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{{Infobox video game
| title = Juka and the Monophonic Menace
| image = [[Image:Juka and the Monophonic Menace game cover.jpg|252px|PAL boxart of Juka and the Monophonic Menace.]]
| developer = [[Company:Orbital Media|Orbital Media, Inc.]]
| publisher = {{vgrelease|PAL|Zoo Digital Publishing|NA|SouthPeak Interactive}}
| designer = 
| composer = Jake Kaufman
| engine = 
| released = {{vgrelease|PAL|November 4, 2005<ref>{{Cite news |date=2005-11-04 |title=What's New? (4th November 2005) |language=en-gb |work=Eurogamer.net |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/a-whatsnew-041105 |access-date=2023-06-04 |archive-date=2023-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402143653/https://www.eurogamer.net/a-whatsnew-041105 |url-status=live }}</ref>|NA|October 24, 2006<ref>{{Cite web |last=jkdmedia |date=2012-05-04 |title=Scurge: Hive and Juka & the Monophonic Menace In Stores Now |url=https://www.gamezone.com/news/scurge_hive_and_juka_amp_the_monophonic_menace_in_stores_now/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=GameZone |language=en-US}}</ref>}}
| genre = [[Software:Action-adventure game|Action-adventure]]
| modes = Single-player
| platforms = Game Boy Advance
}}

'''''Juka and the Monophonic Menace''''' is an [[Software:Action-adventure game|action-adventure]] [[Engineering:Video game|video game]] published and developed by [[Company:Orbital Media|Orbital Media, Inc.]] in [[PAL region]]s, and published by SouthPeak Interactive in [[Earth:North America|NA]]. It was slated for release on the Nintendo DS, but it was ultimately canceled.
==Trivia==
*A bug in this game is present in the PAL version of the game, where defeating Frostinator is impossible due to him not spawning one of the needed enemies to kill him. It was fixed in the NA release that was released the next year.

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==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| MC = 66/100<ref name=MC>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/juka-and-the-monophonic-menace/critic-reviews/?platform=game-boy-advance |title=Juka and the Monophonic Menace for Game Boy Advance Reviews |publisher=Metacritic |accessdate=September 24, 2017 |archive-date=October 30, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030223530/http://www.metacritic.com/game/game-boy-advance/juka-and-the-monophonic-menace |url-status=live }}</ref>
| Allgame = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=47554&tab=review |title=Juka and the Monophonic Menace - Review |author=William Gray |publisher=[[Software:AllGame|AllGame]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141116140823/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=47554&tab=review |archivedate=November 16, 2014 |url-status=dead |accessdate=September 24, 2017}}</ref>
| GSpot = 6.3/10<ref name=GSpot>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/juka-and-the-monophonic-menace/1900-6165949/ |title=Juka and the Monophonic Menace Review |author=Frank Provo |date=February 14, 2007 |publisher=GameSpot |accessdate=September 24, 2017 |archive-date=September 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925040429/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/juka-and-the-monophonic-menace/1900-6165949/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| GameZone = 7.7/10<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamezone.com/reviews/juka_and_the_monophonic_menace_gba_review |title=Juka and the Monophonic Menace - GBA - Review |author=Aceinet |date=November 7, 2006 |publisher=GameZone |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070110034359/http://gameboy.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r27151.htm |archivedate=January 10, 2007 |url-status=live |accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref>
| IGN = 8/10<ref name=IGN>{{cite web |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/10/31/juka-and-the-monophonic-menace-review |title=Juka and the Monophonic Menace Review |author=Jack DeVries |date=October 30, 2006 |publisher=IGN |accessdate=September 24, 2017 |archive-date=September 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925044548/http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/10/31/juka-and-the-monophonic-menace-review |url-status=live }}</ref>
| NP = 5/10<ref name=NP>{{cite magazine |title=Juka and the Monophonic Menace |magazine=Nintendo Power |volume=196 |date=October 2005 |page=101}}</ref>
| NWR = 6.5/10<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/12440/juka-and-the-monophonic-menace-game-boy-advance |title=Juka and the Monophonic Menace |author=Steven Rodriguez |date=November 20, 2006 |publisher=Nintendo World Report |accessdate=September 25, 2017 |archive-date=September 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925132002/http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/12440/juka-and-the-monophonic-menace-game-boy-advance |url-status=live }}</ref>
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The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.<ref name=MC/> IGN said: "Orbital Media has given everyone a really solid adventure game that uses some rather interesting techniques for battle."<ref name=IGN/> GameSpot said: "There are dozens of role-playing games available for the Game Boy Advance [...] Juka and the Monophonic Menace is one of the simpler games." They further commented that "As such, it's a good way to introduce younger or inexperienced players to the genre."<ref name=GSpot/> ''Nintendo Power'' gave the game a score of five out of ten, over a year before its U.S. release.<ref name=NP/>

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==References==
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==External links==
* {{moby game|id=/gameboy-advance/juka-and-the-monophonic-menace}}

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