Rumour: Please Let This Super Monkey Ball amiibo Be Real

This is just lame monkey business if it ain’t the real thing.

Yeah, I did that. 😝

It's a load of balls.

I’m not sure if this is a bo-nana-fide product or a late Ape-ril fools joke. But I would be very chimp-ressed if this was peel.

I do already have some plastic Aiai somewhere, fell out of it's ball... Was going to buy the ps5 versions of this, if it's beautiful and shiny.. since the haptic feedback could be brilliant

There’s a real possibility they just aped the artwork for this fake amiibo.

@CactusMan yeah, also third party Amiibo are rare. Especially for non-exclusive games. Only games I can think of are Shovel Knight and Monster Hunter.

@GrailUK Good morning.

If it is real I need it!

@samuelvictor There's a few monster Hunter amiibo too.

Ai ai caramba!
Also a Seaman, Shenmue, House of the dead, Panzer dragoon, Wonderboy Amiibo are welcome.

And more Pikmin Amiibo! Where is Bulborb?

@CactusMan The game doesn't come out until October. So it's possible they're waiting to share any version specific features closer to release?

@sanderev Looks like the only other third party amiibo for a non exclusive game is the one for Dark Souls.

@romanista Oooh I had not considered the PS5 haptics for monkey Ball...I was all like "no brainer for Switch" until I read that...

Amiiboo are overpriced DLCs providing a poor in-game content

Uck if it's real, it'll be a GameStop exclusive in the US.

@UmbreonsPapa There's also the Diablo III Loot Goblin amiibo.

Would 100% purchase this!

Would be neat if it were real! Wouldn't lose any sleep if it were fake.

Didn't this game leak early? If so I wouldn't be shocked if the amiibo for it did as well haha

I don’t need more plastic tat, but I do need monkey target on Switch

This was leaked by the scalper bots who already bought them all. £99 for AiAi anyone?

Seriously though does this mean it will scan into Smash and we will get Monkey Ball Spirits in Smash??!!

I've never played a Super Monkey Ball game and have no desire to do so, but if this is real I'm buying it. So cute.

@sanderev Dark Souls and Diablo 3 got one amiibo each.

@samuelvictor Shovel Knight, Monster Hunter, Dark Souls and Diablo 3 are all I can remember

@COVIDberry Just got back from work! ZOMG!! It's beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If it's real (and there is no age rating on the packaging so I am sceptical) I hope it unlocks the Gamecube level (which will probably be replaced in this version!)

Honestly warms my heart to see so many folk hoping this is real! Monkey Ball will take over the world! MWAHAHA-erm...BWAHA-nope, I was right the first time, MWAHAHAHA!!!!!

This is a really nice piece of fan art.

I'm totally over the amiibo thing. I can even easily say no to any new Zelda related amiibo. Nevertheless, if this one is real, I want to hold it one day. I want to see a GonGon one. They don't have to be mine, I just want to actually see it in all of it's glory. Or, I could instead use polymer clay and build those monkeys myself... I've definitely had worse ideas.

I want this to be real, but right now I don't believe this is real.

Why have the SEGA logo on the front if it's going to be distributed by Nintendo? At least if both are involved in the production, I'd expect both logos in the same area.

Honestly now I hope this isn't real and instead the last Smash Bros character is AiAi.

Let them make a new entry & let this be real

@Ogbert yes, I thought about while playing Astro's playroom

I have no interest in the Super Monkey Ball games, but that would make for one sexay amiibo.

I have a collection of figures from the original game too. They are priceless! heehee.

If this is real, Sega chose a really odd time to gain interest in amiibo functionality in their games. It wouldn't surprise me as much if it were Capcom or even Bandai-Namco, but so far, at least to my knowledge, Sega hasn't implemented amiibo in any of their games, and I would think they would start with a Sonic amiibo reprint.

Basically I'm saying this seems a bit sus, and I don't think it looks real enough to get excited about anyway.

All of these rumors are driving me completely bananas.

Erm
If the Amiibo did unlock the Gamecube level (as it was cut from Deluxe for obvious reasons) then that would account for the Nintendo logo.*

*Full disclosure - I want this to be real and that's the best rationale I got hahahaha! So shhhh.

@Paulo true it happens, but it's rare. This could be real, but I'm not holding my breath.

Yeah no, this definitely isn’t really, but it would be nice if we got one eventually.

They should make one that you can actually roll around

To me, the packaging looks too thin for a spherical object.

@noobish_hat really? so i guess you have no problem with the amiibo for The Skyward Sword HD adding fasttravel?

@KayFiOS The only SEGA and amiibo examples I can think of are both versions of Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and the Switch version of Bayonetta (though SEGA wasn't that involved in that version, if they even were).