Mia's Big Adventure Collection Explained
| Mia's Big Adventure Collection |
| Platforms: | Windows, Macintosh |
| Developer: | Kutoka Interactive |
| Publisher: | Kutoka Interactive |
| Genre: | Edutainment |
| First Release Version: | Mia's Reading Adventure: The Search for Grandma's Remedy |
| First Release Date: | 1998 |
| Latest Release Version: | |
| Latest Release Date: | 2007 |
Mia's Big Adventure Collection is an edutainment software series created in 1998 by Kutoka Interactive. The series consists in five subject-based titles for children in elementary school.
Gameplay
In the introduction of each of Mia's adventures, the player is invited to help her on a quest. As the player progresses through the game, there are various educational activities.
The difficulty level set by the player at the beginning of the game corresponds to different and more challenging question sets. Optionally, the player may bypass the entire adventure part of the Mia game and enter straight into a menu of all educational activities.
Inside Mia's adventure, the character of Mia follows the player's cursor on the screen and reacts to certain objects in the scene when they are clicked on.
Characters
Mice:
- Mia Mouse: The protagonist of the series. She is a feisty and clever English mouse who carries a skateboard in her backpack. She lives in the attic of an old Victorian house on Carrington Lane in London, England, where her family has lived for generations.[1]
- Marty Mouse: He is Mia's best friend. He is a very smart kid who likes to read books and is a bit shy, especially around Mia.
- Miguel Mouse: He is a gifted mechanic from Mexico.
- Manfrid Mouse: He is Marty's father. He owns the General Store.
- Mister Maurice is also what he is called
- Grandma Mimi
Rats:
- Romaine Rat: The antagonist of the series. He is a businessman who has a special passion and talent for accumulating Sparklies, the currency in Mia's world.[1]
- Pompon Rat: He is Romaine Rat's left arm and the cousin of Nopompon Rat.
- Nopompon Rat: He is Romaine Rat's right arm and the cousin of Pompon Rat.
- Rango Rat is a tall rat introduced in the TV series
- Rufus Rat is a short rat introduced in the TV series
Bats:
- Dingbat is a little bat. He cannot fly.
- Biska Bat is a female bat introduced in the TV series
Others:
- Betty Bird: She is a woodpecker flying around the gossip in Mia's neighbourhood.
- Freddy Frog: He is an accident-prone friend of Mia who lives in a pond in the backyard of her house.
- Scary Spider
Titles in the collection
Main series
- (1998)
- (2000)
- (2001)
- Click & Create With Mia: A Complete Creativity Studio (2002)
- (2003)
- (2007)
Other titles
- Mia Sudoku (2008)
- Mia's Word Copter (2010)
- Mia: The Happy Helper - A Fun Learning Adventure App (2014)
Technology
With the exception of Mia's Language Adventure, which uses Kutoka's own 2D engine, all Mia games were developed with the Macromedia (later Adobe Systems) Director multimedia application authoring platform.
The in-game 3D animations are made with Softimage 3D (and later XSI) before they are imported as sprites inside Director. The animated 3D cinematics are also made with Softimage's technology and exported as QuickTime movies.
TV series
The franchise was announced in 2010 by Radio Canada and produced by Sardine Productions.[2] After delay Cyber Group Studios with SpaceToon Media's participation released the TV series in 2014 in both French and English.[3] Toonavision picked up the show by 2019.[4]
Awards
In addition to awards received by the individual titles in the collection, the whole Mia collection received a United Nations World Summit Award in 2003.[5]
External links
Notes and References
- "Meet the cast ". Kutoka.com, retrieved on 2009-06-17
- News: 'Mia the mouse' heads for TV. Vlessing. Etan. 2010-03-23. The Hollywood Reporter. 2018-02-06.
- Web site: MIA - Cyber Group Studios . January 26, 2015 . June 18, 2015.
- ToonAVisionTV . 1208024106337099776 . 20 December 2019 . There’s a new channel in town! Toon-A-Vision is a new kids and family friendly TV channel broadcasting nationally on Bell!. (note: the logo is visible as one of the 9 advertised toons, found on the bottom right next to Little Princess)
- "WSA Winners - eLearning - 2003 ". World Summit Award, retrieved on 2009-06-17
