Overlord: Minions

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Overlord: Minions
North American cover art
Developer(s)	Climax Action
Publisher(s)	Codemasters
Composer(s)	Allister Brimble
Series	Overlord
Platform(s)	Nintendo DS
Release	NA: 23 June 2009 EU: 26 June 2009 AU: 2 July 2009[1]
Genre(s)	Puzzle action
Mode(s)	Single-player

Overlord: Minions is a 2009 puzzle action^[2] video game developed by Climax Action and published by Codemasters for the Nintendo DS. It was announced August 14, 2008 alongside addition franchise expansions Overlord II and Overlord: Dark Legend.^[3]

It features the minions from the 2007 Overlord video game as the primary protagonists, tasked with the mission to solve puzzles and fight enemies. They are controlled by the DS stylus. There are also items to find in the levels and a timer of how fast the player in finish. The minions can be controlled directly by the player, unlike the original game where the player controlled them by controlling an eponymous Overlord-character. Controlling the Special Forces team of four, players negotiate fiendish levels and take on a huge range of warped enemies to hunt down the Kindred, a cult dedicated to resurrecting the mighty Dragon Kin, a race of humanoid dragon hybrids, determined to replace the Overlord's despotism with their own.

There are only four minions from four types, which makes all of them specialized in skills, for example Giblet, a brown minion from the first Overlord game, is the strongest in melee combat, Blaze is a wild pyromaniac, which grants him the ability to sling fireballs, Stench is the most stealthy of the bunch, and Zap can swim/heal.