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MiniMonos was a virtual world for children six and above. Players create a monkey avatar on MiniMonos, socialize with other monkeys, and play mini games. The game incorporates themes of environmentalism and encourages "green" activities among its players, both online and offline. The game is popular with kids around the world, particularly in the UK, US, Australia and New Zealand, where the game was originally invented. The game closed on May 12, 2013. ==History== Inventor Melissa Clark-Reynolds came up with the idea for an environmentally-themed virtual world in 2008, based on her perceived lack of such a game. Taking her daughter swimming with turtles, she realised that one day her daughter could possibly tell her own children "There used to be turtles". This prompted Clark-Reynolds to create an online place for children where fun came first, but which taught them the values of looking after the planet.〔 〕 Clark-Reynolds worked with noted interactive media producer Deborah Todd and game designer Noah Falstein to create MiniMonos. After a beta phase, the site officially launched on April 1, 2011. By June 2012, the site had attracted close to 1 million players, and had raised over ₤1 million in capital.〔 〕 MiniMonos launched an in-real-life game card system on October 26, 2011.〔 〕 This system put Gold Membership cards into Sainsburys stores across the United Kingdom. These cards gave user who obtained them, and used them, the ability to gain: 1 month, or 6 months of premium membership to their monkey, and the 6 month option came at a reduced-on-card price. The cards, along with the membership, give the user special xPowers (a MiniMonos creation) which they can use in game. Gold Membership cards are have been released in New Zealand and Australia. Melissa Clark Reynolds, the founder of MiniMonos, unfortunately revealed the closure of MiniMonos on the 29th April 2013. The site was closed down on May 12, 2013. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MiniMonos」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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