iTunes App Review: Jade Monkey

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Jade Monkey

Updated: December 1, 2013

Venture into the mysterious rainforest in the hunt for colorful gems, and shiny gold coins. Alas you have uncovered the hidden temple of the Jade Monkey! Swap jewels vertically or horizontally to form groups of three or more same-colored gems. Form multiple matches in a row quickly to appease the gods and unlock power-ups. Stone glyphs suggest that the temple contains six magical powers, and match-making adventures – but beware the deadly magic guarding the Temple Treasure. Dare to brave our popular new match-three game.

Features:

• Real time head to head multiplayer via Game Center
• Classic match-three style puzzle solving
• HD Retina Display Graphics
• Cool sound and special effects
• Unlock Magical Jewels and Wards
• iPad 2, iPhone 4 and above
• Game Center Achievements
• Game Center Leaderboards

Jade Monkey is a fun puzzle-like game where you have to swap out jewels to make groups of jewels.  The more jewels you can line up together, the more points you’ll receive.  You want to get multiple matches in a row to get extra bonuses and move the game along.  Once you open the game you can choose between:  Single, Multiplayer, Zen or Arcade.  The goals are about the same in all the different versions, except with Arcade you are timed and with Zen your not.  I personally like to be timed as it is more exciting for me.  To make the game trickier there are even blocks that pop up and if you are not careful they will take over the game board.

Overall, Jade Monkey is a fun game that I initially downloaded to keep my kids busy but I find myself playing it.  It is such a simple game, but fun with different styles to mix it up!  I haven’t tried it as multi-player yet but can’t wait to try it out!

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