This game is so easy to understand, yet so difficult to master. Very few games strike that balance so well, but Super Monkey Ball nails it. You roll your ball around the stage and try to get to the goal. Along the way, you'll be tempted with bananas to collect, but sometimes it's safest to just ignore them.

It's a game of digital balance, and it's always fair. But it also has one of the greatest mini-games of all time in it:

MONKEY TARGET.

Let's be real, Super Monkey Ball 2's "Monkey Target" mode is the best thing to ever come out of the franchise. You roll down a ramp with up to three friends, open your capsules like gliders, and try to drop into the highest-scoring zone possible. It's one of the greatest 4-player party games of all time, and is the reason anyone with a GameCube should buy this game.

Reviewed on May 29, 2022


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