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Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
System(s): Wii
Publisher: Sega
Developer: New Entertainment R&D Dept. , Bauhaus Entertainment (Party Game), Noisycloak (Music)
Peripherals supported: Nunchuk
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1-4
Official in-game languages:
English
日本語
Français
Deutsch
Italiano
Español
Release
Date
RRP
Code
JP
2006-12-02[7]
¥5,800 (6,090 )5,800 (6,090 )[7]
RVL-P-RSMJ RVL-RSMJ-JPN
US
2006-11-14[1]
RVL-P-RSME
DE
2006-12-08[4]
RVL-P-RSMP RVL-RSMP-NOE
ES
2006-12-09[5]
RVL-P-RSMP RVL-RSMP-ESP
FR
2006-12-08[3]
RVL-P-RSMP RVL-RSMP-FRA
IT
2006-12-08[6]
RVL-P-RSMP RVL-RSMP-ITA
UK
2006-12-08[2]
RVL-P-RSMP RVL-RSMP-UKV
AU
2006-12-07
RVL-P-RSMP RVL-RSMP-AUS
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz , called Super Monkey Ball Ukiuki Party Daishuugou (スーパーモンキーボール ウキウキパーティー大集合) in Japan, is a party game developed and published by Sega for the Wii . It was released as a launch title for the Wii in Japan, North America, Europe and Australia.
Gameplay
This Monkey Ball game had many changes from the previous Nintendo GameCube titles. This is the first game where the new art style took effect, changing some of the character designs and the overall look of the game to make it more cartoony. This game scraps the traditional difficulty system in favor of a new system, in which there are 8 worlds with 10 levels and a boss in each one. Two new characters were introduced in addition to the four main characters, and each character has different strengths and weaknesses (for example, GonGon is the slowest, but he can break through bumpers, Mimi is the fastest yet the hardest to control, and Aiai is the all around character of sorts).
The game also adds a jump button and the use of motion controls via the Wii remote. There are also over 50 playable mini games.
Many of the words in this game would later be seen again in the iOS games Super Monkey Ball and Super Monkey Ball 2 .
Versions
Localised names
Also known as
Language
Localised Name
English Translation
English
Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz
Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz
English (US)
Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz
Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz
Japanese
スーパーモンキーボール ウキウキパーティー大集合
Super Monkey Ball Ukiuki Party Daishuugou
Production credits
Programmers: Jun Tokuhara , Tetsu Yoshimitsu , Youichi Ishikawa , Eisuke Ito , Yoshiaki Hattori , Takashi Atsu , Hitoshi Ohta , Hisashi Endo , Yuuki Inagawa
Level & Stage Designer: Yukio Oda
Motion Design Director: Kazuhiro Izaki
Motion Designers: Manabu Tsukamoto , Mikio Hayashi
Effects Designer: Masaharu Ijichi
2D Art Designer: Chigaku Fukuhara
Character Designer: Saizo Nagai
Stage & Object Designers: Michiko Hirasako , Yu Honya , Miyuki Yamada , Daisaku Yonei
Sound Director: Haruyoshi Tomita
Sound Creators: Yuri Fukuda , Takashi Nagasaka , Hideki Naganuma
Planners: Yukinobu Arikawa , Koji Yoshida
Party Game Program: Bauhaus Entertainment. Co., Ltd
Music: Noisycloak Co., Ltd
Marketing Manager: Hiroshi Utsumi
Localization Support: Shinobu Shindo , Yuka Yoshida
President and COO: Simon Jeffery
Vice President of Product Development: David Cobb
Producer: Justin Lambros
Associate Producer: Andy Alamano
Assistant Producer: Beejey Enriquez
Vice President of Marketing: Scott Steinberg
Director of Marketing: Rick Naylor
Senior Product Marketing Manager: Erica Mason
Associate PR Manager: Denny Chiu
Creative Services: Jen Groeling
Production Specialist: Heather Luchetti
QA Project Lead: Lee Frohman
Assistant QA Project Lead: Ryan Jones
President and COO: Mike Hayes
Director of PD: Gary Dunn
Creative Director: Matt Woodley
Director of European Marketing: Gary Knight
Head of Studio - Localization: Kuniyo Matsumoto
Localization Producer: Ayano Murofushi
Brand Manager: David Allen
Head of Development Services: Mark Le Breton
QA Supervisor: Marlon Grant
CEO of SOA & SOE: Naoya Tsurumi
Producer & Director: Toshihiro Nagoshi
Presented by: Sega
Magazine articles
Main article: Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz/Magazine articles .
Promotional material
PDF
Fact sheet press release
PDF
Character press release
Artwork
Physical scans
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Publication
Version
Score
(US)
NTSC-U
[8]
(JP)
NTSC-J
[9]
(US)
NTSC-U
[10]
(AU)
PAL
[11]
(US)
NTSC-U
[12]
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
Wii, US
Cover
Disc
Wii, EU
Cover
Disc
Wii, JP
Cover
Disc
Wii, AU
Cover
Disc
Wii, UK
Cover
Disc
Wii, FR
Cover
Disc
Wii, DE
Cover
Disc
Wii, ES
Cover
Disc
Wii, IT
Cover
Disc
Technical information
ROM dump status
System
Hash
Size
Build Date
Source
Comments
✔
CRC32
ad99f707
MD5
0043d80c3d70f90787522adb7cb6fdf1
SHA-1
8489e61fc7af5c42478649371ff0eb9d94120b68
4,699,979,776
Disc (US)
✔
CRC32
af64c370
MD5
eb4c7bc397f78f9f48778d289c7d5f09
SHA-1
17b840a49273b48d512df15c7b937e4fd3c4f44b
4,699,979,776
Disc (EU)
?
CRC32
8da57e16
MD5
4b976fcef19a65cdb59dcedc22f2b4a9
SHA-1
52dcba240440b6502c918f28361520ea76f7f200
4,699,979,776
Disc (JP)
External links
References
↑ http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/8MMJMJiG3w0_-9SyhRX8WC-g_MvHuTHK (Wayback Machine: 2017-06-26 01:41)
↑ https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Wii/Super-Monkey-Ball-Banana-Blitz-283333.html (archive.today)
↑ https://www.nintendo.fr/Jeux/Wii/Super-Monkey-Ball-Banana-Blitz-283333.html (archive.today)
↑ https://www.nintendo.de/Spiele/Wii/Super-Monkey-Ball-Banana-Blitz-283333.html (archive.today)
↑ https://www.nintendo.es/Juegos/Wii/Super-Monkey-Ball-Banana-Blitz-283333.html (archive.today)
↑ https://www.nintendo.it/Giochi/Wii/Super-Monkey-Ball-Banana-Blitz-283333.html (archive.today)
↑ 7.0 7.1 http://sega.jp/wii/smb/ (Wayback Machine: 2007-12-12 15:58)
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly , "December 2006" (US; 2006-11-14), page 116
↑ Famitsu , "2006-12-08" (JP; 2006-11-24), page 1
↑ GamePro , "February 2007" (US; 2007-01-09), page 81
↑ Hyper , "January 2007" (AU; 2006-12-06), page 56
↑ Nintendo Power , "January 2007" (US; 200x-xx-xx), page 111