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MARRY ME?

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 62 / 63
Date: September 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

SUPER MONKEY BALL was a the kind of sleeper hit that the GAMECUBE needed when it launched. It was easy to pick up, quick to master and the mini-games added hundreds of hours of replay value to boot. Now SEGA has brought us SUPER MONKEY BALL 2, and for those that loved the first, this updated and expanded edition will delight as well. Brighter graphics, new and catchy backgrounds (there is so much to look at in some levels you will find your eyes drifting from the level to catch all the odds and ends... my favorite is the city of New York after it's been eaten by a whale), a story mode that finds our Monkey's making like the Power Rangers to save their world, and a whole slew of new levels, SUPER MONKEY BALL 2 is a must have for any GAMECUBE owner... but there is a downside. For younger fans who found the first game graded on a easy learning curve, this new game assumes that you already know how to play, and not only that, but you already play like a master. There are some levels that require percise moves, require that you follow a perfect path, require you to have eyes in the back of your head (because there is no camera control here, if you loose sight of something - you're dead). Even those raised on the expert puzzles and levels of MARIO will find themselves grinding their teeth in serious frsutration, and clawing at their controller with desperation as you are thrust into some seriously CHEAP levels that require nothing but perfection to complete. It's because of this that S.M.B.2. may frustrate more than entertain younger gamers. Be warned. Other than that - S.M.B.2. is pure delight and is a must for your GAMECUBE collection.

New to MonkeyBall

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 28 / 29
Date: April 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I had never played or even heard of MonkeyBall. With our new Gamecube I was just looking for games suitable for my 5 year old. We bought MonkeyBall 2 and it's now one of my favorite games. Someone before posted a review that recommended getting the first monkeyball because this second one would be too difficult to learn without the MB 1 experience. Well, all I can say is not in our case. We love this game and didn't find it difficult to learn at all. There are instructions and tips for each game. We love to have tournaments with our family when they're all in town (all 12 of us). Great game! Not all that overwhelming graphics, a million buttons to push kind of thing. Just simple fun with enough challenges to make it interesting!

Surprisingly Good

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 18 / 20
Date: October 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This was surprisingly good. When I first heard about it, I passed it off as another failed kids game. The second time, though, I downloaded some sample movies and reviews. They looked good, so I gave it a try. I was glad that I did.

The mini-games are fun and range from easy to difficult, with most of them at the lower end (difficult enough to try new ones, but not so much that you throw the controller and sell the game).

The graphics are good. The sound is so-so (it can get monotonous). The gameplay is the key and this one is a key-per.

Monki Ball Fan

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: November 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

If you have ever played the first monkey ball game, then you'll know that it absolutely rocks! Well, in the second monkey ball, the fun continues, and it just gets better and better! Now there is a new story mode, that you can play optional, and there are new mini games added such as: Boat Race, Soccer, Baseball, Dog Fight, and many more! Check out my rating at the bottom:
star 1: great graphics
star 2: awesome new games
star 3: originality
star 4: challenging levels
star 5: good sound

Like I said, "This is a great game!" I would probally recomend this game to Animal Crossing and Crash Bandicoot fans. This game is excellent for all ages, and it is fun to play alone, or with friends.

Mom Gamer w/3 Kids

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: December 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is an awesome game. I am addicted to the monkey golf. The whole concept is very original and tons of fun to play. I will rent other games for the weekend, but we continue to pay Super Monkey Ball 2.

Before I bought it, I read many reviews, and overall this game is HOT!! It is perfect for a family game, and has no questionable violence or inappropriate material for youngsters. Even my 3 year old gets into playing it -- although she is complety inept. LOL

My advice to anyone who is looking to buy any gamecube game is to look carefully at all the reviews, and possibly rent it before you buy it. I always do a lot of research before I spend my [money] on a game. I don't want to waste my money.

Final advise... BUY THIS GAME!!! It is definitely worth the money, and you will have more fun than you can imagine. Your whole family will enjoy it, and if you are a single game player, you will enjoy it as well. Although, I do think it is geared toward a party game atmosphere (similar to Mario Party 4). I am actually enjoying this game MORE than Mario Party 4!!

An Excellent Sequal

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: September 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The sleeper hit party game featuring your four favorite monkeys is back and is new and improved. It features two main game modes:

Challenge - Like the original game, go through levels colleting bananas, trying not to fall off. (new levels)
Story Mode - This all new game play mode has a story to go with it. However, it is similar to Challenge mode. There are 10 worlds, each with 10 different levels which can be completed in any order.

However, the best feature of SMB2 is it's wide variety of mini or party games. There are 12 party games (6 available, and 6 which you must unlock):

Unlocked:
Monkey Race 2 (self explanatory)
Monkey Fight 2 (as many as four monkeys duke it out with boxing gloves to see who's champ)
Monkey Target 2 (navigate monkeys through the air, landing on targets, trying to collect the most points)
Monkey Golf 2,
Monkey Billiards 2,
Monkey Bowling 2 (3 games where the monkey takes place of the various balls)

Locked:
Monkey Boat
Monkey Shot
Monkey Dogfight
Monkey Soccer
Monkey Baseball
Monkey Tennis

As not to give too much away, I won't elaborate on these locked party games, but you get pretty much guess what most of them are.

Overall, I think this game was terrific and a great game to play at parties. The SMB series is the most innovative game out there and best of all, never gets old. The mini games make this game timeless. I recommend it to all Game Cube owners regardless of age. It will entertain people of all ages.

hours of time wasting silliness

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: December 13, 2005
Author: Amazon User

We bought this game for our 6-year-old. She and my 4-year-old actually both love it and have no trouble playing it together. As to how much learning value it has? I guess teaching spatial and fine motor skills would be the thing here. Honestly, for the times when you aren't taking your kids to the museum or reading to them--this is a nice break.

Great sequel, but, a fair warning:

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 10 / 15
Date: April 03, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Super Monkey Ball 2 goes above and beyond its predecessor in graphics, control, and difficulty. In addition to the six mini games in the original, there are even more games to keep you and friends occupied for hours on end.

However, anyone who has not played the first game will have a very difficult time with the learning curve. Much like the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series, it is hard to simply pick up the series unless a gamer has learned the rules and parameters of the first game.

If you've played the first Super Monkey Ball and loved it (it's one of the main reasons why I chose to buy a Gamecube), then I recommend the sequel without hesitation, especially if you've got friends who are as gung ho about Monkey Ball as you.

However, if you're a new Gamecube owner, I recommend buying the first one and learning the basics before you move on to the second game. I find myself having to play the first one a lot with friends over because they haven't played any of the Super Monkey Ball series before. Don't believe people who tell you to just jump into the sequel; you'll have a lot less fun if you do.

Monkey Madness

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: August 31, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Perhaps it's my eager giddiness for "Super Monkey Ball" that causes a childish uproar of excitement whenever I sit and play this dazzling game. Whether aping your way through tiny-teeny platforms and curves, distracted by immense astonishing graphics, or beating other monkey strongmen in a mini-game, "...Monkey Ball" is a guilty pleasure, an addictive colorful world full of every color imaginable. For those of you out there who deem such a game as immature, stupid and atrocious, it's only because you haven't picked up a controller and attempted an expert level, while getting all the bananas and a time bonus. The game is what it is though - an excuse for nultiplayer madness, for single-player frustration, for fantastic fun wrapped up so innocently and squarely into a minidisk. Don't underappreciate the gameplay, the cheesy sound, the pre-pubescent quality; appreciate the sincerity, the creation, the invention and the overwhelming defeat of this game over all your senses.

Ape-tastic!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: September 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is so superb, it takes all the winning elements from the first Monkeyball game and expands, expands, expands. We're talking about major additions here: there's a brand-new story mode, there are tons of new mini-games to play - soccer, tennis, baseball, dogfight, shoot, & boat race. The old mini-games have been improved greatly: bowling has new special lanes that morph and change, racing has some great new courses, target can now be done simultaneously via the split-screen, fight has some new items and a new charge-up punch, pool now offers different games to play, plus there's so much more. The brand-new mini-games are excellent, especially dogfight (which is aircraft dogfighting with missiles etc). Tennis is also great, it plays like a cross between mario and virtua tennis, very fun indeed. Soccer and baseball are both pretty fun in shorter bursts. Monkey shoot is kinda like virtua cop, where you're shooting at a bunch of enemies, pretty fun too. Boat Race is the only one i'm not too sure about, its high level of difficulty will turn many gamers off. The graphics have been nicely improved over the abysmal first Monkeyball, which had very weak graphics indeed. There are way more level designs and they look way better, most have animated backgrounds and even some great particle effects (lava levels, water levels, a level inside a whale which is my personal favorite, etc etc). This sequel features so many improvements it basically renders the original game obsolete. I highly recommend purchasing this game, it provides hours of quality entertainment, the multiplayer options alone make this game well-worth a money purchase.

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