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- Platform: Nintendo Wii
- BBFC Rating:
Suitable for 12 years and over. Not for sale to persons under age 12. By placing an order for this product, you declare that you are 12 years of age or over. - Media: Video Game
- Item Quantity: 1
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Product Features
- Step onto the Wii Balance Board or use the Wii Remote for more traditional gameplay
- AiAi, MeeMee, GonGon and Baby, are back for more monkey madness!
- All new mind-blowing puzzle levels to test your skills
- Team up with friends in fantastic multiplayer party games including Seesaw Ball, Red Light/Green Light and Monkey Race.
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Manufacturer's Description
You get exactly what it says on the tin with a Super Monkey Ball game and this time the subtitle is just as literal: if you have a Wii Fit balance board you can control the whole game simply by tilting and moving your body.
Sega is one of the oldest and most respected Japanese publishers and developers in the world. They have many different development studios around the world, including the famous AM arcade divisions, Sonic Team and acquired Western teams such as Sports Interactive.
 Now playing Super Monkey Ball is actually good for you |
 As usual there's a wide range of imaginative mini-games |
 Collect the bananas as you go to stock up on extra lives |
 Some levels are very good at looking harder than they are |
If you don't have Wii Fit (or you just don't want to get so physical with the game) you can still use the Wii remote, as you try to manoeuvre your spherically-enclosed simian through the maze-like levels. Picking up bananas as you go is as complicated as the game gets, but you'll find it a cunning test of concentration and balance.
For the first time the single player levels have a new co-op mode, where a friend can help by blasting away obstacles from your path. Or if you want to get even more sociable there's the usual bizarre multiplayer mini-games, including a sky-diving game and a chance to play as a monkey fireman.
Key Features- Ape escape: Gaming's most famous monkey troop (plus new character Jam) return with a whole new set of a-maze-ing challenges.
- Banana bonanza: More than 70 all-new levels to navigate, plus a special mirror mode to play them all in reverse and marathon mode - where you have to complete all levels in one sitting.
- Monkey magic: Have a friend help you out on a level by shooting obstacles from your path by aiming their Wii remote at the screen.
- Super party: Over 20 different four-player mini-games to play, including classics such as Monkey Target and Monkey Race, plus new Sky Diving, Sumo Smash and Firefighter games.
- Monkey Fit: Use the balance board from Wii Fit to control the whole game, just by shifting your body left and right - the game will even chart how many "monkey calories" you burn.
Sega is one of the oldest and most respected Japanese publishers and developers in the world. They have many different development studios around the world, including the famous AM arcade divisions, Sonic Team and acquired Western teams such as Sports Interactive.
Product Description
With the whole world at your feet, are you ready to roll?
AiAi and all his friends are stepping onto the Wii Balance Board in an all-new party game for the Nintendo Wii. Super Monkey Ball Step & Roll brings back what you love about Super Monkey Ball and promises plenty of surprises around every turn. Get ready for a whole new level of monkey madness as Super Monkey Ball Step & Roll rolls into your living rooms early next year!
- Step onto the Wii Balance Board or use the Wii Remote for more traditional gameplay
- AiAi, MeeMee, GonGon and Baby, are back for more monkey madness!
- All new mind-blowing puzzle levels to test your skills
- Team up with friends in fantastic multiplayer party games including Seesaw Ball, Red Light/Green Light and Monkey Race.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I very much enjoyed the original GameCube version and also had a lot of fun with the first Wii title, but this game is terrible. The balance board makes the game so difficult that even getting to the goal on the early stages is a challenge, you can forget collecting bananas along the way. The Wii remote is much better but still feels less precise than in banana blitz. This game also lacks the bosses of that game which were a highlight for me, here the levels just end and you need to enjour a terrible credits game that you can not skip after each world.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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I've been a huge fan of the Super Monkey Ball games since getting the original one on launch day with my Gamecube... I've bought all the sequels (including Super Monkey Ball Adventure), but nothing prepared me for the crushing disappointment of this.
Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz already mastered the use of a Wii remote for such a game as this... So imagine how I felt after putting this in my Wii to discover it has WORSE controls! It's really twitchy and annoying. It even has worse graphics & mini games than the 3/4 year old Wii launch title. Now I know graphics aren't everything, but the ones on this are terrible compared to even the original gamecube game. They might as well have been drawn in crayon.
Oh - The Wii Balance board support is also worthless. Using it removes most of the "obsticles" from the levels, leaving you with boring open spaces with a few holes in the floor.
I'll definitely be thinking twice before I splash out on the Super Monkey Ball franchise again.
Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz already mastered the use of a Wii remote for such a game as this... So imagine how I felt after putting this in my Wii to discover it has WORSE controls! It's really twitchy and annoying. It even has worse graphics & mini games than the 3/4 year old Wii launch title. Now I know graphics aren't everything, but the ones on this are terrible compared to even the original gamecube game. They might as well have been drawn in crayon.
Oh - The Wii Balance board support is also worthless. Using it removes most of the "obsticles" from the levels, leaving you with boring open spaces with a few holes in the floor.
I'll definitely be thinking twice before I splash out on the Super Monkey Ball franchise again.
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I'm surprised at the harsh reviews this game has attracted across the internet and here on Amazon. Super Monkey Ball is fun. It's simple, addictive and challenging. A lot of disgruntled reviewers appear to be mothers or fathers who mistakenly believed that Monkey Ball is child's play.
It isn't. Just because a game isn't brown and full of guns doesn't mean it's for kids. To finish the last levels of Monkey Ball you're going to have to be good. Very good.
The control is precise and uses the Wii remote brilliantly. This isn't motion control for the sake of motion control, it's motion control designed well and integrated well into the game.
There are some flaws, I'm not a fan of many of the mini-games but the traditional Monkey Ball gameplay is what I purchased this title for. For as little as £3 second hand it's a great bargain and a fine addition to any Wii collection. It's not quite Mario Kart or Metroid Prime 3, but it's an extremely fun, extremely underrated game. Also thank god' they've dropped the storyline from Banana Blitz!
Give it a go, you may well be surprised, especially if you're a long time Super Monkey Ball fan. If you enjoy this, I can't recommend the first two Gamecube titles enough!
It isn't. Just because a game isn't brown and full of guns doesn't mean it's for kids. To finish the last levels of Monkey Ball you're going to have to be good. Very good.
The control is precise and uses the Wii remote brilliantly. This isn't motion control for the sake of motion control, it's motion control designed well and integrated well into the game.
There are some flaws, I'm not a fan of many of the mini-games but the traditional Monkey Ball gameplay is what I purchased this title for. For as little as £3 second hand it's a great bargain and a fine addition to any Wii collection. It's not quite Mario Kart or Metroid Prime 3, but it's an extremely fun, extremely underrated game. Also thank god' they've dropped the storyline from Banana Blitz!
Give it a go, you may well be surprised, especially if you're a long time Super Monkey Ball fan. If you enjoy this, I can't recommend the first two Gamecube titles enough!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Super Monkey Ball Step & Roll (Wii)
A fun family game to keep you entertained using the wii board you have to guide you charicter along theright paths....great fun for all ages,well worth the money.
Published 7 months ago by Ms. R. mcilhone
Great fun
I bought this for my son who is 6,bit hard to steer at first but once you know what your doing it's great fun.
Published 12 months ago by Colleen Dalzell
Super Monkey Fun
This game is really fun although some levels are tough on it. Overall a good game for the whole family and will bring hours of fun and laughter :)
Published 18 months ago by Kathryn
do not buy this game for young children
i bought this game for my 5 year old son but have now realised it was not the best choice. you can turn the wii borad on and off but with the wii board on, it can not pick up my 5... Read more
Published on 3 April 2010 by C. Mcaulay
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