The Munchables

The Munchables is a Wii game played by Danny and Arin on Game Grumps. It was sent to the show by Ari Pikounis.

Episodes

 * 1) Breaking New Ground

Game Information
The Munchables is a free-roaming 3D platforming game where players control one of two munchables through the seven islands of the planet Star Ving in an attempt to reclaim them from the Tabemons. Each world is broken into three levels: The first of which revolves around the player exploring the environment and eating monsters, usually with a certain goal such as eating all of a certain type of monster, or traveling to a specific location on the map. The second mission always involves traveling to a certain point in the level to defeat a particularly large and powerful monster referred to as a "Leader Pirate". Finally, the third mission involves the player fighting a Boss Pirate powered up by the island's Legendary Orb in order to successfully get that island back.

During the levels, the player controls the munchables with the Wii Remote and Nunchuck. They can choose between Chomper or Munchy to play as, (as well as Robo once the game is beaten) though each munchable controls the same. The characters can move, jump, and eat enemies based around foods such as fruits, vegatables, and desserts (with some enemies even not being food at all, but robots) in order to grow and become stronger. Each character also possesses a rolling attack (initiated with the B button) that allows them to knock back smaller foes and take down enemies too large to eat by breaking them into smaller versions and eating them individually. The player can also hold the A button (the button used to ingest foes) until the character glows, before releasing it to charge forwards and eat multiple enemies at once. Enemies and other edible objects are marked with tags that determine their power level. The munchable that is currently being used also has a tag like this. If an enemy or object is at a level higher than that of the munchable, then it cannot be eaten until the munchable reaches that level or higher. By eating more and more enemies, the player's character will grow bigger and stronger, enabling them to more easily take down larger foes and take down barriers in order to access new areas. When the character has eaten enough, they will evolve into a stronger and more visually detailed form, and can do this up to three times during a level. If the character eats enough after the third evolution, then they will eventually reach the maximum level, and be unable to grow any stronger.

However, the munchables are not invincible, as getting hit by enemy attacks and stage hazards, falling into a pit, or touching lava will cause the player to become stunned briefly as well as lose some points from their score. By shaking the Wii Remote while stunned, they can recover and be able to keep fighting. However, if the character is hit while stunned, then the player will automatically get a Game Over and have to restart the mission. At the end of each mission, the player is scored by how many orbs their munchable expels from their body (all depending on how much they ate) and are granted a lettered rank from "C" to "S" based on the number. By collecting glowing acorns within the levels, the munchables gain even more points, and collecting all acorns in a single level will win them a new accessory to dress up with. The game also supports 2-player co-op, with the second player controlling a targeting reticle on the screen with a Wii Remote and using it to shoot enemies in order to help the player with combat and exploration.