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Wow. Just wow. Where do I begin? The graphics remind me of a good old mario game and they aren't too shabby while looking at it. The gameplay may be repetitive, but it's simple enough that even someone like me who doesn't have the best of time at hand can see that it wouldn't take too hard to learn the controls. I will admit though, the controls had me weirded out at first. For one, I forgot to check the controls and there is no in-game tutorial or anything to point you to it, I can just start the game without the controls beforehand. After I read the controls, I realized a few things weren't put in. One of these is the down key and up key functions. While this isn't a bad thing in games like these where it is simple, I found out the hard way that down keeps your jumping to a minimum or equal to where you first were when you hit the key while the up key used in the air propels me downward. I wish these were explained as it made me die quite a few times. Another thing I can say is to put the singleplayer and multiplayer controls differently. For example, if I was playing singleplayer, I wouldn't want to be able to use my banana button (The one that gives you a banana on your character in multiplayer) as it isn't stated that this is a multiplayer only function as far as I know. The obstacles you face are also not stated, but I can forgive that for this game. I would like to state though that I wish it had stated these enemies as a certain beetle with a glowing color can home in on you and coconuts may randomly fall from the sky. An in game tutorial or something of the like would of really helped figure out how to play this game efficiently. I found out that going for 5 bananos instead of the singular ones is much better as it obtains your super status much faster. The super status on its own is another game. It's like you were playing Command and Conquer with how you have to be careful with every move, but then suddenly you turn into Godzilla and rampage the whole jungle. You kill everything in this mode, even the flying beetles! It lasts for a good while and you'd have obtained at least 10 bananos in total before it's truly gone. It's an awesome powerup and I recommend that they make a game mode for it where you try to destory as much stuff as possible in a time limit or against a friend. I did find one thing interesting though about this powerup. If you collect a banana while on a vine and your super activates from this banana, you can actually get stuck on the invisble vine. Yes, I said it. Invisible vine. I assume this is because you were already on the vine, but because you might not be able to go up or down and don't hit left or right in time, you could actually die. I didn't test it myself because I was worried, but it's weird that it happens in the first place. The soundtrack is quite interesting. I don't mind the songs during gameplay, but they aren't something I would listen outside it. It works for what it is. It's also very addictive, so be careful playing it as you might end up with a few hours in total. I'll be back to accomplish the few achievements I don't have, the exception being that secret I don't know how to get, but I think I can safely judge it after only a half an hour of gameplay.
Pros:
-The game is simple and easy to control for the most part. I've had only slight issues while playing.
-Hardly any bugs, but there was that one weird thing that happened. It was a vine glitch, but it hardly detracts from the total as it doesn't happen frequently.
-Graphics are easy to look at and pleasing to the eye. Never had any trouble discerning certain things, but the beetle with a homing attack was a little hard to see at first.
-Gameplay is addictive, but challenging. It requires you to use patience until you get your super power. When you get your super power, make them pay for all the suffering!
Cons:
-The monkey has a weird kind of control because, for the most part, your character always jumps up diagonally. I think this is fine, but it caught me off guard while I was beginning to play.
-The monkey is not fast enough while he is normal, but is almost too quick when being in a super. I guess it's not so slow as you can dodge certain things, but for the most part, if something is about 3 inches of space between you and you aren't already going down, you are practically dead. The super isn't too quick, but I figured out that while he isn't fast enough to catch up to certain objects, he might get you killed if you aren't suited with the controls and it's frames of invulnerability.
-1 life only. No continues, no respawns. Just 1 life. This is unfortunate as the game does give you an extra player and thus an extra life in 2 player, but I would like more than 1 life at least for a beginner in the single-player mode. Usually, there's at least a default of 3 lives. That way, if you do die, you can restart with only a little damper on your abilities. I feel it would help newer people and older ones to be more comfortable.
Overall: I'd give it a solid 5/10 or 6/10.
Comments: The game is addictive. You can start thinking that you won't play long on this game, but believe me, I played for a lot longer than I expected. The game is simple enough to control, however; it does suffer from some flaws. For example, no in-game tutorial or the like means you'll have to learn the hard way how to figure out what direction you want to play the game in. Are you the greedy type that wants all the bananas or the patience type to only get certain bananas? Even with these flaws, I found out that it wasn't too hard to overlook them as the game itself is quite enjoyable. It feels good collecting a lot of bananas and so many of them allows you to go Godzilla form and wreck havoc on the entire jungle. Do be careful, though, you might end up dieing if you let yourself get too close to the beetles or other objects while in your last frames. I'd said it's an average game. It's good to play for a few or so hours, but it doesn't offer a lot that you could get from other games. A new mode, which I will dub thee Super Mode, would probably make the game more enjoyable as I preferred the craziness of defeating everything in sight to waiting for the next banana to come onto screen. Thank you and good night.
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