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Despicable Me Villain" (), was rated for ages 3–6 years. The puppet book "Sleepy Kittens" () was written by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio and illustrated by Eric Guillon. A video game titled "Despicable Me: The Game" was released for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable and Wii. A Nintendo DS version was released under the name "Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem". Namco also released a version for the iPhone and iPad platform entitled "Despicable Me: Minion Mania", developed by Anino Games. An application for iOS and Androids was also released under the name "Despicable Me: Minion Rush". It was developed by Gameloft and