Mole Mania

Mole Mania
Developer(s) Nintendo EAD
Pax Softnica
Publisher(s) Nintendo
Director(s) Masayuki Kameyama
Producer(s) Shigeru Miyamoto
Programmer(s) Yoshiaki Hoshino
Motoo Yasuma
Artist(s) Yoichi Kotabe
Composer(s) Taro Bando
Platform(s) Game Boy, 3DS Virtual Console
Release date(s)

Game Boy

  • JP: March 1, 2000

(Nintendo Power)
3DS Virtual Console

  • JP: November 7, 2012
  • NA: July 26, 2012
  • EU: October 4, 2012
Genre(s) Puzzle game
Mode(s) Single-player

Mole Mania, known in Japan as Mogurānya (モグラ〜ニャ), is a 1996 video game developed by Nintendo EAD and Pax Softnica, and published by Nintendo for the original Game Boy. It is also one of the least known works of Shigeru Miyamoto. The game was re-released for the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console in all major regions throughout 2012.

Story

The story involves a mole named Muddy Mole (known in Japan as Mogurānya (モグラ〜ニャ), whose wife and children have been kidnapped by the farmer, Jinbe. Muddy has to go find his wife and children by finding his way through puzzle based worlds.

Gameplay

In the game, Muddy has to move a black ball to a gate at the end of the screen in order to get to the next screen. He can push, pull, and throw the black ball. Muddy can also dig into soft ground to find underground paths around obstacles. Choosing where to dig is a crucial element of the game's various puzzles, as creating holes in the wrong areas could hinder the player's efforts to advance. Dropping the ball into a hole would cause it to return to its starting point. Given the nature of Muddy's ability to move the ball, digging holes in the wrong places could make reaching the gate with the ball completely impossible, requiring Muddy to leave the screen and then return to try again. Along the way, there are many obstacles, such as moving enemies, pipes, barrels, weights, and bosses.

Reception

References

  1. ↑ Nintendo Japan published Game Boy Japanese listing (in Japanese). Nintendo. Retrieved on 2009-04-18
  2. ↑ Nintendo staff. "Game Boy (original) Games" (PDF). Nintendo. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 15, 2011. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
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