Dropwings

Dropwings are a type of Blotling that first appear in Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two and were scrapped from Epic Mickey. Mickey first encounters the Dropwing in the Mean Street Underground.

In Epic Mickey[]

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Dropwings were originally planned to be included in Epic Mickey, but were removed due to difficulties with the camera and aiming with the brush. It was determined that they "weren't fun enough," so they were replaced with ranged enemies like the Sweepers that offer a similar challenge to the player. They had a bat-like appearance and attacked by swooping down at Mickey from above. ^[1]

Strategy[]

The main way to escape the Dropwing is by shaking your Wii remote, and it will eventually let you go. On the PS3, you rapidly press the square button, and on the Xbox 360, you can rapidly press the X button to get away from them.

While the Dropwing can pick you up, it can also spew several volleys of Thinner bubbles at you. When idle and not bothered, the Dropwing will belch a large bubble of thinner which you can turn into a Paint bubble with your Paint. When turned friendly, the Dropwing with belch Paint bubbles that will slow you down for a brief second. Additionally, the Paint bubbles will Paint in thinned out objects if the bubbles pop after sitting on the ground for long enough in an opposite manner of the Dropwing's thinner bubbles.

Trivia[]

Epic Mickey's debug files contain leftover lines referring to the Dropwings.
In an Italian magazine from before Epic Mickey 2's release, it is revealed that their scrapped appearance in the first game was to have a design that differs greatly from the sequel's design.