It's hard to know whether SEGA is bad at keeping secrets or whether it cleverly manipulates the internet to build hype, but either way we very much expected Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania to be revealed, and it popped up in today's Nintendo E3 Direct. It arrives on Switch on 5th October.
Over the past week we're seen age ratings appear, and then more recently leaked boxart, so we knew this was around the corner. The celebratory Anniversary release will feature content from 3 games.
Bounce, tilt, and roll through over 300 delightfully recreated stages from the original three Super Monkey Ball games.
The Japanese trailer below is also pretty neat.
You can see a shiny new Western trailer at the top of this article; are you planning to pick this up?
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Wow that's bananas!
Absolutely excited. Here's hoping the original Monkey Target is present 😨
So is it 1, 2, and deluxe? I thought deluxe was 1 & 2. The trailer confused me a bit
Really excited for this one, these games are great
YES!!! It looks so goooood!
Very excited!! Though this and the new Mario Party N64 compilation did kind of feel a bit of an admission that the old games were better in these franchises!
who else thought they were getting 3d dk?
Where is @grailuk? I figured he'd be going ape!
No Donkey Kong yet but at least we got Super Monkey Ball that's nice. Nintendo probably saved the new Donkey Kong game for a later direct maybe.
@chapu2006 I am, because I'm an idiot who can't count. (DK is way older than 20.)
@Clyde_Radcliffe LOL. I got that vibe too. That's OK though, going back to a very delicious and refreshing well is fine by me.
I think they pulled mini games from the Gameboy advance title
@Broosh Thats all I want , I'm a little scared that it wasn't in the video tho .....
I'm buying this on PC and Switch.
@Dr_Corndog
Hype blurred my arithmetic.
Even so, really happy for monkey ball as i played it to bits on the ds.
@Clyde_Radcliffe they're not wrong though
Oh my gosh, YAY!!!! Yes, I will definitely get this (eventually)!!!
Awesome! Seems like you can play these levels in a mode with the jump on? 🤔
I saw gon gon jumping on level named Dynamic Maze from SMB2
@Ryu_Niiyama I went bananas last night when it leaked hahah (Got a few DMs with 'Saw this and thought of you' + link) Aaaand yeah, I spent last night gathering up my body parts after exploding!
@GrailUK Ah ok! So happy for you! I'm a little sad you didn't get the fresh reveal rather than the leak though, but still great news!
This is everything I wanted. The galaxy is at peace with this Direct (mostly because I can stop asking for this everytime there is a Direct! Honestly, been asking for this, Katamari and Bomb Jack for Switch since day one...an absolutely gob smacked all 3 made it!) HUZZAH!!!!
I can only say, if this game lets you use Gamecube controllers, get the adaptor and a pad. It feels sublime.
@Ryu_Niiyama Yeah, but then I would have been a mess on chat lol (I was last night hahaha)
@Chowdaire Especially when they when they were talking about Mario Party and were like BUTTONS ONLY! They know most people don't like gimmicky motion controls.
Instant buy for sure!
Monkey Billiards Exists.
Jay's Mum is happy!
@GrailUK I didn't even think of that! I've used my gamecube controller for Smash and Grid autosport, so why couldn't it be enabled for Monkey Ball 1 and 2 on Switch?! The octagonal gating of the analog stick is part of what made this game perfect, I think. Either way, I'm super thrilled to be getting the original Monkey Balls on Switch.
It's about time! The latest ones haven't recaptured the magic, only makes sense that they bring back the originals. I can't wait for this, it's been so long since I gave these a go!
@GrailUK ROLLING AS A BALL IS BEST LOCOMOTION
SAMUS KNOWS
@COVIDberry Hehehe :
I'm a bit of a sucker of even mediocre Monkey Ball but if this is a return to form of the 1 & 2 in the series then that would be immense.
This is awesome!
Mini games won't have online play!!!!
This is a huge let down for me and means I wont be getting this till on sale.
@samuelvictor Yeah, it's spot on. Love it. Gah, SO! HAPPY!!
@samuelvictor Awesome, thanks!
This is probably the collection everyone wanted when Banana Blitz was announced, I personally am looking forward to giving these a go as a newcomer to the series.
@samuelvictor leaderboards is rubbish for me! I want to play with friends online, it is a real shame
@Broosh agreed, this was the biggest let down with banana blitz
@chapu2006 yup, 3d donkey kong based off of the original with pauline would have been great.
This means everything to me...
Oh Vienna!
(checks in on @GrailUK ...)
As I expected!
Can anyone tell if this is a “Super Monkey Ball All-Stars”, or “Super Monkey Ball classic levels & minigames compiled into one”; and if it will have the story & cutscenes featured in 2 & Deluxe?
All that the website says is “Experience more than 300 stages from Super Monkey Ball, Super Monkey Ball 2 and Super Monkey Ball Deluxe”.
@Pandy It's hard to tell because they've changed the persentation, but one of the worlds lookes like inside a whale, which was in the story mode of 2.
Has anybody seen what the digital deluxe edition comes with…. Classic music… classic characters…. Sega legends pack (this better be just costumes and not the playable Sonic & tails….
And the physical comes with an art book and other items….
So to get everything you need to buy the game twice!
I thought Sega was one of the good companies….
@Pandy Is this right? Hmm. So the original characters will be a dlc pack? Where did you find this out? First I heard about it!
@GrailUK
It’s on the official website in the preorder area
@Pandy thanks
@GrailUK
The Microsoft store gives more details on the digital deluxe edition. So playable Sonic & Tails aren’t exclusive to it, but you do get playable Dreamcast, Sega Saturn & Game Gear, lol.
Here’s the link
https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/p/Super-Monkey-Ball-Banana-Mania-Digital-Deluxe-Edition/9NBLW9N4GQ6N?activetab=pivot:overviewtab
@GrailUK
There’s a whole mode locked behind the deluxe edition!
“Roll through the all-new Golden Banana Mode as you race against time to collect all the bananas!”.
Hopefully it can be bought separately though….
@GrailUK
Original Music & Classic Character skins are definitely Digital Deluxe bonuses.
@Pandy Ah, I remember reading last year Sonic was going to appear in Monkey ball haha. Fingers crossed you can grab them seperately if they aren't on the cart.
@GrailUK
Pictures of Sonic & Tails in balls was found to be in the website, and they’re not part of the digital deluxe edition so are 99% in the base game on the cart.
I hope the new game mode is available to buy separately, but if the classic music & skins aren’t available separate I won’t cry about it.
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