A very regrettable purchase
The gamecube original titles were some of the most frustrating, challenging and satisfying arcade games produces in the series, with long spanning levels with pulleys, lifts, moving platforms, twists, turns and many numbers of mechanics designed solely to hurdle you into oblivion at hundreds of miles per hour.
This game has none of that. The level design, all 80 of them, are without challenge, without frustration, without satisfaction.
Using the analogue controls the game is a doddle to play, as you maneuver your way around the safety rails, slight slopes and rough patches or ground to reach an end goal for a relatively straight path, with no risky or rewarding options like razor thin paths.
Right to the very end of the game, you will be protected by safety rails, I kid you not.
The main game aside, the sub-games, being Monkey Fight and Monkey Race are very poorly implemented imitations of the renowned Mario Kart and Smash Bros series, with clunky controls and confusing elements.
The entire game can be cleared in a single sitting in little under two hours. I have to emphasise the total lack of challenge, frustration and satisfaction this game will offer. Do not buy this game.