| Despicable Me: The Game | |
|---|---|
 North American cover art | |
| Developers | Vicious Cycle Software(PSP) Wayforward Technologies(DS) Monkey Bar Games(Wii and PS2) |
| Publisher | D3 Publisher |
| Directors | Pierre Coffin Chris Renaud |
| Producers | Chris Meledandri John Cohen Janet Healy |
| Series | Despicable Me |
| Engine | Vicious Engine 2[1] |
| Platforms | PlayStation 2 PlayStation Portable Wii Nintendo DS |
| Release | |
| Genre | Platformer |
| Mode | Single-player |
Despicable Me: The Game (also known asDespicable Me: The Game – Minion Mayhem on Nintendo DS) is aplatform video game developed byVicious Cycle Software and published byD3Publisher released for thePlayStation 2,PlayStation Portable, andWii.[2] It is based on the 2010Illumination animated film ofthe same name. The game runs on Vicious Engine 2.
The game was later released forNintendo DS under the nameDespicable Me: The Game - Minion Mayhem.[3]Namco also released on July 6, 2010, another separate game for theiPhone,iPad andiPod Touch platform entitledDespicable Me: Minion Mania, developed byAnino Games. The game was removed from theApp Store on January 1, 2013.[4]
Despicable Me: The Game is aplatform video game. The player controlsMinions, sending them around levels to activate elements to traverse the level. One specific Minion is the only one which can complete the level by retrieving a specific object, and other minions have special abilities that can aid in this task. The game contains thirty levels, grouped into six worlds.[3]
| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
| Metacritic | Wii: 55/100[5] NDS: 54/100[6] |
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| Eurogamer | 6/10[7] |
| Nintendo Life | 5/10[3] |
| Nintendo Power | Wii: 4/10[9] NDS: 7/10[10] |
| The Guardian | 2/5[8] |
Despicable Me: The Game – Minion Mayhem on Nintendo DS received "mixed or average" reviews according to review aggregatorMetacritic.[6]
Eurogamer contrasted the game with other video game adaptations of films, describing it as pleasant and contending that it used the capabilities of the DS well, while avoiding the pitfalls of other adaptations of reproducing the animated sequences from the film.[7]
The Guardian described the game as challenging, if sloppy, praising the gameplay and the developers' use of theDespicable Me, license, but criticizing the game's difficulty and poor controls.[8]
Nintendo Life said the game "commits no crime besides being very average", finding that the game had "spots of fun" despite generally criticizing the game and varying difficulty.[3]