22nd February 2003, 8:08 PM
One of Segas gifts to the GameCube as a third party developer is Super Monkey Ball. Based on the arcade game of the same title, its the game arcaders remember plus more.
You have single player, in which you can play Beginner mode (10 courses) Advanced mode (30 courses) or Expert Mode (50 courses). In each course you must move the entire stage so the monkey inside the ball rolls to the end, along the way picking up bananas and trying not to fall off the edge. It takes a bit of practice to get the controls down so as to steer the monkey right, but once you have it down, its...well, still challenging at times!
Super Monkey Ball is at its best during Party Mode. Wherein you have Monkey fight, where up to four monkeys roll around with big boxing gloves attached to them trying to knock your opponents off the stage. Next is Monkey Race, which is up to four Monkey balls racing along tracks. Finally there is Monkey Target, where you roll down a steep hill then when you jump off, you open your ball and glide to a target across water, where you land on the target determines your points.</font></p>
There are also minigames to unlock, every time you play Single Player, you get points. When you get enough points you may unlock one of three minigames, Monkey Billiards, Monkey Bowling, and Monkey Golf. All of which are fairly self-explanatory.
If you like getting together with friends with your Cube, Super Monkey Ball is the game for you, it's Party Games and Minigames are a lot of fun. However if you prefer to enjoy your Cube alone, and only venture out to share with friends on occasion, rent this game only. Single Player is fun, don't get me wrong. Fun for a few days. Then it gets kind of tiring and you just want to play minigames. Then they themselves really become no fun without friends to play with.
I rate Super Monkey Ball a 6.5 and I think it's worth at least a rental. If nothing else, you and your immature friends can laugh uncontrollably every time somebody mentions the word "balls".
You have single player, in which you can play Beginner mode (10 courses) Advanced mode (30 courses) or Expert Mode (50 courses). In each course you must move the entire stage so the monkey inside the ball rolls to the end, along the way picking up bananas and trying not to fall off the edge. It takes a bit of practice to get the controls down so as to steer the monkey right, but once you have it down, its...well, still challenging at times!
Super Monkey Ball is at its best during Party Mode. Wherein you have Monkey fight, where up to four monkeys roll around with big boxing gloves attached to them trying to knock your opponents off the stage. Next is Monkey Race, which is up to four Monkey balls racing along tracks. Finally there is Monkey Target, where you roll down a steep hill then when you jump off, you open your ball and glide to a target across water, where you land on the target determines your points.</font></p>
There are also minigames to unlock, every time you play Single Player, you get points. When you get enough points you may unlock one of three minigames, Monkey Billiards, Monkey Bowling, and Monkey Golf. All of which are fairly self-explanatory.
If you like getting together with friends with your Cube, Super Monkey Ball is the game for you, it's Party Games and Minigames are a lot of fun. However if you prefer to enjoy your Cube alone, and only venture out to share with friends on occasion, rent this game only. Single Player is fun, don't get me wrong. Fun for a few days. Then it gets kind of tiring and you just want to play minigames. Then they themselves really become no fun without friends to play with.
I rate Super Monkey Ball a 6.5 and I think it's worth at least a rental. If nothing else, you and your immature friends can laugh uncontrollably every time somebody mentions the word "balls".