Product Description

You are Mr Moskeeto, a uninvited guest in the Yamada family home in Japan. In order to store enough food for the coming winter, you need to drink as much of the family members' precious blood as possible while they are in bed, talking on the phone, watching TV, or taking a bath. The Yamada family knows you are in the house, and they have plans to take you out. Deadly insecticides fill the air, and members of the family can crush you like a bug (well, actually, you are a bug). You want a taste of their plasma, they want you dead--something's gotta give. You can fly through and explore the 12 levels of the Yamada household searching for victims and using stealth to get the job done, or prepare for air combat as you do deadly battle with human inhabitants. Watch as family members' relationships disintegrate as they take out their irritation on each other.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #16580 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Capcom
• Released on: 2002-03-22
• Platform: PlayStation2

Amazon.co.uk Review
It's wrong to love Mr Moskeeto. Wrong because of the repetitive gameplay, the lacklustre graphics, and the awkwardness of the controls. We could also mention the repetitive dialogue, laughable AI, and interminable load times. And did we mention how short it is? But somehow none of this matters if, like we did, you fall for the charm and originality of this game.

You play as a nameless mosquito whose job it is to suck the blood of the Yamada family. There are only two modes, battle and suck. To suck blood you have to first hover around and wait for a target area to flash red somewhere on your victim's body, then swoop in, pierce the skin, and extract blood by twirling the right analog stick. Suck too fast or too long and you're liable to get swatted, a fate you can avoid if you keep a close eye on the victim's "stress meter". If you are spotted, you must battle your victims by trying to bump the "relax spots" on their bodies that make them chill out and forget you're there (this part doesn't make a whole lot of sense).

The voyeuristic aspects of Mr Moskeeto have gotten a lot of attention, especially the infamous scene in which you suck the blood of the Yamadas' teenage daughter as she takes a bath, but the game stops well short of anything that would have gotten it even a 15 rating.--David Stoesz

Manufacturer's Description
Mr Moskeeto is a little bit different. You play a mosquito who's found himself in the home of the Yamada family, and, being a mosquito, your job is to drain the poor Yamadas of as much blood as possible. Welcome to the world's newest gaming genre: the parasite simulator!

Sucking the Yamadas dry is not as easy as it sounds, however. Controlling your parasite is simple enough, but a good deal of stealth is required if you're going to land on your target's skin unnoticed. If your prey spots you, expect to be attacked with insecticide, or just smacked out of the air. Caution is even required when you've landed and are tucking in - suck their blood too enthusiastically, and you'll be spotted and squashed before you can blink. All in a day's work for our six-legged friend in this enjoyably peculiar game...

Customer Reviews

Incredible 3D world, but not enough game.
Those gamers who enjoyed Shenmue not just for the story and the action, but also because of the finely detailed exploration of everyday life in present day Japan, can buy Mr Moskeeto as a temporary sop until Shenmue III (if it's ever made) comes out. Although the graphics are not as highly detailed as one would expect from the big budget games, this is made up for by the enormous detail involved in the 3D modelling of the environments in which you are flying, which are the rooms of a perfectly realistic Japanese suburban house. There is very little "wallpaper" - if you see an object in the distance, when you fly to it you find it's completely rendered in three dimensions and you can fly round it, under it or through it, and there's very little "distance blur" on most of the objects that you see.

The characterisations of the three family members proceeds via cut-scenes at the start of each stage, consisting entirely of the tops of the people's faces as if seen from the centre of the dining table. This is more than adequate for this kind of game, and in fact the characters are really rather well fleshed out.

OK, I know what you're thinking - "Oh, God, a characterisation, storyline and graphical detail nut. HOW DOES IT PLAY???" Well, it plays very well. Flying is easy and a lot of fun. Not only can you explore every nook and cranny of each room that you are in, you are forced to anyway by the provision of extra tanks for you to fill with blood, as well as floating heart rings which will provide you with an extra life if you get enough of them. These extra items would be, in real life, scarcely larger than a particle of dust, so you really have to look well to find them. The process of sucking the blood is not as easy as it seems, as in order to attack the blood sucking point, you absolutely have to have a clear view of it - you will hit obstacles in the way, even if it's only part of a kneebone slightly raised in front of the suck point from your angle. If you're too overt in your attacks, or spend too much time in front of their eyes, Battle Mode begins. At this point the character stops whatever they're doing (generally a repetitive cycle, with the suck-points appearing at specific times only) and chases you around the room, in a lumbering "Land of the Giants" manner. You now have a number of specific points on the body to attack - once all the points have been attacked, the character "faints". Well, that's what they call it in the game. In fact, they react with a moan of pleasure, or a cry of "Bliss!" (or "Briss!" in the case of the heavily accented father) which made me wonder what Mr Moskeeto was injecting his victims with!

As the game progresses, it gets harder to achieve ones goals, primarily because the family become aware of what you're doing, and fight back. Their obsession with you reaches the point where they fill a bedroom with bug zappers, and completely impregnate every wall and floor of the living room with insecticide, providing a satisfying level of challenge to the game.

If there is a down-side to this game, it is its shortness - I have not completed the game yet, but I am on Stage 11 out of 12, and have played for only 6 hours. The game time increases even if you've just left a menu screen up while watching a TV programme, say, so my actual game time is probably less than this. And someone who ignored all the extra stuff to concentrate on sucking blood could easily get to this point in half the time. There does not appear (so far) to be anything in the way of any sub-games, which is a shame because the format lends itself to that kind of idea very easily. So in some respects the game is something of an underachievement. There is a lot of potential here, maybe something will develop in a sequel.

Not being, myself, obsessed with blood, guts, gore or fighting, something I like to see in games is *charm*. A charming game is a game you will play just to experience the environment, without particularly having to work too hard. The most charming game I've played is "Rayman 2: The Great Escape". "Ecco The Dolphin: Defender of the Future" scores very highly on charm. "Mr Moskeeto" isn't quite up with these other games, but it certainly gets a charm rating of 7.5 out of 10, if only for the "teenage girl in the bath" sequence!

This Is Really Itchy!!!
Possibly one of the most unique gaming experiences I've ever had is with Mr Moskeeto.
You play as the title character and your job is to drive a poor family to dispair as you suck their blood to store for the winter for your survival. Its a cruel world...
Getting used to the flying mechanics is simple with the analogue sticks, but accuarately landing on your victims and sucking their blood takes a little bit of patience to get the hang of it as it requires a bit of co ordination. It's definately worth it though and as the levels get more and more complex, you'll become hell bent on making the poor families life hell! It also pays to wander off around the rooms for some lovely little extra touches that round off a superb game that I highly recommend!

super blood sucking action
this is a crazy game, which only someone from Japan would come up with. you play as a whole host of
characters in a mosquito family preying on your unknowing human victims and filling yourself up with the red stuff.
- there is even one stage where there is a girl in a bath tub relaxing while your there sat on her beautiful body sucking out of her.
sounds good doesn't it. GO BUY IT NOW BEFORE SOMEONE DECIDES TO BAN IT FROM THE SHOP SHELVES!!!!!!!!!!!