Super Monkey Ball

released on Sep 14, 2001

An expanded game of Monkey Ball

Super Monkey Ball is a 2001 platform party video game developed by Amusement Vision and published by Sega. The game debuted in Japan at the 2001 Amusement Operators Union trade show as Monkey Ball, an arcade cabinet running on Sega's NAOMI hardware and controlled with a distinctive banana-shaped analog stick. Due to the failure of Sega's Dreamcast home console and the company's subsequent restructuring, an enhanced port dubbed Super Monkey Ball was released as a launch title for the GameCube in late 2001, garnering interest as Sega's first game published for a Nintendo home console. Conceived by Amusement Vision head Toshihiro Nagoshi, Super Monkey Ball involves guiding a transparent ball containing one of four monkeys—AiAi, MeeMee, Baby, and GonGon—across a series of maze-like platforms. The player must reach the goal without falling off or letting the timer reach zero to advance to the next stage. There are also several multiplayer modes: independent minigames as well as extensions of the main single-player game.


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I love playing with balls, and this is the starting point. What can I say?

Who the hell even is this guy

Pretty fun arcade game. Love the music and overall visual asthetic of the game, very chill. I came back and played a lot more of the game. Unlocked infinite continues and made it further in expert. Now I feel like a truly understand this game and consider it a masterpiece.

Não tenho boas recordações desse jogo. Olhando sob a perspectiva atual, reconheço que era um jogo razoável para a época, mas definitivamente não me conquistou. O jogo é excessivamente difícil e sua trilha sonora me irritava muito quando criança. Apesar disso, esteticamente é um jogo bem bonito e que pode agradar alguns.





Super Monkey Ball is a great adaptation of the arcade Monkey Ball game. Adding scenery to the old levels, and adding a new playable character makes this game worth playing more than the arcade original. Future games would continue to build on the classic formula, however this game is still great!