![]() Monkey Shot is fine but also a bit dull and slow-paced, with a real emphasis on button-mashing. While the core premise of Monkey Boat seems like it could pioneer its own gaming franchise, the controls feel clunky and it relies on chance a bit too much. Some mini games aren’t as great, of course. Plus say it quietly in some corners of the internet but the Monkey Golf mini game is actually more fun to play than this years’ Mario Golf. The party games are what people often come for and there’s a wide variety in here, including classics like Monkey Racing which is essentially Mario Kart in balls and the aforementioned Bowling. Yet, this isn’t what Monkey Ball is best known for. Nice!Īlso new is a Photo Mode, which, frankly, if it’s not found in a modern day game is more of a shock than not these days, but it’s a nice way to get a total view of a maze while having your character pull some funny faces and potentially get some nice grabs of the beautifully designed scenery in the background. And if a stage is still giving you problems, you can mark it as cleared and move on. It’s a great win for accessibility and means you’ll probably be able to get through much more of the content. They may look cute but these games do not hold back!įortunately, there’s a really nice helper function which not only gives you a directional path to follow, it doubles your stage timer and you can even slow down time so you can bypass some speedy sections a lot easier. Just on the stages alone, you’ve got hours of gameplay in store, though the difficulty curve ramps up pretty sharpish from World 3.įrom simply rolling down ramps, to avoiding pot holes in the ground, getting enough trajectory to leap onto platforms and even taking neat little shortcuts, you roll around as a Monkey in a ball, collecting bananas, aiming for the exit and moving onto the next stage within the allotted time limit. Including the closest we’re ever going to get to a current gen Sonic Spinball when you reskin as the blue hedgehog, collecting rings while spinning around 3D mazes.Įssentially, players will either be revisiting stages from the original Monkey Ball games or experiencing them for the first time with enhanced visuals at 60 FPS. There is an absolute ton of content in here – as well as a few surprises that enhance the game in even more exciting ways. ![]() And while this isn’t exactly a brand new Monkey Ball game – essentially it’s a remaster of the first three games – Banana Mania is easily the best the franchise has been in years. The game started life as a wildcard Gamecube launch title but has since gone on to be one of the most beloved party games ever released. ![]() How has it been 20 years since the first Super Monkey Ball? I still remember my late night sessions of Monkey Bowling and Target like they were yesterday.
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