Little Deviants
Little Deviants, known in Japan as Sawari Makuru!, is a minigame compilation video game developed by Bigbig Studios and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation Vita. It was released on 17 December 2011 in Japan, 15 February 2012 in North America, 22 February 2012 in Europe, and 23 February 2012 in Australia as a launch title for the PlayStation Vita. Composed of 30 minigames that make use of the Vita's front multitouch touchscreen, rear multitouch touchpad, Sixaxis motion controls, and augmented reality capabilities, along with some traditional controls, only using the L and R trigger buttons of the console.
Little Deviants
- Date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Genre
- arcade
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Little Deviants, known in Japan as Sawari Makuru!, is a minigame compilation video game developed by Bigbig Studios and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation Vita. It was released on 17 December 2011 in Japan, 15 February 2012 in North America, 22 February 2012 in Europe, and 23 February 2012 in Australia as a launch title for the PlayStation Vita. Composed of 30 minigames that make use of the Vita's front multitouch touchscreen, rear multitouch touchpad, Sixaxis motion controls, and augmented reality capabilities, along with some traditional controls, only using the L and R trigger buttons of the console.
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It was Bigbig's last game as Sony announced the studio's closure in January 2012.
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Key facts
• Title — Little Deviants • Platforms — PlayStation Vita • Developer — Bigbig Studios • Publisher — Sony Computer Entertainment • Genre — Various • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer
Gameplay
Gameplay
The goal of Little Deviants is to play through the game's 30 minigames in order to rebuild the Little Deviants' spaceship, which was destroyed by the Botz and crash-landed on the Whomans' planet. The game's minigames take advantage of the PlayStation Vita's front touchscreen, rear touchpad, SIXAXIS motion controls, rear camera, microphone, and augmented reality capabilities.
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Little Deviants is associated with United Kingdom.
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2011
Little Deviants published.
2011
Little Deviants is recorded as published in 2011.
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- United Kingdom
Reception
Little Deviants received "mixed or average" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. IGN said, "It's a decent piece of (admittedly overpriced) software. And its pretty, vivid graphics and surprisingly catchy old-school inspired soundtrack certainly please aesthetically. But a strong hook doesn't exist." Edge gave it five out of ten, saying, "Little Deviants real problem is simple: it's not moreish, and its challenges fail to reveal the kinds of nuance on the second and third tries that will have you refining strategies and aiming to better scores. Without that incentive to return, you're unlikely to." EGMNow gave it four out of ten, saying, "What should've been a fun collection of minigames showing off the Vita's capabilities ended up a completely unappealing tech demo. There isn't enough game here to justify the price."
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- 1.Grant, Adam. PS Vita Launch Line-up, New Exclusive Games And More Revealed. PlayStation Blog. Sony Interactive Entertainment. 22 November 2011.
- 2.Crossley, Rob. Sony closes and restructures two UK studios. MCV/Develop. BizMedia. 10 January 2012.
- 3.Fandom. Little Deviants. Metacritic.
- 4.Teti, John. PlayStation Vita Launch Games. The A.V. Club. G/O Media. 20 February 2012.
- 5.Sterling, James Stephanie. Review: Little Deviants. Destructoid. Gamurs. 13 February 2012.
- 6.Bramwell, Tom. Little Deviants Review [JP Import]. Eurogamer. Gamer Network. 9 January 2012.
- 7.Juba, Joe. Little Deviants Review. Game Informer. GameStop. 13 February 2012.
- 8.Tan, Nicholas. Little Deviants Review. GameRevolution. CraveOnline. 21 February 2012.
- 9.Watters, Chris. Little Deviants Review. GameSpot. Fandom. 13 February 2012.
- 10.Defy Media. Little Deviants. GameTrailers. 13 February 2012.
- 11.Moriarty, Colin. Little Deviants Review. IGN. Ziff Davis. 13 February 2012.
- 12.Mitchell, Richard. Little Deviants review: Little interest. Engadget (Joystiq). Yahoo! Inc. 13 February 2012.
- 13.Willington, Peter. Little Deviants. Pocket Gamer. Steel Media Ltd. 13 February 2012.
- 14.Future plc. Review: Little Deviants. PlayStation: The Official Magazine. 57. 60. April 2012.
- 15.Dillard, Corbie. Little Deviants Review. Push Square. Hookshot Media. 20 February 2012.
- 16.Ditum, Sarah. PS Vita launch titles – reviews (Frobisher Says/Little Deviants). The Guardian. 13 February 2012.
- 17.Akerman, Nick. Little Deviants is a complete pest (review). VentureBeat. 18 February 2012.
- 18.Langshaw, Mark. 'Little Deviants' review (Vita). Digital Spy. Hearst Communications. 16 February 2012.
- 19.Jenkins, David. Little Deviants review – small beans. Metro. DMG Media. 14 February 2012.
- 20.Edge staff. Little Deviants review. Edge. Future plc. 13 February 2012.
- 21.Camron, Marc. EGM Review: Little Deviants. EGMNow. EGM Media, LLC. 24 February 2012.
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