Minion Rush - Gameloft

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This app is a continuous runner game. Players will benefit from having quick reaction time. Parental guidance for children aged 9 – 12 due to crude humour, in-app purchasing and advertising.

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This review of Minion Rush was completed by the Australian Council on Children and the Media (ACCM) on 16 April 2019.

About the app

This section contains details about the app provided by an ACCM Reviewer.

Name of app: Minion Rush
Developed by: Gameloft
Platform reviewed: Apple App Store
Cost: Free
Developer's suggested age: 9+ for Infrequent or mild profanity or crude humour.
ACCM suggested age: PG 9 – 12 due to crude humour, in-app purchasing and advertising.
Gambling content advice: No gambling content found in the levels played

ACCM review

This review of Minion Rush contains the following information:

The level to which the game was reviewed

Our Reviewer played the game over several days.

App description

Minion Rush places the minions from the movie Despicable Me into a continuous runner game. Whilst your minion runs into the screen automatically, players must avoid on-coming obstacles and collect bananas by swiping left, right, up (jump) and down (tumble). Missions vary per level and include objectives such as Run 600 Meters or Jump over obstacles 10 times. Added features such as new minions and outfits can be unlocked through successful missions and purchased with collected bananas. The aim of the game is to complete each mission to progress through the levels.

Reviewers comments

Apart from very mild crude humour, parents only need to be mindful of the in-app purchasing and earning rewards from watching ads. The game may be perceived as an ad itself for the Despicable Me movie series and parents should review the movie classifications of their state or territory (PG in Australia) if their children are influenced by the game to watch them.

In App purchasing

There is In-App purchasing in this game, for example: 

Tokens:

  • Pile of Tokens 200 = $2.99
  • Jar of Tokens 550 = $7.99
  • Case of Tokens 1,200 = $14.99
  • Sack of Tokens 3,000 = $30.99
  • Box of Tokens 8,000 = $79.99
  • Vault of Tokens 16,500 = $159.99

Online information

There is no online information required to play this game. 

Gambling

At the time of review, the reviewer found no simulated gambling content.  If you discover simulated gambling content in this app, please contact us with the details so we can update our review.

Advertising and product placement

  • Players can watch ads to earn rewards.

Gender stereotypes and sexual references

  • None noted.

Coarse language

  • Very mild crude humour.

Game playing behaviour which may be of concern to some parents

  • See reviewer's comments above. 

Other

N/A.

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Content is age appropriate for children this age

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Content is not age appropriate for children this age

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Gambling content advice

Most games contain elements of risk, chance and knowledge, that is why they are fun to play. There is growing concern about the impacts of simulated gambling games on the health and wellbeing of children. That's why we are identifying games that contain gambling elements on our site. These icons signal simulated gambling activity and where none was noted.

Simulated casino style gambling. Not suitable for minors

Contains some elements of gambling. Some content is not recommended for minors. Parental guidance recommended

No gambling content found in the levels played