Overlord: Minions

Overlord: Minions
North American cover
Developer(s)	Climax Studios
Publisher(s)	Codemasters
Platform(s)	Nintendo DS
Release date(s)	June 23, 2009[1]
Genre(s)	Puzzle
Mode(s)	Single-player
Rating(s)	ESRB: E10+

Overlord: Minions is a 2009 puzzle video game developed by Climax Studios and published by Codemasters for the Nintendo DS. It features the minions from the 2007 Overlord video game as the primary protagonists, tasked with the mission to solve puzzles and fight enemies. They are controlled by the DS stylus. There are also items to find in the levels and a timer of how fast the player in finish. The minions can be controlled directly by the player, unlike the original game where the player controlled them by controlling an eponymous Overlord-character. Controlling the Special Forces team of four, players negotiate fiendish levels and take on a huge range of warped enemies to hunt down the Kindred, a cult dedicated to resurrecting the mighty Dragon Kin, a race of humanoid dragon hybrids, determined to replace the Overlord's despotism with their own.

There are only four minions from four types, which makes all of them specialized in skills, for example Giblet, a brown minion from the first Overlord game, is the strongest in melee combat, Blaze is a wild pyromaniac, which grants him the ability to sling fireballs, Stench is the most stealthy of the bunch, and Zap can swim/heal.

Plot

Giblet, Blaze, Stench, and Zap are the elite minion forces of the Overlord, sent to deal with troubles outside the kingdom of the Overlord quickly and efficiently (so that the Overlord can finally get a break). Their first mission was to deal with mysterious fungus growth in the neighboring Withering Woods. As they fight through, they find that the fungi is also infecting not only plants, but humans too! They finally discover the secret of the fungus: it's really part of a sentient fungus nourished by pollution created via large pipes. After the sentient fungus is destroyed, the minions are sent to follow the pipes to a Halfing town and fight off ghosts, the undead, and the Kindred! After making it through, the minions confront the monstrous glutton, Grub!

References

1. ^ "Overlord Minions Game Box Shot". GameFaqs. pp. 1. http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/ds/image/952374.html?box=110826. Retrieved 2009-05-18. 

External links

• Overlord: Minions at IGN Entertainment
• IGN: First Look: Overlord Minions