An absolute travesty of a game for hardcore OG Super Monkey Ball fans.
Shit wrong with the main mode:
1. The physics and camera are completely off. Especially the camera is REALLY bad. Who thought it would be a good idea to be able to control the camera? AND HAVE THE CAMERA SNAP? WTF?
2. No multiplayer.
3. Sound effects are terrible. Think of the rolling sound effects, monkey sound, etc.
4. Visual effects. No particles for when you move fast, so you have almost no visual clue about how fast you're going. The goalposts aren't unique to the worlds anymore. The aesthetics of Master 2 and Advanced ex 5 are completely nerfed. The master world feels fucking empty because of the stupid decision to not put the banana temple where the goalpost is. No monkey face on the mini-map, instead just a lame arrow. ETC
5. The remixes are really low effort. The originals were made in the early 2000's and they had better sound design, arrangements and mixes.
6. You can't kill yourself easily in expert 20, cause of the bad physics. And more of these kinds of examples.
7. You can't change the size of the mini-map anymore.
Shit wrong with the party games:
1. Extra characters like Sonic are not playable.
2. All party games feel insanely unpolished. Try playing this Monkey Target and then immediately playing the originals like we did. It's such a jarring contrast in quality.
For example: After winning a fight in the original monkey fight: A cool tune starts, the character does a victory pose, you are able to still punch (even punch the camera away lol) and then flies up with a cool sound effect and it fades to white. The Banana Mania one sucks ass compared to it. Just compare it.
When getting a score with bowling the music just continues during the announcement? Like wtf?
3. The party games play way more clunkier than the Gamecube counterpart. Actually insane.
General polish:
1. You can't skip to the particular stage you want in practise mode quickly. You have to scroll through all stages. Which is just tedious. Just make a next page button lol
2. No monkey voices when selecting a character. Just a lame announcement. Probably cause they don't have voices for the extra characters...
3. THE GAME LAGS A LOT. PLAYING SUPER MONKEY BALL WITH OCCASIONAL LAG IS JUST UNPLAYABLE.
Overall, as an avid Monkey Ball fan and speedrunner I am utterly disappointed with this game. The only redeeming quality I can mention are how the floors look themselves. And the menu theme is pretty good too. The developers don't understand. We wanted a new SMB game which had the physics and gameplay of the original 2. We didn't get this. R.I.P.!
Shit wrong with the main mode:
1. The physics and camera are completely off. Especially the camera is REALLY bad. Who thought it would be a good idea to be able to control the camera? AND HAVE THE CAMERA SNAP? WTF?
2. No multiplayer.
3. Sound effects are terrible. Think of the rolling sound effects, monkey sound, etc.
4. Visual effects. No particles for when you move fast, so you have almost no visual clue about how fast you're going. The goalposts aren't unique to the worlds anymore. The aesthetics of Master 2 and Advanced ex 5 are completely nerfed. The master world feels fucking empty because of the stupid decision to not put the banana temple where the goalpost is. No monkey face on the mini-map, instead just a lame arrow. ETC
5. The remixes are really low effort. The originals were made in the early 2000's and they had better sound design, arrangements and mixes.
6. You can't kill yourself easily in expert 20, cause of the bad physics. And more of these kinds of examples.
7. You can't change the size of the mini-map anymore.
Shit wrong with the party games:
1. Extra characters like Sonic are not playable.
2. All party games feel insanely unpolished. Try playing this Monkey Target and then immediately playing the originals like we did. It's such a jarring contrast in quality.
For example: After winning a fight in the original monkey fight: A cool tune starts, the character does a victory pose, you are able to still punch (even punch the camera away lol) and then flies up with a cool sound effect and it fades to white. The Banana Mania one sucks ass compared to it. Just compare it.
When getting a score with bowling the music just continues during the announcement? Like wtf?
3. The party games play way more clunkier than the Gamecube counterpart. Actually insane.
General polish:
1. You can't skip to the particular stage you want in practise mode quickly. You have to scroll through all stages. Which is just tedious. Just make a next page button lol
2. No monkey voices when selecting a character. Just a lame announcement. Probably cause they don't have voices for the extra characters...
3. THE GAME LAGS A LOT. PLAYING SUPER MONKEY BALL WITH OCCASIONAL LAG IS JUST UNPLAYABLE.
Overall, as an avid Monkey Ball fan and speedrunner I am utterly disappointed with this game. The only redeeming quality I can mention are how the floors look themselves. And the menu theme is pretty good too. The developers don't understand. We wanted a new SMB game which had the physics and gameplay of the original 2. We didn't get this. R.I.P.!
CigaretteFailure
2 years ago