A variety of other unlockables are present too, all earned by accumulating in-game currency. The characters are cosmetic, but it’s incredibly amusing to see Sonic and Tails roll around collecting rings instead of bananas. That extends to the unlockable characters, which include Sonic, Tails, Kazuma Kiryu (from Yakuza), and Beat (from Jet Set Radio) and many more as paid DLC. The friendliness and leniency is felt throughout, earnestly feeling like a celebration of Monkey Ball’s early days. You can even mark difficult levels as completed and move on. Helper mode lets you slow down time and shows an optimal route through the stage. It has a lot of assist options baked in as well. It’s hard for the game to truly evoke the nostalgia I have for the GameCube games, but this clearly feels better than any Monkey Ball game I’ve played since the first two even if it’s not identical to how the GameCube games felt. The challenge ramps up fast, but the levels are generally all clever and fun to play. The centerpiece is the dozens and dozens of ball-rolling stages spread across a world-based story mode as well as challenge modes based on Monkey Ball 1 and 2’s stages. Banana Mania is a celebration of the series’ best games that, for better or worse, changes things enough to possibly turn off those desiring a true return to form, but is largely a great game with a lot of depth and variety. It bakes in a lot of the content from Super Monkey Ball 1, 2, and Deluxe, but this is not a straightforward remake. The 2019 Switch release of Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD was a lukewarm step in the right direction, but the latest release, Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania, is a much more confident return to form. The GameCube originals were beloved when they came out, but from there, the magic and charm was lost along the way, reaching a sad nadir with Super Monkey Ball 3D. For example, there is also a new photo mode.Super Monkey Ball is a series that has a checkered history. Naturally, these are by no means the only changes and improvements to the game. So you’ll have to go back and beat those troublesome levels eventually if you want the Extra stages. However, doing so will prevent you from unlocking the Extra stages. Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania players can also choose to outright skip a level for 2000 in-game currency. As a result, Sega has implemented a number of new accessibility features in this remaster of Super Monkey Ball 1 & 2, and Super Monkey Ball Deluxe. Some of these were previously announced by the game’s director, Masao Shirosaki, on Twitter. In the Gamecube era, that was in part due to the challenge of the games. The Super Monkey Ball franchise is no doubt on the niche side of things. However, it will also no doubt help draw more interest in the series. Sega’s addition of guest characters like Kiryu in Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania is goofy and fun. The legendary “Dragon of Dojima” will be a playable character, free and unlockable through normal gameplay! □ #SuperMonkeyBall #BananaMania #KazumaKiryu /xtcA5AAnOF Kazuma Kiryu is rolling into Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania! □ It seems there is a good chance we may see a few more. Will more be announced before the game launches on October 5th? Only time will tell, but there has been a new character trailer for the last three weeks in a row. It seems the monkey gang is making a lot of new friends! This announcement of Kiryu brings the Banana Mania roster up to four guest characters so far. However, the earlier announced pair, Jet & Jam, (from Super Monkey Ball 3D and Super Monkey Ball Step and Roll) are still oddly missing in action there. Each of the new characters has some art (a portrait, and an image of them in a monkey ball). It seems they also finally updated the character page on the official website. Players will unlock all of these guest characters through normal gameplay. This time, Kazuma Kiryu, from the Yakuza series, is rolling into action! Just like Sonic, Tails, and Jet Set Radio‘s Beat, Kiryu will be free content. Sega’s unusual ball-roller, Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania just got another new guest character.
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