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Monarch: The Butterfly King

Journey across majestic Celtic ruins as you create potions and harness magic in this match-game of enchantment. Help Monarch, the Butterfly King, rescue his friends from the clutches of a mysterious wizard bent on freezing his kingdom in magical amber. Explore mystical glades on 150 levels, and download more levels online, playing in either Relaxed or Action play modes. Astonishing visuals and fantastical fun await those ready to answer the call...of adventure!

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$6.99

by - Reflexive Entertainment

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scholarsarena's Review - March 25, 2007 - View all my reviews (105)

Full Version (PC)

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Royal Gaming

I wonder whether Monarch is a sequel to the BKR series or maybe a new series in itself. In either case, it is a beauty of a game.

After a longawaited wait, the game is finally out. I didn't even bother to play the demo; I just purchased it. And I wasn't a bit disappointed.

Reflexive has made only a slight change here. The bombs have been replaced by potions; tikis by Butterfly King height, the skeleton fish have been replaced (oh yes u do have the bad guys here too) by the Frogs of someplace-I-don't-remember and of course, the fish have been replaced by Butterflies and great looking ones at that.

The only thing that I would have loved was Reflexive to change the sfx of the game coz all of them feel a bit borrowed from the BKR series. The gameplay has been eased up a bit, dunno why, maybe to attract even more people. The concept of breaking tiles and match-3 is the same, but the best thing I liked was the introduction of a story-line. That was quite an innovation, and Reflexive deserves a pat-on-the-back for that.

One more thing, if Reflexive could grant it; a screensaver of the butterflies on an animated background of all the flowers present in the game coz I absolutely loved the BKR ones. Hope my wish gets granted...

And to all the people out there, if u haven't played match-3, or if u r tired playing match-3, I say, come here n try Monarch and then don't blame me for ur adddiction. LOL.

Added: Ooooh, I forgot to mention this but every tenth level is full of potions, to make the game end in a faster and esier way. I love this game, absolutely.

This review has an average score of 3.8 - Based on 45 ratings
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Ratacuije's Review - March 27, 2007 - View all my reviews (27)

Demo Version (PC)

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Excellent

As usual, Reflexive knows its business, this game is just excellent and, yes, very similar to BKR, but that's a compliment. I just played the demo and I'm going to buy it, of course.

This review has an average score of 3.7 - Based on 37 ratings
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alana's Review - March 21, 2007 - View all my reviews (29)

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BKR RELOADED

THIS GAME IS VERY SIMILAR TO BIG KAHUNA REEF, BUT INSTEAD OF FREE FISH, YOU FREE BUTTERFLYS. AS YOU CAN EXPECT OF REFLEXIVE, IS A VERY NICE GAME WITH REALLY AMAZING GRAPHICS AND H.Q. GAMEPLAY... CONGRATULATIONS

HAVE A REFLEXIVE DAY AND A HAPPY SPRING ;)

This review has an average score of 3.6 - Based on 35 ratings
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Tips & Tricks for 'Monarch: The Butterfly King':

Potion Tips

Moving a piece into a match of 5 makes a much more powerful potion than if a match of 5 falls into place. Potions you make yourself are better than ones the game makes for you.

If you are having a hard time clearing the last few metal plates on a level, you may want to think about just trying to create potions near the last few plates to get rid of them. In fact, another way to play the game is to focus on making potions instead of making matches of 3 over metal plates.

Swapping potions with other pieces next to them to explode them creates a larger blast radius than simply double-clicking on the potion. The larger blast radius is also slightly elliptical, so swap the potion in the direction you want the explosion to go for better results.

Potions can be used as a quick way to "charge up" your Flower Popper. Your Flower Popper is charged by pieces being cleared from the board, and potions do this faster than anything else!

Based on 1 rating, average score is 5.0.

Flower Popper Tip

Using the Flower Popper to remove a piece so that you can then make a potion is usually more productive that using it to make a simple match of 3 to get rid of a metal plate. Potions are much more potent!

Based on 1 rating, average score is 5.0.

Frog Tips

Frogs that FALL into a match are good for you. Frogs that you MOVE into a match are bad for you.

To get rid of frogs so that you avoid the negative effect of adding metal plates, use your Flower Popper to remove a piece and make the frogs fall into a match. That way, you get extra points, they don't make metal plates on the level AND you get them out of your way.

Sometimes it's better to make a match with the frogs than to try and work around them, especially if they already have metal plates behind them. It will help you free up a section that might have previously had no matches.

Based on 2 ratings, average score is 5.0.

General Game Tips

For a higher score, try to keep your Orb up. Get rid of a metal plate at least once every ten seconds, and your Orb will get higher, increasing the points that you get for each metal plate. There is also an explosive bonus if you can get your Orb to 100%.

Getting confused about what level sets there are left to play? On the More Gardens screen, use the "show" filter at the bottom to only show the levels that you haven't played yet.

Feeling tired? Don't worry, you can save your progress part way through the level and pick it up exactly where you left off.

Played all the levels in the game? There are lots more levels to download online for free at http://www.monarchthebutterflyking.com/levels.php!

Based on 2 ratings, average score is 5.0.

Swapping Tips

Dragging the mouse cursor over the pieces that you want to swap is faster and can be more precise than double-clicking on them.

Having trouble matching pieces that are hard to get to? Make matches nearby to potentially loosen up the area and charge your Flower Popper. Also, you may be able to make a potion, which should really help you out.

You don't have to wait for a match to clear before you can swap other pieces. You can keep making matches while the pieces are falling, increasing your chances to make potions and finish the level that much faster!

Based on 2 ratings, average score is 4.5.

Butterfly Tips

Unlocking butterflies in the Butterfly Kingdom mode unlocks them in the More Gardens section. If you are playing a set of levels in the More Gardens section, and you free a butterfly that has a lock icon on it, you will need to play more of the Butterfly Kingdom or Secret Gardens first to unlock the butterfly.

The My Butterfly screen, accessed on the Main Menu and in-between levels, displays butterflies that have been unlocked throughout the game.

Based on 2 ratings, average score is 4.5.

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Be as fast as you can. but have a look for a few matches before you start so you can move over to them if you have to. You get bombs for each 100% that you make use them as soon as you can. They will be placed where they can do the most good. With the bigger bombs try to get them as close to the large areas that you havent blown up yet.
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Updates for 'Monarch: The Butterfly King':

Additional Content :

Monarch: The Butterfly King Forum

Level Addons:
User Created Levels Lots of levels that you can download for free!

System Requirements:

OS: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Me, Windows Vista Memory: 256 MB CPU: P733 DirextX: 7.0 or later

Microsoft DirectX is available here free.

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