Miuchiz

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Miuchiz is the name of a handheld game made by the privately owned toy manufacturer, MGA Entertainment, that launched in August 2006. The game sells for about twenty dollars at many major retailers.

There are three styles of Miuchiz: Monsterz (targeted to boys), Pawz (for both genders), and--MGA's well-known icon and popular fashion doll line--Bratz (targeted to girls). The product is marketed to kids as young as 6-7 to teens. Parents are supposed to provide authentication information.

1 Planet Mion - Overview
2 Planet Mion - History
3 Awards
4 External Links

[edit] Planet Mion - Overview

Planet Mion is an online, 3D world based on Active Worlds that any Miuchiz can go on. There are a variety of things that can be done in the world, including chat, play games for creditz (Planet Mion's currency), shop and buy items or rent cars. Players are also able to set up Buddy lists, modify their appearance and change into items from their inventory, and explore the world. Players can now buy an online "house" with their creditz from 30000 to 50000 creditz.

There is a great number of fun things to see and do on Planet Mion. Players have access to a large number of diverse games, each tailored to each character type. Pawz characters can challenge each other in such games like Treasure Hunt and the Secret Forest race; Monsterz can take on the Kraken's Lair or challenge each other to a battle in Mion's Brawloseum; and Bratz can have fun in games such as Mall Race or Donut Catch. On top of fun competitive games, there is also a wide variety of fun, single-player arcade games scattered all throughout Mion.

On top of a large number of games, players can also change and modify their Miuchiz in any way they see fit! You can purchase new clothes and hairstyles for your Bratz; change the fur color or buy a cool accessory for your Pawz; or change the skin color of and buy cool weapons and armor for Monsterz. With a large variety of items and accessories, players can create a unique, fun character that's fit for their liking. With a large number of areas to meet up and chat with old and new friends, Planet Mion provides a fun, safe environment for players to gather, chat, play games, and have fun together.

Also, Planet Mion provides a number of chat options and security setting that allow parents to monitor how their kids play online, and ensure that Mion provides a safe, friendly experience for all users. With ClickChat and MiuChat, parents can limit what they're children can say and see on the chat boards. Also, by using a Buddy List, all players can keep track of their friends, and see who is, and who isn't online. With OpenChat, users have free access to the chat boards, which are monitored and safeguarded with filters and live HelpBotz, who not only provide assistance to players, but also enforce the rules and safety guidelines in Mion. The HelpBotz, in fact, are actually real people, with Public Speaker rights, giving them the appearance of a bot to someone without experience in Active Worlds. Real bots have brackets around their name (e.g. [TicketTaker]). All of these Helpbotz have a name corresponding to a letter of the Greek alphabet (Alpha, Beta, Delta, Epsilon, etc.) and speak in very similar fashions. They all claim to have been programmed by The Chief.

As Planet Mion is an Active Worlds universe, and the browser is a modified AW client, it still contains all the files needed to act like a proper AW browser. Planet Mion ships with modified menus and special tool bars, modified for the Planet Mion universe. Also, since it is an AW universe, it is capable of having multiple worlds, and in fact it does. The two worlds are "MION" and "limbo". MION is the main world where properly connected Miuchiz owners are teleported upon entering Planet Mion. Limbo is where improperly connected owners, or people who have gotten into Planet Mion without a Miuchiz device go. It is a small gray world with chat disabled, and a large panel that when touched, takes the user to a page telling them they need to reconnect their Miuchiz device to their computer.

There are also many other worlds, consisting of the same games, but different for Pawz, Bratz, and Monsterz, and several generic worlds, such as centro3 (laser tag). Entering any of these worlds without a ticket, or by teleportation, will cause you to remain there and not be teleported out at the end of the game. Most of these worlds are extremely large, but use only a fraction of the available size for games. Game worlds do not contain bots that will automatically eject you for not having the correct character, but if you did have a ticket, regardless of character, you will be taken back to the CORE and awarded your prize (Creditz).

[edit] Planet Mion - History

According to company promotional literature, the world of Mion is a fun, yet slightly intriguing one. Muichiz claims that there are rules that exist, like the characters only being able to go into particular areas. (This is true, and enforced by the world’s bots. Entering an area by teleportation may cause you to stay there for a few seconds up to a minute, depending on how much you move, before being ejected back to the center of the world.) In order to enter these areas you must purchase a passport, which will temporarily allow you visit to other lands.