Puzzle Monkeys
SCORE: 80
The coolest thing about being chosen to review games for Family
Friendly Gaming is all of the amazing products that come in. The EIC
told me five hundred plus products come in every year now. I was blessed
enough to be picked to play and write the review for Puzzle Monkeys on
the Wii U.
I knew nothing about Puzzle Monkeys. I did not know what I was getting
into. I expected a sub par downloadable only video game since that is
what the Wii U is generally known for. Nintendo may allow all kinds of
indie games on their home console - does not mean many are any good
though.
To my shock Puzzle Monkeys is a fun, fantastic puzzle game. There are
two main modes. Each of them has monkey faces in cubes on the screen. In
Mode A players move blocks of four around and drop them on the monkey
tiles. The goal is to get three or more of the same color. This can be
vertical or horizontal.
Puzzle Monkeys reminds me of Columns on the Sega Genesis. It takes the
concept and improves upon it drastically. Now Mode B in Puzzle Monkeys
has blocks moving across the top of the screen. Tap a color and they
drop down. So the goal is to line them up perfectly.
There is another puzzle franchise that obviously inspired Puzzle Monkeys
- Tetris. When it comes to selecting music, speed, level and more Puzzle
Monkeys shares numerous traits that can be found in Tetris. Which is a
really good thing in my professional opinion.
I did not expect much from Puzzle Monkeys. It surpassed all of my hopes,
and is a very solid puzzle game. It pays its respects to the past puzzle
greats. It is also something new, different, fun, and fresh. I would
like to see this home console video game released in a physical format
at some future date.
- Luke
Graphics: 80%
Sound: 80%
Replay/Extras: 80%
Gameplay: 80%
Family Friendly Factor: 80%
System: Wii U
Publisher: Log Games
Developer: Log Games
Rating:
'E' - Everyone SIX and OLDER ONLY
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