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Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania

Sega, Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, Sega
Oct 5, 2021 - PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5
Strong

OpenCritic Rating

77

Top Critic Average

70%

Critics Recommend

Eurogamer
Recommended
IGN
6 / 10
TheGamer
3.5 / 5
Metro GameCentral
5 / 10
GameSpot
8 / 10
Destructoid
8 / 10
TheSixthAxis
7 / 10
Shacknews
8 / 10
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Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania Trailers

Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania | Party with the Gang thumbnail

Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania | Party with the Gang

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Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania | Meet the Gang

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Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania | Wondrous Worlds


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Critic Reviews for Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania

There are missteps and a new look that doesn't quite pop, but Banana Mania ends up an enjoyable celebration of the series in its prime.

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Without the nostalgia goggles, Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania quickly rolls downhill.

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Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania is a roll down retro memory lane with its charming classic arcade format. However, the game soon loses its shine with the sudden difficulty spike that makes it incredibly hard to enjoy in the later levels, despite the inclusion of accessibility options. This is a great choice for a party game when you want a local co-op title, but the lack of online multiplayer means the game begins to feel a little stale when playing alone, despite the wealth of levels, modes, and unlockables.

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Metro GameCentral

GameCentral
5 / 10
Metro GameCentral

Another sub-par remaster of Super Monkey Ball that ruins the precision and elegance of the originals and replaces it with janky, unpredictable controls and shoddy presentation.

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There isn't much new in this best-of compilation, but when the core package is this well-made and feature-packed, that's easy to overlook.

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Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania was a pleasant surprise, in that it doesn’t mess too much with a formula that works and it makes strides to welcome newcomers into the fold. Not all of its stages are created equal, but this is a great entry point into a series that’s been lacking one on modern platforms for a long while.

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Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania is a solid, unglamorous return to the series greatest moments. We’ve been steering monkeys in balls across increasingly difficult landscapes for 20 years now, and while Banana Mania doesn’t return the series to its hallowed position of old, I don’t want it to stop quite yet.

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Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania delivers a mostly delicious and nearly never-ending buffet of bananas and challenges to keep pretty much any player rolling for a good, long time.

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