Slopes (Super Monkey Ball)
- For the Super Monkey Ball 2 stage of the same name, see Slopes (Super Monkey Ball 2).
Slopes is the 6th Beginner floor in (Super) Monkey Ball.
In Super Monkey Ball Deluxe, it is the 21st Beginner and Ultimate stage in Challenge Mode, as well as World 1-14 in Story Mode.
In Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania, on top of its original position, it is also the 6th SMB1 Marathon stage.
Description
The stage consists of several gently sloped paths, slanted at about a 15° angle downwards. Semi-circlular platforms connect each slope to the next, with two slopes connected to each platform. The widths of the slopes gradually decrease with each slope, except for the final slope, which is steeper instead, at around 45°. The final slope curves upwards at the end to become level, with the goal being at its end.
Strategy
The stage can be beaten by simply rolling down each slope in order to reach the end of the stage, though care should be taken to slow down towards the end of each slope to not roll off the edge. A fairly straightforward shortcut can be taken by rolling off the sides of the platforms, to land on the next platform down.
Reappearances
A harder version of this stage, called Skeleton, appears in Expert. As for Slopes itself, it has reappeared several times throughout the series, namely:
- In Jr. as Beginner Floor 6
- In N-Gage as Beginner Floor 6
- In Touch & Roll as Curvature
- In iOS as Space Case - Stage 2
