In the game, you played a monkey in the world of Ook, which is inhabited by other talking monkeys. The premise was that the Big Bad Ka has come back after being defeated by the Monkey King, eons ago. Like any other role playing game, you leveled up by doing quests and defeating monsters.
This game provided examples of:
- Allegedly Free Game: You can't unlock higher level areas without paying for them, or having a 24-hour guest pass from people who have paid for memberships. Some users have gotten their monkeys up to high levels by doing the daily quests repeatedly, however.
- Anti-Grinding: Shadow monsters give less and less experience as you become more powerful, until defeating one only gives one experience point.
- Arab Beoble Talk: Several of the Ootu Mystics non-playable characters appear to talk in a thick Middle Eastern accent, most notably Mama Babu.
- Big Bad: Ka, although he hasn't made a direct appearance.
- Boss Battle: Averted. There's only Arenas or beefed-up versions of regular enemies that you must defeat for quests. Either aren't very difficult at all.
- No longer averted. With the introduction of the Ice Raiders tribe, a new quest at the end of that tribe's questline will have you fight Foulbreath the Troll.
- Civilized Animal: The monkeys of Ook, and the talking Octopi/Crocodiles/Snakes/Spiders that inhabit the various lands.
- Elemental Powers: Each of the five tribes of Ook are able to harness a specific natural element.
- Far East: The Chim Foo Path, a land of fire-breathing dragons, sakura trees, rooftop ninja tricks, wise kung-fu masters, and pandas you can bounce on.
- Fetch Quest: A lot of them, in every trail.
- Frothy Mugs of Water: The "Courage Juice" drank by the Sea Dragons.
- Giant Spider: The Rachnoid Queen is a friendly example of this.
- Grappling-Hook Pistol: Actually, it's a chameleon.
- Harder Than Hard: There's one trail for each tribe that's harder than the rest (at least in terms of level capacity):
- Crossroads: Magma Citadel (especially since it's the final trail in the game)
- Sea Dragons: The Goon Cave
- Ootu Mystics: The Underground River
- Chim Foo: Stone Gardens
- Ice Raiders: Tempest Chasm (fittingly enough, there's also a boss fight at the end of the trail)
- Speaking of which, not only are the middle three the hardest trails in their tribes, but they also have an ocean of hard-level enemies (and also Arena battles that require a lot of teamwork), and are also hidden in other trails that are already hard on their own (except for Goon Cave, which is hidden in Overlook Cliff).
- Hollywood Voodoo: The Ootu mystics, with a pinch of Magical Native American thrown in with the incorporation of dreamcatchers.
- Money for Nothing: You can find bananas floating in the air on all trails. It's just a simple matter of catching it.
- Non-Human Sidekick: The pets you can buy from Mogri's pet shop.
- Oxygen Meter: Especially prevalent in the Sea Dragons areas.
- Practical Currency: Bananas.
- Rewarding Vandalism: By breaking barrels and jars, you can find crafting ingredients.
- Springs, Springs Everywhere: Drums, pandas, octopi, and frogs are all utilized as trampolines in Ook. The yet-as-unreleased viking area has animal-skin trampolines outside its entrance.
- Temple of Doom: Several of the Crossroads trails, especially the Lost Temple, are this.
- Temporary Platform: Any platforms you need to use your scrying orb on, although it's easy to recharge them by using the scrying orb repeatedly.
- Timed Mission: The Arenas.
- Wallet of Holding: You can have as much bananas as you can collect and they never go bad or weigh you down.
- We Buy Anything: You can sell crafting items, potions, and unwanted clothing wherever there's a vendor.
