Super Monkey Ball 3D
Taking advantage of the power of the Nintendo 3DS, players can let themselves loose in each new vibrant world as they twist and turn whilst aiming to collect every banana in the fastest time possible. This…
Super Monkey Ball 3D is a platform developed by Amusement Vision, released 3 March 2011 on Nintendo 3DS.
What Super Monkey Ball 3D is
Super Monkey Ball 3D is a platform game developed by Amusement Vision and released in 2011. It was published by Sega Corporation. It is available on Nintendo 3DS only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Taking advantage of the power of the Nintendo 3DS, players can let themselves loose in each new vibrant world as they twist and turn whilst aiming to collect every banana in the fastest time possible. This latest installment contains three brand-new compelling gameplay choices including single-player puzzle levels, Monkey Race and Monkey Fight. These new game modes give players the chance to compete via wireless connection with up to four players in the best 3D social experience possible in the palm of their hands. In addition, Super Monkey Ball fans will be able to choose between the Nintendo 3DS motion sensor or the Slide Pad to navigate the puzzle mazes with complete precision.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and party. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Super Monkey Ball series
Super Monkey Ball 3D is the 27th of 45 entries we hold in the Super Monkey Ball series. The next entry was Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Arcade in 2011. Its critic score of 56 is 15 points below the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is Super Monkey Ball Jr. at 90.
How it was received
Super Monkey Ball 3D holds a critic score of 56 out of 100. That places it above 12% of the 2,372 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 12 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Super Monkey Ball 3D launched on 3 March 2011, within three weeks of Crysis 2, Dragon Age 2, Bulletstorm and Total War: Shogun 2. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Crysis 2, Dragon Age 2, Bulletstorm, Total War: Shogun 2.
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