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Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz (Wii) | 
 enlarge | From: Sega
Category: Video Games
List Price: £39.99
Buy New: £14.63
You Save: £25.36 (63%)
New (25) Used (8) from £11.50
Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 1543
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Genre: arcade-games
Rating: To Be Announced
Media: Video Game
Age: 3 - 18 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5050053017666
ASIN: B000IMFNO8
Release Date: December 8, 2006
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand New - SAMEDAY DESPATCH - Insured Delivery and 12 months Warranty
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Amazon.co.uk Review:
In a nutshell:
The monkeys are back to put the Wii Remote though its pacing, with more puzzles, more features, more party games and, most importantly, more fun (and bananas).The lowdown:
They're monkeys, they're trapped in giant hamster balls and, unlike the recent Super Monkey Ball Adventure, they're super. This is Super Monkey Ball 3 in all but name, with the same mix of single player puzzles and party games as the original two games. As before the puzzle levels simply have you trying to navigate your monkey through a maze without falling off, except you don't control the ball itself but tilt the whole game world around it. The big difference now of course is that get to use the Wii Remote, which is perfect for the extremely subtle movements necessary for game. New features include a jump command (either the 'A' button or by actually flicking the controller upwards) and a number of boss battles that will test your monkey-in-a-ball controlling skills to the limit. Most exciting moment:
As well as seeing the return of party game favourites such as Monkey Target and Monkey Race, Banana Blitz also features brand new concepts such as Monkey Fencing (where you jab into the screen with your remote) and Monkey Hurdles (where you have to pump the Remote up and down as if you were running). There are 50 party games in total and all use the Remote in a different way. Since you ask:
Sega have said that all the characters from the previous games will make an appearance in the new game. There are also new ones planned too, including a female monkey named YaYa and a new simian scientist character. The bottom line:
Super monkeys return to form in their biggest game yet. -HARRISON DENT
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| Customer Reviews: Read 13 more reviews...
 Decent. Could have been so much better! June 22, 2008
M. Turner
Super Monkey Ball : Banana Blitz comprises two very different modes. The single player game, much like Marble Madness and true to it's GameCube heritage, and the new multi-player party games, which attempt to capture the spirit of Wii Sports in providing quick and simple gameplay for all the family.
Despite offering around 60 unique party games, the multi-player modes left much to be desired. Between myself and a few friends, we managed to find just two games with any kind of appeal (namely the Sheep Herding and Alien Abduction). The rest seemed crude or uninspired. A few were tedious to control correctly, or seemed broken and unintelligible, like the Simon Says mini-game. The efforts between those two extremes appeared to work and were easy enough to follow, though they seemed largely void of any fun. The Frisbee Golf and Frog Hopping games were so dull that we abandoned any efforts to enjoy them, literally within seconds. For the most part, the party games were crude and difficult to enjoy, though they may hold some appeal for a much younger audience.
The single player game is enjoyable enough. The objective being to roll the Monkey of your choice (encased in a ball), around a maze toward a goal, whilst collecting as many bananas as possible before the timer runs out. It's well presented, charming in it's own innocent way and it does what it sets out to do with admirable competence. Though I can't help but wonder how much better this part of the game could have been, had the developers invested just a little more time and effort to boost replay value.
There's a significant focus on completing mazes within a certain time and plenty of scope for competition between friends in this area, but the game doesn't even try to capitalize on this. How about setting us some bench-mark times to aim for, huh? How about preset gold, silver and bronze record times we should be aiming to beat? How about bonus scores for collecting every banana on a stage? How about making these targets visible on the level select screen, to encourage replay value? How about multi-player modes where players take it in turn to compete against one another's times? How about a maintaining a proper, detailed high-score table? Hell, how about multi-player split screen, huh? Competitive and even cooperative multiplayer sets of levels?
The potential is so much greater than the developer has catered for. Especially with the multi-player focus on other parts of the game. It's such a shame that this was not carried through into the main campaign.
Alas, none of these opportunities are catered for and although I enjoy the single player game and see so much untapped potential in it, I can't help but conclude that Super Monkey Ball : Banana Blitz is simply not work the asking price.
 Brilliant March 30, 2008
T. Tilbury (Hertfordshire)
I was nearly put off this game because I read the other reviews. But because I saw it in the sale and my sister said it was good I bought it and I am so glad I did. There are 50 mini games to choose from and some are harder or last longer than others but then it means my children of 3 and 6 years can join in. But this doesn't mean that adults won't enjoy it too. Definately worth the money.
 Massive let down! March 27, 2008
Tom Wakeland (Milton Keynes, UK)
I was looking forward to this game having played a previous version on the Gamecube, what people say about the music is true! oh my god it's annoying! and the mini games are just pants. The main 1 player game should have been a 2 player split screen so you could race a friend and it's entertaining for about 5 minutes.
Don't waste your money on this get something decent like Mario Galaxy, Metriod Prime 3 or pre order the new Mario Kart Wii game!
 Ridiculously childish March 24, 2008
M. Bodkin
I bought this game thinking it would be like Super Monkey Ball 3 but with better graphics and new gameplay. However I was very much mistaken. This game is dreadful compared to Super Monkey Ball 3 as the gameplay is less addictive and the mini games are too childish. Only buy if you have children below the age of about 8.
 Good, Monkey-Based Fun... February 12, 2008
Mojo (Wales, UK)
If you've ever played a "Super Monkey Ball" game - you'll know exactly what to expect here. You pick a monkey, they get put in a ball, you roll the ball to the goal - simple. Except - as you'll know if you've played a game in the series - there'll be an all manner of increasingly devilish things thrown at you.
Picking up "Banana Blitz" for the first time, you'll noticed the controls are a little awkward (holding the remote on you palm and tilting it around), and not as responsive as earlier "Monkey Ball" games, and as such, the levels have been made a tad chunkier and easier. Still, once you've progressed through the game and reached the later levels, they won't stop you tearing your hair out in frustration. But, if you do get a bit angry, there's a MASSIVE selection of minigames for play, all using the remote in a unique way, and it's a great multiplayer experience.
VERDICT: Great fun, and there's no better thrill than mastering those tougher levels.
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