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Super Monkey Ball for Nintendo GameCube
Super Monkey Ball for the Nintendo GameCube is an arcade puzzle game in which you guide a monkey to the exit in a transparent ball. Use the analog stick to tilt the court under the ball. A small movement may be enough to follow a narrow ledge; on a slope you have to slow down in time. In the meantime, the clock is running and bananas are sometimes on a route that requires extra risk.
The rules remain clear while the jobs become more complicated. Open edges, curves and moving parts force you to read the ball's speed carefully. You learn by trying again and starting a movement a little earlier or more slowly. The short courses make progress visible: you later roll past a section where you initially fell off in one smooth line.
In addition to the main challenge you will find separate games, including Monkey Race, Monkey Fight and Monkey Target. There the emphasis alternates between racing, knocking each other off a platform and landing on targets while floating. With multiple players, the same ball therefore has different applications. The combination of precise steering and short matches makes Super Monkey Ball a game that you can play for a few tries or for a longer session with friends.
Region and language
Our Nintendo GameCube games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
Super Monkey Ball for Nintendo GameCube includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Super Monkey Ball
Super Monkey Ball grew out of Monkey Ball, an arcade game from Sega's Amusement Vision from 2001. The arcade version used a distinctive joystick in the shape of a banana. For the Nintendo GameCube, the idea was expanded into a home edition, which was released when the console was introduced in Japan. The name was added the word Super.
The switch occurred during the period when Sega started making games for other manufacturers' consoles. In a 2001 interview, studio boss Toshihiro Nagoshi said that Monkey Ball's target players were a good fit for Nintendo. According to him, the conversion of the arcade base was done quickly; adding all the extra parts then took about six months. The mini-games gave the home version a broader interpretation than just the series of balance courses.
That combination remained important for the series. Super Monkey Ball 2 followed on the GameCube with new courses, a storyline and more separate games. Super Monkey Ball Adventure later opted for a larger platform adventure with assignments. In the first Super Monkey Ball, the original arcade idea is still clearly central: view a compact track, dose your movement and try to find an uninterrupted route to the goal within the available time.
Similar games for Nintendo GameCube
Super Monkey Ball 2 is closest to the first part. You once again tilt lanes with a monkey in a ball and find familiar mini-games again. The sequel adds a story and new sports, among other things. The first game puts more emphasis on the original series of short, consecutive arcade challenges.
Super Monkey Ball Adventure uses the same characters and ball controls for an adventure with areas, conversations and quests. There are also separate puzzle courses. Those who want to learn to master a new course will find a more direct structure in the first Super Monkey Ball, with fewer interruptions between steering and trying again.
F-Zero GX also requires precise steering, route knowledge and speed control, but does so in futuristic races. You learn to complete circuits at high speed and take opponents into account. Super Monkey Ball turns that sense of lines into a balance puzzle: reaching a safe exit is more important than overtaking an entire starting field.
Mario Party 4 shares playing together around short challenges. A board game with dice connects the mini-games there, giving a session a different pace. Super Monkey Ball lets you choose its individual games directly and also offers an extensive individual challenge in which the control of one ball is tested again and again.
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$ quickly switches between very short commands with different actions each time. Above all, it requires that you immediately see what the intention is. With Super Monkey Ball you quickly learn the basics and pay attention to the execution: braking, adjusting and remembering the shape of a track.
