Monkey Quest is Nickelodeon's new free-to-play, massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) set in the amazing World of Ook. In it you create your very own Monkey and set off on exciting adventures to explore mysterious lands, battle ferocious monsters, and discover the secrets of the lost Monkey King. Displays quests and their objectives in a nice drag able frame in a customizable way. Jun 08, 2017 Old Monkey quest launcher still opens in 2017 #BRINGBACKMONKEYQUEST. Unsubscribe from Khalidtawfik? Cancel Unsubscribe. Subscribe Subscribed Unsubscribe 611.
Cyma Zarghami, President
Nickelodeon Kids and Family Group
Nickelodeon TV
1515 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
Nickelodeon Kids and Family Group
Nickelodeon TV
1515 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
August 18, 2014
Ms. Zarghami,
Monkey Quest is an online game run by Nickelodeon where kids design a monkey hero and go on quests in a virtual world called Ook. Kids can play with other kids all over the world, and go on quests together. My son loves this game and Nickelodeon has done a great job making it fun and safe. However, Nickelodeon recently announced that the game will be permanently closed on September 26, 2014. If this happens, a lot of kids, including my son, will be heartbroken.
Nickelodeon, Monkey Quest is a great online game, and it doesn't require wifi to play. So much hard work went into creating this game, with its high quality graphics. Perhaps you could sell it to an online educational site such as JumpStart or ABCmouse and it would still remain available. Please make a lot of kids happy, and keep the game online.
P.S. October 1, 2014: Since I started this petition, Nickelodeon did in fact close the online game Monkey Quest. Please understand, it is more than 'just a game'. It was beautifully made, and kids got a chance to create their own monkey character, which was an extension of themselves, as they went on adventures. Naturally, they became very attached to their monkey character. To them, the loss of the gameworld and their monkey character is like a death. I have seen kids actually write poems of mourning the loss. The kids feel abandoned by Nickelodeon, who did not care enough about them to keep the game online. But you can fix this! Nickelodeon can bring back the online game, or sell it to another company like Jumpstart or ABCmouse.com, and the game can return for kids to play again.
Please look at the list of signatures, signed online at Care2's 'The Petition Site'. Kids from all over the world love the game. They interacted with other kids all over the world. I had hoped to get many more signatures, but found this difficult because most kids do not have Facebook accounts, and due to safety and privacy concerns, it was very hard to publicize the petition to children worldwide who love the game.
Please, we ask you, bring back the online game Monkey Quest. Allow kids to access the game again, with no wifi or mobile device required. If you can find a way to do this, kids all over the world will be grateful.
On behalf of myself, my son, and all those who signed the petition, as well as those who did not have a way to sign,
Sheryl Senkiw
4750 Aldrich Ave N
Minneapolis, MN 55430-3529
Monkey Quest | |
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Developer(s) | Behaviour Interactive, Nickelodeon Virtual Worlds Group |
Publisher(s) | Nickelodeon |
Engine | Unity |
Release | March 17, 2011 |
Genre(s) | MMO, Fantasy |
Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
Monkey Quest was a Massively multiplayer online game geared toward children's multi-player gameplay.[1] It was developed by Nickelodeon Virtual Worlds Group and launched March 17, 2011.[2] It was showcased at GDC in 2011.[1] Monkey Quest was shut down on September 26, 2014 so that Nickelodeon could focus on other digital and mobile experiences. The Monkey Quest: Thunderbow app was also removed from the App Store on July 31, 2014.[3]
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Story[edit]
The player's monkey entered the land of Ook. The player was then able to travel around and meet new inhabitants of the virtual world. The player needed to complete multiple quests along the way. They could meet friends, buy new objects, visit the Mayor Bumbee, battle monsters and much more. As the user played, their monkey unlocked more lands, discovered more about the legendary Monkey King, and could even become the leader of a tribe.[4]
Tribes[edit]
There were five monkey tribes available:
- The Chim Foo
- The Sea Dragons
- The Ootu Mystics
- The Ice Raiders
And the fifth and final tribe, the Mek-Tek (Mechanical Technology). This tribe was never playable as the game was shut down before it was released.
Quests[edit]
There were a large number of Quests available throughout the game. There were 4 different kinds of Main Quests could only be done once by every player. As the player leveled up their character, main quests would get more difficult to complete.
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Daily Quests[edit]
Daily Quests could be done once a day by any player, regardless of their current level.
Side Quests[edit]
Side Quests - Quests that could be done in addition to the other quest types.
Multiplayer Quests[edit]
Quests that required 2 or more players. Most of these only required 2, but some required 3 players. A Pet could also help in these quests.
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Stages[edit]
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There were 5 kinds of Quests in Monkey Quest. Each type depended on which section of Ook the player is in.
- Mek-Tek (Mechanical Technology), was never available to begin with, due to the fact that the game was shut down before it was ever released.
- Sea Dragons
- Ootu Mystics
- Chim Foo
- Ice Raiders
Due to an update, all players (non-members and members) could access trails. This followed the deletion of NC Trail Keys and Guest Passes.
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Gameplay[edit]
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Controls[edit]
To explore the worlds of Ook, players used the arrow keys on their keyboard. Jumping was controlled by pressing the space bar and pressing the arrow keys whilst jumping allowed the player to jump in that direction. Pressing the space bar then the down arrow whilst in midair made the character do a dive bomb towards the ground. The player could also press either the CTRL key or the X key on their keyboard whilst facing an in-game NPC to either access new quests or obtain various information about Ook and its residents. The game had five equippable hot keys (C, V, B, N, and M) to control weapons, potions, pets and any other items players wished to access quickly.
Currency[edit]
There were two types of currency in Monkey Quest. The main type of currency was bananas, which were commonly earned from quests and could be used at a vendor to buy items, whilst the other currency, NC (Nick Cash) could be bought with real money or could be earned by leveling up and could be used to buy items from the NC mall which was located at the bottom right corner of the screen in Monkey Quest.
Membership[edit]
There were membership plans that allow players to pay real life money for special features in the game such as access to all trails, the ability to join each tribe, along with accessing certain areas only available to paid members.[5]
Possibility of a film adaptation[edit]
In August 2012, Variety reported that Paramount Animation (which like Nickelodeon is owned by Viacom) was in the process of starting development of several animated movies with budgets of around US$100 million. According to Variety, the intellectual property for these films, which is to be supplied by Nickelodeon among others, included Monkey Quest.[6]
Closure[edit]
On August 14, 2014, Nickelodeon announced that after 4 years of operation, Monkey Quest was being shut down permanently on September 26, 2014. Subsequently, every player was given membership for the remaining time of the game. Players were offered refunds for their memberships if they contacted Nickelodeon within a given time before the game shut down. The website was also updated with a closing message on the index page. The Monkey Quest website did not close until January 30, 2016. The game remained open for a month after the announcement, finally closing on the set date, September 26, 2014. After the game's closure, Monkey Quest's website was updated with a new FAQ to help with billing support and inform users about the game's closure. Monkey Quest's site, monkeyquest.com, now redirects to Nickelodeon's Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/nickelodeon.
References[edit]
- ^ abNickelodeon Enters MMO Games Space with ‘Monkey Quest’. Website. Retrieved on 2009-03-17
- ^'Monkey Quest News'. Nickelodeon. Archived from the original on March 26, 2011. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
- ^'Monkey Quest'. Nickelodeon. Archived from the original on September 28, 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
- ^MMOgameingsite Review of Monkey Quest. Website. Retrieved on 2009-03-19
- ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on 2013-06-30. Retrieved 2013-05-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^Graser, Marc; Kroll, Justin (17 August 2012). 'Paramount ramping up animation slate'. Variety. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
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