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Review: Whack A Mole… er Monkey in Paradise Monkeys
Price: $3.99
App Store Link: Full / No Lite Version
Verdict: Love It
Replay Value: Some
Pros: Very high quality. A lot of variations on the enemies. Two bonus mini games.
Cons: Story slightly lacking. Can get repetitive. Bannana currency doesn't seem to add up fast enough. Have to play to either obtain bonus games or play to win. Vague/missing instructions on what the monkeys do.
Bottom Line: If you like whack-a-mole style games this version is very well done with just enough variation to make it interesting.
In Paradise Monkeys you are a monkey tasked with saving all the bannanas from the evil Dracula Monkey. In order to do this you'll need to pass through 9 worlds of whack-a-mole style gameplay. The 9 worlds are broken up into 2 different kinds of gameplay, standard play and boss fight. Of course the game probably wouldn't be that interesting if it was just simple whack-a-mole so to liven things up every few levels they add a different kind of monkey for you to beat up on. Some monkeys just pop up and go down (costing you a half a heart if you don't whack them), some monkeys take multiple hits to kill, some monkeys give you items when they die like hearts or tokens, some have random effects, some will attack you, and almost all monkeys have a state where you can't attack them or you'll lose some life.
At first the game can seem overwhelming, but once you figure out what you can hit and what you should avoid, the game becomes a lot more enjoyable. In addition there is a store you can go to to spend your tokens. You can purchase rings that do more damage meaning you'll hit the multi-hit monkeys less. There are extra hearts you can buy. There are multiple mini-games that can be purchased. Unfortunately because of the way the game plays, unless you take a lot of chances on the random monkeys, you won't have enough tokens to buy the power ups and the bonus games. Fortunately you only have to buy the bonus games once, and you can make enough tokens by the second boss without having to purchase power ups.
This game has really good graphics, good sound effects, and music. The hit detection is spot on. You can really tell the extra polish that the creators of this game have put in to it.
The mini-games aren't overly fun in my opinion, I would much rather play the main game or the time attack mode that emulates the main game, but they do provide a nice break from the regular game.
If you play the game through from beginning to end, along with unlocking the mini-games you'll probably play a total of 5ish hours. It may also be a game that you really like and come back to every now and then to kill some time.
