The game's plot involves the penguins throwing King Julien a party, finding Mort, and removing snow from their zoo.

Players must switch between each of the four penguins, or all of them stacked together, in order to traverse the overhead-angled environments and solve puzzles.

The game also features unlockable minigames, allows players to adorn the penguins' hideout with decorations, and a Nintendo DSi exclusive-mode that lets King Julien critique photographs taken with the system's camera.

It was a pleasantly unexpected choice on the part of the developers, and such a better one than if they'd simply given us a game about penguins waddling along and smacking enemies.

"[2] Kidsworld gave it 4/5 stars, writing " This is a great game that can be played for short intervals of time and then picked up at a later date".