Super Monkey Ball

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Super Monkey Ball

System(s): GameCube

Publisher:

Sega

Developer:

Amusement Vision

Distributor:

Infogrames (EU)

Genre: Puzzle

Number of players: 1-4

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	2001-09-14	¥5,800 (6,090)	DOL-P-GMBJ
US	2001-11-17	$?	DOL-P-GMBE
US (Player's Choice)	2006	$?	DOL-P-GMBE
UK	2002-05-03^[1]	£39.99^[1]	DOL-P-GMBP
FR	2002-05-03^[1]	€?	DOL-P-GMBP
DE	2002-05-03^[1]	€?	DOL-P-GMBP
ES	2002-05-03^[1]	€?	DOL-P-GMBP
IT	2001	?£	?
AU	200x	$?	?

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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

PDF

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

PDF

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	№1, p52/53^[2]
Consoles + (FR)	84	№118, p98/99
Computer & Video Games (UK)	90	№246, p70-71^[1]
Edge (UK)	90	№103, p72/73
NGC Magazine (UK)	92	№61, p51^[3]

	86
Based on 5 reviews

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External links

Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): GameCube

References