It's one thing to have your game panned in a review. It's quite another for the reviewer to use your own promotional crap to do it. Wired's Chris Kohler hated Ape Escape Academy so much he wrote a bad review about it and then blogged his contempt.

Instead of just panning it again in the blog, he decided to review it side by side with the kids' game "Barrel of Monkeys" it came with to determine if the game is indeed more fun than a barrel of monkeys.

The end result: No.

From the article:

Appropriate for:
Monkeys In Barrel: Ages 3 and Up.
Ape Escape Academy: Nobody

Monkeys Made of:
Monkeys In Barrel: Plastic
Ape Escape Academy: Heartbreak

Choking Hazard:
Monkeys In Barrel: Severe
Ape Escape Academy: You may choke on your own vomit while playing.

Wow, now that's no good.

Ape Escape Academy: More Fun than a Barrel of Monkeys? [GameLife]

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