Mister Mosquito
A stealth game about a mosquito sucking blood from a family.
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GamesRadar included it on a list of games that could serve as a cure for entomophobia.[1] In Mister Mosquito, players take on the role of a mosquito tasked with extracting blood from a human family.[2]
Making and release
Eidos released the game under its "Fresh Games" label.[2] According to Eidos' Kevin Gill, the company chose to release quirky games like Mister Mosquito because they have brilliant gameplay that would otherwise be unlikely to appear outside Japan.[2] Eidos Interactive released the game in North America on March 13, 2002, and in PAL territories on March 22, 2002.[2] During its debut week in Japan, Mister Mosquito achieved the fifth-highest sales position, with 41,006 units sold, as reported by Famitsu.[3]
By the close of 2001, roughly 160,210 copies of the game had been sold within Japan.[3] Outside of Japan, Mister Mosquito's sales were weaker.[3]
References
- Wikipedia, "Mister Mosquito" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Game Informer staff, "The Top 10 Weirdest Games of All Time", GameStop Corporation, April 2008, p. 28; Zivalich, Nicole, "Strange Games: Video Games That We Can't Believe Exist", G4, December 22, 2010 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Mister Mosquito" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: GameStop Staff, "Sony's quirky new mosquito-based PS2 game", GameSpot, March 7, 2001; IGN Staff, "TGS 2001: Updated Tokyo Game Show Coverage", IGN, March 30, 2001; Sony staff, "<nowiki>蚊", Sony Computer Entertainment; IGN Staff, "Fresh Games Ship To Retail", IGN, March 13, 2002; Amazon staff, "Mr Moskeeto (PS2)", Amazon UK; IGN staff, "Eidos Establishes Fresh Games", IGN, January 24, 2002; Minkley, Johnny, "Mr. Moskeeto hits the right spot", Computer and Video Games, September 2012; Klepek, Adam, "Discovering the Freshness", Gaming Age, en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Mister Mosquito" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Famitsu staff, "ゲームソフト販売ランキング TOP30", Enterbrain, June 28, 2001; "2001年テレビゲームソフト売り上げTOP300", Geimin.net; Sony staff, "蚊 PlayStation 2 the Best", Sony Computer Entertainment; Reed, Kristan, "Cult Classics: PlayStation 2", Eurogamer, August 19, 2008 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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