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Monkey Madness Island Escape

 

 

SCORE: 67

 

Monkey Madness Island Escape 

 

I did not know what to expect from Monkey Madness Island Escape on the Nintendo DS. Storm City Games was gracious enough to give Family Friendly Gaming a reviewable copy. I thought it was some kind of monkey themed puzzle game at first. My thoughts were wrong. Very, very wrong. Monkey Madness Island Escape is a 3D rail shooter on the Nintendo DS. Monkeys are the main bad guys and they like to throw things like bananas at you. Perfectly good bananas they could eat, or share with me and they would have stayed alive.

My momma told me if you have nothing nice to say, then do not say nothing at all. If I were to follow that literally I would not have anything to say in the graphics section. So I will be as tasteful, and tactful as I can. The graphics are the first thing that stuck out in Monkey Madness Island Escape. The details are not that great, which has a lot to do with the limitations of the machine this was put on. Players shoot the monkeys with a slingshot, water gun, etc. The monkeys try and hit you. There are a few different enemies that are repeated quite often. The occasional flying animal shook things up.

The music in Monkey Madness Island Escape is passable. It fits the theme and keeps things moving. The mild language (editor: as the ESRB denoted) was not really needed in my opinion. Monkey Madness Island Escape could have been a much better game without it. Monkey Madness Island Escape tries to be humorous, but it went away after I got hit with my first coconut.

The biggest disappointment I have with Monkey Madness Island Escape is the length of the game. For such a short game I would have expected much more attention on the graphics. Monkey Madness Island Escape does contain a multicard download for two players. There are three difficulty settings and different game play modes. Modern gamers are going to breeze right through Monkey Madness Island Escape though.

The crux of the game play in Monkey Madness Island Escape is to move the stylus around on the bottom screen, and press a button to fire. The top screen shows all of the action, and where your target is located. Due to the graphics it can be difficult to tell if you hit certain monkeys. I wound up lowering my accuracy by shooting many times after taking them down. I did not have fun playing Monkey Madness Island Escape, but I also did not get annoyed by it. It was somewhere in between. The controls function well in this hand held game.

Players are trying to escape this monkey infested island. A rail shooter on the Nintendo DS is an interesting concept. The main lesson I got from Monkey Madness Island Escape is to get them before they get me. Although shooting monkeys until they fall down is a little laughable. The thing with trying new things, is not everything is going to hit the mark. For me Monkey Madness Island Escape is an interesting idea that is less violent than any other shooter I have played. Maybe a sequel on the Nintendo 3DS with better graphics would work better.
- Mark

 

Graphics: 50%
Sound: 71%
Replay/Extras: 67%
Gameplay: 78%
Family Friendly Factor: 70%
System: Nintendo DS
Publisher: Storm City Games
Rating: 'E10+' for Everyone 10+
{Cartoon Violence, Mild Language}

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