Frogger Returns

Frogger Returns is a 2009 action game developed by Hijinx Studios and published by Konami for the PlayStation 3, Nintendo DSi, and Wii. This game is purchased from the PlayStation Store, and it was available on the Wii Shop Channel before the service ended. The game was also released as DSiWare on May 18, 2010.

Frogger Returns
Developer(s)	Hijinx Studios
Publisher(s)	Konami
Series	Frogger
Platform(s)	PlayStation 3, Wii, Nintendo DSi
Release	WiiWare NA: November 12, 2009 PAL: February 12, 2010 JP: March 24, 2010 PlayStation Network NA: December 10, 2009 PAL: February 11, 2010 JP: April 15, 2010 DSiWare May 17, 2010
Genre(s)	Action
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay

The game has four levels: Big City, Subway, Sewers, and Swamp.^[1] By collecting power-ups, the player gains the ability to stop and reverse time and make themselves invincible for a short period, among other effects.^[2] In the Wii and PlayStation versions, there is a multi-player mode with many different mini-games.^[1]

Development

On October 27, 2009, Konami announced Frogger Returns was to be released on WiiWare and PlayStation Network.^[2] A DSiWare version was announced in 2010.

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
	DS	PS3	Wii
Metacritic	60/100[3]	44/100[4]	47/100[5]

Review scores

Publication	Score
	DS	PS3	Wii
IGN	N/A	4.6/10[6]	4.6/10[1]
Nintendo Life	6/10[7]	N/A	7/10[8]
Official Nintendo Magazine	N/A	N/A	57%[9]
Play	N/A	35%[10]	N/A

Reception

The DSi version received "mixed" reviews, while the PlayStation 3 and Wii versions received "generally unfavorable reviews", according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.^[3][4][5] IGN said the Wii version was "ugly, it forces the player to use a batcrap crazy control scheme, a bad camera angle results in cheap deaths, and it can't go online."^[1]