Madagascar a ɛwɔ DS so no titiriw ne sini no a wɔadan no platformer ketewaa bi a ɛyɛ basabasa. Wobɔ Alex the Gyata, Marty Ɔsebɔ, ne hyɛn no mu adwumayɛfo a aka no ntam—wɔn mu biara di dwuma wɔ ɔkwan soronko so, na ɛmma nneɛma nkɔ so nyɛ basaa. Alex roar stus atamfo, Gloria hippo kɛkɛ bulldozes through stuff, na Marty... yie, ɔyɛ fast nanso kinda fragile, so good luck with that.

Levels no yɛ saa bite-sized chunks of jungle, city, and circus mayhem, a ebinom light puzzle-solving (mostly "hit this switch" anaa "stack these crates") ne weird minigames kakraa bi a wɔtow gu. Controls no yɛ mmerɛw, nanso camera afã horow no betumi ayɛ Janky—Classic Early Dser Stuff. Sɛ w’ani gyee sini no aseresɛm ho a, mum a ɛyɛ mum a ɛyɛ biako-liners ne penguin antics pii wɔ hɔ a ɛbɛma woakɔ so aserew.

Ɛnyɛ deep, nanso ɛyɛ solid pick sɛ wopɛ biribi a ɛyɛ kɔla na ɛnyɛ den mma short bursts. Kɛkɛ a, nhwɛ kwan sɛ wɔbɛyɛ adwinni a ɛyɛ nwonwa.