Super Monkey Ball Adventure

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Mixed or average reviews- based on 14 Ratings

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  • Summary: Adventurers discover that in Super Monkey Ball Adventure their monkey balls now have a whole host of new abilities, including sticking to walls, hovering and the ability to become invisible. Super Monkey Ball Adventure also contains 50 new puzzle levels and six new party games to challengeAdventurers discover that in Super Monkey Ball Adventure their monkey balls now have a whole host of new abilities, including sticking to walls, hovering and the ability to become invisible. Super Monkey Ball Adventure also contains 50 new puzzle levels and six new party games to challenge gamers of all ages. Players can select Aiai, Meemee, Gongon, or Baby to adventure their way through five different Monkey Ball Kingdoms to complete quests by solving puzzles and ultimately uniting the feuding Monkey Kingdoms. The original Monkey Ball characters of Aiai, Meemee, Gongon & Baby are back. They are joined by a host of new characters, including a Prince and Princess, who are being kept apart by a feud between their kingdoms. The couple run away to Jungle Island where they enlist the help of the Super Monkey Ball gang, to unite the feuding Monkey Kingdoms and defeat the Naysayers who have sucked all the joy from the Monkey Ball world.… Expand
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 24
  3. Negative: 10 out of 24
  1. Nintendo Gamer
    68
    It tries its best, but it simply isn't good enough. Too frustrating for younger players, and too fussy and inconsiderate for anyone else. Still, if you must... [Aug 2006, p.56]
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  2. games(TM)
    60
    Despite the bright colours, cute simians, jolly music and overarching joyous abandon, Super Monkey Ball Adventure is a tremendously difficult videogame. And phenomenally frustrating to boot. [Aug 2006, p.130]
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  3. GameZone
    59
    There's nothing very super about Super Monkey Ball Adventure and that's thanks to a poorly conceived story mode that takes us away from the familiar elements we love the most.
  4. The Sydney Morning Herald
    50
    Ambitious and frequently entertaining, but ultimately too frustrating for its own good.
  5. IGN
    48
    Super Monkey Ball games are popular today partly because of their simplistic nature. They are designed for everybody to enjoy. And yet, Super Monkey Ball Adventure throws all of this out of the window for a half-baked storyline and a hub world separated by load times and marred by technical inconsistencies.
  6. 1UP
    40
    The monkeys stick to the comfortable security inside their balls and the platforming stays recognizably formulaic.
  7. GameShark
    33
    As a game that's now a franchise, I cannot understand why this game was made and after playing it, I'm even more underwhelmed.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 10
  3. Negative: 2 out of 10
  1. EricHarmon
    Feb 7, 2017
    10
    why all the negative reviews? game is too hard? well maybe you guys should git good. game is lots fun. doesn't deserve the score it gets by critics...
  2. Realreviews
    Feb 7, 2017
    10
    what is wrong with you people! this game is amazing! just because you suck at games you give this a low score? yes the game is challenging butwhat is wrong with you people! this game is amazing! just because you suck at games you give this a low score? yes the game is challenging but it's not impossible. anyone who is decent at games should be able to finish it.… Expand
  4. Kalalaa
    Nov 29, 2013
    10
    Monkey Ball is a hard series. This is my favourite of the series so far largely due to the adventure mode in this game. Highly addictive,Monkey Ball is a hard series. This is my favourite of the series so far largely due to the adventure mode in this game. Highly addictive, frustrating and cute game.… Expand
  5. PabloR.
    Aug 4, 2006
    8
    This game is fun and its just like all the other parts but with some new things that i dont wanna spoil for you readers. The levels are basic This game is fun and its just like all the other parts but with some new things that i dont wanna spoil for you readers. The levels are basic and fun! The critics dont know what hard is..Try beating final fantasy 10-2's sheiva with lvl 33! Hah! thats hard..not this game… Expand
  6. MrTacoBob
    Sep 16, 2017
    6
    Adventure takes a...different take. It adds a mediocre story and adds gameplay that makes me wonder why this game exists. The graphics areAdventure takes a...different take. It adds a mediocre story and adds gameplay that makes me wonder why this game exists. The graphics are also bad but besides those problems the puzzles and challenges are still fun as ever but the story addition makes the game lack a ton.… Expand
  7. Yamayamauchiman!
    Jul 31, 2006
    6
    It just doesn't work for me, I like the first two monkey balls but this is, as the most reviews I've seen say, too frustrating to It just doesn't work for me, I like the first two monkey balls but this is, as the most reviews I've seen say, too frustrating to be any good.… Expand
  8. KevinM.
    Aug 17, 2006
    2
    I loved Monkey Ball 1 and 2 (and Deluxe) but this thing is gawd awful. First: The puzzle mode is 1-player only. No more sitting with friends I loved Monkey Ball 1 and 2 (and Deluxe) but this thing is gawd awful. First: The puzzle mode is 1-player only. No more sitting with friends playing the puzzle mode. Second: Loading screen! For example, in Monkey Target, you must wait almost a full minute to load the screen... and that is between each attempt--and you are playing on the exact same level each time. What is it loading?! The puzzles are tough--very tough, and about all that is worth spending any time on. Oh, and Monkey Race has a grand total of 3 courses!… Expand

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Awards & Rankings

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#33 Best GameCube Game of 2006
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#7 Most Discussed GameCube Game of 2006
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#9 Most Shared GameCube Game of 2006