Reviews from

in the past


So I got as far as world 5 before I could no longer skip the levels that I couldn't beat. My only options were to try over and over again to beat the level that I was stuck on or to grind points by playing minigames. Yea nahhh, I'm not patient enough to do either of those things so imma just gonna stop playing.

This game fucked up my Gym Schedule when it dropped


Solid remaster. The physics and controls are not as good as the original gamecube and play station controls / mechanics but that was expected as an entirely different engine was used to make this game. It was nice to get to see and play some of my favorite levels exclusive to monkey ball deluxe (to which I haven’t been able to play in 7-8 years as I didn’t have a ps2 but now that I do I am going to get a copy of deluxe definitely).

if you didnt enjoy this game then you just hate balls

Fucking atrocious as a remake, completely destroys the gameplay loop by attempting to cater to casuals who will play the game once and never again (Not that casuals shouldn't be allowed to play the game! But there was a FAR better way to handle this than what they did.) Super Monkey Ball is an arcade style consistency game, not a course clear game! Why does Sega not understand this? The courses are far too simple to be one and dones, they don't hold as much merit on their own terms as opposed to part of a whole. here is literally no reason to play this over the originals unless you only have access to this game.

If you do only have access to this game, and you never played the originals, then I guess it's fine on its own terms? It's hard to see it as anything other than a spoiled version of two of the greatest games of all time though. It controls worse, it's lacking maingame multiplayer, it's far less replayable and the original content is pretty negligible. If you have interest in this as a game and not just a monkey meme please consider playing the originals first/instead!


The fact that sega released this game without main game multiplayer still baffles me and immediately elevates the original games over this for me.

It's cool getting the play the levels I could never unlock in the originals and the game looks nice, but the multiplayer is one of the main reasons I bought this game.

lotta little party games as well as the main game, good for sofa multiplayer with friends

Solo me lo pasé por que sale kiryu??

Solo me lo pasé por que sale Kiryu.

It isn’t perfect but it’s the series going back to its roots with a quality remake.

My favorite game of the year. The physics are different, but it doesn't negatively impact the game unless you are bound by nostalgia. (there is also a mod to bring back the old physics)