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The Lifters were a scrapped variety of Beetleworx meant for Epic Mickey.
According to Chase Jones, design director for Epic Mickey 1 and 2, Lifters were cut due to time and physical memory restrictions[1] and attacked Mickey by picking him up and throwing him into thinner or off ledges. [2]
Variants[]
Earlier iterations of the Lifters were portrayed as much larger in size. One variant, in particular, had its head and limbs taken from one of the Seven Dwarfs, its clawed arm wearing a glove and coming from a teacup. The Lifters were later made smaller and closer in design to the Spinners before they were ultimately cut from the game.
One of the known variants of Lifters that exist would've had a Jiminy Cricket's head, Mickey's Trailer as the body (from the Mickey's Trailer cartoon), a clawed arm, and Dumbo's legs. Another variant would've had a Dumbo head and a teacup as the body.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- The name of the enemy was unknown until it surfaced in Epic Mickey's debug files. [3]
References[]
- ↑ @chasejonez (July 18, 2020). "We only had so much time to do a limited set of characters so they didn’t make the final cut. This version was far along but variants would be needed and it would take up part of the memory budget that we didn’t have room for.". Via Twitter.
- ↑ @chasejonez (July 18, 2020). "They throww Mickey into the air possibly off of an edge or into thinner.". Via Twitter.
- ↑ Epic Mickey/Debug Leftovers. The Cutting Room Floor. Retrieved on February 22, 2021.