Millsberry Trix Game
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Millsberry is a Virtual World, Massively Multiplayer Online, Fantasy, and Browser-based Simulation developed and published by General Mills. The game lets you get into the game world by selecting and customizing your online avatar by choosing a face, clothes, build type, gender, etc. Like other MMORPGs. Countdown: A math game incorporating space-like elements Millsberry Hide-and-Seek: The Memory Game with Millsberry characters Editor in Chief: Create a newspaper by choosing the stories it will run Fitness games Slap Shot Shootout: A hockey game Hop N' Drop: A maze in which players hop between gym cushions while playing as a child or the Trix.
Millsberry was a child-geared online game created by General Mills cereal in July 2004. It was an example of an 'advergame', a video game meant to advertise a product or place.
In Millsberry, you could create an avatar and live your life in Millsberry. You could decorate your own house, shop for item, play games at the arcade, engage in special events, and read the weekly newspaper called the 'Millsberry Gazette', which told you the happenings in Millsberry.
The game ended on December 31st, 2010. It cannot be played anymore, officially or unofficially.
Not to be confused with the webcomic Mulberry.
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Millsberry Game Trix Bunny Game
- Advertisement Game: The game is an advergame for General Mills products. The game markets a lot of General Mills products.
- All Animals Are Domesticated: Some of the pets you can buy are exotic, such as toucans.
- Animesque: The art-style has a slight animesque feel to it.
- Barbie Doll Anatomy: According to artwork, shirtless boys have no nipples in Millsberry.
- Fishing Minigame: The game contains a fishing minigame in Peabody Park.
- Product Placement: As it was made as a marketing tool, the game contains much of it. For example, arcades games include 'Bumper Boats' for Fruity Cheerios and 'Lucky Charms Charmed Life' for Lucky Charms.
- There Are No Adults: The city of Millsberry seems to be populated by almost nothing but children. Adults exist but are rare and regulated to minor roles. Teenagers are even rarer than adults.