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Super Monkey Ball (series)
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The Super Monkey Ball series is a series of arcade platform games developed by Amusement Vision and distributed by Sega
. It features 4 characters (3 in the arcade version): AiAi, MeeMee, Baby and (appearing only in console versions) GonGon. The game debuted in Japan in 2001 as an upright arcade cabinet simply called Monkey Ball (which featured a banana-shaped joystick) and later that year was released as one of the three original Nintendo GameCube games. Since then, many sequels and ports have been created.
The playable characters of the whole series are AiAi, MeeMee, Baby, GonGon, YanYan, Doctor, Jam, Jet, C AiAi, W MeeMee, A Baby, F GonGon, P YanYan, R Doctor, N Jam, and B Jet. AiAi is a playable character in Sonic Riders
& Sega Superstars Tennis (the latter of which also features MeeMee as an unlockable character). AiAi also appears in Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
. In this game, he rides a banana car and his All-Star move has him racing in his ball along with MeeMee, GonGon and Baby crashing into the computer players.
The primary characters are AiAi, MeeMee, Baby, and GonGon. They are present in many games. Super Monkey Ball Adventure
, Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
, and Super Monkey Ball 3D
incorporated a larger roster of playable characters, usually varying from title to title.
Sega
, usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world...
. It features 4 characters (3 in the arcade version): AiAi, MeeMee, Baby and (appearing only in console versions) GonGon. The game debuted in Japan in 2001 as an upright arcade cabinet simply called Monkey Ball (which featured a banana-shaped joystick) and later that year was released as one of the three original Nintendo GameCube games. Since then, many sequels and ports have been created.
Games
Here is a list of games in the Super Monkey Ball series.- Monkey Ball (Arcade)
- Super Monkey BallSuper Monkey BallSuper Monkey Ball is an arcade platform game developed by Amusement Vision and published by Sega. The game debuted in Japan in 2000 as an upright arcade cabinet called Monkey Ball and was released the following year as one of the launch titles for the Nintendo GameCube.-Modes:Super Monkey Ball...
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) - Super Monkey Ball 2Super Monkey Ball 2Super Monkey Ball 2 is the second installment in the Super Monkey Ball series developed by Amusement Vision. It is the first installment to have a storyline and to be released solely on a home console.-Levels:...
(GameCube) - Super Monkey Ball 3 (Cancelled)
- Super Monkey Ball DeluxeSuper Monkey Ball DeluxeSuper Monkey Ball Deluxe is a party video game made for the PlayStation 2 and the original Xbox developed by Japanese game developer Sega, the creators of Sonic the Hedgehog, and is the fourth entry in the Super Monkey Ball series of games. It is the first game in the main Super Monkey Ball series...
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) - Super Monkey Ball Jr.Super Monkey Ball Jr.Super Monkey Ball Jr. is a puzzle game for the Game Boy Advance that is modeled after Amusement Vision's console game Super Monkey Ball. It is one of the few games on the GBA to make use of its 3D capabilities. The series is copyrighted by Amusement Vision Ltd. and Sega Corporation. The game was...
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) - Sega SuperstarsSega SuperStarsSega Superstars is a game developed by Sonic Team in 2004 for the PlayStation 2 EyeToy. It features a series of games based on previous Sega titles. It also contains Chao, the virtual pets from the Sonic series....
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game features Super Monkey Ball as minigame) - Super Monkey Ball Touch & RollSuper Monkey Ball Touch & RollSuper Monkey Ball Touch & Roll is the third Super Monkey Ball game featured on a handheld and the first for the Nintendo DS...
(Nintendo DSNintendo DSThe is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...
) - Super Monkey Ball AdventureSuper Monkey Ball AdventureSuper Monkey Ball Adventure is a video game developed by Traveller's Tales in parcery with the division Traveller's Tales Oxford and distributed by Sega in the Super Monkey Ball series, released on June 30, 2006...
(PlayStation 2, GameCube, PlayStation PortablePlayStation PortableThe is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Corporation Development of the console was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004...
) - Super Monkey Ball: Banana BlitzSuper Monkey Ball: Banana BlitzSuper Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz is an entry in the Super Monkey Ball series, following Super Monkey Ball Adventure. It is a Wii exclusive and was released as a launch title for the system on November 14, 2006 in North America.-Story:...
(WiiWiiThe Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...
) - Super Monkey Ball (iPhoneIPhoneThe iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...
) - Super Monkey Ball 2 (iPhoneIPhoneThe iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...
) - Super Monkey Ball: Tip 'n Tilt (Mobile Phones)
- Super Monkey Ball: Tip 'n Tilt 2 (Mobile Phones)
- Super Monkey Ball 2: Sakura Edition (iPadIPadThe iPad is a line of tablet computers designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc., primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, and web content. The iPad was introduced on January 27, 2010 by Apple's then-CEO Steve Jobs. Its size and...
) - Super Monkey Ball: Step & RollSuper Monkey Ball: Step & RollSuper Monkey Ball: Step & Roll is a platforming video game developed and published by Sega for the Wii. It was released in North America on February 9, 2010; in Australia on February 11; in Europe on February 12; and in Japan on February 25.-Gameplay:...
(Wii) - Super Monkey Ball 3DSuper Monkey Ball 3Dis an entry in the Super Monkey Ball series developed for the Nintendo 3DS handheld game console. Players can either use the Circle Pad or the internal gyroscope of the Nintendo 3DS to navigate AiAi and friends so they can collect as many bananas as possible within the time limit as in previous...
(Nintendo 3DSNintendo 3DSThe is a portable game console produced by Nintendo. The autostereoscopic device is able to project stereoscopic 3D effects without the use of 3D glasses or any additional accessories. The Nintendo 3DS features backward compatibility with Nintendo DS series software, including Nintendo DSi software...
) - Super Monkey Ball (PlayStation Vita)
Gameplay
As opposed to normal games where the player takes control of the character itself, Super Monkey Ball has the player move their character around by tilting the world itself (the exception of this being Super Monkey Ball Adventure and Super Monkey Ball 2). By tilting the board at various angles, players can control the speed and turning of the character. The goal of each level is to reach a goal banner before time runs out and without falling out of the level. Bonus points and extra lives can be earned by collecting bananas littered across the stage. Early games use traditional controllers to play while many recent titles utilise some of the modern technology, such as the accelerometers of the Wii and iPhone titles.Characters
Sonic Riders
is a video game spin-off produced by Sega and developed by Sonic Team in cooperation with NowPro, for the Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC. It is the fourth racing game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, preceded by Sonic Drift, Sonic Drift 2 and Sonic R.The game was released to start...
& Sega Superstars Tennis (the latter of which also features MeeMee as an unlockable character). AiAi also appears in Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing is a racing game in the Sega Superstars series produced for Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo DS and Microsoft Windows, featuring characters from many Sega franchises. It is being published by Sega and developed by Sumo Digital...
. In this game, he rides a banana car and his All-Star move has him racing in his ball along with MeeMee, GonGon and Baby crashing into the computer players.
The primary characters are AiAi, MeeMee, Baby, and GonGon. They are present in many games. Super Monkey Ball Adventure
Super Monkey Ball Adventure
Super Monkey Ball Adventure is a video game developed by Traveller's Tales in parcery with the division Traveller's Tales Oxford and distributed by Sega in the Super Monkey Ball series, released on June 30, 2006...
, Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz is an entry in the Super Monkey Ball series, following Super Monkey Ball Adventure. It is a Wii exclusive and was released as a launch title for the system on November 14, 2006 in North America.-Story:...
, and Super Monkey Ball 3D
Super Monkey Ball 3D
is an entry in the Super Monkey Ball series developed for the Nintendo 3DS handheld game console. Players can either use the Circle Pad or the internal gyroscope of the Nintendo 3DS to navigate AiAi and friends so they can collect as many bananas as possible within the time limit as in previous...
incorporated a larger roster of playable characters, usually varying from title to title.
- GonGon was not a playable character in the classic Monkey Ball arcade cabinetArcade cabinetA video game arcade cabinet, also known as a video arcade machine or video coin-op, is the housing within which a video arcade game's hardware resides. Most cabinets designed since the mid-1980s conform to the JAMMA wiring standard...
. His first appearance was Super Monkey BallSuper Monkey BallSuper Monkey Ball is an arcade platform game developed by Amusement Vision and published by Sega. The game debuted in Japan in 2000 as an upright arcade cabinet called Monkey Ball and was released the following year as one of the launch titles for the Nintendo GameCube.-Modes:Super Monkey Ball...
on the Nintendo GamecubeNintendo GameCubeThe , officially abbreviated to NGC in Japan and GCN in other regions, is a sixth generation video game console released by Nintendo on September 15, 2001 in Japan, November 18, 2001 in North America, May 3, 2002 in Europe, and May 17, 2002 in Australia...
in JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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