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Published May 16th 2011. Written by Gloria Preston. Super Monkey Ball is one of my favourite games ever, so when picking which 3DS launch titles to buy it was a no-brainer. I know the series has been in decline, and know from Banana Blitz that Sega hav...
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One of the coolest monkeys returns to the console world... not Donkey or Diddy Kong but rather AiAi and his outrageous friends which brings gamers back to the wonderful world of Super Monkey Ball. Thankfully for fans of this series and new comers, SEG...
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Throughout the ages, Super Monkey Ball has evolved into challenging every joint of a gamers body. Testing the reflexes of thumbs on joysticks, twisting wrists around Wii Remotes, and teaching the semantics of controlled thrusting with the Wii Balance...
Monkey Ball is still addictive, Motion Controls work well to provide tense gameplay...
Stages are just too easy for dedicated fans, Mini games are terrible, No competitive play for Monkey Ball...
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The monkey in the ball is mostly irrelevant. Always has been. The primate shoved in the sphere has only ever been the franchise’s circus act, there to attract the masses to the tillpoints.Bubble Boy still managed to live an ordinary life.In terms of fu...
The GameCube version was stunning fun. Since then, however, the series has become progressively worse, depending more on kitsch than cleverness. More than just a mild bore, this is a nothing game: no challenge; no invention; no need. 3.3/10Print this p...
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Big sigh: Super Monkey Ball 3D seems to have the same problem as every other 3DS launch game. They keep making us think “Did developers find out about Nintendo’s new handheld at the same time we did?” I mean, less than a year of development would sort...
Vibrant, colorful 3D, The traditional Monkey Ball levels, Uh... I got nothing...
Finishing the main game in under an hour, Monkey Race, 3D sacrificing tilt controls...
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On paper, few established games could be more suited to the 3DS than Super Monkey Ball. The task of rolling chimps trapped in transparent balls around floating 3D platforms to collect bananas seemed a perfect fit for Nintendo's latest handheld. So it...
Limited controls, uninspiring levels... and best played in 2D...
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Twelve years ago in Japan a game was released in arcades called Monkey Ball. The premise was simple: instead of controlling the game’s main character (or characters since you could choose from three different monkeys) you actually used the banana-sha...
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If there's one thing to be said about the Monkey Ball series, it is that you know what to expect every time you pick up a new iteration. The gameplay is always the same, and even if there's a singular new feature to check out (like using the touch scre...
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When Nintendo's senior director of corporate communications, Charlie Scibetta, said the 3DS would help quash the perception of the company as a haven for casual gamers, I think we're safe to think he wasn't using Super Monkey Ball 3D as an example. Old...
CPad works well with gameplay, 3D doesn't function with gyroscopic controls, Little content, poor minigames...
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When it comes to recent Nintendo handheld launches, Sega is always present and accounted for. When the DS launched, Sega had the mini-game collection ready and waiting. Now, for the 3DS launch, Sega has prepared . It’s a pretty solid release. You’ll c...
Technically getting three games in one (action/puzzle, kart racer and fighter), visually impressive, controls very easily and good for gamers of all ages. There are download-play versus options, so you only need one cartridge. Monkey Race mode is surprisingly fun.
Error message can come up when you suspend the game. Motion controls are awkward and take a lot of getting used to. You can’t use motion controls and have the 3D effect on. Monkey Fight is only fun with other people playing. No online multiplayer.
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Super Monkey Ball 3D is a familiar addition for anyone who has been playing games since the last generation of consoles. It’s an incredibly bizarre series that is difficult to describe, but becomes instantly accessible and understandable after only a f...
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gaming-age.com Updated:
2012-01-25 06:39:44
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Super Monkey Ball isn't a series I've had much love for since the Gamecube days, specifically with SMB 1 and 2. Once SEGA went past that point, they kind of went off track, tossing in various mini-games, motion mechanics, easier difficulty, and overall...
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The problematic relationship between the 3D and the motion controls is just the start of Super Monkey Ball 3D's woes.Super Monkey Ball 3D is, in some ways, Nintendo's worst nightmare. While it's a perfectly serviceable 3DS title that does a fair job of...
Tiltandroll mechanic is plenty fun with the 3DS accelerometer.
3D does not play nicely with the motion controls; Monkey Race and Monkey Fight modes are very boring knockoffs of Mario Kart and Smash Bros; some courses aren't terribly fun to negotiate with the accelerometer.
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Back in 2003, I picked up a Nintendo Game Cube on launch day along with four titles: , , and . Out of the four, became my favorite. The game was great, but it appears Sega let the success of the title go to their heads. In less than a decade, the gam...
Super Monkey Ball 3D continues the trend of the franchise’s downward spiral. The game looks and sounds great, and Challenge Mode is a lot of fun. Meanwhile Monkey Fight and Monkey Race are the only two mini games included, and both are pretty awful. Th...
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The first console Super Monkey Ball on GameCube was a revelation. The single-player puzzles were a test of precision and skill, and the multiplayer games were great fun in a party setting. Unfortunately, Sega's latest entry in the Super Monkey Ball ser...
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Sega sure knows how to milk their franchises for all they’re worth; Debuting as an Arcade exclusive in 2000, Monkey Ball began its console life on the GameCube the following year underneath the title “Super Monkey Ball”, and has since been...
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In our review of the Nintendo 3DS, we highlighted Super Street Fighter IV as one of the top titles available at the system's launch. We found ourselves hugely impressed by the graphics, use of the dual screens, and controls. Of course, fighters are n...
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Since they first rolled on to the video game scene a decade ago, monkeys in balls have participated in a huge variety of activities. Previous games in the series have had dozens of things for the plucky primates to do, yet Super Monkey Ball 3D has only...
Classic Monkey Ball mode looks cool in 3D, Motion controls are neat and responsive.
racing physics, Dull fighting action, Only one mode worth playing.
Super Monkey Ball 3D's one enjoyable mode can't compensate for the other two stinkers, making this a disappointing showing for the sphere-bound simians...
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ign.com
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2012-01-25 06:39:44
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After numerous iterations of the Super Monkey Ball formula, which got its start on the GameCube almost 10 years ago, AiAi and crew have had a bumpy ride. While none of their adventures since their console debut have quite stacked up to the original, Su...
A stellar action puzzle hybrid with tight controls, Monkey Ball 3D is the best Monkey Ball game since the original, and Sega's found some cool ways to implement the system’s 3D functionality and make it relevant to the gameplay. Though it has some big...
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1up.com
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2012-01-25 06:39:44
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Early adopters of the Nintendo 3DS will no doubt be looking for software to show off their new system. Super Monkey Ball 3D is one of those games that straddles the line between a "game to own" and a "game to show off." In 3D, it looks good, and with t...
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