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Poor poor use of the Wii Remote

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 11 / 15
Date: January 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I currently have 6 Wii titles and this is easily the worse of the lot. Many of the games are difficult and the controls are very awkward. My children (8 and 10 yr old girls) get frustrated very quickly with this one. I really wish I hadn't wasted my money on this turkey.

5 star ratings saying 'but yah, the mini games suck'

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: November 30, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Like a few of the poor comments, a lot of people will buy this game thinking they're getting a lot with the 50 mini games. One can't dismiss this in a review stating that 1 or 2 or 5 of the mini games are fun, therefore justifying a 5-star rating. Sega needed to make 10 of these mini games exceptional, dump the other 40 early in development, and then spend the rest of the time tweaking the main game. Then, this package would deserve 5 stars. As it stands, half of the mini games are unplayable (once you have played Wii: Sports and can see how the games are supposed to react to controller movements). Of the remainder, most are not fun, frustrating, or simply not 'special'. And really, that's what it comes down to. SMB was supposed to be a 'special' title. Instead, it's going to be one of the first bargain bin games for the Wii.

Just not a good game!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 11
Date: December 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

As a veteran of the Super Monkey Ball games, I had high hopes for SMB:BB around system launch time. Hopes that were to be let down in the worst kind of way.

This game has to have the worst control of all the Wii launch titles. Using an analog stick to control a board was easy, but to use a motion sensing remote? Good idea in theory, terrible in practice. Some people may call this a "challenge," I think of it more a waste.

The mini games are the highlight, seeing as the main game is uncontrolable and generally bad. But that isn't saying much, as the mini games are tedious remakes of all the other mini game games out there (heck, even the Zelda: Twighlight Princess herding game was a heck of a lot better, and not even a "mini game!"

Do I recommend this game? Nope. Based off my experience with it, would I buy another Monkey Ball game? Only if it's analog controlled.

1/10 rating. Just bad.

Great if it worked

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: February 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I rented this game for my 3 yr old grandson. He could never play it because it does not work. I thought maybe I had a bad Wii because it was so bad untill I put the sport disk back in. In golf I have only swung the club 3 times out of hundreds. It just does not work. I tried about 8 games and 5 of them did not work. I don't understand how Sega can sell it like this. Don't they try them?????

WORST GAME EVER MADE

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is by far the worst waste of my money, ever. The controls are terrible and i mean terrible. It makes it too frustrating to play. I strongly recommend you do NOT purchase this game. Youve been warned.

This was the worst waste of 7 dollars

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This was the worst waste of seven dollars to rent a video game, ever! We returned it the same night we rented it! The play control was awful, and I agree with the review that said the wii sport's control is better. Way better. I would never pay full price for this. Matter of fact, I wouldn't buy it used either. If this is your first purchase into the Wii system, seriously consider something else. Rayman Raving Rabbids is way, way better if you are looking for fun minigames and a good introduction into the wii remote's method of control.

Save your money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: February 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Ok, I love the concept of party games. It gets a bunch of people together for a fun time. From the description of this game, it sounded like it would be awesome. I can honestly say I've played it maybe 3 times since I bought it the same day I bought my Wii, which was shortly after it was released.
My main gripe with this game, you ask? The controls are unintuitive. The instructions on how to play the games are so unclear that once you get into the game (since you've given up trying to figure out the rules you decide to just dive in) you end up bumping around clumsily and gaining virtually no points, or whatever your goal is for that particular mini game.
As for the "main game," it's a joke! It's so difficult to control the ball with the remote that I never made it past the first level! I wish now that I had returned the game and got my $50 back!
If you're in the market for a good party game try Rayman or WarioWare (even though it's only one player at first), I would suggest passing on Monkey Ball.

Do not adjust your controller....

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: December 27, 2006
Author: Amazon User

My whole family played this game over the christmas holiday.... NONE of us could get the controls to work right while playing the mini-games. Don't waste your money. If you want an interactive family game, do Wii sports or Super Swing Golf or one of the driving games.

Not great for multiplayer

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: December 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The multiplayer games are no fun. Hard to control. Wii Sports is way more fun for multiplayer. It would be better to save your money from buying monkeyball and buy bomberman '93 or wait for Wii Play.

Horrible game for te Wii

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 30, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I rented this game before buying because I had read so many bad reviews. If I had only played this game on the Wii, and no other Wii games, I would not want a Wii system! Every other Wii game is amazing. The Wii controller does not work with this game like Monkey Ball says it will. Major frustration! If you want a cute game for little kids, try Happy Feet. It has swimming, sliding and dancing that is fun and the controller works great with it.

Do not waste your money on Monkey Ball for the Wii.

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