<s>
Skullmonkeys	B-Application
is	O
a	O
platform	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
The	B-Application
Neverhood	I-Application
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
The	B-Application
Neverhood	I-Application
,	O
and	O
rather	O
than	O
being	O
an	O
adventure	O
game	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
platformer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
again	O
take	O
control	O
of	O
Klaymen	O
,	O
who	O
this	O
time	O
must	O
defeat	O
a	O
horde	O
of	O
creatures	O
called	O
Skullmonkeys	B-Application
under	O
the	O
command	O
of	O
his	O
old	O
foe	O
Klogg	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
unique	O
visual	O
style	O
(	O
as	O
with	O
The	B-Application
Neverhood	I-Application
,	O
the	O
characters	O
were	O
all	O
sculpted	O
from	O
clay	O
)	O
and	O
music	O
,	O
but	O
bemoaned	O
the	O
monotony	O
and	O
lack	O
of	O
innovation	O
in	O
the	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
evil	O
Klogg	O
was	O
banished	O
from	O
The	B-Application
Neverhood	I-Application
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
,	O
but	O
has	O
now	O
ended	O
up	O
on	O
the	O
Planet	O
Idznak	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
inhabited	O
by	O
creatures	O
known	O
as	O
Skullmonkeys	B-Application
and	O
an	O
insect	O
race	O
known	O
as	O
YNT	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Klogg	O
becomes	O
the	O
leader	O
of	O
the	O
Skullmonkeys	B-Application
and	O
sets	O
off	O
to	O
make	O
"	O
Evil	O
engine	O
number	O
9	O
"	O
to	O
destroy	O
the	B-Application
Neverhood	I-Application
,	O
while	O
Klaymen	O
is	O
brought	O
onto	O
the	O
scene	O
to	O
stop	O
him	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
single-player	O
platform	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
Klaymen	O
,	O
a	O
resident	O
of	O
the	B-Application
Neverhood	I-Application
who	O
is	O
kidnapped	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
prevent	O
the	O
destruction	O
of	O
the	B-Application
Neverhood	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
levels	O
are	O
in	O
a	O
sidescrolling	O
format	O
,	O
unlike	O
the	O
point	O
and	O
click	O
format	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Neverhood	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
May	O
1997.Skullmonkeys	O
was	O
a	O
strictly	O
two-dimensional	O
game	O
developed	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
when	O
this	O
format	O
was	O
seen	O
as	O
increasingly	O
outmoded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
TenNapel	O
,	O
star	O
creators	O
who	O
worked	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
included	O
Mike	O
Dietz	O
(	O
inventor	O
of	O
the	O
animation	O
process	O
used	O
in	O
Disney	B-Application
's	I-Application
Aladdin	I-Application
and	O
Earthworm	B-Application
Jim	I-Application
)	O
and	O
Mark	O
Lorenzen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Skullmonkeys	B-Application
met	O
with	O
generally	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpot	O
said	O
that	O
"	O
what	O
is	O
most	O
frustrating	O
about	O
Skullmonkeys	B-Application
is	O
that	O
it	O
just	O
wears	O
you	O
down	O
after	O
a	O
while.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation	O
commented	O
,	O
"	O
As	O
a	O
concept	O
,	O
Skullmonkeys	B-Application
works	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
held	O
an	O
80%	O
on	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
GameRankings	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
six	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
