![]() Even on my own I found it hard to put down the monkey bowling! These games are simple, arcade style fun and can liven up an afternoon with friends! One of the main things that keeps me going back to this game over and over is the progression. These party games are also pulled from the original games and are quite fun. Party mode is a fun diversion from the main game and is host to several fun party games including monkey golf, monkey billiards and my favorite monkey bowling. I feel there’s been enough time removed from the original games to revisit these stages in all their shiny, new HD glory for returning players, it’s also a great place for new fans to hop on and try a few stages! Each world of the main game has a fun theme, you’ll be going through stages in jungles, the depths of the oceans and even inside a volcano! Alongside the main adventure there’s fun extra unlockable modes, a challenge mode to see which of your friends can finish a stage the fastest and party mode. ![]() I feel as the series went on the stages started to lose their creativity but the stages of the first few games are great little puzzles. The stages in the game are all entirely taken from the first three games, and this is another plus in my book. The game starts out easy but progressively ramps up the difficulty until you’re scratching your head and asking yourself “how can I possibly get there?”. The levels also have a nice progression of difficulty. I feel it makes it very accessible for anyone to pick up and give a try, regardless of their level of knowledge of games. You navigate your monkey to the goal of each stage and try to avoid falling off on the way there! The game is controlled with just a control stick, and I like that. SMBBM’s main game is simple to learn and hard to master. ![]() It reminded me of a Saturday morning cartoon, and I found that very charming. You’re rolling through these worlds on your quest to stop Doctor Bad-Boon (Ha! They’re writing the puns for me.) and save the banana hoard! The story really takes a backseat to the gameplay and upgraded visuals and I’m okay with that! Not every game needs to be some grand epic, it’s nice to have a simple, silly story. ![]() SMBBM story is a retelling of the first three games (SMB 1, SMB Deluxe and SMB 2) and are told in a series of motion comics before each new world. You are a monkey (or other famous Sega mascot… more on that later) and you’re in a ball and it’s up to you to roll your way through hundreds of increasingly difficult stages. ![]() So how does it hold up? Is this entry king of the jungle or has Sega just been monkeying around with this newest entry? (I can’t promise there won’t be more puns) Let’s find out! Premise SMBBM is the newest addition in the Monkey Ball series, a series of platform/puzzle/party games from Ryu Ga Studios and published by Sega. While Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania may fall into some of these modern issues, it’s the closest I’ve been to that rewarding feeling in a long time. In today’s market, unlockables are usually behind paywalls as DLC or some sort of season pass. Long have I missed the days of sitting on the couch after school with some friends with a new game and staying up all night playing through the whole thing collectively and unlocking a bunch of cool extras along the way. ![]()
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