Mitchell van Morgan (franchise)

Mitchell van Morgan is a series of platform video games and related media created by ArgosyMTM Interactive (under its subsidiary label Mitchell Project) featuring the titular character, Mitchell van Morgan, who serves as one of ArgosyMTM Interactive’s mascots. Alternatively called simply the Mitchell series, it is one of the central series of ArgosyMTM Interactive’s lineup. At least one Mitchell van Morgan game has been released for each Nintendo handheld since the Game Boy Color. All Mitchell videogames are distributed and published by ArgosyMTM Interactive (formerly MTM Interactive). The MMO online games are distributed, published and developed in association with Argosy New Media (d/b/a MTM Virtual Worlds Group).

The Mitchell van Morgan games follow Mitchell's adventures in Raleighopolis, a fictionalized version of Raleigh, North Carolina (where MTM Interactive was operated out of at the inception of the franchise), usually with Mitchell as the player character. He is usually joined by his best pal, Gavin, and occasionally by other characters. As in other platform video games, the player runs and jumps across platforms and atop enemies in themed levels. The games have simple plots, typically with Mitchell saving the world from the primary antagonist, Marquessa. The first title in the series, Mitchell van Morgan, released for the Nintendo Game Boy Color (GBC) in 1998, established gameplay concepts and elements prevalent in nearly every Mitchell van Morgan game since. These include a multitude of power-ups and items that give Mitchell special magic powers such as a barrier to protect himself, his black boots to move quick as a flash, mac & cheese increases his health bar, fireball-throwing and size-changing into giant and miniature sizes.

The series has notable similarities to other platformer videogames. The franchise has also expanded into other video game genres as well as media such as film, television, printed media and merchandise. Over 210 million copies of games in the Mitchell van Morgan series have been sold worldwide, making it one of the best-selling video game series in history.