I think some of the levels in this can be best described as absolute fucking bullshit. But that's just a few. And I'm not overly impressed with the boss fights, either. If anyone ever finished this on the Wii, I salute you. I don't think I ever beat the 2nd boss.

But now we've got a HD version which doesn't use motion controls, making Banana Blitz so much better. The first few worlds are probably a bit too easy, boss stages aside, but I suppose that's to get to grips with the dog shit wiimote controls back in the day. Once you hit World 5, it's the taxing, occasionally infuriating monkey ball I know and love. There was probably one stand out stage from each world from that point, that had me turning the air blue, and spending a long time trying to beat it.

Sometimes this game feels more like luck than skill, and I almost gave up on world 7. But perseverance paid off and I eventually beat the main game. Overall I've really enjoyed it, and I'm this 🤏 close to picking up Banana Mania for more monkey ball madness. It's a lot of fun. I'm wondering if playing Super Mario Sunshine at the same time has helped with my patience.

Time to play the bonus world and then suck at the mini games. This was a fiver on the eshop BTW, and was absolutely worth it.