Minion Rush (Video game console adaption)

Minion Rush (or Minion Rush: Rerunned on Xbox Series X and S) is a action runner video game in the Despicable Me franchise. It is based on the 2013 mobile game of the same name. It is developed by THQ Nordic and Gameloft and available on PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X and S and Steam. It was released on August 5, 2024.
== Rules ==
Same as the mobile game, Players play the game by controlling a minion, and the minion can be either Dave (the default character), Carl, Jerry, Mel, Bob, Stuart or Kevin; they can also compete with others in hilarious, fast-paced challenges. While the minion runs, there are three lanes on the track, with some floating bananas on it, which minions can collect by being controlled to move left or right to run through them.
Minions should avoid obstacles (Click A to jump and swipe down on the D-pad to Duck) and attacks from bosses unless they are equipped with certain power-ups, and they can get prizes, including bananas, coins, costume cards and tokens. In addition, minions can run in different costumes once purchased.
Our minion runners are working for the AVL and need to complete certain missions requiring collecting bananas, jumping obstacles, collecting stars on the Moon and many more. One of the goals of the game is upgrading Rank. For every five Ranks a player upgrades, a new title is awarded to the player, a style resembling the old Jelly Jobs. Such titles are Up-and-Comer (original title), Covert Operator, Clandestine Operative and more. The goal prizes are coins and costume cards. In the previous game version costume cards were introduced for a few costumes (Island Hopper and Mel) and they were a new form of currency to help buy and upgrade them. In this version, all costumes are available in the Wardrobe and require their unique costume cards and coins to be unlocked and upgraded. Almost all costumes are available in the Wardrobe all the time - there are no longer time-limited offers, except for region-bound costumes such as AFL, Bogatyr and Tzarevna. The design team decided to prevent purchasing costumes with Tokens and Bananas, while the blueprint currency has also been discontinued. Additionally, the player can complete daily tasks earning tokens, costume cards and prize pods, and last there's a training mode to help the runner practice and compete with other runners throughout the world and fight for a better place in the world leaderboard and among their friends.
== Characters ==
As mentioned above, there are plenty of characters in Despicable Me: Minion Rush, and they fall in three categories, Minions, AVL agents / characters from the movies (Gru, Lucy, Dru and the girls) and bosses. Only minions and their costumes are playable.
Among the minions, Dave is the minion that is with the most available costumes for purchase and the default character of the game; Carl, Jerry, Mel, Bob, Stuart and Kevin were introduced in later updates; Paul only appeared in the intro video and is not playable, but the intro replaced with clips for special missions. However, all four characters are now grouped in one category, available in the Wardrobe.
Bosses include Vector and El Macho, who appear in the Despicable Me franchise, while Meena and The Villaintriloquist are non-canon villains, but were designed by Illumination Mac Guff studios. Currently, bosses are only available in Despicable Ops.
Only on the console versions, You can the Mega Minions powerups from Despicable Me 4, The power ups are all around the game. Then you can roll what character you get, Then you will play as them for a limited time, If you get hit you will turn back to your regular minion.
== Gallery ==
File:07BAE964-5E56-4746-8998-5DFC78D2CBEE.jpg|PS4 Cover
File:466907AD-8BE9-4464-B9B5-EAC3CB40D8EB.jpg|PS5 Cover
File:70960207-7D79-43D3-9B0B-FD3F309AACB6.jpg|Nintendo Switch Cover
File:BF44F1FB-0174-4F41-8C9A-880B4C47E41E.jpg|Xbox Series X Cover
File:AEA365B4-C0DD-48A7-826B-8D3CFD01D34F.jpg|Xbox Series S Icon
== Disc and Cartridge ==