Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble is a 3D platforming game where players tilt hazardous levels to move their monkey-in-a-ball.
Challenging Play
Easy to Play
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Story & Themes
Adventure mode stars AiAi and his equally cute family and friends. They are joined by newcomer Palette as they search for the Legendary Banana, while running into the rival treasure-seeking gang, the Gala Family.
Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble is easy to play, with players tilting the world to move their monkey-in-a-ball, similar to marble game, Labyrinth. Each level is a balance between speed and precision. Completing all 100 Adventure Mode levels unlocks another 100 levels of increased challenge.
Additional characters, as well as hundreds of customization options can be unlocked through playing.
Players can also enjoy five different minigames in Multiplayer Mode, with up to 16 players online.
Difficulty
While Banana Rumble doesn't have difficulty settings, it does include several features to help newer players, such as rewinds, checkpoints, and even a ghost guide to demonstrate a path to beating a level.
Heads Up!
Violence Much of the cartoon violence is only present in Multiplayer Mode, where players engage in a variety of minigames, and collect powerups to explode, bash, or freeze each other.
Consumerism The SEGA Pass DLC includes characters and customization items from other SEGA games (namely, Sonic the Hedgehog).
Online Community
Supports up to four players in split-screen local multiplayer, and up to 16 players online in Multiplayer Mode.
Conversation Starters
- Have you played any of the older Monkey Ball games?
- Do you prefer Adventure Mode, or the minigames of Battle Mode?
- Is it weird tilting a level to move, instead of directly moving the character?