It's fair to say that some modern video games can often be a bit of a gloomy affair, with serious undertones and lots of shades of brown and grey in the textures. Good-old SEGA are keen to bring back the more colourful arcade days with Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD of course, and it's got a ridiculously upbeat soundtrack to match by the looks of it.
Teaming up with the Banana Fritters, the theme music in the game will no doubt lift your spirits even if you got cut up in traffic on the way to work today. With lyrics such as "Bite a little bit of me!! You'll see why!!" you'll no doubt be humming this tune on the way to the water cooler confusing your colleagues who cannot figure out why you are suddenly so full of joy.
Have a listen to this cheeky track in the video above and let us know what you think. Are you looking forward to this HD Super Monkey Ball remake?
[source nintendoeverything.com]
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"Crikey" - that's a new one!
The song sounds very Japanese. I'll leave it at that.
It makes me smile. As someone who speaks a little Japanese, I can appreciate the absurdity of the lyrics. But, nice. Fits the tone of the game. Fun and upbeat.
Looks very fun but the music...well I’ll mute that, not for me.
"infectious", like smallpox
My ears are now bleeding. Thanks, NintendoLife.
It’s like candy corn for my ears. It tastes good and makes me giddy but too much and I’ll be hysterically crying in the foetal position.
I'm hoping that the HD version retains the same soundtrack as the original. It includes the work of Hideki Naganuma.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n14Z7jrU54
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZb1iS1K5vk
I think your idea of infectious is different to mine, lol. Cute but I'm not sure I want this playing the in background when I'm playing this game. Let's hope they're not going to torture us!
Certainly better than 'Everybody's Super Sonic Racing'
Loved the trailer and I need this game NOW!
(Tho, they go a bit suicidal at 0:57 hahaha!)
The Pikachu song is like an evil tapeworm that sets up residence in your skull and eventually conditions you to only feel happiness when you hear that "PIKACHU" refrain. The Monkey ball song sounds like a cheezy Japanese pop song.
Lovely.
But Monkey Billiards or NO SALE!!
@GrailUK ..... You take that back!!!!!!!
What a happy little tune. Cute.
@Jayenkai NEVER!
xx
Awesome, kind of brings back childhood memories of watching anime on the TV.
This track would be great on Taiko No Tatsujin
Also I really liked the Sonic R songs I’m probably the only one 😂
I like it. It's bizarre and catchy... It suits the game well!!
I have mixed feelings about that music. It may lead to me singing the music and never getting the soundtrack out of my head...
@biglittlejake Please be careful singing about asking people to bite you in public.
More like painfully annoying...
@GrailUK
Sound like a good plan, I will sing in my head.
Sega's got a thing for viral marketing of their Monkey Ball games. A lot of people probably don't remember the Adventures of Chad video series they did to advertise Monkey Ball Deluxe back in the mid 00's, but this reminds me a lot of that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqgNyZv1ijc&list=PLSW2P58JWsDhLbcZwA2uSRgVuzd_rMuTI
Are they remastering the great original soundtrack, or are they just going to reuse it? Either way, I might have to pick this up down the line. I have good memories of playing 2, even though I never actually owned it.
One man's infectious is another man's annoying....
It’s a good thing I need my phone, otherwise I would’ve smashed it. That music is atrocious!
Looking into the gameplay.... the worlds looks as expected from an HD lick of paint, but I must say, Pirate's Ocean (World 5) looks really good!
Loving the lightning! Cant wait to see the renaming worlds!
It's a happy song for a happy game to a happy gamer. That's all that matters.
Well, I must admit that it brought a smile to my face 😁
What a lovely pop song. I've got to say though, the music in Monkey Target from Super Monkey Ball 1 and 2 (both songs are great) is still better in my opinion. Can't freaking wait to play this on Switch! And I hope this banana love song is in the game!
@wolvesboy Not by a long shot! It’s cheesy as hell but I absolutely love the Sonic R soundtrack. One of my all-time faves. I love the game too, bizarre control and all. Back before I sold my Saturn, it’s one I would dust off every couple years to do a 100% run of, absolutely loved unlocking the characters and courses.
I still have my Saturn and my copy of Sonic R that I bought for £20 brand new back when Game were getting rid of their last Saturn stock
Controls awful but I really enjoy it
A lot of people want the other monkey ball game so I hope they make this a good port. 🙉🐒
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