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A little-known ActionRPG developed by Blam! in 1999 for the UsefulNotes/{{Playstation}}.

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A little-known ActionRPG developed by Blam! in 1999 for the UsefulNotes/{{Playstation}}.Platform/{{Playstation}}.
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* LetsPlay: Believe it or not, there's one by Gavaroc [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2F45290B8F2E5BA8&feature=plcp here]].
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* SimpleStaff: The bamboo staff, the rock staff and [[spoiler: The Dragon Bone staff, The metal staff and the dream staff]]
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* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: The main character, also the monkey soldiers.

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It plays very similar to ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' and ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana''. You control Monkey, a, well, [[ShapedLikeItself monkey]] who must defeat the Nightmare King, who is trying to take over the Waking realm. In order to defeat the Nightmare King, Monkey must [[GottaCatchThemAll collect all the pages of the Magic Storybook]], which are scattered in dungeons all over the world. The game was inspired by ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest''.

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It plays very similar to ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' and ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana''. You control Monkey, a, well, [[ShapedLikeItself monkey]] who must defeat the Nightmare King, who is trying to take over the Waking realm. In order to defeat the Nightmare King, Monkey must [[GottaCatchThemAll collect all the pages of the Magic Storybook]], which are scattered in dungeons all over the world. The game was inspired by

Has [[SimilarlyNamedWorks no direct relation]] to the 2019 ''VideoGame/MonkeyKingHeroIsBack'', although both are loosely InspiredBy
''Literature/JourneyToTheWest''.



* ActionRPG

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A little known action RPG developed by Blam! in 1999 for the Playstation. It plays very similar to ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' and ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana''. You control Monkey, a, well, [[ShapedLikeItself monkey]] who must defeat the Nightmare King, who is trying to take over the Waking realm. In order to defeat the Nightmare King, Monkey must [[GottaCatchThemAll collect all the pages of the Magic Storybook]], which are scattered in dungeons all over the world. The game was inspired by ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest''.
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A little known action RPG little-known ActionRPG developed by Blam! in 1999 for the Playstation. UsefulNotes/{{Playstation}}.

It plays very similar to ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' and ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana''. You control Monkey, a, well, [[ShapedLikeItself monkey]] who must defeat the Nightmare King, who is trying to take over the Waking realm. In order to defeat the Nightmare King, Monkey must [[GottaCatchThemAll collect all the pages of the Magic Storybook]], which are scattered in dungeons all over the world. The game was inspired by ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest''.
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* FeatheredFiend: The Phoenix, which the boss of Dragon Mountain. The divebomber enemies (the birds that drop eggs on you) also qualify.

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* FeatheredFiend: The Phoenix, which is the boss of Dragon Mountain. The divebomber enemies (the birds that drop eggs on you) also qualify.
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No the Phoenix is the boss of dragon mountain the boss of the mausoleum is the giant rat.


* FeatheredFiend: The Phoenix, which the boss of the Mausoleum. The divebomber enemies (the birds that drop eggs on you) also qualify.

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* FeatheredFiend: The Phoenix, which the boss of the Mausoleum.Dragon Mountain. The divebomber enemies (the birds that drop eggs on you) also qualify.

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* BaldOfEvil: The Boss monk of the ruins dungeon. He even shields himself with other ,smaller monks and attacks with difficult to dodge energy beams



* HeroicMime: Averted, despite being a [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda]] clone. Monkey occasionally speaks throughout the game.

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* HeroicMime: Averted, despite being a [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda]] [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda zelda]] clone. Monkey occasionally speaks throughout the game.



* Mordor: The nightmare realm, which is home to the Nightmare King. Everything seems like a run down, rusty version of the dream realm.
* Mooks: The Nightmares.

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* Mordor: {{Mordor}}: The nightmare realm, which is home to the Nightmare King. Everything seems like a run down, rusty version of the dream realm.
* Mooks: {{Mooks}}: The Nightmares.


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* TheReveal: [[spoiler: near the end of the game it's revealed that the Nightmare King and his nightmares are aliens]]
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* HeartContainer: The Magic Big Peaches you collect are pretty much the monkey hero equivalent of [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda ''Legend of Zelda'']]'s heart containers.

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* HeartContainer: The Magic Big Peaches you collect are pretty much the monkey hero equivalent of [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda ''Legend Legend of Zelda'']]'s Zelda]]'s heart containers.containers. Each Magic Big Peach adds an extra peach to your health bar.



* InterchangeableAntiMatterKeys: Due to being a [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]] clone

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* InterchangeableAntiMatterKeys: Due to being InterchangeableAntiMatterKeys: Each key only works on a [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]] clonedoor or a treasure chest once, after that it disappears.
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* ArmlessBiped: The Fontunes, though they weren't always like this. Their arms were removed by the Nightmare King because they [[HeelFaceTurn turned against him]].


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* FeatheredFiend: The Phoenix, which the boss of the Mausoleum. The divebomber enemies (the birds that drop eggs on you) also qualify.


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* Mordor: The nightmare realm, which is home to the Nightmare King. Everything seems like a run down, rusty version of the dream realm.
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* ShoutOut: The password that Sandy creates for you to enter the spaceship is [[TheDayTheEarthStoodStill Klaatu]]. Also, the whole game could be considered a ShoutOut to ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' and ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest''.

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* ShoutOut: The password that Sandy creates for you to enter the spaceship is [[TheDayTheEarthStoodStill [[Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951 Klaatu]]. Also, the whole game could be considered a ShoutOut to ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' and ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest''.
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* LetsPlay: Believe it or not, there's one by Gavaroc [[http://www.youtube.com/user/Gavaroc#g/c/2F45290B8F2E5BA8 here]].

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* LetsPlay: Believe it or not, there's one by Gavaroc [[http://www.youtube.com/user/Gavaroc#g/c/2F45290B8F2E5BA8 com/playlist?list=PL2F45290B8F2E5BA8&feature=plcp here]].

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* DreamLand: The Dream Realm, apparently.



* HyperactiveMetabolism: The pie pieces which restore 8 peaches of health and also the mushrooms which not only fully restores your health and also doubles as an AutoRevive

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* HyperactiveMetabolism: The pie pieces which restore 8 peaches of health and also the mushrooms which not only fully restores your health and health but also doubles as an AutoRevive


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* NoobCave: The Mines.
* PalmtreePanic: Sandy's Beach, which is also home to a dungeon called "The Ruins"


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* SimpleStaff: The bamboo staff, the rock staff and [[spoiler: The Dragon Bone staff, The metal staff and the dream staff]]
* TheMaze: The Bamboo Grove, which must be navigated to order to find a dungeon.
* UndergroundLevel: The Mines which is also the very first dungeon in the game.
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* InterchangeableAntiMatterKeys: Due to being a [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]]clone

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* InterchangeableAntiMatterKeys: Due to being a [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]]cloneZelda]] clone
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* InterchangeableAntiMatterKeys: Due to being a [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda '' Zelda'']]clone

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* InterchangeableAntiMatterKeys: Due to being a [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda '' Zelda'']]clone[[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]]clone
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* InterchangeableAntiMatterKeys: Due to being a [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda ''Legend of Zelda'']]clone

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* InterchangeableAntiMatterKeys: Due to being a [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda ''Legend of '' Zelda'']]clone

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* HeroicMime: Averted, despite being a [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda]] clone. Monkey occasionally speaks throughout the
game.

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* HeroicMime: Averted, despite being a [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda]] clone. Monkey occasionally speaks throughout the
the game.



* InvincibilityPowerUp: The Guardian Statues, although unlike most invinbility powerups they are a permanent part of your inventory and cost coins to use.

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* InvincibilityPowerUp: The Guardian Statues, although unlike most invinbility powerups they are Statue which makes you temporarily immune to almost all forms of damage (You can still be damaged by falling into a bottomless pit though), but is a permanent part of your inventory and cost item which costs coins to use.use and can be used at any time.


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* PlayableMenu: The Main Menu is represented by three rooms you can enter called "Load" ,"Start" and "Options". You can't use any of your items/equipement here but you can fiddle around with the sound and volume in the "Options" room by pushing two slides.

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* HeroicMime: Averted, despite being a [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda]] clone. Monkey occasionally speaks throughout the game.

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* HeroicMime: Averted, despite being a [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda]] clone. Monkey occasionally speaks throughout the
game.
*HyperactiveMetabolism: The pie pieces which restore 8 peaches of health and also
the game.mushrooms which not only fully restores your health and also doubles as an AutoRevive
*InfinityPlusOneSword: [[spoiler: The Dream Staff which is obtained when you collect all 20 dream crystals]]
*InterchangeableAntiMatterKeys: Due to being a [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda ''Legend of Zelda'']]clone
*InvincibilityPowerUp: The Guardian Statues, although unlike most invinbility powerups they are a permanent part of your inventory and cost coins to use.

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* AmbiguouslyHuman: It's hard to tell if some of the [=NPCs=] are humans or monkeys due to the graphics...



* HeartContainer: The Magic Big Peaches you collect are pretty much the monkey hero equivalent of [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda ''Legend of Zelda'''s]] heart containers.

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* FinalBossPreview: Played with. The first boss you fight is the Nightmare King (or at least his head), but you actually CAN defeat him, and quite easily too (this is justified, since the boss fight takes place in the Waking realm). However, he scatters the pages of the Magic Storybook upon defeat, thereby kicking off the main plot of the game.
* HeartContainer: The Magic Big Peaches you collect are pretty much the monkey hero equivalent of [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda ''Legend of Zelda'''s]] Zelda'']]'s heart containers.



* LetsPlay: Believe it or not there's one by Gavaroc [[http://www.youtube.com/user/Gavaroc#g/c/2F45290B8F2E5BA8 here]].

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* LetsPlay: Believe it or not not, there's one by Gavaroc [[http://www.youtube.com/user/Gavaroc#g/c/2F45290B8F2E5BA8 here]].
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* CreepyCemetary: The Mausoleum
* DeathMountain: Dragon Mountain

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* CreepyCemetary: CreepyCemetery: The Mausoleum
Mausoleum.
* DeathMountain: Dragon MountainMountain.

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A little known action RPG developed by BLAM! in 1999 for the Playstation. The game is a bit of a zelda clone.... But in a good way! Here you must play as a young monkey who must defeat the nightmare king and stop him from taking over the waking realm. In order to defeat him you must acquire all pages of the magical storybook to do so. In order to obtain these pages you must travel across the land exploring dungeons and defeat each boss of each dungeon to do so. Interestingly enough the game is vaguely based off of the old chinese
folk tale journey to the west...
NeedsMoreLove

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A little known action RPG developed by BLAM! Blam! in 1999 for the Playstation. The game is a bit of a zelda clone.... But in a good way! Here you must play as a young monkey It plays very similar to ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' and ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana''. You control Monkey, a, well, [[ShapedLikeItself monkey]] who must defeat the nightmare king and stop him from taking Nightmare King, who is trying to take over the waking Waking realm. In order to defeat him you the Nightmare King, Monkey must acquire [[GottaCatchThemAll collect all the pages of the magical storybook to do so. In order to obtain these pages you must travel across the land exploring Magic Storybook]], which are scattered in dungeons and defeat each boss of each dungeon to do so. Interestingly enough all over the world. The game is vaguely based off of the old chinese
folk tale journey to the west...
NeedsMoreLove
was inspired by ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest''.



* AndIMustScream : The Great Dragon in Dragon mountain also,[[spoiler: The fate of the nightmare king in the ending,being sealed forever in a book it's even shown he's still conscious]]

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* AndIMustScream : AndIMustScream: The Great Dragon in Dragon mountain also,[[spoiler: The Mountain. Also [[spoiler: the fate of the nightmare king Nightmare King in the ending,being ending, being sealed forever in a book it's book. It's even shown he's still conscious]]conscious.]]



* EverythingIsBetterWithMonkeys : The main character, also the monkey soldiers.
* HeartContainer: The Magic Big Peaches you collect are pretty much the monkey hero equivalent of Zelda's heart containers
* HeroicMime:Averted, despite being a Zelda clone. Monkey occasionally speaks through out the game.
* Let'sPlay: Believe it or not there's one by Gavaroc [[http://www.youtube.com/user/Gavaroc#g/c/2F45290B8F2E5BA8 here]]
* MacGuffin: The storybook pages arguably
* Mooks: The Nightmares
* ShoutOut: The password that sandy creates for you to enter the spaceship is [[TheDayTheEarthStoodStill Klaatu]]. The whole game could be considered one to the journey to the west...
* WarpWhistle : Monkey can use his cloud to warp to areas he previously visited.

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* EverythingIsBetterWithMonkeys : EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: The main character, also the monkey soldiers.
* HeartContainer: The Magic Big Peaches you collect are pretty much the monkey hero equivalent of Zelda's [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda ''Legend of Zelda'''s]] heart containers
containers.
* HeroicMime:Averted, HeroicMime: Averted, despite being a Zelda [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda]] clone. Monkey occasionally speaks through out throughout the game.
* Let'sPlay: LetsPlay: Believe it or not there's one by Gavaroc [[http://www.youtube.com/user/Gavaroc#g/c/2F45290B8F2E5BA8 here]]
here]].
* MacGuffin: The storybook Arguably, the pages arguably
of the Magic Storybook.
* Mooks: The Nightmares
Nightmares.
* ShoutOut: The password that sandy Sandy creates for you to enter the spaceship is [[TheDayTheEarthStoodStill Klaatu]]. The Also, the whole game could be considered one a ShoutOut to the journey to the west...
''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' and ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest''.
* WarpWhistle : Monkey can use his cloud to warp to areas he previously visited.visited, similar to Sūn Wùkōng's "somersault cloud" in ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest''.
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* Let'sPlay: Beleive it or not there' one by gavaroc here http://www.youtube.com/user/Gavaroc#g/c/2F45290B8F2E5BA8

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* Let'sPlay: Beleive Believe it or not there' there's one by gavaroc here http://www.Gavaroc [[http://www.youtube.com/user/Gavaroc#g/c/2F45290B8F2E5BA8com/user/Gavaroc#g/c/2F45290B8F2E5BA8 here]]



* ShoutOut: The password that sandy creates for you to enter the spaceship is [[TheDayTheEarthStoodStill Klaatu]]. The whole game could be considered on to the journey to the west...

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* ShoutOut: The password that sandy creates for you to enter the spaceship is [[TheDayTheEarthStoodStill Klaatu]]. The whole game could be considered on one to the journey to the west...
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*Let'sPlay: Beleive it or not there' one by gavaroc here http://www.youtube.com/user/Gavaroc#g/c/2F45290B8F2E5BA8
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A little known action RPG developed by BLAM! in 1999 for the Playstation. The game is a bit of a zelda clone.... But in a good way! Here you must play as a young monkey who must defeat the nightmare king and stop him from taking over the waking realm. In order to defeat him you must acquire all pages of the magical storybook to do so. In order to obtain these pages you must travel across the land exploring dungeons and defeat each boss of each dungeon to do so. Interestingly enough the game is vaguely based off of the old chinese
folk tale journey to the west...
NeedsMoreLove
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This game provides examples of:
* ActionRPG
* AmbiguouslyHuman: It's hard to tell if some of the [=NPCs=] are humans or monkeys due to the graphics...
* AndIMustScream : The Great Dragon in Dragon mountain also,[[spoiler: The fate of the nightmare king in the ending,being sealed forever in a book it's even shown he's still conscious]]
* BigBad: The Nightmare King. Duh!
* CreepyCemetary: The Mausoleum
* DeathMountain: Dragon Mountain
* EverythingIsBetterWithMonkeys : The main character, also the monkey soldiers.
* HeartContainer: The Magic Big Peaches you collect are pretty much the monkey hero equivalent of Zelda's heart containers
* HeroicMime:Averted, despite being a Zelda clone. Monkey occasionally speaks through out the game.
* MacGuffin: The storybook pages arguably
* Mooks: The Nightmares
* ShoutOut: The password that sandy creates for you to enter the spaceship is [[TheDayTheEarthStoodStill Klaatu]]. The whole game could be considered on to the journey to the west...
* WarpWhistle : Monkey can use his cloud to warp to areas he previously visited.
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