Unreasonably crazy gameplay here for just a review

@spacebasely64

17 күн бұрын

Seems perfectly reasonable

@McDrewbii

17 күн бұрын

It's important for the real monkeyball heads to see the physics don't suck

@thenonexistinghero

12 күн бұрын

@@spacebasely64 Reviewers usually suck at games. That's why it's crazy.

@robertleek2090

9 күн бұрын

Why no mini games though?

I'm only interested in the single, so this should be good for me.

I’m a 30 year old man and I am so stoked for this game, I can’t wait to show it to my niece and nephew too!

@headthesizeofamelon

17 күн бұрын

30 year old man too and despite playing all kinds of games, I just haven't been as excited for a game release as I have been for this!

@blacksunshine7485

17 күн бұрын

Oh, I found the comment where everyone states their age for no reason

@therealfodder

16 күн бұрын

Mate...I was a 30 year old man when I played the original on the Gamecube! Still at it...

@DarkAnomaly

16 күн бұрын

I'm 46 and I still play these games. I'm bloody shite at them though 🤣

@DarkAnomaly

16 күн бұрын

​@@blacksunshine7485Is there something wrong with someone stating their age?

Felix - sorry to be pedantic, but troughs (as in "peaks and troughs") is pronounced 'troffs'

@djmurgatroyd87

17 күн бұрын

Came here to say this😂

@waxwinged_hound

17 күн бұрын

I'm guessing maybe it's a British English pronunciation? There are a lot of significant differences in word pronunciation even when accounting for accents.

@Iceman81FIVE

17 күн бұрын

English is his THIRD language. He speaks his third language better than most people speak their first.

@tomdugdale1320

17 күн бұрын

@@Iceman81FIVE Completely agree! Most linguists I know are keen to learn even the more obscure pronunciations

I'm glad they put most of the effort in the single player mode

I just got the game. The single player is so much and World 3, Floating City is my favorite world so far. I also enjoy the online of the game. While most players were mostly bots, 3 to 5 of them are real and I enjoyed sending messages to them with the chat wheel. Also Goal Game, the strategy behind whether to go for small or large points, probably one of the most fun Monkey Ball mini-games I played in a while. It’s enjoyable to me. Yeah, series staples aren’t here like Monkey Target and Fight aren’t here and multiplayer is limited with stages, but I had fun at the end of the day. I can’t wait to try and speedrun this game.

So just like the last two games, the single player is fun but they botched the party mode games. Why does this keep happening?

@spurdomies546

14 күн бұрын

Really? To this day we often play the party games on banana mania with my friends when they’re over. We mostly play bowling, golf & pool though, so I would be interested to hear why you think the game selection is botched? Im assuming monkey target is the main draw for you if you’re a series veteran, but its a bit too hard to pick up and play for some of my friends so I haven’t played it much.

@SockBramson_

10 күн бұрын

@@spurdomies546 Similar situation, had my buddies over who played these mini games with me in college but we all hated them because they controlled so different and felt wrong. Sure enough, all the reviews seem to have the same problem. I will say that Golf and Pool were fine, Bowling was missing some features and felt a little off but we kind of adjusted. but we used to spend hours on Monkey Target and were shocked by how unplayable it was. The controls, physics, the strategy of rolling to gain momentum and then pulling back and opening your wings to ride on your speed? Gone, all of it. No one wanted to touch the game again, so it's basically single player only for me and it just sat on my console taking up space until I finally removed it.

Is there main game multi player??

Peaks and throughs? Excuse me? Either a typo, or the reviewer can't read. Either way, shouldn't and editor have picked this up?

Definitely worth getting on a good sale in a few months.

I like bananas

@Kdkjdjewerdnxa

17 күн бұрын

I like cucumbers

@sonicatlas

17 күн бұрын

I like sausages​@@Kdkjdjewerdnxa

@occono3543

17 күн бұрын

I like zucchinis

@kingbutter42

17 күн бұрын

I like strawberries

@Leo-pd4fc

17 күн бұрын

I like bananas too, banana is the only fruit what I'll eat! 🍌

Pfft no turn based multiplayer?? Challenge mode missing lol the heck

@FeelinFlurgyy

17 күн бұрын

Other reviews mentioned that there's co-op adventure mode to go through the stages but I think it might be simultaneous

@joeofthedragon5089

17 күн бұрын

@@FeelinFlurgyy That’s a nice feature but having no turn based multiplayer again! Something Banana Mania screwed up big time is unforgivable lol Who plays Monkey Ball for the gosh darn story?

@JeskidoYT

17 күн бұрын

Classic Sega fumble

@trumangraham2602

17 күн бұрын

But there is multiplayer?

@joeofthedragon5089

16 күн бұрын

@@trumangraham2602 No hotspot Multiplayer though. That was such a huge part of why the first 2 was so good.

How is local multiplayer?

@edoardosecreto4775

16 күн бұрын

Can someone update on this?

@KileOcho-bh9yy

16 күн бұрын

It only goes up to four players you can only do the races not rumble it’s fun but it does get boring kinda quick

@jakekeenan9653

15 күн бұрын

Depends on what you’re looking for I suppose but if you’re wanting to play the story mode with others then the local multiplayer is fantastic, me and my fiancée were able to play through the entire story mode together without any issues

@Felix is the physics engine actually noticeably better than Banana Mania?

@keithmichael112

17 күн бұрын

I wasted money on that, which is why I'm probably not getting this

@triple7marc

16 күн бұрын

@@keithmichael112Banana Mania was awesome though

@penguinreloaded7756

16 күн бұрын

​@@triple7marcIt wasn't, for me. Physics in Monkey Ball 1 & 2 made those games. They were amazing. The "remake" was like a similar terrible version of a once great game. Like playing SF2 on Gameboy after playing it in the arcade. I want purchase these games until they figure out what went wrong and prove they've fixed it.

@triple7marc

16 күн бұрын

@@penguinreloaded7756 I don't think it was terrible. The physics was a bit wonky compared to the originals (2 still being my favorite of any SMB game) but it was an added challenge. Plus I played with a GameCube Switch controller which really helped.

@penguinreloaded7756

15 күн бұрын

@@triple7marc fair enough! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I love me some old school Monkey Ball. If you liked the last one, this one will probably be right up your ally, too. Enjoy!

Felix from Nintendo Life herrrrr

Hmm other outlets say the physics are as bad as in banana mania. I am not a monkey ball player or fan, but I am thinking about trying this.

@nicholasdiaz1925

17 күн бұрын

The upside is that these are brand new stages, so they should be better suited for the physics of the game, whatever they may be. The problem with banana mania was that they were the same stages from the GC games but with different physics, which made them extremely jarring and nearly unplayable for returning players.

@CrimeGaming1337

17 күн бұрын

@@nicholasdiaz1925 Ah okay, got you! :) Maybe I will try the game, I love 3d platformers and these games tick a lot of the same boxes.

@dino-t243

17 күн бұрын

Banana mania physics wasn't bad at all, just different. As Nicholas said above it is hard to have levels from a different physics based engine into a completely new one. The facts that these levels are new will fix that

@CrowTRobot

17 күн бұрын

I got used to the physics in Banana Mania, I think they worked fine in single player. Was shocked by how poorly multiplayer was handled though.

...Is this game also in Unity?

@josiebobos

17 күн бұрын

Think so

The target multiplayer game was a staple on our Gamecube... wouldn't think of buying a Monkeyball game without it... insanity.

damn i was hoping for an 8 ! now im gonna wait for a sale

they shouold just make the game feel the same as in gamecube and go from there . that game was magical

I wish they could modify the old engine to work on modern consoles. Since the physics is still better for Monkey Ball than what Unity and Unreal has to offer. And it probably would load the stages quicker and run at higher frame rates on the fairly weak Switch.

@penguinreloaded7756

16 күн бұрын

Why can't they? Genuinely, I continue to be confused and baffled by their inability to make it play like Monkey Ball 1 & 2.

@sofaking1180

11 күн бұрын

​@@penguinreloaded7756because they (the devs) want the game to look good on more modern consoles. This game on the PS5 & XSX would look way waaay worse if it was made with a 25+ yr old engine. Yes, the physics would feel more familiar and subjectively better for some people, but it would still look incredibly outdated... which again I personally wouldn't care about. We all know how retro can sometimes now look better than photorealistic visuals.

@thinkhector

4 күн бұрын

Yeah, and this isn't theory since "Paperball Deluxe" exists on the Switch and everyone ignores it. It's a game that plays just like SuperMonkey Ball 1, but is lacking in the graphics department.

@penguinreloaded7756

3 күн бұрын

@@thinkhector For real?! I'm gonna check this out!

Looks fun, might get it when it comes to PC

@emulord6248

17 күн бұрын

emulation

@Robospy1

17 күн бұрын

@@emulord6248 Too much hassle than it's worth for Switch. I don't wanna hack my console until the switch 2 comes out and I don't pirate current gen games.

@Deliveredmean42

16 күн бұрын

@@emulord6248 Or, you know, an actual PC port.

@enorma29

12 күн бұрын

basically playing it now or waiting.

0:50 fumbling their monkey ball, seriously? 😆

As someone who was looking forward to this game but mostly only plays monkey ball for the multiplayer. I am kinda disappointed and it won’t be a day 1 pick up

@CrowTRobot

17 күн бұрын

I was convinced to buy Banana Mania and I regretted it immediately. The single player was great but they didn’t care about the multi. Opting out of multi-Challenge mode and altering the way games like Target and Bowling controlled was such a sore spot for me. The fact that this game continues to ignore the feedback they received really bums me out. Going to skip this unless I hear about an update or patch.

@chantellethecool1

16 күн бұрын

This has multiplayer

@ShurikanBlade

16 күн бұрын

@@chantellethecool1 never said it didnt but most reviews say it just feels tacked on at best. Plus no classics like Monkey target.

am i the only one who knows this game from arcade machines?

I've never played a monkey ball game should i start here?

@thinkhector

4 күн бұрын

No, you should start with "Paperball Deluxe." It's not an official MonkeyBall but was made by people who speed run the original. Plays like the best version of Monkeyball. And it's cheap.

Let’s go bananas!

So monkey bowling, golf and pool isn’t good then?

@geoffingoff

17 күн бұрын

Those aren't in the game

@seid82

17 күн бұрын

@@geoffingoff🤣🤣🤣

I'd love a full-on metroidvania like game.

I can’t play this game without a GameCube controller

Hope to see this game get the Jon Cartwright seal of approval

@CrowTRobot

17 күн бұрын

***EDIT I was wrong, Jon loves it!! Considering NintendoLife said it has the issues that Jon had with Banana Mania I have my doubts.

@Alaneeeeee

8 күн бұрын

@@CrowTRobot Good ending

Could totally see my kids liking this game but kind of a bummer about the multi-player mode since I would love to play this as a family at the house

Sooooo exactly what I thought it was going to be LOL I cannot WAIT for this game!

@Gloomistic

17 күн бұрын

This lol and that spin dash sounds fun as hell.

Monkey Ball is almost always about the mini-games to me, so it's disappointing to hear they replaced them with the so-so multiplayer mode.

@SockBramson_

17 күн бұрын

and we haven't had good mini-games since the gamecube era. I wish party mode was given more love, that's like HALF the game.

I don’t care about 30 FPS as long as they don’t drop lower. Any experiences about that?

The gameplay went way too hard for a review

Favorite game for the CUBE!!!

Another game to make me break my controller sick!

So the question is, which Monkey ball is more worth it on Switch?

@azelpha

14 күн бұрын

This is the best one imo!

@cau10Vaz

14 күн бұрын

@@azelpha Oh okay, thank you!

All this British slang I have no idea what it means

I’m willing to bet that they’ll add more multiplayer modes when it inevitably releases on other systems. This Switch release almost sounds like an early access game.

@CrowTRobot

17 күн бұрын

I hope so. I’ll buy it if they fix the multiplayer. My friends were so disappointed by how badly the party games were handled in BM and I was sad they never updated it.

Glad I watched this. I was on the fence with this game and couldn't decide but after watching this video I'll wait for a Sale now. I'll stick to playing Banana Mania on my Steam Deck OLED because I grew up with the Gamecube originals and they're still my favourite to this day.

Can't wait for the Nick Robinson review.

Mmmm bananas 😂😂

God damn they keep messing up the party games 😂 was going to add this to my switch collection. Wont now. Will stick with the original and best, Monkey Ball 1 and 2 on GameCube ❤

I'd rather this was a real life theme park game tbh. Never played it but always struck me as boring.

I don't like being negative, but I just can't stand the visual direction the series adopted from Banana Blitz onward. It's so bland compared to the quasi-realistic style of the GameCube originals- games that still _crackle_ with atmosphere to this day. Seriously, go look up SMB2's volcano levels. Even with the limited graphical fidelity of the day, it still makes a game 22 years later look like mush in comparison.

@callinater6133

17 күн бұрын

This is a completely different art style lol

@princessozmaofoz5242

13 күн бұрын

I liked the og style and design much more too. Sad they went completly in this childy looking style, a mix of both old & new or a redesign would be welcome.

Please tell me a functioning version of Monkey Target is in this. 😢

@dhay03

17 күн бұрын

Nope

@CrowTRobot

17 күн бұрын

Update: Damn. Not a deal breaker, just still sad about how it turned out in BM

Felix voice just doesn't belong in a NL content. My brain is still wired to hear the deep voice of the other guy. Maybe more time will change it

@n8fro234

16 күн бұрын

Felix is dope

@LuigiMario-ni3rj

12 күн бұрын

This is a video not a "content". That said, yes, Alex is the best they have as far as narration goes. Zion is an annoying nancy-boy and I cannot stand him. I like Felix, but he talks with too much spit in his mouth or something and always makes this unbearable sloshing sound. He's still way better than Zion though. 👍🏻

The stuttering 😢

While I’m glad the single player is great, having preordered it in hopes I could play it with friends and hearing it actually is subpar makes me so sad. Banana mania was so close to getting it right so while I won’t cancel my preorder, I wish they would just listen

@CrowTRobot

17 күн бұрын

they asked for feedback on Banana Mania on Twitter and had like 200 responses begging them to fix Monkey Target and give the party games more love. But they never updated it and it seems that this game has the same problems as well. I’m happy for the people that only buy these games for the single player but I’m not one of them. 😢

I'm going to wait for a sale. I'm too busy right now to play this. It definitely looks like a lot of fun though.

This game makes me feel sick

There's a new Monkey Ball game? Huh... who knew?

Super Monkey Ball had a rough transition to 3D

@netako

16 күн бұрын

What do you mean? Almost *every* SMB game is in 3D with the exception of Jr. and a few mobile titles in the 2000s (and to a lesser extent Touch & Roll which combines 2D characters with 3D graphics).

Nah. Spin dash is too gimmicky. 1 and 2 for life.

I can’t wait to play this!

While it is disappointing to hear that the multiplayer modes are lacking. I'm mostly in it for the main courses. So as long as they are good I'm sold.

Looks like this is the same underwhelming Super Monkey Ball from the 3DS era. Where is Scott The Woz where you need him? He will likely shred into this game if he made a review today!

@TheLonelyGoomba

17 күн бұрын

Nah. It's much more like the first two games than anything prior. In regards to the main game it's a return to form imo.

@SuperMonkeyCherrim

16 күн бұрын

If anything this is the closest we’ve gotten to the original 2, what are you on broski

@DeskoDev

16 күн бұрын

​@@TheLonelyGoomba Even closer than Banana Splitz? Hmm, starting to feel a little tempted now...

@TheLonelyGoomba

16 күн бұрын

@@DeskoDev I personally think it is quite a bit better than Splitz. It's the best one since the original 2 imo

Well, Thankfully online can be fixed overtime. As long as singleplayer is solid, We don't get much in the way of complete experiences these days, Hope it sells well then fixes can be implemented overtime.

as a monkeyball fan since gamecube , its been a downhill slope, im not buying it simply for the fact that the monkey doesnt spin sideways and tumble inside the ball when going super fast or sideways. they didnt pay enough attention to the details, which most likely means the levels and extra modes will be bland. maybe theyll add on with patches and dlc but idk

All that I needed to know about this release is that it's more "modern" Monkey Ball, i.e. the physics still suck ass

@Therealones745

10 күн бұрын

Skill issue

@Christopher-md7tf

10 күн бұрын

@@Therealones745 SMB 1&2 are harder than this game lmao

monkey ball fans being relentlessly whiny. have fun waiting another 10 years for another game because you were too petty to support a GOOD game simply because it wasn't exactly what you wanted

Why did they only release it on Switch? I would 100% buy it if they had a Steam release. Not so sure with it only on Switch.

Gameplay & all looks great from watching videos. My only dislike is that there's no Challenge/Arcade mode with lives & party games retutning, along with no Playstation or Xbox release. That's basically it from my opinion.

I feel like this review was being too nostalgic and wasn’t talking much about other features, especially how the game has local and online story mode coop.

I'm waiting for someone to say the levels are way to easy and not really a challenge. Compared to the Furst Monkeyball

NL is the worst with another guy reading someone elses review. Why cant you be normal and have the actual person who WROTE THE REVIEWS discuss it? Sounds fake.

🇳🇱😤

HEY kisluxbag !! I have been watching you for years and im so proud of where you have made it! I love you so much! Also thanks for making my day

For me the single player is all I care about and in that area it’s 9/10

This review is leaving out a lot of info. Got the game yesterday and i'm shocked how half-assed the review is.

trough is pronounced "troff" :) Don't ask why, it doesn't make sense... English is a terrible language to be the lingua franca

@edwheezer6231

17 күн бұрын

I'm pretty sure there's multiple correct pronunciations. That is one of them, though!

@yaktaur

17 күн бұрын

@@edwheezer6231 For the word he was using it's just "troff"

@LuigiMario-ni3rj

12 күн бұрын

English is a great language. Just not when foreigners speak it. lol

So stick with the single player mode and it is a good new game.

The Wii versions are the only ones worth playing. The GC ones are for fools who just want to click away on a controller mindlessly. The Wiimote was MADE for a game like this, as was the Balance Board.

What a crap game

How hard is it to simply emulate 1 & 2, make it widescreen, and plosh the visuals? The "collection" of 1 & 2 they released a few years ago was trash. It didn't handle like original Monkey 1 & 2 at all. This is all we want. $50-$60 take my money. It seems so simple.

@thinkhector

4 күн бұрын

Nintendo did exactly what you are referring to with Super Mario 3D All-Stars and everyone complained and called Nintendo lazy. However, the games were fine. SEGA announces a complete remake of 1 & 2 MonkeyBall and everyone cheered. Then the games came out a hot mess.

@penguinreloaded7756

3 күн бұрын

@@thinkhector i didn't complain. Also, Mario 64 is not widescreen in that collection.

I still do not understand why the people that actually play the games and write the review, cannot do the review themselves?

I've never played Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble games and haven't heard about those games before this Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble game, but with that reason now i'm really interested of this amazing looking Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble defienitily because there's Sonic characters Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Amy Classic forms like in Sonic Superstars: Gotta Go FAST! SEGA did what Nintendon't! 🌌🌈🐒🪩🍌🌀