Super Monkey Ball (N-Gage)
- For other uses, see Super Monkey Ball (disambiguation).
Super Monkey Ball is a port of the original Super Monkey Ball for the Nokia N-Gage system. It features Challenge Mode, Practice Mode, and Party Games.
About
After the release of Super Monkey Ball Jr., Super Monkey Ball for the Nintendo GameCube was translated onto the newly-released Nokia N-Gage. Although choppier than the GameBoy Advance, it features similar mechanics and the traditional features of a Super Monkey Ball game.
Features
Challenge Mode
Challenge Mode has all four difficulties - Beginner, Advanced, Expert, and Master, with 10, 15, 20, and 5 floors respectively, tallying up to 50 floors total. Practice Mode is also available.
Floors
A list of all the floors in this game can be found below. Note that as of right now, none of the floors have their own article yet.
- Main article: Super Monkey Ball (N-Gage)/Floors
Party Games
The party game selection includes the following, with multiplayer features:
Reception
The game has mostly negative reviews, criticizing its performance and lack of new content compared to its GameBoy Advance predecessor. However, it was praised for its debut onto the N-Gage and worth playing on the handheld console.
The game is usually seen as a port of Super Monkey Ball Jr., However, they are technically different games, with different mini-games and new levels.
Gallery
- Main article: Super Monkey Ball (N-Gage)/Gallery
- Super Monkey Ball N-Gage E3 Trailer (2003)
Advertisement featuring Super Monkey Ball for Nokia N-Gage
Trivia
- All stages, except the bonus stages, share the same soundtrack, which is Jungle's theme. The bonus stages use the proper theme.
- There are no extra stages in this adaptation.
- Unlike past games having an exclusive Master world like Banana Island or Lava Land, this time all Master stages take place in Arctic, which is also seen at the end of Expert.
- Although this game has a dedicated world for bonus stages, some of the bonus stages appear in regular worlds and some of the regular stages appear in the bonus world.
- Despite having few stages, it has more than Super Monkey Ball Adventure, which has 49, unless you include the 15 PSP Exclusive stages.
| Super Monkey Ball Games | ||
|---|---|---|
| Arcade | Monkey Ball • Ticket Blitz | |
| Home Console | Super Monkey Ball • Super Monkey Ball 2 (demo) • Deluxe • Adventure • Banana Blitz • Step & Roll • Banana Blitz HD (demo) • Banana Mania • Banana Rumble | |
| Handheld | Jr. • N-Gage • Touch & Roll • Adventure • 3D • Banana Splitz (demo) | |
| Mobile | SEGA Monkey Ball • AiAi's Funhouse • J-Phone • N-Gage • Bowling • Mini Golf • Tip 'n Tilt • Tip 'n Tilt 2 • Mobile • iOS (Lite) • iOS 2 (Sakura Ed. (Lite)) • Uki-Uki Seesaw • Bounce | |
| PC | Banana Blitz HD • Banana Mania | |
| Flash | SMB1 Mini • SMB2 Mini • Disco Ball • Banana Blitz Mini | |
| Cancelled | Banana Crazy | |