The next announcement for Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania is coming up fast, and it sounds like it could be a big one.
Geoff Keighley, host of Gamescom's Opening Night Live event, has announced that this year's show will include a new reveal for the game. "You won't believe who's next to join Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania," he says.
We've already seen several interesting character reveals, such as Sonic and Tails, Jet Set Radio's Beat, Yakuza's Kazuma Kiryu (yeah, we didn't see that one coming either), and even classic Sega consoles like the Game Gear, Dreamcast, and Saturn are rolling into the game.
In a follow-up tweet, Keighley gives us a glimpse at the future of The Game Awards, with Hideo Kojima trapped inside a ball so that he can never leave ever again. Kojima's not really coming to Banana Mania, though. Is he?
Gamescom's Opening Night Live is streaming on Wednesday 25th August at 11am PT / 2pm ET / 7pm BST / 8pm CEST. Will you be watching? And who do you think will be announced for the game next?
Serious and not-so-serious guesses welcome in the comments below.
[source twitter.com]
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Like that they are going all wacky with the character selection in this game, just hope they save some for surprise unlocks in the game.
Amigo, Nights, ChuChu, Billy Hatcher, Hatsune Miku, Bongo or Ulala. If it's none of those, I'll be surprised hee hee.
And if it's Joker...then I'll more than likely just groan.
The boxing coach from Punch-out! ?
Shrek or Goku?
It's gonna be Geoff Keighley himself.
It was only a matter of time until Shovel Knight wriggled his way into another major game.
It has to be a classic Sega character. Billy Hatcher is a good bet but I’d also guess Alex Kidd, Vyse or Aika from Skies of Arcadia or Alis from Phantasy Star.
That said Sega do have a history of putting some proper left field secret characters in their games like the Horse in Daytona or even the Daytona car in Fighters Megamix. Heck, the final secret character in Sonic Racing 2 was a Dreamcast controller!
Toshihiro Nagoshi?
Rhythm Thief! Come on, let’s do some dancin’! Despite the fact that these Super Monkey Balls roll.
I'd guess the next character will either be Joker from Persona 5 or Geoff Keighley.
I'm just gonna guess Hatsune Miku, cause why not it'd be cool
Now that I think about it, we've had outlandish inclusions like Banjo Kazooie, Yogscast, Wreck It Ralph, and Danica Patrick in past SEGA games.
Diddy Kong. You heard it here first.
I thought that teaser looks like Ed McMillan of Binding of Isaac
It’s got to be Doom guy or Master Chief.
All other characters are already in the game.
Agent G from House of the Dead?!?!
Kirby or Pikachu.
@Grumblevolcano Joker isn't even SEGA. (Yeah, I know they own ATLUS...but still! Lame)
Segata Sanshiro? I'm putting my bets. He was really part of Sega history.
It’s obviously going to be Dante from the devil may cry series.
I’ll stop.
It'll be Joker for sure. Cause it's not like the Switch and other platforms need the mainline Persona games obviously.
It's Geoff
The next character is geoff
@Oppyz666 That would be amazing!
Ok, i don't believe it.
I’ll put my bet on it being Bayonetta.
@Carck literally THE perfect response! 😉👌
They should do console specific exclusive characters, like what they did with Soul Calibur 2. So, for the Switch, they could use Donkey Kong, PS could get Sackboy & Xbox could get Banjo & Kazooie.
Alex Kidd is a good shout.
Streets of Rage could be cool.
"I Gotta Believe!"
Parappa!!!!
Haha, folk are treating this like some sort of Smash reveal! LOVE IT! (But let's keep it SEGA please, they have so many IPs that I would love to start being relevant again.)
Ashley alexiss hopefully xx
@Carck I would be well chuffed at that too!
Monkey Ball is becoming the new smash for hype character reveals.
I have no idea who it will be.
But I'm excited to find out!
Crazy Taxi, but it's just the taxi, no ball.
Would love to see the OutRun Ferrari with the sound of Passing Breeze.
Bayonetta would be awesome if that happens.
@GrailUK this might sound sappy but just wanna say your enthusiasm in particular has helped turned me basically from 'what's a monkey's ball?' a couple months ago to pre-ordering this, trying out prior versions etc and Idk i just wanna tell ya I appreciate it.
In terms of character for this, bring Altered Beast so he can be a) super slow for a newbie like me and b) have 'rise from your grave!' play every once in a while after falling
@CammyUnofficial Aww Hey, that's what community is for! I'm happy you are discovering the games. (Honestly, when they first launched, most folk were like 'Super what?' Hehe)
Ooo, Altered Beast! Which version of the character would you pick though?
Space channel 9
@GrailUK Thanks it's been such a treat to discover these and really looking forward to BM!
Ahhh well I was an SNES kid growing up, so I would honestly just 'want' the Genesis version so I can screen shot to my best friend, we grew up playing his Sega from time to time, just dumb fun times so why not some more? haha
Pretty sure it's going to be Ian Botham.
@mr_benn It's a shame I can only like a comment once!
I have a strong feeling it’s gonna be Hatsune Miku. Not only does @JonComms agree with me on that, but August 31st is the character’s 14th anniversary, and while not SEGA-owned, she’s treated like it. So why not make Miku run in a ball collecting spring onions?
I think it's fair to say that Monkey Ball reveals are better than Smash character reveals in every way
My guess is Mario, but if Sega wants to get down with the memes, they should just have Waluigi.
The main guy from Space harrier would be cool.
I don't think its likely this will happen, but I would also love to see them add gravure stages like the Monkey ball game on Vita had in Japan
Well if it's SEGA, my first thought is Alex Kidd, but that doesn't seem particularly hype. Maybe Bayonetta? That almost seems fitting in a weird way. Knights would be a cool choice too.
Humour spillage on aisle three.
@dinofan37 Never say never. Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing had exclusive characters. Miis on Wii, Banjo Kazooie on Xbox and.. I forgot who on Playstation. Not to mention Link, Heihachi and Spawn in Soul Calibur back on GameCube, PS2 and the original Xbox, though that game isn't from Sega.
Either way, console exclusive content isn't a new concept.
Also I wasn't 100% serious.
@dinofan37 LOL, I know. I was just memeing, as names like Shrek and Goku are jokingly thrown around in discussions about new Smash characters. 😅
Calling it now, it's gonna be Nights and Vyse. I'm happy even with the characters they already announced. I'm pretty hyped for this, I only got to play a few stages in Super Monkey Ball ages ago on a friends console. To actually own and enjoy the series' best levels in one package, has got me on board.
@Jayenkai That made me chuckle lol.
@RadioHedgeFund No don't give me hope...
Obviously it's going to be Ecco
Sometimes I jokingly make outlandish requests when it comes to video game character speculation, but after seeing Jet Set Radio get a character in this game, my joke requests for a House of the Dead or Megami Tensei rep may not be so much of a joke.
For HotD It’d probably be The Magician (bonus points if it plays his theme song), and for Megami Tensei, it’ll most likely be Jack Frost. If it’s Joker, I wouldn’t be too mad, but I’d like to see a more general nod to the whole series, as Shin Megami Tensei needs more love in the West.
Oh, and this’ll also be my first foray into the Monkey Ball franchise, if I decide to get the game.
@Luigivaldo YES! That would be ace
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