no later than Oct. 28, during a planned press conference in London. This teaser says only that the game to be shown is "an iconic new title." The accompanying oily drips are a giveaway, though, that "Epic Mickey" is in the cards.

So here's hoping the game is every bit as cool as the early production art made it look — and that it's for the Wii. Because the system desperately needs a respectable RPG.