Super 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…
Super Monkey Ball is an arcade developed by Amusement Vision, released 14 September 2001 on Nintendo GameCube.
What Super Monkey Ball is
Super Monkey Ball is an arcade game developed by Amusement Vision and released in 2001. It was published by Sega. It is available on Nintendo GameCube only. It runs on Sega NAOMI.
The premise, in the publisher's words
This game has a story that is only told in the Japanese version. Here is an excerpt, translated from Japanese: AiAi, MeeMee, and Baby are a good family and live peacefully in Jungle Island. One day, out of the distant islands, GonGon, leader of the Gorillas, brought in a raid to the island. They intend to hog all the bananas for themselves! AiAi escaped from the spot, and got tired and fell asleep. In his dreams, AiAi was told in his dreams there is a paradise called "Banana Island" in the sky from the "Grand Monkey". But in order to go there, you have to go through a couple of traps and gimmicks. But the Grand Monkey taught AiAi a magical spell: "Ei Ei Poo!" That protects him from any…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and party. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Super Monkey Ball series
Super Monkey Ball is the second of 45 entries we hold in the Super Monkey Ball series. The next entry was Super Monkey Ball 2 in 2002. Its critic score of 45 is 26 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 holds a critic score of 45 out of 100. That places it above 7% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2001 averaged 72, so it scored 27 points below the year average. Players rate it 57, 12 points higher than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
What it launched against
Super Monkey Ball launched on 14 September 2001, within three weeks of Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 2 (2001), Ico and Advance Wars. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 2 (2001), Ico, Advance Wars.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Quick answers
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