Super Monkey Ball Adventure GameCube
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51 out of 100

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6.2 out of 10

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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 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

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. Ferrago
    62
    Super Monkey Ball, it seems, just doesn't work as an adventure game.
  3. Gamer 2.0
    62
    While the game has a lot of solid concepts, a ton of stages, and some pretty good "boss" fights, (if you even want to call them that) the game sadly suffers from a horrible camera and just annoying challenge; and in the end, the experience isn't memorable by any means.
  4. 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.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 2 out of 5
  1. ChristineW.
    8
    This is such a great game! I LOVE the adventure mode! It's so much like an RPG and it's challenging without being impossible. However, the multiplayer options are limited, which takes out of the fun...but it's still a fantastic game!… Expand
  2. PabloR.
    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 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
  3. Yamayamauchiman!
    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 be any good.… Collapse
  4. EdwardB.
    4
    I played monkey ball 1 and 2 and they were challenging and at times too hard. This game is just too hard. The adventure is boring...just boring. The first 10 levels under beginner are equivalent to the advanced levels in the other two. Why do people think that making games harder and harder is fun? I do things at work all day that are too hard and boring...I dont want to do a video game like that.… Expand

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