Do you remember that marble game you had when you were little? But let’s see: the one where you had to guide a ball to the exit avoiding holes, walls and other obstacles by tilting the toy. Well, for 20 years now the Monkey Ball saga has been the perfect heir to this concept and what might be better than a Maxi Best of episode with a banana supplement and bonus characters from other Sega licenses to celebrate this anniversary with dignity?
In SMBBM (for friends) you direct AiAi, a cute little monkey locked in a ball, by directly tilting the game board. Our hero must thus reach the end of a path full of pitfalls while collecting as many bananas as possible of his infernal descent.
The one-player mode takes up the 300 best levels of the previous opuses, you will be able as you progress to unlock many bonuses and admire several cartoon scenes with the most beautiful effect. In addition to this already generous mode, we find in SMBMM a dozen mini-games from Super Monkey Ball Deluxe. These delicacies are playable up to 4 on the same screen and send us back to these simple and effective pleasures that we have known in titles like Wii Sports to name but one. Laughter guaranteed!
Leave aside your AK-47s and your virtual footballs: you will see how this descendant of Marble Madness is addictive, fun and offers a motivating challenge alone or with others. Only banana peel on his journey: downloadable content at a price a little too high and the absence of online mode (excluding ranking).
Game available on PC, Ps4, PS5, Xbox and Nintendo Switch systems.
