Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble Scores A Switch eShop Demo

I’ve been surprised at how much I’ve enjoyed playing this game. I still have the originals on GameCube and I like this one just as much which I wasn’t expecting. Glad to see it getting a demo, definitely makes it easy for people to check it out if they are interested.

As a Banana Rumble skeptic on release, I can say with confidence this game has solid single player content. I was expecting to be annoyed by the spin-dash, but it's implemented well and makes finding speedrun tactics very fun (something I didn't dabble too much with on the original two games considering the lives limit)!

I've been wondering if I'd like this game or not, so I'll give this demo a go.

Thanks for the demo Sega, good choice

I'm glad they did this, because maybe now people will know this isn't one of the other two Monkey Ball games on Switch with Banana in the title.

Even as a fan of this series, I could not remember what this game's title was because of that.

I generally enjoy the Monkey Balls even if the games haven't been reviewed well. This one is one of the better outings IMO

I had alot of fun with the full game. Hopefully people will give it a try.

Everyone says it plays great, but the multiplayer modes are so lacking. Then they announced more modes will be added drip-feed style.

Waiting for a day where "multiplayer is good now!"

That's great..I'll try it out. I wish people would give the brilliant Samba De Amigo a chance too...the Wii one was fantastic and the Switch one is just as good. Switch is a natural home for it with the controllers.

I've got all the other Switch Monkey Ball games, but I'm not prepared to spend any more money on it as I felt the previous games were a let down.

My plan now is to avoid the franchise entirely. I'll then pick up an FPGA Gamecube at some point in the future (5 years or so) and I'll play, and thoroughly enjoy, the original 2 games.

If SEGA want to come to the table with something decent in the meantime... by all means. They haven't managed it yet though, and their embarrassingly low standards on the remake fills me with zero confidence.

I'm happy to wait.

Since it's release in June, Banana Rumble has not been discounted a single time in the European eShop. I am waiting for that to happen, the demo won't make any difference.

I really enjoyed playing Kororinpa on the Wii, and was curious about this game series. However I'm really not a fan of monkeys, for whatever reason. Now I was looking up the eShop only to find way too many results, and I can't even make the difference between the games and all of their versions, and that's not even going into all the DLCs that seem more useless one than the other. I'm giving up. Also didn't find a demo.
What a poor communication .... Thank god I've got enough games as it is. And thank god those were easy to find XD I'll start the Wii U in Wii mode if I really feel like it ...

@nocdaes The overwhelming consensus is that Banana Rumble is the game you've been waiting for, at least if you prefer the singleplayer Monkey Ball experience to the multiplayer modes in the GameCube games. I remember Banana Mania feeling a bit off in the controls department, but Rumble feels incredibly responsive, and its stages are largely really well-designed. If you're skeptical, I would at least recommend considering a purchase when the game is on sale.