Hi Everyone!
My name is Paul Croft and I’m Director of Games at Mediatonic. We’re an small indie games studio based in London in the UK.
I’m posting here on the PlayStation Blog about Monsters (Probably) Stole My Princess!, our brand new title developed specifically for the new PSP Minis service.
In the game the player controls a massively powerful (and slightly unhinged) aristocratic demon known as ‘The Duke’ who wakes up to discover his Princess is missing. Without a single clue to go on, he can only assume that monsters were (probably) responsible, and sets out to track her down by beating up monsters largely at random in the hope that it will (somehow) reunite him with his beloved.
At the center of the game is the Story mode, which follows the progress of The Duke as he beats down monsters across six different levels in the quest for his Princess.
The real challenge of the game comes into play in Score Attack mode, which contains eighteen unique levels, each unlocked by breaking target scores in the preceding levels. The Duke is a flamboyant character who likes to reward himself based on how stylishly he managed to complete each level and destroy his opponent.
Through moving the Duke from platform to platform in an unbroken chain, the player can build up a combo which increases both the amount of points earned and also the speed of the game. To gain the maximum amount of points for each level, the Duke must touch every platform and still defeat the monster before he escapes!
This is our first PSP title. We’ve been really excited about the potential of Minis since we heard of the program and have really enjoyed building the game. It’s packed full of humor, little details, rewards and a few secrets!
We’ve been working on the game for almost four months now and we’re all really excited it – we hope you all like it!
To keep up with the latest news on our games you can follow Mediatonic on Twitter @Mediatonic.
oh no, monsters! i’m skeered!
i forgot, any trophies?! i love trophies!
sorry, i forgot again – got a demo?! i love demos!
I think psp minis don’t support trophies by default
anyways the game looks beautiful. I’ll (probably) pick it up day one.
Kind of a stupid name for a game.
I LOVE the name of the game! So hilarious! I especially love in the first paragraph “in the hope that it will (somehow) reunite him with his beloved.” Describes just about every 2D platformer I’ve ever played. 5 Stars for an excellent sense of humor and an amazing looking Mini.
Quite excited for this; I’m all about great looking and playing PSP Minis.
Also, love the name!
Very likely IN!
Cool concept! Pricepoint on the game?
Holy Crap, this looks awesome, and came out of nowhere!
Love the name of the game. Pretty much the character assumes this has happened, beating up on monsters that may of had nothing to do with the princess. That alone is enough for a good laugh. Looking forward to it.
Looks fun. Can’t wait.
Paul Croft,
Will this Mini be available for play via the PlayStation 3? (Similar to other minis)
can these be played via the PS3? Trophies are always welcome.
So it says COMING SOON…When is it coming? With Sony COMING SOON can be 2012…..
Great to hear you all like the look of the game!
I can confirm the game will be available on the PS3.
Unfortunately trophies and demos are not supported in Minis so these will not be in the game.
Alas pricepoint is also unconfirmed but it should be around the middle of the current price range.
:)
@DZORMAGEN
The game will be released in February all being well :)
@Midatonic_Paul…
I hope that is the middle of 2.99 to 6.99…because the price of Tetris @10$ was ridiculous.
Sorry about the no demo thing on minis…that seems to me to be a big strike against picking up games that are not heavily advertised.
Good luck with the game.
@KSPRAYDAD
Yeah it will be within that range, nothing too crazy :)
We’ll be releasing a trailer and a few other bits closer to launch to hopefully give a good idea of how it will play.
There is a little more info on the website:
http://www.monstersprobablystolemyprincess.com/
Thanks!
a little fail but the minis are available at the ps3 to
@KSPRAYDAD
Yeah it will be within that range, nothing too crazy :)
We’ll be releasing a trailer and a few other bits closer to launch to hopefully give a good idea of how it will play.
Thanks!
Very catchy name, looks cool. Might pick it up if the price point isn’t too high. I need something other then the PBH tables to occupy my time during my launch break and extended facility breaks.
If anyone wants to hear good reviews of PSN mini titles listen to The PSNation podcast, Zavari does a weekly review for minis titles and they are really good ao if you’re ever unsure listen to his takes on them
looks very kool , i think it will be the first mini game i will be getting for my psp GO , can we play the game on the ps3 ?
@HatmanTc – Good to hear you like the name!
@remanutd5 – Awesome! I can confirm that the game will be playable on the PS3.
1) Add a few trophies to the PS3 side of the minis and I’ll start buying these. Is this a future possibility?
2) (@Jeff) Why not emulate PSP games on the PS3?
— On my correct account now :)
1) I\’m not aware of any plans at Sony for this but if they release this functionality then we\’ll add it if possible.