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Posted on April 07, 2013 in Games. - Comments [30]

Down in the Candy Cane Caves you’ll find Cupcake Cavern by scrolling to the very right hand side. Click on Cupcake Cavern to play Moshi Cupcakes.

By baking different cupcakes, with difference flavours and toppings you can attract different Moshlings. These moshlings show up on the title screen. There are 15 different Moshlings to try and get.

These are: Chop-Chop, Squidge, Ecto, Dipsy, Jeepers, McNulty, Sooki-Yaki, Tiki, General Fuzuki, Shelby, DJ Quack, IGGY, Liberty, Mr Snoodles and White Fang.

The different recipies you’ll need are listed below.

Mixing the cupcake mixture:

There are two shelves of ingredients. On the left hand side are the items you must have in your mixture:

• Milk
• Sugar
• Flour
• Eggs
• Butter

One the right hand side are some addition (optional) ingredients you can add. These are:

• Vanilla flavouring
• Cocoa
• Orange

Click on the ingredient you want and then drag it into the bowl.

Once you’ve got all the required ingredients in the bowl a spoon will appear. You can continue to add the additional flavourings if you wish. Or you can start mixing your mixture!

Mixing your mixture

Once the spoon appears you can stir your mixture by clicking on the spoon and moving the mouse left and right (or in a circle if you prefer)

Once you’ve got your ingredients mixed you’ll go on to fill your cake tin!

Filling the cake tin

Now, you’ll need to fill the cake tin with the mixture you’ve just prepared.

Just click in each cake case to fill it with a spoonful of mixture. With a bit of practice you can fill the tin pretty quickly.

Miss, and you’ll splodge cake mixture all over the place. There’s no problems making a mess through! It just takes a bit longer.

Best part about this game is that you don’t need to do the washing up afterwards!

Once you’ve filled the tin, the cupcakes fo into the oven (You’ll see the timer spin round) and then we can decorate it!

Decorate your cupcake

You can only add a topping if you first put icing on your cupcake. I guess this is because they just wouldn’t stick without the icing.

Icing your cupcake

You can decorate your cupcake with five different flavours and three different styles of icing. (As far as attracting Moshlings, the style of the icing doesn’t make any difference – although the flavour does.)

Icing comes in the following flavours (Colours):

• White (Vanilla Flavour)
• Brown (Chocolate Flavour)
• Pink (Strawberry Flavour)
• Blue (Blueberry Flavour)
• Green (Slime Flavour)

The different styles of icing are:

• Thin Splat Icing
• Medium Swirl Icing
• Big Swirl Icing

Once you have chosen your icing the next things to do is add toppings. (You don’t have to add toppings, it’s up to you!)

Toppings

The following toppings are available:

• Cherry
• Slopcorn
• Star Candy
• Scummi Worm
• Chocolate Chip
• Sludge Fudge
• Barfmellow
• Nut

Once you’ve decorated your cupcake, click on “done” to see which Moshling is attracted to it.

Cupcake recipies to attract Moshlings

The following recipes will help you attract each of the 15 different Moshlings. There are other combinations that will work, but I’ve tried to make these as simple as possible.

Note: When it comes to the topping, you only need to put one item of each topping listed.

Chop-Chop:

• Flavouring: None
• Icing: White (Vanilla)
• Topping: Nut

Squidge:

• Flavoring: None
• Icing: White (Vanilla)
• Topping: Slopcorn.

Ecto:

• Flavoring: Cocoa
• Icing: Brown (Chocolate)
• Topping: Sludge Fudge and Chocolate Chip

Dipsy:

• Flavour: Vanilla
• Icing: White (Vanilla)
• Topping: Barfmellow

Jeepers:

• Flavour: None
• Icing: White (Vanilla)
• Topping: Star Candy, Sludge Fudge

McNulty:

• Flavour: Cocoa
• Icing: None
• Topping: None

Sooki-Yaki:

• Flavour: Cocoa
• Icing: Pink (Stawberry)
• Topping: None

Tiki:

• Flavour: None
• Icing: Blue (Blueberry)
• Topping: Cherry

General Fuzuki:

• Flavour: None
• Icing: Green (Slime)
• Topping: None

Shelby:

• Flavour: None
• Icing: Green (Slime)
• Topping: Fudge

DJ Quack:

• Flavour: Orange
• Icing: White (Vanilla)
• Topping: Scummi Worm

Iggy:

• Flavour: none
• Icing: White (Vanilla)
• Topping: None

Liberty:

• Flavour: None
• Icing: White (Vanilla)
• Topping: Star Candy

Mr Snoodles:

• Flavour: Orange
• Icing: White (Vanilla)
• Topping: None

White Fang

• Flavour: None
• Icing: White
• Topping: One of each!

Comments

Moshi Monsters was a British website aimed at children aged 6–12,^[1] with over 80 million registered users in 150 territories worldwide.^[2] Users could choose from one of six virtual pet monsters (Diavlo, Luvli, Katsuma, Poppet, Furi and Zommer) they could create, name and nurture. Once their pet had been customized, players could navigate their way around Monstro City, take daily puzzle challenges to earn 'Rox' (a virtual currency), play games, personalize their room and communicate with other users in a safe environment, although this has been disputed.^[3] Moshi Monsters officially closed on 13 December 2019.

History[edit]

The game was created in late 2007 by Michael Acton Smith, and developed in 2008 by entertainment company Mind Candy and officially launched in April 2008.^[4] As of December 2009, there were at least 10 million players registered.^[5] In March 2010, Mind Candy announced that there were 15 million users and by September 2010, that number had surpassed 25 million.^[6] In June 2011, it was announced that there were 50 million users.^[7] On 13 December 2019, Moshi Monsters shut down permanently.

Gameplay[edit]

Monsters[edit]

The monsters are the characters that the user plays as. They are given a name by the user when they register at the website. There are six types of monsters. Poppet, Katsuma, Furi, Diavlo, Luvli, and Zommer.

Moshlings[edit]

The monsters (in-game pets) keep their own pets, called 'Moshlings'. They come in a variety of themed sets, including Arties, Beasties, Kitties, and Spookies. Those who aren't paying members can keep two 'Moshlings' in their room whilst paying members can keep up to six and visit other pets in the zoo.

Other[edit]

Merchandise[edit]

Since its digital popularity, Moshi Monsters has grown commercially to include physical products, including games, the Moshi Monsters Magazine (number one selling children's magazine in the UK in 2011),^[8] a best-selling DS video game,^[9] a number 4 music album, books, membership cards, bath soap, chocolate calendars, trading cards, figures of many Moshlings, mobile games, and a Moshi Monsters feature film. Eight Moshi Monster toys were included in McDonald's Happy Meals in the United States and Canada in December 2013.^[10]

DS game[edit]

In 2011 Mind Candy released a Moshi Monsters based Nintendo DS game. the game is themed around moshlings and collecting and caring for them.

Mobile games[edit]

In July 2013, Mind Candy released Moshi Monsters Village on Google Play,^[11] a 3D city-builder published by GREE and developed by Tag Games. After GREE UK shut down,^[12] Mind Candy decided to take over the game as publisher, leaving the development to Tag Games. The game was relaunched on Apple devices on 18 December 2013 immediately ahead of the release of the movie.

In December 2013, Mind Candy published the companion app Talking Poppet, also developed by Tag Games.

In February 2014, Moshi Karts was released on iOS by Mind Candy.

In June 2014, Moshling Rescue a 'match three' game based on the Moshling characters was released on iOS and Android.

In early 2015 Mind Candy released an app called World of Warriors which was shut down in October 2018.

In November 2016, they released the Moshi MonstersEgg Hunt app, alongside a companion storybook of the same name.

Music[edit]

In March 2012, Mind Candy confirmed a major partnership deal with Sony Music.^[13] The deal followed the recent launch of Mind Candy's own music label, Moshi Monsters Music. The deal will see Sony Music handle the distribution aspects of Moshi Monsters' music releases, starting with the debut album Moshi Monsters, Music Rox!Jason Perry, formerly with the UK rock band A and head of Moshi Music, is driving the new album. The Moshi Monsters series features music from Sonic Boom, Beatie Wolfe, The Blackout, Portia Conn, and songs such as 'Moptop Tweenybop' and 'Merry Twistmas'. Two albums are available on iTunes and Google Play, as well as on disc. One album contains the songs from Moshi Monsters: The Movie, and another album has some of Moshi Monster's first songs. Not all songs are available to buy on various platforms.

Movie[edit]

In 2013, Mind Candy announced a Moshi Monsters film. In September 2013, Issue 34 of the Moshi Monsters Magazine included a Moshi Music DVD with a short trailer. On 10 October 2013 a short preview of the trailer was broadcast on ITV Daybreak. Later that day, the trailer was released on MSN. The film was released on 20 December 2013 in the UK and 20 February 2014 in Australia. The DVD and Blu-ray were released on 14 April 2014 in the UK and 3 April 2014 in Australia.^[14]

Lady Goo Goo injunction[edit]

In October 2011, Ate My Heart Inc, representing the musician Lady Gaga, were granted an interim injunction by the High Court of Justice of England and Wales to stop Mind Candy, parent company of Moshi Monsters, from releasing music on iTunes by a Moshi Monster character known as Lady Goo Goo. The songs intended for release included the parody 'Peppy-razzi', similar to the Lady Gaga hit 'Paparazzi'.^[15] Justice Vos of the High Court ruled that Lady Goo Goo could appear in the Moshi Monsters game, but that Mind Candy could not release, promote, advertise, sell, distribute, or otherwise make available 'any musical work or video that purports to be performed by a character by the name of Lady Goo Goo, or that otherwise uses the name Lady Goo Goo or any variant thereon'.^[16] Lady Goo Goo was later replaced with a new Moshling named Baby Rox, who is not a parody of any particular celebrity.

Decline in popularity and relaunch[edit]

The creator of Moshi Monsters, Mind Candy, suffered a loss of £2.2m in 2013 due to a drop in sales from Moshi Monsters. The company's financial reports have shown that the profit declined by 34.8% from £46.9 million in 2012 to £30.6 million in 2013.

In 2015, Mind Candy revealed that they were preparing to relaunch Moshi Monsters for a younger audience of four- to seven-year-olds, initially as animation with apps and toys to follow. However, no changes have been made to the Moshi Monsters site since then, apart from the removal of the forums section.

Since 2015, the decline of Moshi Monsters and the site's creator Mind Candy has continued. The peak of Moshi Monsters' popularity was in 2012 at £46.9m, and it has continued to decline. In 2018, total revenues were £5.2m, compared with £13.2m in 2014.^[17]

The Moshi Monsters website was shut down on 13 December 2019.^[18]

Criticism[edit]

In 2015, both Bin Weevils and Moshi Monsters were told to change the wording of their in-app advertisements by the Advertising Standards Authority, who said that the adverts and phrases such as 'The Super Moshis need YOU' pressured users to buy certain items inside the game. Mind Candy said that it took its responsibilities 'very seriously with regards to how we communicate with all of our fans, especially children.' It went on to say that Mind Candy had 'been working with the ASA (Advertising Standards Authority) to ensure that we adhere to best practice and have made changes to the Moshi Monsters game accordingly. We will continue to work with the ASA in any way possible.'^[19]

References[edit]

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1. ^Mike Butcher (2 May 2013). 'As Moshi Monsters hits 5 years, can it pull off three new games?'. TechCrunch. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014. Moshi Monsters started out as an online world of adoptable pet monsters for boys and girls aged 6-12 back in 2008.
2. ^Moshi Monsters founder: 'I was Mr Stress, now I'm Mr Calm'Archived 3 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine, Business Insider
3. ^'Moshi Monsters - Welcome to Moshi Monsters, Parents!'. www.moshimonsters.com. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
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7. ^Barnett, Emma (7 June 2011). 'Moshi Monsters hits 50 million membersArchived 2017-11-07 at the Wayback Machine', The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
8. ^ABC Figures Reveal Moshi Monsters Magazine is the Best Selling Children's Magazine in the UKArchived 28 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Bloomberg
9. ^Moshi Monsters video game breaks chart recordArchived 4 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine, ToyNews
10. ^'Moshi Monsters gets QSR promo at McDonald's'. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
11. ^'Moshi Monsters Village - Apps on Google Play'. play.google.com. Archived from the original on 19 May 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
12. ^Ingrid Lunden (8 July 2013) https://techcrunch.com/2013/07/08/japans-gaming-giant-gree-retrenches-in-europe-shuts-down-uk-office-to-focus-on-development-in-the-u-s-for-western-market/Archived 9 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine
13. ^'Sony Music partners with Moshi Monsters - News - Music Week'. www.musicweek.com. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
14. ^'Moshi Monsters (2013)'. Archived from the original on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2018 – via www.imdb.com.
15. ^Neither Mind Candy nor the Goo Goo Dolls can lay claim to being the first to whose given name has been appended the epithet 'Goo Goo'. For that honor one might turn at the very least to Lt. Gen. Leslie Richard ('Dick' or 'Goo Goo') Groves, Jr., a World War II-era US Army Corps of Engineers officer who oversaw not only the construction of the Pentagon for the US Department of Defense but also the Manhattan Project that created the atomic bombs that won World War II for the Allies and literally saved the world from autocracy. Chances are, too, there were other 'goo goos' in the US Army before Groves.
16. ^Sweney, Mark (13 October 2011). 'Lady Goo Goo injunction'. TheGuardian.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 September 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
17. ^'MIND CANDY LIMITED - Filing history (free information from Companies House)'. beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
18. ^''Moshi Monsters' is shutting down because it runs on Flash'. engadget.com. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
19. ^Rawlinson, Kevin (26 August 2015). 'Ad watchdog rebukes Moshi Monsters'. Archived from the original on 6 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.