The Moshi Twilight app is packed with over 45 hours of completely original sleepy content, with something new added every week. Families can choose from a growing library of over 145 different Stories, Music Tracks, Sounds and Kids’ Meditations, to help settle little listeners.

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]

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.
4. ^Online World Atlas: Moshi Monsters – Pt. 1, Overview', Worlds in Motion. Retrieved 23 October 2010. Archived 7 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
5. ^(4 December 2009). 'Millions and millions of big monstersArchived 2017-11-07 at the Wayback Machine', The Independent. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
6. ^Yiannopoulos, Milo (8 September 2010). 'Moshi Monsters is leading the way on child safetyArchived 2017-11-14 at the Wayback Machine', The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
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.

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The mission starts with Captain Squirk telling you that he’s sensed one of his Zoshling crew members at the Circus. He’ll also tell you that his sandwich is missing from the galley. (Take note of this, it’s a clue to how to get one of the EPICS!

After the conversation, we’re off to Ciirque du Bon Bon (Sweet Circus – I wonder who could be behind that!)

We start outside the Big Top. Somehow we’ve got to find a way in and it’s not going to be as easy as you think!

You’ll see some purple tickets lying on the ground. Grab these, we’ll need them later and then talk to the Clump in the green hat outside the main entrance.

“Welcome to the Amazing Cirque du Bon Bon, Ticket’s please.”

Polite for a Clump isn’t he! Unfortunately, as you haven’t got a ticket. He won’t let you in and even worse, hell tell you that you can’t even buy one as they’re all sold out! There is a glimmer of hope though – he may have seen a ticket backstage – but we’re not allowed in there.

Find a Circus Ticket

Somehow we’re going to need to get backstage. If you click on the Clump guarding the backstage entrance he’ll just say “What are you looking at?” Not so polite!

He’s not going to let us go back stage, so we’ll need to do something to distract him!

Go back and look at the Quack Attack game. You’ll see that there’s a plug on it’s side. If you unplug this, the Clump guarding the backstage area will have to bounce across and plug it back in again. This give you a chance to get backstage while he’s not looking. So, click on the plug, then when you can, quickly scroll to the right and click on the “halt” sign to go backstage.

You’ll get a movie here. It appears that Sweet Tooth is using the Zoshling to find out who’s got which moshlings. This will make it easy for Clonc to capture moshlings and make them into Clumps.

EPIC Once backstage, take a look in the bottom right hand corner. You’ll see a strange looking sandwich. Grab this now, it’s a sandwich that’s out of this world! Obviously its Captain Squirk’s missing sandwich. If we can give it back to him we’ll earn an EPIC!

Now let’s talk to the moshling here and see if he can help us get into the Circus.

The moshling will introduce himself as Pocito – The mini mangler! He’s the Champion of Strength at the Fun Fair.

Ask him is he’s one of the act at the circus. He’ll tell you he’s the Picante Pocito. He shoots of out a cannon! Obviously he has access to the Circus.

Ask him if he can get you in?

Pocito says he can, but he’ll need something first. (Isn’t that always the way!) He really wants one of those Cherry Bomb Plushies from the Fun Fair Shop.

Buy a Plushie for Pocito

Go back to the Fun Fair by clicking on the Funfair sign. Once there, pick up any purple tickets on the floor and scroll to the right to take a look at the Cherry Bomb Plushies in the shop.

If you look carefully, you’ll see that there are three Plushie dolls, and one REAL Cherry Bomb (He’s the one winking/blinking at you!).

For now, we just need a plushie doll, so click on one of the ones that aren’t moving, and click on buy (It’ll cost you four of those tickets you’ve picked up.)

Now we have to get backstage again! You know what to do. Go over to the left and unplug the Quack Attack game again and then sneak past when the Clump comes over to fix it.

Backstage again

When you’re backstage again, open your pouch and give Pocito the Cherry Bomb plushie. He’ll say thank you and give you a Ticket to the main tent!

Give the ticket to the Clump

Go back to the Fun fair and again, grab those purple tickets on the ground. Now open your pouch and give the ticket to the Clump in the green hat.

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You’ll get another movie. This time Sweet Tooth (in disguise) will introduce Pocito’s death defying Moshling Cannon ball act! After the act, you’ll find your self outside of the Circus tent again, back at the Fun Fair.

Get Pocito’s Help.

We’ve been so impressed by Pocito’s act that we’re going to see if he can help us. Scroll to the right and you’ll see Pocito standing by the stall with the Cherry Bomb plushies.

Talk to Pocito. Pocito will tell you that the Test of Strength game is rigged so that you can’t win. To fix it we’ll need something heavy and something sticky. We need to make a new hammer to replace the inflatable one that’s already there. Tell Pocito that it won’t be a problem!

The first thing we’ll need is the something sticky. Next to the entrance to the backstage area you’ll see some green goo on the floor. Click on this “Super sticky goo” to add it to your pouch.

Now go backstage. Luckily there’s no Clump here any more so we can just walk in. Click on the Halt sign to go backstage.

Backstage

When you get backstage you’ll see the bar bells that Pocito was using earlier lying on the floor where he was standing. Pick these up. There are the “something heavy.”

Now click on the Funfair sign to go back to the fun fair. This is the last time we’ll be backstage!

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Open your pouch, and put the Sticky Goo on the broken hammer.

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Now drag the Bar Bells on the Sticky Goo.

Now you’ve got a hammer that works, you can challenge for a high score. You’ll need to get a high score in order to impress Pocito so that he’ll help you deal with Sweet Tooth.

Now, let’s have a go at the Test the Strength game. Click on the game to start.

Once you start, you need to click the mouse button just as fast as you can in order to build up your strength bar. You’ll need to get this to the top before the hammer swings down in order to strike the game with enough power to beat Pocito’s score.

If you’re successful, you’ll be told “You Smashed It!” and you’ll also win some more tokens! (Which is lucky, as we’ll need them!)

Talk to Pocito now and he’ll tell you that it’s time for Zoshlingo’s show, but before we go in, there’s something we can do now the Test Your Strength machine is fixed.

EPIC We should have enough tickets now to go over to the stall and purchase the Mr Snoodle Bank. There’s something inside it we might just want. Once you’ve got it, go over to the Test Your Strength machine again and open your pouch. Drag the Snoodle Bank onto the red and white target of the machine. You’ll now see the bank being smashed and once you return ot the fair, you’ll see an EPIC award where the bank used to be. Pick up the EPIC!

Find Zoshlingo

Now it’s time to find Zoshlingo and see what exactly Sweet Tooth has got them to do! Click on the Cirque Du Bonbon entrance to back into the main tent.

Now it’s Zoshlingo’s turn to perform. He’s going to do a mind reading trick.

Click on Zoshlingo to volunteer for the mind reading display. Zoshlingo says “Ahh, a volunteer, I will now read your mind!” He’ll then tell you exactly how many moshlings you have! Impressive eh?

You then ask him why he’s helping this evil clown. Don’t you know they’re…”

Pick the correct answer (Sweet Tooth!)

Sweet tooth will interrupt and tell you that it’s time for the audience to go. If you try and talk to Zoshlingo again, Sweet Tooth threatened to get the Clumps on you!

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Exit the circus.

Unmask Sweet Tooth

We’re going to need Pocito’s help to unmask sweet tooth. Click on him to talk to him and ask for his help unmasking Candy the Clown. The plan is to use the cannon to fire Pocito at Sweet Tooth.

Pocito says ok, but we’ll need to get some things. We’ll need a fuse and something to light it.

Now we’ll need to buy Cherry Bomb from the shop. Remember he’s the one who’s winking at you. Click on Cherry Bomb to buy him. (It’ll cost you 4 tickets).

Now you’ll need something to light the fuse. If you play the Quack Attack game, you’ll notice that the real Burnie has been tied to the game instead of the Burnie cut out which is by the same stall you purchased Cherry Bomb from.

Click on the Bernie Cut-Out to buy it. It’ll cost you 30 tickets.

If you don’t have enough tickets you can play the Test Your Strength or Quack Attack games to win some more.

Once you’ve got the Bernie Cut-out, go over to the Quack attack game on the left.

First, click on the plug to disconnect the machine.

Next, open your pouch and drag the Bernie cut-out onto the game.

If you scroll to the right now, you’ll see Bernie is waiting with Pocito. If you plug the machine back in again, you can play Quack Attack with the correct Bernie target!

When you’re ready, talk to Pocito again. He’s ready, so into the tent you go.

Back in the Circus tent again

First, let’s move the target so that it’s behind Sweet Tooth, that way when we shoot the cannon it’ll be aiming for him.

Click on the lever to pull it, and move the target to the right.

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EPIC As the target moves to the right you’ll see that there’s an EPIC behind it. Click on the EPIC before we continue. (Just one more to go!)

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Now click on Cherry Bomb. Your monster will ask you where Cherry Bomb should go. Click on the cannon to put Cherry Bomb inside it.

Now click on Bernie to light the fuse!

You’ll get another little movie now of Pocito hitting Sweet Tooth and knocking off her disguise. She then activates her wrist device and teleports out of there.

Click on Pocito to add him to your zoo and finish the mission (or is it!)

Talk to Captain Squirk

Before you talk to the Captain, there’s something else to do!

EPIC Open your pouch and drag the sandwich onto Captain Squirk. The final EPIC will appear. Click on the EPIC to pick it up.

Now you can talk to Captain Squirk to tell the Captain all about Clonc and their evil mission.

Captain Squirk will thank for you saving Dr. Moshi monsters cupcake game cheats. C. Fingz, Zoshlingo’s real name!

Congratulations! You’ve completed the mission and found your three EPICS!

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