There are certain courses I found it to be a hindrance, but I see where it could be beneficial for younger players, perhaps. And the slow motion is next to useless but that could just be me. You can turn this on and off at your leisure and whilst it certainly offers a substantial hand to hold, there’s no guarantee you’ll finish the level even with the help mode on, so it’s still up to you, they ‘help’ can just guide you along the way. If you’re finding it all a little too tricky then fortunately there’s a mode you can switch on which will double the time given to complete the course and offer an optimal route through the course. It’s never been the easiest of games and certainly if you want to complete the game it’s a fiendish uphill battle to do so, but if nothing else this is a reminder that you really need all of your faculties working very hard, harder than you were probably expecting when you switch on this game about rolling monkeys down a titling course, I suspect. That’s not something I ever really expected to say about Super Monkey Ball. When out of nowhere a course pops up that feels close to impossible, Banana Mania becomes a chore. That is of course, until you reach a level so utterly infuriating it makes you want to throw your console at someone. There’s enough of a curve that you feel like you’re learning the more you play and the further you progress. Whilst they’re never easy – pace, speed and timing are all crucial to navigate your way to victory – once you get past the more tutorial-like levels, the difficulty balance never goes so off the rails it becomes impossible. The early stages are easy enough to power through. So if you’re at all into the lore of Super Monkey Ball, you’ll feel right at home here. It’s a celebration of SEGA as much as it is its own game and it thoroughly leans into it this time around. It’s easy to get caught up in nostalgia and in that regard, naturally Banana Mania delivers in spades. Ergo, it’s always very much your fault when things go horribly wrong, as they often do.Ī remaster of the original trilogy, Banana Mania adds a lick of paint to those classic levels, bursting with colour and vibrancy throughout. The ball will only move when you dictate the level to do as such.
#Switch it down monkeys series
It’s a bright and breezy series with little room for cynical eyes, but that lesson is always worth remembering when you’re in a jam. It’s up to you to guide AiAi and friends to the Goal without falling off. Above anything else, you’re not controlling the ‘Monkey Ball’, but the level itself. The first lesson of Super Monkey Ball came shrieking back at me when I began Banana Mania. It’s a series I have fond memories of, and the latest in the series, Banana Mania is a fitting tribute to those nights when all that mattered was Super Monkey Ball. Super Monkey Ball is a game I remember spending nights upon nights with my friends playing, huddled around a Gamecube, nudging each other so they’ll fall off thin balance beams or miss their targets in the incredible party games. Super Monkey Ball returns in Banana Mania, and it’s just as entertaining and infuriating as it ever was.
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