Frogger Returns is a game for the PlayStation 3

PlayStation 3

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 and Wii

Wii

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. It can be purchased from the PlayStation Store

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 and the Wii Shop Channel

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. The game was also released for the DSiWare in North America on May 18, 2010.

Gameplay

The game has four levels; Big City, Subway, Sewers, Swamp. This game gives the player the ability to stop and reverse time and make themselves invincible for a short period. There is a multi-player mode with many different mini-games.

Development

On October 27, 2009, Konami

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is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...

 announced Frogger Returns being released on WiiWare

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 and PlayStation Network. A version for the DSiWare was also announced by Nintendo in 2010.

Reception

IGN

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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".