Despicable Me funnies and nothing to suggest a sequel, which is probably wise." Tasha Robinson of "The A.V. Club" gave the film a B, saying, "Until the "creep + orphans = happy family" formula starts demanding abrupt, unconvincing character mutations, "Despicable Me" is a giddy joy." Marjorie Baumgarten of "The Austin Chronicle" gave the film three out of five stars, saying, "Everyone knows that the villains are usually the most interesting characters in any movie. So the makers of "Despicable Me" were wise to cut to the chase and make the megalomaniacal Gru the central character in this animated film." Released on
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