Free Throw (stage)
- For the Banana Blitz party game of the same name, see Free Throw (Party Game).
Free Throw is the 6th Expert Extra stage of Super Monkey Ball 2, Super Monkey Ball Deluxe, and Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania, the 256th Ultimate stage without continues, and the 116th Marathon stage of Super Monkey Ball 2 in Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania.
Description
The stage is set up on a long platform. The first part, closest to the starting point, can launch the ball. There are three goals disguised as basketball hoops, one near the start, one in the middle, and one near the end.
Goal Tutorial
Blue Goal
To get into the blue goal, roll right past the launcher. Turn around as soon as it has lowered back down; and roll four squares across on the launcher. Stay as straight as possible, and come to a full stop once you are four squares across. This should launch you into the goal. Use the map if needed.
Green Goal
This is considered hard. Roll past the launcher, and then roll about eight squares across on the launcher after it has lowered back down. Adjust your position in the air if it looks like you will miss the goal. Use the map if needed.
Red Goal
Strategy 1
This is considered very hard. Roll past the launcher, and then roll about eleven squares across on the launcher after it has lowered back down. Adjust your position in the air if it looks like you will miss the goal. Use the map if needed.
Strategy 2
Roll onto the very top of the launcher, and be launched as high as possible. Move forward until you approach the red goal. Try to land into the goal. However, if you miss it, you can keep trying to land into it until you can't bounce as high as the elevation of the red goal.
Trivia
- In basketball, free throws are unopposed attempts to score points from a restricted area.
- A party game with the same name can be found in Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz.
- In Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania, this stage has had its number of bananas reduced. This is unusual as most returning stages have had their banana counts increased, often quite significantly.
- Uniquely, the Helper Function's arrow guide for this stage in Banana Mania recommends the player aim for the green goal instead of the blue goal. This is likely due to it arguably being easier to get the green goal than the blue goal in this game.
- In Banana Mania, the topdown map has a limited render distance. On this stage, the render distance limit will often be reached when being launched up, causing the stage to disappear on the map.
Gallery
The launcher flipping up
