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- Platform: GameCube
- PEGI Rating: Ages 3 and Over
- Media: Video Game
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Super Monkey Ball does exactly what it says on the box: it features a monkey, in a ball, and it is absolutely super. This rather odd game is similar to the classic Marble Madness, except that instead of controlling a marble through a maze-like course you control the course and must tilt and rotate it to get the cheeky little simian to the exit.
Ironically, the Gamecube's best launch game is also its least impressive graphically. It's not ugly, by any means, but the graphics are mostly purely functional and subservient to the gameplay. It may sound simple and repetitive but Super Monkey Ball is pretty much the dictionary definition of addictive, perfectly balancing the intense frustration at failing to complete a course with the absolute desire to have "just one more go". To make matters worse the later courses are so fiendishly difficult it' s as if Beelzebub himself has risen up from hell and designed a puzzle game.
The single player mode is maddeningly addictive, but it's the four-player larks, either on the standard puzzle courses or through a bunch of wacky mini-games including monkey bowling and monkey fight, that mark Super Monkey Ball as a true gaming classic. Its lack of showy graphics may unfairly limit it to cult status--just make sure you're part of the cult.--David Jenkins
Review
If you can only afford one game, this is the one to get hold of. 9.2/10 -- Cube
Instantly addictive, exciting and fun. -- NGC
The essential GameCube title. -- Edge
This is truly special. -- Gamesmaster
Instantly addictive, exciting and fun. -- NGC
The essential GameCube title. -- Edge
This is truly special. -- Gamesmaster
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
This game stole my life for quite some time. The concept of the main game is very simple, and I got some very strange looks from my friends when I tried to explain why I was hooked - moving a monkey in a ball round a maze doesn't seem the most amazing game concept ever. But it works. Even though the levels themselves aren't that big, you'll find yourself playing them over and over in order to get the highest scores, and you get a real sense of satisfaction when you manage to crack some of the more difficult courses.
As to the mini/party games, I especially enjoyed the monkey golf and monkey target (a mini version of pilot wings), and they are lots of fun when you have your mates round.
The main beauty of this game is how simple it is to control and to pick up, as opposed to some games. My girlfriend (who hates playing console games) picked this up very quickly, and was hooked as well.
The only reason for not buying this game is that you have other things to do in your life. But if you do buy it, you probably won't care about them anyway.
51 of 55 people found the following review helpful
Like many sega games before it (such as Chu-Chu Rocket),Super monkey ball is insanely addicitve as well as frustratingly difficult at times. The main concept of Super Monkey Ball is to guide your monkey, which is encased inside of a ball, towards the "goal" on the level. Unlike any other platfrom game before it, the player moves the whole platform, to move your little monkey around the level. The controls are instantly intuititve, and are ideally suited to the gamecube controller. The game has a good learning curve, with the early levels being relatively easy for the casual gamer, becoming increasingly hard up to the 'Expert' level, which can cause premature hair loss!
The game aslo has many mini games such as monkeypool, monkeygolf and monkeybowling, which could be games themselves. However where this game shines is multiplayer mode, where with a few freinds over you can play the "party" games for hours on end. Super Monkey Ball is one of the most original games ever made,and has sold surprisingly well in the U.S.
This game should come with a health warning, you could go days with out seeing sunlight.
The game aslo has many mini games such as monkeypool, monkeygolf and monkeybowling, which could be games themselves. However where this game shines is multiplayer mode, where with a few freinds over you can play the "party" games for hours on end. Super Monkey Ball is one of the most original games ever made,and has sold surprisingly well in the U.S.
This game should come with a health warning, you could go days with out seeing sunlight.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
If Super Monkey Ball consisted only of the main game, it would still be a great buy. The physics of the tilting floors are remarkably convincing, the animations are fluid and characterful, and the photorealistic backgrounds are gorgeous (if you get a chance to glance at them while playing!). Enormous care and imagination has gone into creating the various obstacles and the controls and gameplay fall into the elusive 'simple but maddeningly difficult' category that makes for longevity.
But then add Monkey Race, a Mario Kart style cartoon racer; the loopy Monkey Fight (where your ball is customised with a spring-loaded boxing glove to whack opponents off the playing platform); and the delightful Monkey Target (zoom off a ski jump and fly your monkey towards drop zones far out to sea) -- not to mention three mini-games to be unlocked when you save enough points -- and SMB starts to look like one of the best deals in gaming history. Those crazy Sega guys have even made a mini-game out of the credit sequence.
There's something to suit every mood, from the frenetic (Race) to the serene (Target), and enough multiplayer modes to ensure that this disc will never be far from your Cube. As the previous reviewer suggested, you might not get out much. But who cares? If the world were like Super Monkey Ball, it would be a better place. A legend in the making.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
1.0 out of 5 stars
Why do so many people like this game it sucks!
Why do so many people like this game it's not that good because the only modes that were good in main game was Beginner and Advanced Except Expert be because of bad level Design... Read more
Published 4 months ago by SuperAaron98
4.0 out of 5 stars
Super Monkey Ball
Good game, but there is only one main game you can play until you earn 1000 play points to unlock others.
Still, the main game is quite fun with a couple of people.
Still, the main game is quite fun with a couple of people.
Published 19 months ago by Gadgetmace
4.0 out of 5 stars
monkey Mania
Excellent gamecube game if you got a wii and a classic controller you need to try this game both fun and challenging puzzler, in equal measure. Read more
Published on 17 April 2011 by rysebuys
3.0 out of 5 stars
:)
Loved this game since it came out!! Playing it on the gamecube is probably better than playing it on anything else i think. Read more
Published on 2 Sep 2009 by K. Ross
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Gamecube gem with monkeys
Super Monkey Ball is without a doubt one of the finest games released for the ageing GC system. What makes it even more surprising is that it was one of the first titles released... Read more
Published on 30 Dec 2008 by Mr. M. J. Stockley
3.0 out of 5 stars
Funny but one of the most frustrating games ever!
You have to try this for pure novelty value! i mean monkeys in balls! c'mon thats funny!.
The first few levels you get to grips with controlling your monkey ball and it... Read more
The first few levels you get to grips with controlling your monkey ball and it... Read more
Published on 10 July 2008 by Snowy3
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best game on the cube
Basically this is the best game on the cube. The multiplayer is good but average if truth be told. The main game is where it is really at for skilled gamers and it rocks. Read more
Published on 21 July 2006 by trust me
1.0 out of 5 stars
what a pathetic waste of money
This has got to be the most boring game i have ever played. the levels are so unoriginal. roll a ball with a monkey in it to the end of a level collecting as many bananas as... Read more
Published on 19 Nov 2005
5.0 out of 5 stars
All family fun
It has always been quite difficult for me to get interest in computer games for any longer than half an hour, if i can't do something i give up easily! Read more
Published on 31 Aug 2005 by R. Lymer
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect multi-player - and brilliant on your own, too
Super Monkey Ball is the finest multiplayer experience on the Gamecube without doubt. The 6 games on offer are a perfectly designed blend of accessibility and addictiveness -... Read more
Published on 23 Sep 2004 by Oliver Jackson
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