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Don't Miss This One!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: October 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Super Monkey Ball is a very, very fun game. My experience with it is based on the Japanese GameCube version. In the main game, you start by selecting a monkey, encased in a clear ball, from a bunch of monkeys with different characteristics. You play by navigating your ape through a increasingly challenging series of mazes. This game plays like a super-smooth and much improved version of the arcade classic "Marble Madness", so it's appropriate for all ages of gamers. The more advanced levels are very challenging, as you move through fiendish multi-level environments, where all one's joystick skills are challenged. It features a variety of competitive multi-player party games, including a racing game reminiscent of Diddy Kong Racing, a funny fighting game resembling battling jack-in-the-boxes, and a wild game where the object is basically ski-jumping into a minefield(no kidding!). The coolest part of the game are the excellent mini-games that you can unlock. The Monkey Pool and Monkey Bowling mini-games are two of the best variations you'll ever see on these classic games. Congrats to the excellent Sega team, the same one that brought us Sega's Daytona and Virtua Striker games for making such an excellent game, as their first GC title. Nintendo should be thrilled to have this Sega team developing for GameCube.

This ones a Ball

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Sega's 1st Gamecube game is amazing, they werent monkeying around! You control the ground, trying o guide a ball-o-monkey to the goal. Sounds easy... well try getting around ojects, collecting Dole bannas and even having to manuver on polls. [....]

Sean O'Neill

Too bad it's not exclusive

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 15
Date: October 11, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I was going to buy a Gamecube @ launch untill I found out this wasn't exclusive. I own a PS2 and this game will be coming out for PS2 in a few monthes. If you are buying a Gamecube though, definately get this game. Although it may look childish(which it is) it is very challenging and fun. The game includes mini games and multiplayer support which adds to it's already high replay value. This game is out in Japan and I am hoping that the Game shop in my town imports the game and lets people play it on their import Gamecube(right now they have Waverace).

Super Monkey Ball = Fannnnnnnntastic

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 14
Date: November 02, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Ok, first off, look past the kiddy like looks of this game. To be totally honest I don't understand how a kid could even play this type of game! All you hardcore gamers out there that believe mature games are all blood, guts, and gore need a wake up call. All starting with you being a monkey in a ball and you also controlling the floor in order to reach the goal and collect the most bananas you can before time's up. This game is so much fun I don't know where to begin, either with the fantastic one player mode, or the very addictive mini games for four players. This game totally keeps you on your toes with the increasing difficulty, each time you complete a floor or stage rather, you are introduced with another but even more challenging than the last. In my humble opinion, this game should be in the hands of every Gamecube owner, and is one of the best launch titles. If you want a great game with almost infinate replay value then this is your game, in fact, when I played the Japanese version, I barely put it down. Please, consider this being your game at launch, I will almost bet you it won't disappoint you.

How fun can a game with rolling Monkeys be? Words can't say.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 26 / 26
Date: November 03, 2001
Author: Amazon User

While Super Monkey Ball's excellent graphics, but more cute style graphics may scare you away from this GameCube Exclusive title, don't let them scare you. This is one fun and definately addictive game, I can hardlly put it down. Super Monkey Ball includes over 100+ levels ranging from Begginer, to Intermediat6e, to the ever so difficult Expert mode. Many people who have played Monkey Ball shake at the near sight of the later Expert levels, which require extreme balance, speed, coordination, skill, and practice! So dont think this is some little kids game, which can be beaten in a weekend, if you manage to beat it at all. To help improve your skills, and have a killer time with friends, SEGA threw in Monkey Race (Like Mario Kart), Monkey Fight (Punch each other off a large stage), or Monkey Target (flying and then landing on point valued targets). After you earn enough points to buy them you can open up very fun single player mini games, but these mini games had A LOT of time and effort put into them so they are really good quality anf fun. they are: Monkey Billards, Monkey Bowling, and Monkey Golf. Each game adding a fun Monkey inside of the ball twist to it. Those mini games, party games, and over 100+ levels in the main game add up to massive, infinate if you will, replay value. Think of Super Monkey Ball as one of those extremely addictive old Pac Man style games, but more fun then a barrel full of monkeys. So if your getting a Cube, seriouslly consider Super Monkey Ball, ONLY FOR Nintendo GameCube.

Best GCN launch game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 18
Date: November 08, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Out of all the launch games, this is sadly the best one, and it's not even made by nintendo. This game is fun and original at first, but the novelty soon wears off and the replay value is slim to nil without the multiplayer aspects. Overall, a fun game, there's no wonder it was the best selling GC game in Japan.

So why is this game better than the other launch games?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: November 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is the best game I have played in a while. Not only does the game come with the mega popular arcade mode, but the publishers have added in several multiplayer minigames including Monkey Bowling, Pool, Racing, Boxing, and Golf. The reason this game is better than any of the other launch games is that 1) it is the only game with a really solid multiplayer and 2) for sheer playablility this game is the best. Don't let the cute little monkeys fool you. This game is hard! There are four levels of difficulty in which you try to roll the monkey past the finish line controlling the board. Now this may sound easy and it is the first few levels, but try beating level 90 on intermediate and you'll see what I mean. This game has the most depth of any launch game out there so for a first choice, choose Monkey Ball!

More fun than a barrel of monkeys

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: November 11, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is practically the best i've played in years. That little monkey can really get on your nerves when you find yourself falling off repetitively, but, somehow, you just play it again, swearing in your mind. Fun, High Replayability, and Addictive.

This game is Highly addictive!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: November 14, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Warning: this is a highly addictive game!
If SMB is a sign of things to come, then game playing is moving in the right direction. SMB has enough hidden extras to keep you playing and playing. The multiplayer options are top notch and the mini games and bonus games add more depth to this already amazing game. It is an excellent party game, and you will enjoy its over 100 levels (quite a few hidden).
Sega did a great job- This is a must have title for GC owners.

Frustating but rewarding

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: November 19, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Jeez, Level 15 of Advanced is hard. But when I beat it, it felt gooood. That's what SMB is about, simple yet complex. The basis of the game is extremely simple, but the way the courses are constructed makes the game extremely difficult as well. If this game had only it's normal mode, going through designed puzzling tracks, it would be a mediocre game.

The game features, however, tons of multiplayer action, ranging from Monkey Target (bombs away!) to Monkey Golf. These are the games that make Super Monkey Ball the #1 value game of the launch lineup of the GCN.

Having played this at San Francisco CubeClub, I knew that this was a game I'd have to play again. Out of the three games I purchased, this one has gotten the most playtime. I just want to beat that next level! It can definitely be frustrating, but you can see your own progression as you get more skilled at controlling the monkey ball. And of course, practice mode comes in handy for figuring out that most difficult level.

I can't wait to get deep into expert mode. I'm sure I'll be dying a lot, but that's just part of the fun!

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