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Frogger Returns is a game for the PlayStation 3 and Wii by American developer Hijinx Studios. It can be purchased from the PlayStation Store and was available on the Wii Shop Channel before the service ended. The game was also released as DSiWare in North America 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[1] EU: February 12, 2010[1] JP: March 24, 2010 PlayStation Network NA: December 10, 2009 EU: February 11, 2010 JP: April 15, 2010 DSiWare NA: May 17, 2010
Genre(s)	Action
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay

The game has four levels: Big City, Subway, Sewers, and Swamp.[2] 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.[3] In the Wii and PlayStation versions, there is a multi-player mode with many different mini-games.[2]

Development

On October 27, 2009, Konami announced Frogger Returns was to be released on WiiWare and PlayStation Network.[3] A DSiWare version was announced in 2010.

Reception

Frogger Returns received negative reviews from critics upon release. On Metacritic, the game holds scores of 44/100 for the PlayStation 3 version based on 5 reviews,[4] and 47/100 for the Wii version based on 5 reviews.[5]

IGN gave the game a 4.6/10 stating that it is "ugly, forces the player to use a batcrap crazy control scheme, a bad camera angle results in cheap deaths, and it can't go online".[2]

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