Juka and the Monophonic Menace

Juka and the Monophonic Menace
PAL boxart of Juka and the Monophonic Menace.
Developer(s)Orbital Media, Inc.
Publisher(s)
Composer(s)Jake Kaufman
Platform(s)Game Boy Advance
Release
Genre(s)Action-adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Juka and the Monophonic Menace is an action-adventure video game published and developed by Orbital Media, Inc. in PAL regions, and published by SouthPeak Interactive in NA. It was slated for release on the Nintendo DS, but it was ultimately canceled.

Plot

Juka is a young alchemist in the world of Obla. He goes on adventure to save his village from the Monophonic Menace.

Trivia

  • A bug in this game is present in the PAL version of the game, where defeating Frostinator is impossible due to him not spawning one of the needed enemies to kill him. It was fixed in the NA release that was released the next year.

Reception

The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[3] IGN said: "Orbital Media has given everyone a really solid adventure game that uses some rather interesting techniques for battle."[7] GameSpot said: "There are dozens of role-playing games available for the Game Boy Advance [...] Juka and the Monophonic Menace is one of the simpler games." They further commented that "As such, it's a good way to introduce younger or inexperienced players to the genre."[5] Nintendo Power gave the game a score of five out of ten, over a year before its U.S. release.[8]

References

  1. ^ jkdmedia (2012-05-04). "Scurge: Hive and Juka & the Monophonic Menace In Stores Now". GameZone. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  2. ^ "What's New? (4th November 2005)". Eurogamer.net. 2005-11-04. Archived from the original on 2023-04-02. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  3. ^ a b "Juka and the Monophonic Menace for Game Boy Advance Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on October 30, 2017. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  4. ^ William Gray. "Juka and the Monophonic Menace - Review". AllGame. Archived from the original on November 16, 2014. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  5. ^ a b Frank Provo (February 14, 2007). "Juka and the Monophonic Menace Review". GameSpot. Archived from the original on September 25, 2017. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  6. ^ Aceinet (November 7, 2006). "Juka and the Monophonic Menace - GBA - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on January 10, 2007. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
  7. ^ a b Jack DeVries (October 30, 2006). "Juka and the Monophonic Menace Review". IGN. Archived from the original on September 25, 2017. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  8. ^ a b "Juka and the Monophonic Menace". Nintendo Power. Vol. 196. October 2005. p. 101.
  9. ^ Steven Rodriguez (November 20, 2006). "Juka and the Monophonic Menace". Nintendo World Report. Archived from the original on September 25, 2017. Retrieved September 25, 2017.