Super Monkey Ball Adventure
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Super Monkey Ball Adventure is a video game developed by Traveller's Tales
in parcery with the division Traveller's Tales Oxford and distributed by Sega
in the Super Monkey Ball
series, released on June 30, 2006. This game was not released in Japan.
SMBA is a departure from the series in the sense that the puzzle-based gameplay is replaced by a more traditional 3D
platform game
world. Traveller's Tales has retained some of the mini-games, however, and integrated the features into the gameplay. Some new mini-games are also integrated into the adventure world.
, the rest of the storyline is as follows:
Here, before Aiai has completed quests by monkeys around Kongri-la and Monkitropolis, The two cities both blame each other for their problems in their cities. This causes the monkeys to be rivals, including the parents of the Prince and Princess. Since the parents are in different cities, the rivalry between the parents causes both Prince Abeabe and Princess Deedee to be apart. Aiai has to complete different tasks to make both areas happy again and not to blame each other for their problems.
After Aiai successfully does all the quests, Aiai must complete the rest of the quests at Jungle Island to set up the wedding of the Prince and Princess, so the King can pronounce them as married.
There are on average, four sections to each level. To enter a different section, the player must wait several seconds. During that time, the game depicts the entire level from a high angle, showing everything in the level in an animated style. The same style shows up when Aiai teleports to another level. It depicts the four main monkeys blasting off into the sky while loading the level.
Although the player has to bring peace back to the 5 islands, there are some monsters, called "Naysayers," trying to stop you. These Naysayers are monsters that appeared out of nowhere, as the peace had become disturbed. There are 4 Naysayers in Super Monkey Ball Adventure. One sucks in Aiai's Monkey Ball, one has boxing gloves, one breathes fire, and one spins quickly. Each one has its own way to be defeated. Naysayers appear in many different places.
Like all games in the Super Monkey Ball franchise
, the player must control their selected monkey of the four main characters (Aiai, Meemee, Baby and Gongon) with the analog stick to cross platforms, to reach the goal in a time limit of a minute. The goal is a circle-shape with a party ball on above a banner reading "GOAL". The monkey must pass through it to move on, breaking open the party ball and celebrating. Falling off the platforms into the abyss below causes the player to lose a life. 100 bananas are required to gain a life, which are usually placed in corners of levels and hard-to-reach and risky places.
The monkeys have unlimited lives here, with the choice to give up and return to the game. The levels are themed as the same as the main Monkey Kingdoms, depending on the difficulty (ex. Jungle Island's color, green, and backdrop is used for the beginner levels). Also a feature removed is that there are no extra stages added on to the Beginner, Advanced, and Expert modes. There are 49 stages; 12 beginner, 20 advanced, and 17 expert. Stages have several random music tracks playing, some from previous Monkey Ball games.
During Story mode, these levels are in areas of the Monkey Kingdoms. In order to unlock new areas of the Kingdom, Aiai must complete a majority of the levels to progress. Stages come in bunches of 4 to 10 stages per area.
emphasized plot in Super Monkey Ball Adventure as a move to make the game more accessible.
' video game section. Nintendo Power
gave the game a 5.5 out of 10 rating and it, along with many other sources, claimed it was the worst installment thus far to the Super Monkey Ball series
.
Traveller's Tales
Traveller's Tales is an English software house founded in 1989 and fully established in 1990 and based in Knutsford, Cheshire.It is part of the TT Games group—after the merger of publisher Giant Interactive and the developer Traveller's Tales—along with TT Games Publishing...
in parcery with the division Traveller's Tales Oxford and distributed by Sega
Sega
, usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world...
in the Super Monkey Ball
Super Monkey Ball
Super Monkey Ball is an arcade platform game developed by Amusement Vision and published by Sega. The game debuted in Japan in 2000 as an upright arcade cabinet called Monkey Ball and was released the following year as one of the launch titles for the Nintendo GameCube.-Modes:Super Monkey Ball...
series, released on June 30, 2006. This game was not released in Japan.
SMBA is a departure from the series in the sense that the puzzle-based gameplay is replaced by a more traditional 3D
3D computer graphics
3D computer graphics are graphics that use a three-dimensional representation of geometric data that is stored in the computer for the purposes of performing calculations and rendering 2D images...
platform game
Platform game
A platform game is a video game characterized by requiring the player to jump to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles . It must be possible to control these jumps and to fall from platforms or miss jumps...
world. Traveller's Tales has retained some of the mini-games, however, and integrated the features into the gameplay. Some new mini-games are also integrated into the adventure world.
Plot
On Jungle Island, Aiai meets Prince AbeABE of Monkitropolis and Princess DeeDee of the second proportion of Monkitropolis, the underwater city of Kongri-la. As written by IGNIGN
IGN is an entertainment website that focuses on video games, films, music and other media. IGN's main website comprises several specialty sites or "channels", each occupying a subdomain and covering a specific area of entertainment...
, the rest of the storyline is as follows:
Here, before Aiai has completed quests by monkeys around Kongri-la and Monkitropolis, The two cities both blame each other for their problems in their cities. This causes the monkeys to be rivals, including the parents of the Prince and Princess. Since the parents are in different cities, the rivalry between the parents causes both Prince Abeabe and Princess Deedee to be apart. Aiai has to complete different tasks to make both areas happy again and not to blame each other for their problems.
After Aiai successfully does all the quests, Aiai must complete the rest of the quests at Jungle Island to set up the wedding of the Prince and Princess, so the King can pronounce them as married.
Story Mode
There are five main stages, or "Monkey Kingdoms", through which the player progresses. The goal of the game is to unite the feuding monkey kingdoms. Follow the normal story and complete over 60 quests from the monkeys around the Monkey World, using up to three different files.There are on average, four sections to each level. To enter a different section, the player must wait several seconds. During that time, the game depicts the entire level from a high angle, showing everything in the level in an animated style. The same style shows up when Aiai teleports to another level. It depicts the four main monkeys blasting off into the sky while loading the level.
Although the player has to bring peace back to the 5 islands, there are some monsters, called "Naysayers," trying to stop you. These Naysayers are monsters that appeared out of nowhere, as the peace had become disturbed. There are 4 Naysayers in Super Monkey Ball Adventure. One sucks in Aiai's Monkey Ball, one has boxing gloves, one breathes fire, and one spins quickly. Each one has its own way to be defeated. Naysayers appear in many different places.
Challenge Mode
Re-visit puzzle stages that have been unlocked in the game and compete for high-scores (possibly to win bananas that can be used to unlock new items). Unlike the previous games, SMBA has no practice mode to practice levels that were previously completed by the player. These levels are contained in story mode. There are five continues of three lives, totaling 15 lives altogether.Like all games in the Super Monkey Ball franchise
Super Monkey Ball (series)
The Super Monkey Ball series is a series of arcade platform games developed by Amusement Vision and distributed by Sega. It features 4 characters : AiAi, MeeMee, Baby and GonGon...
, the player must control their selected monkey of the four main characters (Aiai, Meemee, Baby and Gongon) with the analog stick to cross platforms, to reach the goal in a time limit of a minute. The goal is a circle-shape with a party ball on above a banner reading "GOAL". The monkey must pass through it to move on, breaking open the party ball and celebrating. Falling off the platforms into the abyss below causes the player to lose a life. 100 bananas are required to gain a life, which are usually placed in corners of levels and hard-to-reach and risky places.
The monkeys have unlimited lives here, with the choice to give up and return to the game. The levels are themed as the same as the main Monkey Kingdoms, depending on the difficulty (ex. Jungle Island's color, green, and backdrop is used for the beginner levels). Also a feature removed is that there are no extra stages added on to the Beginner, Advanced, and Expert modes. There are 49 stages; 12 beginner, 20 advanced, and 17 expert. Stages have several random music tracks playing, some from previous Monkey Ball games.
During Story mode, these levels are in areas of the Monkey Kingdoms. In order to unlock new areas of the Kingdom, Aiai must complete a majority of the levels to progress. Stages come in bunches of 4 to 10 stages per area.
Party Games
There are six different available mini-games, complete with multi-player support, with 20 selectable characters to choose from. Additional features beyond the basic ones are unlocked through an NPC-Store using bananas gathered during adventure mode.Development
Whereas previous Super Monkey Ball games focused mainly on innovative gameplay, SegaSega
, usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world...
emphasized plot in Super Monkey Ball Adventure as a move to make the game more accessible.
Critical reception
The game has been nearly universally panned by critics, mainly due to the confusion of goals, the significant difference compared to the other Super Monkey Ball games, and repetitive and long loading screens. SMBA obtained a rare ranking of zero percent on Rotten TomatoesRotten Tomatoes
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' video game section. Nintendo Power
Nintendo Power
Nintendo Power magazine is a monthly news and strategy magazine formerly published in-house by Nintendo of America, but now run independently. As of issue #222 , Nintendo contracted publishing duties to Future US, the U.S. subsidiary of British publisher Future.The first issue published was...
gave the game a 5.5 out of 10 rating and it, along with many other sources, claimed it was the worst installment thus far to the Super Monkey Ball series
Super Monkey Ball (series)
The Super Monkey Ball series is a series of arcade platform games developed by Amusement Vision and distributed by Sega. It features 4 characters : AiAi, MeeMee, Baby and GonGon...
.
Trivia
- In Moonhaven, the Flood Control area with the Water Automaton is shaped like AiAi's head(When viewed from above).
- ZootopiaZootopiaZootopia is an annual summer concert put on by New York top-40 radio station Z100. The show is usually performed in either New York or New Jersey and includes the artists who garner great airplay on the station in the year.- 2009 Zootopia performers :...
is based on the real life theme park. - Monkitropolis looks like the Chinese symbol of peace, Yin & Yang. (When viewed from above)
- There is an error in the PAL box art for this game. AiAi's feet look like human feet, while they look like regular monkey feet in-game.