Happipillar

Happipillar (Also called Cutiepillar in Europe) is a 3D platformer game developed by Universal interactive and Hal Laboratories in 1999 for the Nintendo 64. A Gameboy Color port was released in 2000. It was later released onto the Wii Virtual console in 2011 and the Wii U Virtual console in 2016. It it said to be apart of the Petalboy universe.

Plot
The game revolves around 16-year old Caterpillar named Happipillar and her quest to save her older sister Momopod from a wicked bee queen named Madame Waspy. During the process, she encounters a Ladybug prince who attempts to hold her hostage and later, a Dragonfly who she must tame to save her sister.

Gameplay
The game appears to be very similar to other 3D platformers at the time. Manly Sonic Adventure and the Hamtaro series. In each level, Happipillar can explore and trigger various events and if you do it in a correct way, the boss of the stage is triggered. She can also collect cherries as a form of health. When she reaches the final boss fight, she wraps herself into s pseudo-cocoon to fight Madame Waspy. Save points also appear through out the levels (maybe too much). When you complete the game, you can have the ability to play as Momopod and when you play as her, she saves Happipillar instead.

Reception
The game received mixed to positive reception. They praised the game for it's cute graphics and impressive usage of the Nintendo 64's storge but critisized the game for being too much like sister game, Kirby 64.

Movie
In 2000, a movie called Happipillar was produced by Universal Studios and DiC Entertainment. The plot is based off of the game itself. It later had a live-action adaptation in 2012.

TV Show
Also in 2000, a show called Happipillar: The Cute Caterpillar premiered on ABC Kids (and Gingo in 2002). It ran from 2000 to 2006.

Other things
An update in 2019 introduced Momopod and Madame Wasp as a playable racers in Red's Crazy Racers featuring Universal.