Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move |
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Developer(s) | Nintendo Software Technology |
Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
Director(s) | Stephen Mortimer |
Producer(s) | Yukimi Shimura Kensuke Tanabe |
Designer(s) | Wing S. Cho Hirokazu Yasuhara Philip Brodsky Christopher Polney |
Artist(s) | Brian McNeely |
Composer(s) | James Phillipsen |
Series | Mario vs. Donkey Kong |
Platform(s) | Nintendo 3DS |
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Genre(s) | Puzzle |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move (マリオ & ドンキーコング ミニミニカーニバル Mario & Donkī Kongu Minimini Kānibaru?) is a puzzle video game for the Nintendo 3DS and is the fifth game in the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series. It was released exclusively via the Nintendo eShop download service on May 9, 2013 in Europe and North America and July 24 in Japan.
In the main game, the player must place blocks on a grid with the goal of making a path for a Mini—a small walking robot resembling Mario or another Mario series character—to travel from a warp pipe to a star goal, while avoiding obstacles such as spike pits and Shy Guys along the way. The player can complete the additional task of collecting three colored coins along the created path, which itself may require additional tasks, such as closing the Mini within a figure-eight loop. Collecting all three coins for a level earns the player a star token, which unlock additional gameplay modes, levels, and toys as they are amassed. There are more than 180 puzzles over four modes of play, as well as four minigames which can be unlocked.
Additionally, Minis on the Move features a level creation mode with which the player can create custom levels using any and all pieces from the main game, as well as control the frequency of available falling tiles. Created levels can be saved and shared via StreetPass once the player is able to complete the created level. These levels can also be shared via Nintendo Network, where users can download other popular user creations.
Like the 4 previous entries in the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series, Minis on the Move was developed by Nintendo Software Technology.