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Super Monkey Ball (2001)

Amusement Vision

Expanded Game of Monkey Ball

Nintendo GameCube

3.53 from 541 ratings

1116 members have it in their collection · 8 playing now · 119 backlogged · 137 wish listed

How long? · with extras 0h · 100% 500h (from 2 logged playthroughs)

Super Monkey Ball is a 2001 platform party video game developed by Amusement Vision and published by Sega. The game debuted in Japan at the 2001 Amusement Operators Union trade show as Monkey Ball, an arcade cabinet running on Sega's NAOMI hardware and controlled with a distinctive banana-shaped analog stick. Due to the failure of Sega's Dreamcast home console and … Read more
Super Monkey Ball is a 2001 platform party video game developed by Amusement Vision and published by Sega. The game debuted in Japan at the 2001 Amusement Operators Union trade show as Monkey Ball, an arcade cabinet running on Sega's NAOMI hardware and controlled with a distinctive banana-shaped analog stick. Due to the failure of Sega's Dreamcast home console and the company's subsequent restructuring, an enhanced port dubbed Super Monkey Ball was released as a launch title for the GameCube in late 2001, garnering interest as Sega's first game published for a Nintendo home console. Conceived by Amusement Vision head Toshihiro Nagoshi, Super Monkey Ball involves guiding a transparent ball containing one of four monkeys—AiAi, MeeMee, Baby, and GonGon—across a series of maze-like platforms. The player must reach the goal without falling off or letting the timer reach zero to advance to the next stage. There are also several multiplayer modes: independent minigames as well as extensions of the main single-player game. Read less
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Developers
Amusement Vision
Publishers
Sega
Genres
Arcade, Platform
Themes
Action, Party
Franchises
Super Monkey Ball
Series
Super Monkey Ball
Event
Nintendo Space World 2001

Release dates

  • Sep 14, 2001 (Japan) Nintendo GameCube
  • Nov 18, 2001 (North_America) Nintendo GameCube
  • May 03, 2002 (Europe) Nintendo GameCube

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Rating distribution

5 stars
87
4 stars
184
3 stars
206
2 stars
58
1 star
6
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spigelwii

Status spigelwii Dec 30, 2018

11/18/2001: Super Monkey Ball

The difficulty curve is so sharp, it renders the game borderline unplayable for all but the most devoted SMB fans. Great concept but lacking strong execution. The game is content poor as well, and has aged badly as a result. 2/5 stars. #GameCubeRewind

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AlfredoSalza

Status AlfredoSalza Dec 11, 2015

Played on Advanced diificulty. I don't think I'll ever be able to beat Expert...

The game it's actually pretty darn good. Super easy to just pick up and play. Simple, mindless arcade fun.

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