players to build their own levels, with the Construction Zone level editor. Players could then share levels with other players using an online connection via Nintendo WiFi Connection, with the game able to store up to 160 additional puzzles. It was similar to the editor available in Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! but allowed the use of all the elements present in the game. After tools are unlocked in the single-player, those tools can be used in the multi-player world-building. However, online features were retired as of 20 May 2014. Plot Mini-Land is having its grand opening, and the first 100 customers get a free Mini-Pauline. Donkey Kong cuts in line to get one, only to find that he was the 101st customer. Angered, Donkey Kong kidnaps the real Pauline, and Mario uses the Minis to follow him through a number of attractions. He eventually defeats Donkey Kong at the "Final Ferris Wheel", but Donkey Kong kidnaps Pauline again. Mario follows him through the Plus Attractions and defeats him at the Final Ferris Wheel yet again, but then makes up for Donkey Kong's remorse by bending the rules and giving him a Mini Pauline after all. Mario, Pauline, and Donkey Kong then ride the Ferris wheel as the Toads celebrate the end of the conflict between Mario and Donkey Kong. Development Mini-Land Mayhem was developed by Nintendo Software Technology. It was released on 14 November 2010 for Nintendo DS. Music in the game was described as "a hopped-up circus sounding Mario soundtrack," with Mario classics tweaked to a carnival setting. Yukimi Shimura directed, Kensuke Tanabe produced, and Lawrence Schwedler composed. Reception Mini-Land Mayhem received "favorable" reviews according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. New York Post gave it an A, saying: "This the most awesome, challenging, and addictive game that has ever graced my DSiXL's screen." New York Daily News said that you can't go wrong with Mini-Land Mayhem. The Guardian gave it four stars out of five and said the game is a "creamy, comforting slice of puzzle-platforming bliss," and gave high praise to the level design. Metro said that the game "may be a relatively small improvement but this is definitely the best of the series yet, and as a result one of the DS's best puzzle games." In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of all 4 eights, for a total of 32 out of