My Singing Monsters (Original Game)

"Welcome to My Singing Monsters! Explore a world of magic and music as you collect, breed, and listen to your monsters sing!"

- Welcome message, seen after player starts MSM for the first time

My Singing Monsters is the original game of the My Singing Monsters franchise. It is a world builder simulation game where the player develops groups of monsters which sing and play music. The game has been released for iOS, Android, Amazon, PlayStation Vita and Windows platforms. The game was published by Big Blue Bubble with support of the Canada Media Fund on September 4th, 2012. Since then, there were many updates to the game that allows enhancing of the sound and visual qualities of the game.

The game had been released for Android on January 12th, 2013, Google Play on January 12th, 2013, PS Vita on August 12, 2014, Microsoft Windows on September 6th, 2013. Each platform's editions of the game slightly differ the main iOS version.

Islands
There are currently fifteen islands the player can visit and have monsters on, each one with a specific set of native monsters:
 * Plant Island (pictured)
 * Cold Island
 * Air Island
 * Water Island
 * Earth Island
 * Gold Island
 * Ethereal Island
 * Shugabush Island
 * Tribal Island
 * Wublin Island
 * Mirror Islands (mirror versions of Plant Island, Cold Island, Air Island, Water Island and Earth Island)
 * Composer Island

Plant, Cold, Air, Water, and Earth Islands are the "Natural Islands", as they only require purchasing Single Element Monsters and breeding to populate the island. The Mirror Islands are mirror versions of the Natural Islands, only with a slightly different appearance. Gold Island is where monsters are placed once they have leveled to fifteen. No currency is produced on Gold Island, so it is mainly to show off. The Ethereal and Shugabush Islands require teleporting monsters from the Natural Islands to begin breeding (Single element Ethereals and the Shugabush, respectively). Tribal Island is a place for players to form a Tribe and get as many members as possible to complete the song and unlock the mysterious Kayna. Wublin Island contains unique monsters, called Wublins, that need to be "awoken" by zapping eggs of the monsters found on the Natural Islands into their statues. Composer Island is very different than the other islands; it allows the player to create their own unique tunes for each Monster. Other attributes are that it is the largest island in the game, and multiple Monsters of the same species can have different songs.

Across each island is a unique themed song (excluding the Mirror Islands, which are the same as their no-mirror counterparts), made by the combinations of each Monster's tune. Most of the songs are generally between one and two minutes long, and consist of a combination of singing, percussion, and tuned instruments. Each song is played in 3D sound, which allows monsters to be heard distinctly from a certain side.

Monsters
The monsters are what the game is all about! There are currently 116 monsters found in the game and they are categorized into different groups: Natural, Ethereal, Supernatural, Legendary, Seasonal, Mythical or Vita Exclusive, Rare, and the Dipsters. The Kayna, which is found in Tribal Island, fits in an undefined monster group in this game (although in the prequel of the game, it is revealed to be a Natural Monster).

Natural Monsters
Natural Monsters are the most widely seen in the game. They each have a different element configuration based on the elements that they do have. They can also be bred to make more complex monsters. However, the more elements the monster has, the harder it is for them to be bred successfully.

There are five different elements that Natural Monsters could have: Plant, Cold, Air, Water and Earth. Four elements are available on each island, which means that certain monsters may not be available on certain islands. A sixth natural element, Fire, is manifested only in the Kayna who is located on Tribal Island.


 * Noggin
 * Mammott
 * Toe Jammer
 * Potbelly
 * Tweedle
 * Kayna
 * Fwog
 * Drumpler
 * Maw
 * Shrubb
 * Oaktopus
 * Furcorn
 * Dandidoo
 * Quibble
 * Pango
 * Cybop
 * T-Rox
 * Pummel
 * Clamble
 * Bowgart
 * Spunge
 * Thumpies
 * Congle
 * PomPom
 * Scups
 * Reedling
 * Entbrat
 * Deedge
 * Riff
 * Shellbeat
 * Quarrister

Ethereal Monsters
Ethereal Monsters are much rarer than Natural Monsters.

Single Element Ethereal Monsters must be bred from a Quad Element Natural Monster and a Triple Element Natural Monster. Double Element Ethereal Monsters are only found on Ethereal Island, where they can be bred from combinations of Single Element Ethereal Monsters transported from the Natural Islands to Ethereal Island.
 * Ghazt
 * Grumpyre
 * Reebro
 * Jeeode
 * Humbug
 * Whisp
 * Nebulob
 * Arackulele
 * Sox
 * Boodoo
 * Bellowfish
 * Jellbilly
 * Kazilleon
 * Dragong
 * Fung Pray

Supernatural Monsters
There are two kinds of Supernatural Monsters in existence: the Wubbox and the Wublins. What all Supernatural Monsters have in common is that they require a specified number of monsters (for the Wubbox) or monster eggs (for the Wublins) to be powered up.

The Wubbox can be purchased on every natural island for 75,000,000 and on Ethereal Island for 150,000. Wublin statues or the Wubbox can be bought at Wublin Island for 5,000 per statue, which only become active monsters when woken up. Only the Wubbox is eligible to be placed on Gold Island.
 * Wubbox
 * Rare Wubbox
 * Brump
 * Zynth
 * Poewk
 * Thwok
 * Dwumrohl
 * Zuuker
 * Screemu
 * Tympa
 * Dermit
 * Gheegur
 * Whajje
 * Creepuscule
 * Blipsqueak
 * Scargo
 * Astropod
 * Pixolotl
 * Bona-Petite
 * Maulch

Legendary Monsters (Shugafam)
Legendary Monsters are only found on Shugabush Island, with the sole exception of the Shugabush itself, which is also found on Plant Island and can be placed on Gold Island. The Shugafam is based on country singer Kristian Bush and his band, Sugarland.
 * Shugabush
 * Shugarock
 * Shugabass
 * Shugajo
 * Shugabeats
 * Shugabuzz
 * Shugitar
 * Shugavox

Seasonal Monsters
Seasonal Monsters, formerly known as Special Edition Monsters or Limited Edition Monsters, are Monsters that are only available during their respective holiday seasons, and during the Anniversary Event.
 * Punkleton (Halloween)
 * Yool (Christmas)
 * Schmoochle (Valentine's Day)
 * Blabbit (Easter)
 * Hoola (Summer)

Mythical Monsters
Mythical Monsters are currently only obtainable on the PlayStation Vita Edition of My Singing Monsters. They cannot be placed on Gold Island, and are only found on one Island each.
 * G'joob
 * Yawstrich

Werdos
Werdos are rare monsters that you can only buy with relics. There are currently only two Werdos:
 * Tawkerr
 * Parlsona

Rare Monsters
Rare Monsters are rarer versions of the monsters found in My Singing Monsters. For more information about Rare Monsters, please see the Rare Monsters category.

Currency
The main currency is Coins, which can be used to: There are other types of Currency, which can be obtained with specific means. See the main page for details.
 * Buy most monsters and decorations
 * Purchase Islands
 * Produce Treats, which in turn can level up monsters.

Decorations
Decorations are purely cosmetic items which can be used to "spruce up" an island, making it more pleasing for players to watch.

Decorations mostly have no special effect, other than increasing a monster's happiness meter, but some decorations can either emit sound (e.g. Harpsitree) or have unique animations (e.g.Tub Fountain).

Structures
Structures, unlike decorations, have a defined purpose in the game, such as storing unwanted monsters or decorations. Some of them are essential for in-game progress and should be bought right away, such as the Breeding Structure.

Most structures can be bought with in-game money (coins), but some of them, called Premium Structures, are purchasable only after an in-app purchase has been made with real cash. There are free alternatives for some of these, so purchasing them is advised if a player is willing to help the developers of the game, and has no restrictions.

System Requirements
On all devices, My Singing Monsters uses up at least 100MB of hard drive space, and up to 500MB hard drive space can be used up by this application.

On iOS-based devices, a minimum of iPhone 5, iPod Touch 5, iPad 2, iPad Mini is required. As of Version 1.4.1, iOS 6 is required to play, unsupporting iPod Touch 3 and iPad 1. As of Version 2.0.4., iOS 8 is required to play, unsupporting iPod Touch 4, iPhone 3 and iPhone 4.

On Android-based devices, a minimum of Samsung Galaxy TBA is required. Samsung Galaxy S4 works fairly good with My Singing Monsters, in that it runs fairly fast and crashes pretty rarely, however, some animations such as Dipsters "jumping" animations do not run properly.

On the Windows version, a minimum of Windows XP, DirectX 9.0 (gaming card), 126MB hard drive space, 1GB of RAM and Internet Explorer 7 (or Microsoft Edge) is required.

Binding account
In My Singing Monsters, there is a choice of ways to log in. An account can be anonymous, a form of account that is can only be played on the current device and if the application is on the device (deleting the app will disconnect the account). An account can be bound to an email account, or a new account can be played on a separate Facebook or GameCenter (iOS only) account, all of which allow the account to be played on any device (although the GameCenter account can only be played on iOS devices).

If you start a new account on a Facebook and/or GameCenter account that is linked to the same email account that already has a bounded account, then starting a new Facebook and/or GameCenter account will not replace the email account nor any other form of login's account. However, the player may wish to migrate their existing account to an already existing Facebook and/or GameCenter account by contacting Big Blue Bubble Support to do so.