In just over two months' time, Monkey Ball fans will be reliving the series' glory days with the release of Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania on Switch. The remastered compilation rolls onto Nintendo's platform on 5th October, featuring more than 300 stages from GameCube's Super Monkey Ball and Super Monkey Ball 2, as well as Super Monkey Ball Deluxe.
To gear up for the big day, Sega has shared a new 'Meet the Gang' trailer (see above), and a selection of new screenshots. Before we take a look at those, here's an official rundown of the monkey pals you'll be meeting in the game:
- AiAi – The carefree leader of the monkey gang, AiAi is one smart primate who takes on every challenge that rolls his way! He lives happily with his wife MeeMee and their son Baby on Jungle Island, ready to lead his friends when adventure calls.
- MeeMee – The charming co-leader of the gang, MeeMee is Jungle Island’s kindest soul and the glue that binds the gang together. Mother to Baby and wife to AiAi, Mimi is one tough banana who is always striving to bring happiness to those around her. She loves searching for fresh flowers to take on her adventures.
- Baby – Baby is the coolest monkey around with slick sunglasses and a lightning-fast crawl. Though usually jovial, Baby is known for the occasional epic melt that can be heard from across Jungle Island! He’s very smart for a monkey his age and always willing to help his parents collect every banana and save the day.
- GonGon – When you need extra might and muscle, GonGon is your main gorilla! Though he and AiAi were once rivals, these two best friends now frequently team up together to stop Dr. Bad-Boon’s evil plots. Fast and strong with a heart of gold, GonGon’s body checks have been known to send opponents into orbit!
- Doctor – This mysterious old monkey doesn’t even know his own name – he has amnesia! Despite losing all his old memories, he is always inventing fascinating new contraptions for the monkeys around town. He earned the name “Doctor” out of respect for his intelligence and ingenuity.
- YanYan – A fast and fearless ring-tailed lemur and master of the monkey martial arts, YanYan is a fist full of energy with a colorful style. She’s one of the toughest monkeys this side of Jungle Island and always ready to help her friends on adventures.
And here are those screenshots, giving us a better look at Baby, GonGon and Doctor:
Sega also recently confirmed that the game will run at a lovely 60fps when it arrives on Switch, no doubt pleasing those hoping for perfect performance to help pull off the best banana-fueled speedruns possible.
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[source gematsu.com]
Comments (30)
Still no Monkey Target information I see...😑
I never noticed that YanYan wasn't a monkey.
Will jump on when I can get the physical from Amazon UK
@Broosh It was confirmed when they first announced it.
There's even a screenshot.
Link from PS Blog with said image:
https://blog.playstation.com/2021/06/16/super-monkey-ball-banana-mania-celebrating-20-years-of-monkey-magic/
October 5th seems so far away!
@Broosh @Perryg92 From what was shown, it looked like Monkey Target from the 2nd game, but we shall see.
@Perryg92 Oh I totally missed that screenshot. Crap...really does look like Target 2 😫
@Broosh @Tandy255 I see! Is there quite a big difference between Target in 1 and 2?
i've only ever played Monkey Target on SMB1.
(Thankfully I still have my GC with a Kaico HD adapter and copy of SMB1 if Target ends up a bit meh in Banana Mania)
@Perryg92 All I remember is after countless SMB1 Target matches with a friend we booted SMB2's Target and we're immediately underwhelmed. From what I vaguely recall they changed the ramp at the start and how the power ups work/unlock overall.
@Broosh exactly! I’ll pre-order once it’s confirmed (if…),
@Perryg92 @Broosh still far better than the 'Monkey Target' on Banana Blitz... didnt the Deluxe version include both SMB1 and SMB2 Monkey Targets? Banania might do the same.
@Perryg92 The main difference between Monkey Target 1 and 2 (aside from the different targets) is the multiplayer. In 1, players alternated turns. In 2, everyone went at the same time. Such a small difference, but neither replace each other as 2 can lead to some aggresive 'pinging' lol. 1 was defo more chilled haha. I'm sure both will be in the game. (But all the multiplayer games in 2 had a subtle difference that didn't render the previous game redundant. - genius design I reckon.)
And watch the cooking with Aiai trailer. It's adorable (hope it's a series!)
Did anyone else think that this trailer was Way Past Cool?
…No one?
@Linker2A03 It's the worst thing I have ever seen. What are SEGA thinking releasing this trash???
Good Lord please be what we are expecting. Cannot wait
Ugh, is this on the eShop yet so I can add it to my wishlist and then stare at it for the next two and a half months?
@Not_Soos Yeah it’s on the eshop.
I just wish that this had the original Monkey Ball in it. Not just Super, but the original Naiomi arcade game.
@bobzbulder Couldn't find it on there. Maybe you're thinking of Banana Blitz?
Anybody else catch Sonic at the end?
@bobzbulder
It’s not up yet
@alexybubble All the levels from the arcade were in Super I thought?
@Pandy Tails is in too
@GrailUK
I know, they were both leaked. I hope we see full footage of Sonic & Tails (and the Sega Consoles) soon.
@GrailUK Lol
It would've been a nice surprise if I didn't already know about Sonic & Tails due to that artwork found on the site.
@Pandy Oh was it a leak I saw. Looked like official fluff, thought it was just known lol.
@GrailUK Oh, I didn't know that. I assumed that Sega had just forgotten about it somehow, since it didn't show up in the original trailer with the rest of the series.
@alexybubble Only the backdrops changed really. (and one of those made it as the backdrop for Monkey Target )
@GrailUK
Sonic & Tails had art assets leaked from the official website. So it is an official leak.
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