Super Monkey Ball

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Super Monkey Ball

System(s): GameCube

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Amusement Vision

Distributor: Infogrames (Europe)

Genre: Puzzle

Number of players: 1-4

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	2001-09-14^[6]	¥5,800 (6,090)5,800 (6,090)^[6]	DOL-P-GMBJ DOL-GMBJ-JPN
US	2001-11-18^[1]		DOL-P-GMBE DOL-GMBE-USA
US (Player's Choice)	2006		DOL-P-GMBE DOL-GMBE-USA
DE	2002-05-03^[5]		DOL-P-GMBP DOL-GMBP-NOE
ES	2002-05-03		DOL-P-GMBP DOL-GMBP-EUR
FR	2002-05-31^[4]		DOL-P-GMBP DOL-GMBP-FRA
FR (Player's Choice)	2006		DOL-P-GMBP DOL-GMBP-FRA
UK	2002-05-03^[2]	£39.9939.99^[2]^[3]	DOL-P-GMBP DOL-GMBP-UKV
IT	2002-05-03		DOL-P-GMBP DOL-GMBP-ITA
AU	200x		DOL-P-GMBP

Super Monkey Ball (スーパーモンキーボール) is a Nintendo GameCube game developed by Amusement Vision and published by Sega.

Despite all future games borrowing the "Super Monkey Ball" name, this release is not actually the first game in the series - Monkey Ball, released for Sega NAOMI hardware in 2001 was. Super Monkey Ball acts as an updated version of Monkey Ball, and was released exclusively for Nintendo's console, and was one of the three (and the only third-party) launch title for the GameCube in Japan.

History

Legacy

The game was followed by Super Monkey Ball 2, also a GameCube exclusive. Its features, as well as Super Monkey Ball 2's set would be included in Super Monkey Ball Deluxe.

Production credits

Game Program Director: Hisashi Endo
System Programmers: Tetsuya Kaku, Kota Matsumoto, Yoshinori Suzuki
Party Game Programmers: Tetsu Yoshimitsu, Eiji Takaki, Youichi Ishikawa
Mini Game Programmers: Norio Haga, Yasumasa Matsumori, Koji Tokieda, Mie Kawanishi
2D System Programmers: Jun Tokuhara
Stage Design Director: Junichi Yamada
Stage Designers: Daisuke Sato, Kumiko Sakurai, Yukio Oda
Motion Design Director: Kazuhiro Izaki
Motion Designers: Michihiro Sato, Mika Sato, Mari Sasaki, Kentarou Niina
2D Designer: Chigaku Fukuhara
Character Designer: Mika Kojima
Planners: Yukinobu Arikawa, Hiroyuki Sakamoto
Sound Design: Hidenori Shoji, Haruyoshi Tomita, Sakae Osumi
Monkey Voice: Kaoru Morota, Konami Yoshida, Rio Natsuki
Publicity: Masae Otoshi, Koji Ueda
Cooperation: Dole Food Company, Inc., Dole Japan, Ltd.
Special Thanks: Haikyo, Sturm Co.,Ltd., T's Music Co., Ltd.
Producer & Director: Toshihiro Nagoshi

Source:: In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Super Monkey Ball/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in GamePro (US) #159: "December 2001" (2001-xx-xx)

Print advert in MAN!AC (DE) #2002-08: "08/2002" (2002-07-03)

Artwork

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication	Score	Source
Consoles Micro (FR)	75	^[8]
Consoles + (FR)	84	^[9]
Computer & Video Games (UK)	90	^[10]
Edge (UK)	90	№103, p72/73
NGC Magazine (UK)	92	^[11]

	86
Based on 5 reviews

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External links

Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): GameCube (archive)
Nintendo catalogue pages: JP, US, AU (archive)

References

↑ http://www.nintendo.com/games/gamepage/gamepage_main.jsp?gameId=617 (Wayback Machine: 2003-04-02 19:43)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Computer & Video Games, "May 2002" (UK; 2002-04-xx), page 70
↑ Cube, "Issue Three" (UK; 2002-02-14), page 15
↑ https://www.amazon.fr/S%C3%A9ga-Super-Monkey-Ball/dp/B000066A3J/ (Wayback Machine: 2019-05-18 20:27)
↑ http://www.amazon.de:80/Sega-Super-Monkey-Ball/dp/B000063WNH? (Wayback Machine: 2016-04-08 08:45)
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 http://sega.jp/gc/monkeyb/ (Wayback Machine: 2004-08-21 12:22)
↑ http://www.nintendo.com.au/gamecube/games/supermonkey.php (Wayback Machine: 2002-08-16 21:10)
↑ Consoles Micro, "Mai 2002" (FR; 2002-xx-xx), page 52/53 (52)
↑ Consoles +, "Novembre 2001" (FR; 2001-xx-xx), page 98/99 (98)
↑ Computer & Video Games, "May 2002" (UK; 2002-04-xx), page 70-71 (70)
↑ NGC Magazine, "December 2001" (UK; 2001-10-19), page 51