
2011 · Asobism · Platformer · Simulation
Freakyforms: Your Creations, Alive!
Nintendo exclusive
Customize your own strange creatures in this 2D platformer for the 3DS.
- Released
- 7 September 2011
- Platforms
- Nintendo 3DS
- Genres
- PlatformerSimulation
- Developers
- Asobism
- Publishers
- Nintendo
- Modes
- MultiplayerSingle-player
About
Freakyforms: Your Creations, Alive! is a video game developed by Asobism and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS handheld system. Released via the Nintendo eShop store in 2011, Freakyforms lets players create their own characters, named "Formees", for use in the game.
An expanded edition, Freakyforms Deluxe: Your Creations, Alive!, was released in 2012 both digitally and in retail. The game received generally mixed reviews from critics.
Keywords
- user generated content
- qr codes
- treasure chest
- streetpass support
Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
In Freakyforms, players must first create an on-screen character, known as a "Formee". Formees are created using various shapes placed however the player decides. After the character is completed, players use the touch screen to navigate the Formee throughout the game world. As the player explores, they are asked to complete assigned tasks within a given time limit, such as collecting a number of items, eating certain items or assisting other characters.
With continued play, additional features are unlocked, such as using the handheld's augmented reality features to take pictures of their creations in a real-world setting. Users may share their Freakyforms content by using the Nintendo 3DS system's StreetPass feature or by creating QR codes that can be scanned using the system's outer cameras.
Reception
The original Freakyforms received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Lucas Thomas of IGN said that while the game's creation functions are "fairly well done", the developers then "surrounded it with this weird, tossed-together collection of desperate ideas that don't ever really feel like a cohesive game." In Nintendo Life's review, Thomas Whitehead said Freakyforms was "a title that can give hours of childish pleasure", even though "repetitive exploration segments and control issues are negatives for anyone."
Freakyforms Deluxe received a bit more mixed reviews than the original according to Metacritic.
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Title IDsone per regional release, with its latest update
Editions and related releases
- Expanded editions
- Freakyforms Deluxe: Your Creations, Alive!
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