Switch
A switch is a prop in Super Monkey Ball 2, Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll, Super Monkey Ball 3D, and Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania. It triggers an event when it is touched.
Appearance
Super Monkey Ball 2
In Super Monkey Ball 2, switches are red beveled octagons with a symbol in the center. They become brighter when pressed.
Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll
In Step & Roll, switches are now more like holograms on the ground. They are circular and flat, and light up when activated. Switches are colour-coded, with play switches being pink, fast-forward switches being red, reverse switches being blue and stop switches being gray.
Super Monkey Ball 3D
In Super Monkey Ball 3D, switches retain their design from the previous game, but now light up blue briefly when pressed. Only play switches exist.
Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania
In Banana Mania, switches are designed like they were in Super Monkey Ball 2, only they are coloured a metallic gray, and have a small image of a banana bunch on them.
Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble
In Banana Rumble, switches of all kinds except reverse switches return. They are dark gray circles with orange-brown edges, and are once again raised slightly off the ground. The symbols indicating the switches' functions are now projected above the switch, making it easier to see from a distance. Switches light up orange when they are active.
Purpose
A switch, when pressed, triggers an event (generally a moving part of the stage). What it actually does, and whether it repeats or not, depends on the stage.
Types of switches
There are six kinds of switches, which have various effects. These are identified by the symbol in their center.
- Play switch (right-facing triangle) - Causes moving parts to start moving at normal speed.
- Reverse switch (left-facing triangle) - Causes moving parts to start moving in reverse at normal speed.
- Fast-forward switch (two right-facing triangles)- Causes moving parts to start moving at high speed.
- Fast reverse switch (two left-facing triangles) - Causes moving parts to start moving in reverse at high speed.
- Pause switch (parallel rectangles) - Causes moving parts to stop (Super Monkey Ball 2).
- Stop switch (square) - Causes moving parts to stop (Step & Roll).
Trivia
- In Banana Mania, switches in Dr. Bad-Boon's Base that the player starts off landing on are raised higher than all other switches in the game, with said switch on Grid Bridge being raised higher still.