I've never played Banana Blitz and I'm not expecting greatness of SB1 & 2, but still grabbing this day 1. If it's just passably competent, and nails the minigames, I'll be happy.
The mini games are horrible in this.
I've never played Banana Blitz and I'm not expecting greatness of SB1 & 2, but still grabbing this day 1. If it's just passably competent, and nails the minigames, I'll be happy.
Really? Weren't they reworking and curating only a few, select minigames??
They slightly changed some, but they're still not great from what we've seen. Monkey Bowling isn't in either, so what's the point.Really? Weren't they reworking and curating only a few, select minigames??
Imagine Banana Splitz but with an added game mode that allowed you to play a level at a time saving after each. Banana Splitz had good level design but the game was just too damn punishing. Having to start from scratch at every game over was really frustrating. Even SMB1 let you unlock infinite continues for challenge mode.Yeah, I wish they would have made a new version of Banana Splitz instead just because so few people have actually played it. Reintroducing the franchise with a game that has jumping is not a good move. It will give tons of newcomers a hugely wrong impression of the series.
Still greatly looking forward to the PC version. I wonder if it will have any modding potential? That could be incredible.
They've just ditched the more tech-demo ones and made minor tweaks.
It's still the outsourced junk of before.
They slightly changed some, but they're still not great from what we've seen. Monkey Bowling isn't in either, so what's the point.
Jeez that's disappointing. I really wonder why they chose this particular game as a remake as opposed to some of the better ones.
It's the best selling one and it has an easy to adapt artstyle, but they really should've gone with 1+2.Jeez that's disappointing. I really wonder why they chose this particular game as a remake as opposed to some of the better ones.
It sold the best and is the earliest game that uses the current art direction for the franchise. They might want another spin with a jump command too though.Jeez that's disappointing. I really wonder why they chose this particular game as a remake as opposed to some of the better ones.
It sold the best and is the earliest game that uses the current art direction for the franchise. They might want another spin with a jump command too though.
No monkey bowling? I thought there was monkey bowling in banana blitz? Have they removed it or am I remembering wrong? Man that's a major bummer.They slightly changed some, but they're still not great from what we've seen. Monkey Bowling isn't in either, so what's the point.
Being a fan of SMB 1 and 2 on GameCube and having not played BB on Wii, I can say from gameplays on YT that approach is a bit different from first two games but it looks quite enjoyable as well
40 digital :xit was not the best Monkey Ball but i had some fun with it.
also it's a 30$ on Switch,so it's not too bad.
I haven't been following this release that closely, why did they change out the soundtrack? Licensing issues? Issues with the main composer? Just felt it didn't fit the series style?
Apparently the Banana Blitz soundtrack was largely composed by a company called Noisycroak and Sega can't get their tracks back for whatever reason, so the only world music from the original that remains is Smooth Sherbet since that was done by Hideki Naganuma instead.
It's especially weird since Banana Blitz's tunes were all remixes of Touch & Roll's soundtrack, which was done by an in-house composer, so you'd think they could have just made new remixes of the music that they own. The new Sinking Swamp has become one of my favorite Monkey Ball tracks though so I'm not complaining too much.
Having played this over the past couples, all I'm gonna say is if you approach the mini-games expecting anything on the level of 1 and 2, you're going to walk away sorely disappointed -- Dangerous Route and Seesaw Ball are the only ones worth mentioning. I don't know if my review will be ready for launch, but I'll delve more into why then.
I'm very excited for this. Haven't played beyond Pirates Ocean since the Wii launch days so the back half of the game will feel pretty much new to me (actually, I don't think I ever even made it past Space Case as a kid).
For those wondering about the music, here's a partial list of what has a new track and what reuses a track from the older games courtesy of @DeddoRain on Twitter:
They are slightly incorrect on Space Case though, which reuses the White Cliffs music from SMB3D, as well as Ultra Heaven which is now confirmed to be new. I really like the new tracks for Monkey Island and Sinking Swamp, the latter of which feels like it could have come from the original games:
They have a Twitter account where they've acknowledged the demand for the OG games several times, they even did a poll asking what fans want to see next and "SMB 1 & 2 Remaster" ranked just behind ""give us a brand new game". So, fingers crossed!
Yep:
I'd love that though, that's my favorite Monkey BallI hope this is a success I'd love a new Monkey Ball
But they will probably remake Monkey Ball Adventure next instead.
Interesting I've not heard someone say that before. What do you like most about it?
They did that already for PS2 and Xbox so I suppose the idea was to give something else a chance. Ah well, Deluxe still looks and plays great and my 360 won't be losing it's spot in my living room anytime soon so I won't be too bummed if this turns out to be bad...It's the best selling one and it has an easy to adapt artstyle, but they really should've gone with 1+2.
Apparently the Banana Blitz soundtrack was largely composed by a company called Noisycroak and Sega can't get their tracks back for whatever reason, so the only world music from the original that remains is Smooth Sherbet since that was done by Hideki Naganuma instead.
It's especially weird since Banana Blitz's tunes were all remixes of Touch & Roll's soundtrack, which was done by an in-house composer, so you'd think they could have just made new remixes of the music that they own. The new Sinking Swamp has become one of my favorite Monkey Ball tracks though so I'm not complaining too much.
From what I understand, Sega literally asked fans with a poll on Twitter which Monkey Ball game they wanted remastered, and this is the one that won.Sega in six months: "Huh. No one bought our incredibly random remaster of a mediocre game. I guess people aren't interested in the series at all!"
GameXplain hit the nail on the head.
They cut 40 of the minigames- that must mean they're focusing on retooling the core 10!
...oh. They're the same. It's the same awful version of Monkey Target from the Wii game.
From what I understand, Sega literally asked fans with a poll on Twitter which Monkey Ball game they wanted remastered, and this is the one that won.
So, not incredibly random on Sega's part. Incredibly fucking disappointing on the fanbase's that voted though ):<
Yeah, the tweaks they made to the minigames are so minor that they might as well have not bothered, plus the fact that the likes of Whack-a-Mole and Slingshot made the cut is proof that they just picked whatever rather than the ones with real potential to be fun diversions like Monkey Wars. It's really weird that Sega still doesn't seem to realize after all this time that the finely-crafted party games were a huge part of the original games' appeal.
I think you've gotten confused with the poll they recently held asking what fans would like to see next, which was won by "a brand new game" followed closely by remakes of the originals.
Was on the fence till this, ty.Just as a heads up for anyone who might still be considering, I don't know if it's in CA as well or just US, BUT if you go to the amazon page of either physical switch/ps4 and click the button next to the little orange coupon banner it should even out to 26 (TWENTY SIX!!!) with free shipping!
(some people on twitter were missing it so here is said button)
I figured it was worth it for that price at least! Here's hoping the full thing is a fun time