List of M&M's video games

Overview
Name Date Consoles
M&M's The Lost Formulas 2000 Macintosh, Microsoft Windows
M&M's Minis Madness 2000 Game Boy Color
M&M's Shell Shocked 2001 (America), 2002 (Europe) PlayStation
M&M's Blast! 2001 Game Boy Advance
M&M's Break' Em 2007 Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS
M&M's Kart Racing 2008 Wii, Nintendo DS
M&M's Adventure 2008 Wii, Nintendo DS
Note: A PlayStation 2 version of the game was planned, but unreleased
M&M's Beach Party 2009 Wii

M&M's The Lost Formulas

M&M's The Lost Formulas is the first M&M's-based video game and was released on September 28, 2000, for both Macintosh and Microsoft Windows.[1] It was published by Simon & Schuster Interactive in North America and JoWooD Productions in Europe and developed by Boston Animation. It is a 3D platform game with gameplay similar to that of the Crash Bandicoot series. It also features a "math mode" in which players are tasked with solving math problems [2]

Gameplay

Yellow is the only playable character. There are 8 levels (with three zones on each level; the start zone, math zone, and the end zone) plus 4 bonus levels. There is an additional bonus level at the end of both the start and end zones if all three pieces of the secret formula are collected (with Level 1: Get Out of Town and the end zone to Level 8: The Shocking Truth being the only exceptions). Math zones are similarly themed to the start/end zones but require the player to solve a simple math problem. The answer is selected via either jumping to a numbered platform, or driving through a numbered box. The difficulty of the problems slightly increases as the levels grow higher, but can also be set in the menu.

M&M's Minis Madness

M&M's Minis Madness is a game for the Game Boy Color released in late 2000 for American markets. It is a platform game where the player controls 4 different M&M's characters who each have a specific ability which can be used to solve puzzles. The characters can be switched at any time by the player.

It was rated 6 out of 10 by Nintendo Power. IGN rated it 4 out of 10, describing it as "barely competent" and too easy.[3]

M&M's Shell Shocked
European PlayStation cover art.

M&M's Shell Shocked was released on September 30, 2001 for American markets by Simon & Schuster Interactive. A platform game largely in the vein of Crash Bandicoot, players control Yellow in an effort to escape from their miniature counterparts (M&M minis), however Red and Green also make an appearance. On July 20, 2002 the game was released in Europe by JoWooD Productions. This game is very similar to M&M's The Lost Formulas (being the PS1 remake of the said PC game) except there is not a Math Zone, the name was changed, power ups were added, and the levels were either shortend or slightly altered. Due to hardware and CD ROM limitations, the bonus level "Pipe Down" was removed. The bonus level "Robot Stampede" however uses the "Pipe Down" music (from M&M's The Lost Formulas). In order to make up for the Math Zones, boss zones were included as the final zone (known as "Zone C") of each level (replacing the Math Zones). Fans of the M&M series were delighted when it was announced Billy West would be providing the voice of Red, he was quoted as saying "I am so proud of providing the voice of such an iconic character, I phoned Micheal up as soon as I got the news and he was obviously delighted."

M&M's Kart Racing
Main article: M&M's Kart Racing

M&M's Kart Racing was critically panned upon release. It has a GameRankings score of 22.50% and 22.33% for the Wii and DS versions respectively.

IGN gave the DS version 3/10 and the Wii version 2.5/10 citing that "commercial mascots make terrible videogames" and that the game "barely uses the license at all".GameSpot gave the DS version 2/10 stating that the game "could put you off M&M's for life". GameSpot also awarded the game "Flat-out Worst Game" award in GameSpot's "Best and Worst of 2008" awards. GameZone also panned it, giving it 2/10. The game was also awarded the lowest-rated kart game by Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2011, stating that the game's nearest "rival" was Shrek Swamp Kart Speedway, the latter of which has a GameRankings score of 26.40%, 3.9% more than M&M's Kart Racing.

M&M's Adventure

M&M's Adventure is a video game of the action-adventure genre for the Nintendo DS and Wii video game consoles and developed by Nikitova Games.[4] It was released in 2008 for the Nintendo DS and Wii by Zoo Games. A PlayStation 2 version of the game was planned, but unreleased. The game takes place around Christmas, but the levels are typically themed around various holidays including Christmas for unknown reasons.

M&M's Beach Party

M&M's Beach Party is a video game of the party genre for the Wii video game console and released on March 11, 2009. In the game, The player defeats the other M&M's characters in 6 minigames: Kayak Race, Volleyball, Mr. Runch Slam, Skeeball Race, Ring Toss, and Colornator.

References
  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20040129054141/http://www.childrenssoftware.com/www.childrenssoftware.com/tango3.acgi$/login/directfind1.taf?_sourcecheck=amazon&reviewnumber=4682
  2. "M&M's The Lost Formulas (PC)". GameSpy. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  3. http://www.ign.com/articles/2001/01/04/mms-mini-madness
  4. "M&Ms Adventure is released into the US market". www.nikitova.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
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