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weekev

Is this a test?
Member
Oct 25, 2017
6,213
OMG, its been ages since a good Monkey Ball game. 1 and 2 on Gamecube were probably the best party game every created.
 

Vivian-Pogo

Member
Jan 9, 2018
2,033
Nope, I can't get excited for a Super Monkey Ball announcement in 2019. Without AV, they can't make a good game.
 

PMS341

Attempted to circumvent ban with alt-account
Banned
Oct 29, 2017
6,634
Just bring back the Mini Games.

Monkey Target for days.
 
Oct 28, 2017
16,773
Either remaster the first two games or really focus hard on delivering that original core monkey ball experience. The Vita game was SO CLOSE to getting it right. Wasn't a bad game. For me it was the best game since SMB2. But it had its issues.
 
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N75

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Oct 25, 2017
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Said it on an earlier page, but the artwork is based on the post-Deluxe character designs, so I wouldn't expect a remaster.
Nope, I can't get excited for a Super Monkey Ball announcement in 2019. Without AV, they can't make a good game.
Well a fair amount of the staff still seems to be there, they mostly just moved over to Yakuza instead.

I wonder if RGG is developing this.
 
Oct 28, 2017
16,773
I'd like to see a Monkey Ball game sell itself on a course editor and go hard on user made course creation. Super Monkey Ball Maker. I could see the community making some really cool stuff.
 

mrfusticle

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Oct 30, 2017
1,548
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Does anyone still remember the old look Nagoshi who had a column in Edge.
He just talked about how much he liked whisky if I recall nttawwt ... hic
 

blondkayvon

Member
Oct 26, 2017
756
Please be something akin to the pure perfection that is Super Monkey Ball 2. Minigames and all. I want Monkey Target, Monkey Dogfight, Monkey Shot, bowling, pool, the works.
 

roguesquirrel

The Fallen
Oct 29, 2017
5,483
I generally like Monkey Ball, even the mediocre ones like 3D and Step N Roll so Im down for whatever this is.

Too bad Hideki Naganuma is no longer with Sega, i LOVED his music in Banana Blitz and 3D


This is a loose remix of a song from a DS monkey ball game mashed up with a bunch of Sonic Rush samples its fantastic

His music with a game that was on the quality of the first two would be incredible imo
 

krae_man

Master of Balan Wonderworld
Member
Oct 25, 2017
9,592
The Android version was such a disappointment. It would not let me play podcasts while playing. The podcast would stop the second you pressed an on screen button every time.

Any mobile game that doesn't let you mute the music/effects and play your own music or podcasts overtop is a deal breaker for me.

Hook this into my veins.
 

Zutrax

Member
Oct 31, 2017
4,189
Holy shit, please be similar in quality to Super Monkey Ball 1/2. Frankly, the franchise being alive at all is amazing news, but those games are among my favorite from that generation of gaming.
 

Lant_War

Classic Anus Game
The Fallen
Jul 14, 2018
23,539
Either remaster the first two games or really focus hard on delivering that original core monkey ball experience. The Vita game was SO CLOSE to getting it right. Wasn't a bad game. For me it was the best game since SMB2. But it had its issues.
All they have to do is to make good levels with no gimmicks. Just let me move a ball with a monkey inside and let that be the end of it. No exploration, no jump button, no boss battles, just a ton of levels
 

Lant_War

Classic Anus Game
The Fallen
Jul 14, 2018
23,539
I generally like Monkey Ball, even the mediocre ones like 3D and Step N Roll so Im down for whatever this is.

Too bad Hideki Naganuma is no longer with Sega, i LOVED his music in Banana Blitz and 3D


This is a loose remix of a song from a DS monkey ball game mashed up with a bunch of Sonic Rush samples its fantastic

His music with a game that was on the quality of the first two would be incredible imo

They can bring him back, SEGA hired him to make a song for Persona 3 Dancing so it's not like they're in bad blood or anything.
 

xyla

Member
Oct 27, 2017
8,384
Germany
If this ends up being good I'm so in! Monkey flight (? - the one where you have to land on a target) might be my most played local multiplayer game on the GameCube - Melee aside of course.
 
Oct 28, 2017
16,773
All they have to do is to make good levels with no gimmicks. Just let me move a ball with a monkey inside and let that be the end of it. No exploration, no jump button, no boss battles, just a ton of levels
Exactly what the Vita game was. My main issue with the Vita game is just that they made it a tad too hard. The game would have been infinitely better if it had a mode where you could do one level at a time saving after each one. Having to start from the beginning every time you got a game over was a tad too punishing for me. Even the original Super Monkey Ball had unlimited continues for you to unlock to make getting through it easier, then you could go for better runs after.

The Vita game totally went for a back to the roots approach and the core gameplay and level design was very good. It had all the right intentions just missed the mark a bit. Honestly just more of that but with a less punishing SMB2 esque story mode in addition to classic mode is all they need to do.
 

Handicapped Duck

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Avenger
May 20, 2018
13,661
Ponds
Imagine a Super Monkey Ball game with HD rumble as good as Golf Story and being more akin to the first two games. They can take my money.
 

Jeeves

Member
Nov 21, 2017
411
More excited for Rolled Out than this, honestly. I don't think Sega remembers what made the first two games so good.
 

Burbank

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Sep 9, 2018
854
Pangea
IIRC the lack of a joystick option made accurate controls impossible for me on hard levels in the Wii, DS and Android versions.

I hope they don't go 100% gyro for this.