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Manic Monkey Mayhem Swings in on October 30th

Posted Tue, 13 Oct 2009 by Corbie Dillard

It's monkey madness!

It's monkey madness!

The monkey madness is about to begin!

Code Monkeys has just announced that their brand new WiiWare release Manic Monkey Mayhem will be hitting the European WiiWare service on October 30th.

You can check out the official press release below for more information on the title, along with a batch of brand new screenshots on the game page.

The Code Monkeys, an independent videogame development studio, are proud to announce the arrival of everyone’s favourite cheeky primates on Nintendo WiiWare this autumn with Manic Monkey Mayhem, available through the Wii Shop Channel from October 30th.

Trained in the noble and ancient martial art of Banana Flinging, players control one of eight of these finely honed monkeys as together you do battle with up to seven other simians across eight different themed landscapes. Positioned on a small podium, separated from your opponents via a series of six floating breakable wooden crates which contain power-ups and ammunition, use your zen-like banana flinging skills to chip away at their number of lives by knocking them off their podiums, with the overall aim to be the last one standing and be crowned king or queen of all the monkeys!

But the fun doesn’t stop there! Manic Monkey Mayhem can be played with a Wii balance board across the single player modes. Plus, play against up to 3 of your friends and family in either Local Multiplayer or Nintendo Wi-Fi across a variety of chimp-tastic game modes.

KEY FEATURES

Single Player

  • 10 missions + Tutorial
  • 3 campaigns spread across 30 missions with progressive difficulty
  • Balance Board compatibility
  • ‘Greatest Ape’ vs. CPU
  • ‘Minute Monkey’ vs. CPU
  • ‘Ape Team’ vs CPU

Multiplayer

  • 2-4 players (Local and Wi-Fi)
  • Vertical or horizontal split screen (Local)
  • ‘Greatest Ape’ vs CPU/human (Local)
  • ‘Ape Team’ vs CPU/human (Local)
  • ‘Pass the Parcel’ vs CPU/human (Local)
  • ‘Greatest Ape’ (Wi-Fi)
  • ‘Pass the Parcel’ (Wi-Fi)
  • ‘Coconut Fight’ (Wi-Fi)
  • ‘Banazooka Fight’ (Wi-Fi)

We'll have more information on Manic Monkey Mayhem as it becomes available, as well as a full review when the game hits the WiiWare service at the end of this month.

Tags: Code Monkeys, Release Dates, WiiWare, Upcoming Games.

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User Comments

pixelman

1. pixelman United States 13 Oct 2009, 20:50 BST

Sounds interesting. Wifi's a plus.

WaLuigi1982

2. WaLuigi1982 United States 13 Oct 2009, 20:50 BST

I dunno about this one. Guess we will see.

Gigantorama

3. Gigantorama United States 13 Oct 2009, 21:06 BST

"Banana flinging"?
I always thought monkeys were experts at flinging....other flingable things?

4. 13 Oct 2009, 21:14 BST

Let me get this straight. Fighting.. Wifi.. MONKEYS!? INSTANT DOWNLOAD! :P

Starwolf_UK

5. Starwolf_UK United Kingdom 13 Oct 2009, 21:15 BST

Wifi is only a plus if the game is popular enough to have an active online population. Which it seems not to be the case most the time with WiiWare :(

vakama94

6. vakama94 Mexico 13 Oct 2009, 21:16 BST

why do all this games have been announced just for a release in europe?

7. 13 Oct 2009, 21:23 BST

@Vakama I know what you mean; LostWinds Winter, Lit, Maniac Monkey Mayhem. Can't do nothing about it unfortunately.

Ian Daemon

8. Ian Daemon United States 13 Oct 2009, 21:29 BST

Is this the same "The Code Monkeys" that worked on games for the Sega CD? I know the term "code monkeys" is kinda generic, but they specifically used that as their name. I distinctly remember they worked with Digital Pictures.

jbrodack

9. jbrodack United States 13 Oct 2009, 22:00 BST

kinda reminds me of the old gorillas artillery game

Ricardo91

10. Ricardo91 United States 13 Oct 2009, 23:04 BST

Look at those awesome PS1-quality graphics!

Sonic&tails1

11. Sonic&tails1 United States 14 Oct 2009, 00:21 BST

@ Ricardo91

If your only playing a game based on graphics your doing it wrong.

SoulSilver IV

12. SoulSilver IV United Kingdom 14 Oct 2009, 00:24 BST

@ Ricardo91

If your only playing a downloadable game based on graphics your doing it wrong.

irken004

13. irken004 United States 14 Oct 2009, 03:36 BST

Shovel-ware? POSSIBILITY!!!

Objection_Blaster

14. Objection_Blaster United States 14 Oct 2009, 06:08 BST

@Ricardo91-You could be right, but since there's only one screenshot at present, it kind of seems like you may be jumping the gun on that call.

brandonbwii

15. brandonbwii United States 14 Oct 2009, 12:19 BST

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