Idk whats going on with the comments but this is the 3rd GVG video ive seen with bizarre bots with butts in their profile pics.

I’m just glad that we got a brand new, really good Super Monkey Ball! I hope this game sells well enough that it entices Sega to keep making more.

I honestly think that going for all of the missions in this game turns it into the hardest game in the series, specifically the banana collecting missions. It truly tests you, it’s great.

I can confirm. The game is fantastic. Spin dash is transformative for the series

Ok I’m sold. Jon is a rational Monkey Ball fan, he gave due praise to BM’s incredible single player and rightly called out its poor treatment of the party games, especially Target. Chances are, if he loved this then so will I.

Ratatouille moment playing this and getting flashbacks to super monkey ball 1 and 2

2:27 "its so satisfying when i finally find the right angle" ... yes it is

After lots of frustration and dedication, I managed to clear all missions but 2: Participate in the Lucky Monkey Lotto 10 times (can only be done once per day; I'm currently at 7) And Clear all Main Missions (which I'll get by clearing the mission above) I've also cleared all Time Attacks, including the World Tours. Call me a masochist, but I even enjoy getting kicked by online Battle Mode. The modes are fun enough and don't overstay their welcome, so I don't mind the low framerate that much. Jumping into online Adventure Mode with randoms is also fun. Missions cleared counts for everyone, so I like helping others getting these whenever I can. It helped me a lot in some stages where it's super tight to get X bananas and reach the goal in time for example. Long story short, I'm having a lot of fun.

The player named Enkidu in this video is incredible. I played with this person and was shown some amazing skill

Jon out here making me consider buying a Monkey Ball game for once!

It is absolutely criminal that the Switch did not get any exclusive content like Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong and Dixie Kong as guest characters for Banana Rumble!

Was waiting for a fan to review this game like this, especially Jon's opinion, happy to hear the game is indeed great and the true evolution of the series.

I'm glad I saw this video, I was going to sleep on Banana Rumble for a while but that spin dash looks so cool, plus how speedeun friendly the game seems with the rewind feature. Definitely sold me on it with this video, great work!

I'm excited to try this but I'm going to wait a bit in the hopes for a pc version. The mods in banana mania really made the experience so much more enjoyable.

I always love hearing Jon talking about Super Monkey Ball. I have never played any of the games (I'm broke!) but I will always pop off for Monkey Ball.

I miss not having new party games though :(

This video is the reason I finally ordered the game. Cannot wait to get into it. Love how colourful and smooth it looks.

ANOTHER MONKEY BALL BANGER

I’ve played 1,2, banana blitz and mania. This one is the best out of them all for everything you said. I can’t put it down. Whenever I have free time I go back to this game and try to finish those missions. Adding stats to the monkeys, the missions, and the Spindash makes the game so replayable.

This one out of all Monkey Ball games has been the single one that I’ve been the most interested in playing, and I’m glad it turned out to be a really good game!

I was skeptical, but am pretty glad I pre-ordered. The multiplayer is really rough, and online isn't all that, but the main game and levels have been fun playing through with a friend, and the extra challenges are engaging. I love the new art style and the new Monkey, Palette, is so cute! I hope we can get more Monkey Ball in the future in this direction!🙏

I cant believe I'm considering buying that game after this video... Jon is a good salesman XD

I dig GVG, and this is the first time that while watching a review I bought a game solely on Jon’s recommendation. Don’t mess this up, Jon!

Most of what the Super Monkey Ball fan God that is Jon Cartwright says is true even as someone who has not played the game yet for himself, but one thing I do, wanna bring up is in regards to the story cutscenes. I think this is the first time The Doctor and Yan Yan have been used in a major Monkey Ball story with real genuine cutscenes ever since their debut in Banana Blitz. All we got from them before hand and other games is little bio descriptions of their traits on the character selects. So that’s cool as a little sidenote.

Monkey Ball is so fun! Great to hear this one is a worth entry :)

I love banana rumble. It has amazing stage design.

I tried emulating the game and every fps issue was fixed. Using ryujinx it automatically disable the frame cap and goes up to 144 fps. On 4 players splitscreen it remains on 58 fps which makes it wayyy more playable, battle mode even works at 60 fps no problem. Of course there's still the issue of objects updating every 50hz but man they should really release this game on other consoles...

I absolutely love Super Monkey Ball but have never finished any game in the series due to a condition called “skill issue”, so the rewind and guide features make me super happy. I’m gonna wait until Christmas though, cause Sega games usually go on sale within a few months and I’m already playing through too many games at once.

Yup can also agree with everything here mentioned about the Adventure mode. So good to have new SMB that follows on the OGs. Multiplayer for me is fun in bursts but I hope they improve the performance in a future patch. Not every mode is the same as far as enjoyment I guess.

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Spin Dash sniping the goal is the most monkey neuron activation thing to do in gaming

I low-key wanna get this now. I haven't enjoyed a good Monkey Ball game since Banana Blitz in my early highschool days.

I suck at Monkey Ball I don’t have the patience for these kinds of games anymore

I've been having a great time with this new Monkey Ball! I even really like the Battle mode, though I'll admit I already have tons of experience playing SMB 1 and 2's Master modes. I don't mind the performance drops too much, either, I grew up with the N64 and PS1 outputting 20 fps so it's nothing I haven't dealt with before. I'm so glad this review mentioned the ability to freeze the camera's position with the R button, because the camera was my only real sticking point before I learned that. I hope lots of people support this game, because it's the true return to form Super Monkey Ball needed. Local couch multiplayer is a rarity these days, _and_ you can play it online, to boot. No Monkey Target, but they keep screwing it up every time so it's probably for the best.

I love the whole series (besides Adventure) and Banana Rumble is SO GOOD!

The trailer for banana rumble made it look like it was just the fall guys mode, glad there's a sick campaign

I wish they would go back to the gamecube game's graphic's style. It looked so futuristic.

This sounes like it would be really fun for people with friends. If I ever have any, I'd love to try it.

It’s crazy!

No offense to any of the crew members,but Jon make the best video he is just amazing

i haven't even had that bad of a time with the online multiplayer to be honest. the biggest blemish really is the frame drops, which is unfortunate

Rwally was waiting for Jon's review. Always had known SMB but never had played it, and when Banana Mania was announced, Jon's hype really influenced in my decision to try it and I really liked it. Rumble seems better (I really don't want to get kicked and am only interested in the single player, though)

It would interest me what you think about Kororinpa and Its sequel Marbles Balance Challenge on the Wii. Both were developed by Hudson soft and have a similar concept to Monkey Ball. One difference is that the game is only playable with motion controls. I‘ve only played the first one so far and I had a lot of fun trying to get the best rank in each level.

100% agree with this assessment. I stopped playing this series a few games after SMB2 because they just didn't respect the player. Levels were designed with one way to beat them and felt very hand-holdy This game challenges you with crazy times to strive for on every level; they _expect_ you to skip big chunks of the map and reward you for it!

I'm very confused. All I got out of this video is that the narrator enjoys getting kicked and is a Palette simp.

I hope this comes to other consoles. I mean, I have a Switch, but I want more games for my PS5.

I remember playing Monkey Ball on PSP and there was a racing minigame. Does this release have something similar?

I don't have the game but from what I've heard, apparently for diehard fans, Banana Rumble plays similarly to the remakes (Blitz HD and Mania), except Spin Dash replacing Jump. So if you didn't like the feeling of those games compared to the originals, you gonna see it again here. The only difference is that the levels are now catered to those physics and gameplay of Rumble.

I do think this game is fantastic and what of the best monkey ball games ever… however,.. $50 for a single player campaign that took me under 6 hours… I dunno… but yeah I really enjoyed this game

The Monkey Ball fall guys mini game stuff should hopefully run better and be more enjoyable whenever it gets ported at least

Awesome game. I tried the multiplayer and thought "typical, another game that's not been optimised for Switch". And then I realised it's Switch only...

I still love the originals and banana mania for nostalgia but this It's Just nice to have a new monkey ball that's good There are so many control options like motion controls, having an arrow, disabling camera controls apart from having an easier difficulty curve these options ensure you can make the game as enjoyable as possible While I love having the game online there Is so much they could have done with customization, they Just ripped assets from banana mania here

Great kicking analogy regarding the multiplayer

Sega owns Monkey Ball 😅

I'll wait for the non-Switch version the splitscreen resolution was horrific

I saw a bunch of reviews of this game and I was always thinking "interesting, but let's wait and see what does John thinks about it". The online co-op mode looks interesting, the fall guys mode looks kind of bland, I would take some monkey fight, target, dogfight, boat, etc over it everyday

Glad you guys are promoting this since sega didn’t put this Nintendo switch EXCLUSIVE on the last direct

Ugh. Nothing but dust bunnies and the sound of crickets coming from my wallet. People were talking like there wasn't going to be that much to play on Switch now, but people were clearly wrong.

I really like Monkey Ball Adventure for PsP but that thats just nostalgia is think😊

The stages sort of but particularly the gravity doesn't look as good as the classic games, I feel like it doesn't look as expression honestly. It looks more like correcting the mistakes of the recent bad games but still being a follow-up to them, instead of the gameplay perfection of the first ones. The multiplayer looks really fun though

I'd love to play this game but the 50 hz physics and camera stutter because of it should be fixed and updated first.

Is this being played on the Switch here?? If so it looks pretty good and smooth.

Enkidu and Gilgamesh

This looks a lot better then the 3ds one. Ive viven it multiple goes and it just seems uninspired

I really like the game, including the online, but the framerate gets rough, and why is there a battle pass style progression for cosmetics lmao

this game is so cute. im in love with the art durection but admittedly everyrime i play banana mania i get frustrated at the main fame quick and revert to minigames. i wish i enjoyed the core mode more and really want to but it makes this a tougher sell. lighter dificulty curve is promising because hitting that skill wall sucked. and maybe thst frustrstion was just the physics level design disconnect? but also cute monkeys. i need

i love how you say hope you hit the goal, like thats totally what i do. I hope and let fate take the wheel lmao

Jon just loves playing with his Monkey Balls lol

Can’t wait to buy on sale so I can feel like I’m actually getting what I pay for since multiplayer is unanimously garbage 👍

Hi

imagine they actually fix the unity stuttering. ugh

Sponsored by Philips razors lol

Is it better than Banana Mania on Switch?

as a newcomer to the series i actually do like playing the online as almost as much as the adventure. makes me wish it was more popular cause 90% of rooms are filled with bots, which at least means matches load consistently. really hope they add more stages between the battle modes. that free, small battlepass gives me hope they wanna do more with online in the future

bananer

I can't believe that Jon would say "I don't want Monkey Ball to exist anymore"

Kick The Money Ball Banana 🍌 Rumble Crazed 🤪

If only it was on PC I would've gotten it.

I love how they focused on Switch hardware alone and made a fantastic looking game, first party quality, glad to see is also super fun.

Absolutely 100% agree! Best Super Monkey ball in two decades! And by extension one of the best games ever made. I'm so excited for the mad speed runs to start dropping! THAT SAID! No Monkey Target mini game is a sad omission.

Monkey ball is probably the best series that Sega has made imo

B-b-b-but JON THE PHYSHICS! I seriously feel like most monkey ball fans are on a completely different plane these days, how do people genuinely consider this and Banana Mania to be awful games?!

I’m not a fan of the spin dash in this game🤷‍♂️

it's only on switch???? come on now ughhhhh no steam release is so weird

This game is not as good as mania. Dont fall for these reviews, its overrated. Less modes, no racing like mania, characters are locked dlc.

I know I'm in the minority here but I honestly like these new multiplayer games more than the old party games. I hope in future titles they can expand on them more and work on them to be even better. But yeah, this is the best game in the franchise to me, the main game feels so good.

meh

Hoping they remake SMB1 again but with a level creator for stages and mini-games. They could sprinkle in newer mechanics and cosmetics from other games over time or as dlc. Super Monkey Ball Maker please! 🐒🪩🔨