List of M&M's video games

Starting with the M&M's video game M&M's: The Lost Formulas, there have been a total of seven officially licensed M&M's video games. The first of these games is entitled M&M's: The Lost Formulas, shortly followed in the same year by M&M's: Minis Madness, M&M's: Shell Shocked in 2001, M&M's: Kart Racing, M&M's: Break' Em both in 2008, and M&M's: Beach Party in 2009.

Overview

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 Microsoft Windows. It was published by Simon & Schuster Interactive in North America and JoWooD Productions in Europe. It is a Crash Bandicoot, Super Magnetic Neo & Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers style game, and also is optionally a game which teaches math.^[1]

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.^[2]

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, players control a guy named 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 except there is not a Math Zone and the name was changed. 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

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.^[3] It was released in 2009 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.

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