Super Monkey Ball 2

n/a

NTSC-U/PAL
NTSC-J

Super Monkey Ball 2

System(s): GameCube

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Amusement Vision, Aspect (Party Game)

Supporting companies: Avant

Distributor: Infogrames (Europe)

Genre: Puzzle

Number of players: 1-4

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	2002-11-21^[9]	¥5,800 (6,090)5,800 (6,090)^[9]	DOL-P-GM2J DOL-GM2J-JPN
JP (Okaidoku-ban)	2004-03-18^[9]	¥2,800 (2,940)2,800 (2,940)^[9]	DOL-P-GM2J DOL-GM2J-JPN
US	2002-08-24^[1]	$49.9549.95^[2]	DOL-P-GM2E DOL-GM2E-USA
US (Player's Choice)	2003		DOL-P-GM2E DOL-GM2E-USA
DE	2003-03-01^[6]		DOL-P-GM2P DOL-GM2P-NOE
DE (Player's Choice)	2003		DOL-P-GM2P DOL-GM2P-NOE
ES	2003-03-01^[7]		DOL-P-GM2P DOL-GM2P-EUR
FR	2003-03-01^[5]		DOL-P-GM2P DOL-GM2P-FRA
UK	2003-03-01^[3]	£39.9939.99^[4]	DOL-P-GM2P DOL-GM2P-UKV
UK (Player's Choice)	2003		DOL-P-GM2P DOL-GM2P-UKV
FI	2003-03		DOL-P-GM2P DOL-GM2P-UKV
IT	2003-03-14^[8]		DOL-P-GM2P DOL-GM2P-ITA
AU	200x

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Super Monkey Ball 2 (スーパーモンキーボール2) is a Nintendo GameCube game developed by Amusement Vision and published by Sega. It is a direct sequel to Super Monkey Ball and like its prequel, is exclusive to Nintendo's system.

Its features, as well as Super Monkey Ball's set would be included in Super Monkey Ball Deluxe.

Production credits

Game Program Director: Hisashi Endo
System Programmers: Eiji Takaki, Tetsuya Kaku, Kota Matsumoto, Yoshinori Suzuki
Party Game Programmers: Tetsu Yoshimitsu, Norio Haga, Yasumasa Matsumori, Youchi Ishikawa, Koji Tokieda, Mie Kawanishi
2D System Programmer: Jun Tokuhara
Level Design Director: Junichi Yamada
Stage Design Director: Daisuke Sato
Stage Designers: Yukio Oda, Kumiko Sakurai, Ken-ichiro Yasutomi, Sanae Takeda, Mari Sasaki, Jun Yukawa
Motion Design Director: Kazuhiro Izaki
Motion Designers: Sakae Osumi, Michio Shirako, Kentarou Niina, Takayuki Sorimachi
Story Mode Movie Designers: Hiroki Koike, Eiko Takahashi
2D Designer: Chigaku Fukuhara
Character Designer: Mika Kojima
Assistant Designers: Naoki Someya, Saizo Nagai, Miho Nakamura, Michihiko Hatoyama
Planners: Yukinobu Arikawa, Hiroyuki Sakamoto
Sound Designer: Hidenori Shoji, Haruyoshi Tomita
Party Game Program And Design: Aspect Co., Ltd.
Monkey Voice: Kaoru Morota, Konami Yoshida, Rio Natsuki, Patrick Harlan
Publicity: Masae Otoshi, Koji Ueda
Cooperation: Dole Food Company, Inc., Dole Japan, ltd., Avant Inc.
Special Thanks: Haikyo, Sturm Co.,Ltd., T's Music Co.,Ltd., Ryuji Iuchi
Producer & Director: Toshihiro Nagoshi

Amusement Vision

Source:

In-game credits ^[10]

Magazine articles

Main article: Super Monkey Ball 2/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in GamePro (US) #168: "September 2002" (2002-0x-xx)

Artwork

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

big.N (DE)

NTSC-U

88

^[11]

Consoles + (FR)

PAL

87

^[12]

Cube (UK)

NTSC-U

93

^[13]

Edge (UK)

NTSC-U

80

^[14]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[15]

Game Play 128 (FR)

91

^[16]

G-Force (UK)

90

^[17]

GMR (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[18]

Hyper (AU)

PAL

88

^[19]

MAN!AC (DE)

NTSC-U

85

^[20]

NGC Magazine (UK)

NTSC-U

85

^[21]

NGC Magazine (UK)

PAL

82

^[22]

Nintendo Official Magazine (UK)

PAL

90

^[4]

Nintendo Official Magazine (UK)

PAL

90

^[23]

N-Zone (DE)

NTSC-J

87

^[24]

N-Zone (DE)

PAL

87

^[25]

Play (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[26]

Quit (IT)

80

^[27]

Total Gamer (CA)

NTSC-U

80

^[28]

	86
Based on 19 reviews

Super Monkey Ball 2

GameCube, US
Cover
Disc

GameCube, US (Player's Choice)
Cover

GameCube, JP
Cover

GameCube, JP (Okaidoku-ban)
Cover

GameCube, UK
Cover

GameCube, UK (Player's Choice)
Cover

GameCube, FR
Cover

GameCube, DE
Cover

GameCube, DE (Player's Choice)
Cover

GameCube, IT
Cover

GameCube, ES/PT
Cover

External links

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

References

↑ http://www.nintendo.com/games/gamepage/gamepage_main.jsp?gameId=1170 (Wayback Machine: 2002-12-12 20:10)
↑ Press release: 2002-11-04: SEGA Delivers Great Games for All Ages and All Consoles This Holiday Season
↑ https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-GameCube/Super-Monkey-Ball-2-268929.html (archive.today)
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Nintendo Official Magazine, "March 2003" (UK; 2003-02-14), page 64
↑ https://www.nintendo.fr/Jeux/Nintendo-GameCube/Super-Monkey-Ball-2-268929.html (archive.today)
↑ https://www.nintendo.de/Spiele/Nintendo-GameCube/Super-Monkey-Ball-2-268929.html (archive.today)
↑ https://www.nintendo.es/Juegos/Nintendo-GameCube/Super-Monkey-Ball-2-268929.html (archive.today)
↑ https://www.nintendo.it/Giochi/Nintendo-GameCube/Super-Monkey-Ball-2-268929.html (archive.today)
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 ^9.3 http://sega.jp/gc/smb2/ (Wayback Machine: 2004-08-21 12:24)
↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwOWYN9L2Dw
↑ big.N, "Oktober 2002" (DE; 2002-09-18), page 84
↑ Consoles +, "Mars 2003" (FR; 2003-0x-xx), page 130
↑ Cube, "Issue Eleven" (UK; 2002-09-26), page 68
↑ Edge, "November 2002" (UK; 2002-10-10), page 84
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 2002" (US; 2002-09-03), page 195
↑ Game Play 128, "Mi-Octobre 2002" (FR; 2002-xx-xx), page 64
↑ G-Force, "February 2003" (UK; 2003-xx-xx), page 52
↑ GMR, "February 2003" (US; 2003-xx-xx), page 96
↑ Hyper, "June 2003" (AU; 2003-05-07), page 52
↑ MAN!AC, "11/2002" (DE; 2002-10-02), page 46
↑ NGC Magazine, "November 2002" (UK; 2002-10-04), page 74
↑ NGC Magazine, "March 2003" (UK; 2003-02-20), page 42
↑ Nintendo Official Magazine, "September 2003" (UK; 2003-08-15), page 120
↑ N-Zone, "11/02" (DE; 2002-10-16), page 70
↑ N-Zone, "04/03" (DE; 2003-03-19), page 48
↑ Play, "October 2002" (US; 2002-xx-xx), page 85
↑ Quit, "Marzo 2003" (IT; 2003-0x-xx), page 33
↑ Total Gamer, "November 2002" (CA; 2002-xx-xx), page 10

Super Monkey Ball 2

Main page | Comparisons | Development | Magazine articles | Reception

Books: Prima's Official Strategy Guide: Super Monkey Ball 2 (2002) | Super Monkey Ball 2 Players Book (2002)

Super Monkey Ball series of games
	Monkey Ball (2001) \| Super Monkey Ball: Ticket Blitz (20xx)
	Super Monkey Ball (2001) \| Super Monkey Ball 2 (2002) \| Super Monkey Ball 2 Pack (2004) \| Super Monkey Ball Adventure (2006)
	Sega Monkey Ball (2002) \| AiAi's Funhouse (2003) \| Monkey Ball (2003) \| Monkey Ball Bowling (2003) \| Monkey Ball Mini Golf (2003) \| Super Monkey Ball 3D (200x) \| Super Monkey Ball: Tip 'n Tilt (2007) \| Super Monkey Ball: Tip 'n Tilt 2 (200x)
	Super Monkey Ball Jr. (2002)
	Super Monkey Ball (2003)
	Super Monkey Ball Deluxe (2005) \| Super Monkey Ball Adventure (2006)
	Super Monkey Ball Deluxe (2005) \| Sonic Heroes & Super Monkey Ball Deluxe (2005) \| Sonic Mega Collection Plus & Super Monkey Ball Deluxe (2005)
	Super Monkey Ball: Touch & Roll (2005) \| Sega Fun Pack: Sonic Rush & Super Monkey Ball: Touch & Roll (2009)
	Super Monkey Ball Adventure (2006)
	Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz (2006) \| Sega Fun Pack: Sonic and the Secret Rings & Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz (2009) \| Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll (2010)
	Super Monkey Ball (2008) \| Super Monkey Ball 2 (2009) \| Super Monkey Ball 2: Sakura Edition (2010) \| Super Monkey Ball 2: Sakura Edition Lite (2012) \| Super Monkey Ball Bounce (2014)
	Super Monkey Ball 3D (2011)
	Super Monkey Ball (2011) \| Super Monkey Ball 2: Sakura Edition (2012)
	Super Monkey Ball (2011) \| Super Monkey Ball Uki-Uki Seesaw (2012) \| Super Monkey Ball 2: Sakura Edition (2012) \| Super Monkey Ball Bounce (2014)
	Super Monkey Ball: Banana Splitz (2012) \| Super Monkey Ball Adventure (201x)
	Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD (2019) \| Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania (2021)
Super Monkey Ball related media
	Ei-Ei-Poo! (2001)
	Super Monkey Ball Player's Book (2001) \| Prima's Official Strategy Guide: Super Monkey Ball 2 (2002) \| Super Monkey Ball 2 Players Book (2002)

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20021212201044.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.nintendo.com.2Fgames.2Fgamepage.2Fgamepage_main.jsp.3FgameId.3D1170-1] ttp://www.nintendo.com/games/gamepage/gamepage_main.jsp?gameId=1170 (Wayback Machine: 2002-12-12 20:10)

[Press_release:_2002-11-04:_SEGA_Delivers_Great_Games_for_All_Ages_and_All_Consoles_This_Holiday_Season-2] Press release: 2002-11-04: SEGA Delivers Great Games for All Ages and All Consoles This Holiday Season

[https:.2F.2Farchive.is.2F576Us-3] ttps://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-GameCube/Super-Monkey-Ball-2-268929.html (archive.today)

[:File:NOM_UK_126.pdf_p64-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Nintendo Official Magazine, "March 2003" (UK; 2003-02-14), page 64

[https:.2F.2Farchive.is.2FaiKXe-5] ttps://www.nintendo.fr/Jeux/Nintendo-GameCube/Super-Monkey-Ball-2-268929.html (archive.today)

[https:.2F.2Farchive.is.2F0B4MD-6] ttps://www.nintendo.de/Spiele/Nintendo-GameCube/Super-Monkey-Ball-2-268929.html (archive.today)

[https:.2F.2Farchive.is.2FRX3CJ-7] ttps://www.nintendo.es/Juegos/Nintendo-GameCube/Super-Monkey-Ball-2-268929.html (archive.today)

[https:.2F.2Farchive.is.2FlL14R-8] ttps://www.nintendo.it/Giochi/Nintendo-GameCube/Super-Monkey-Ball-2-268929.html (archive.today)

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20040821122445.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fgc.2Fsmb2.2F-9] 9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 ^9.3 http://sega.jp/gc/smb2/ (Wayback Machine: 2004-08-21 12:24)

[https:.2F.2Fwww.youtube.com.2Fwatch.3Fv.3DRwOWYN9L2Dw-10] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwOWYN9L2Dw

[:File:BigN_DE_2002-10.pdf_p84-11] big.N, "Oktober 2002" (DE; 2002-09-18), page 84

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_134.pdf_p130-12] Consoles +, "Mars 2003" (FR; 2003-0x-xx), page 130

[:File:Cube_UK_11.pdf_p68-13] Cube, "Issue Eleven" (UK; 2002-09-26), page 68

[:File:Edge_UK_116.pdf_p84-14] Edge, "November 2002" (UK; 2002-10-10), page 84

[:File:EGM_US_159.pdf_p195-15] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 2002" (US; 2002-09-03), page 195

[16] Game Play 128, "Mi-Octobre 2002" (FR; 2002-xx-xx), page 64

[:File:GForce_UK_10.pdf_p52-17] G-Force, "February 2003" (UK; 2003-xx-xx), page 52

[:File:GMR_US_01.pdf_p96-18] GMR, "February 2003" (US; 2003-xx-xx), page 96

[:File:Hyper_AU_116.pdf_p52-19] Hyper, "June 2003" (AU; 2003-05-07), page 52

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_2002-11.pdf_p46-20] MAN!AC, "11/2002" (DE; 2002-10-02), page 46

[:File:NGCMagazine_UK_073.pdf_p74-21] NGC Magazine, "November 2002" (UK; 2002-10-04), page 74

[:File:NGCMagazine_UK_078.pdf_p42-22] NGC Magazine, "March 2003" (UK; 2003-02-20), page 42

[:File:NOM_UK_132.pdf_p120-23] Nintendo Official Magazine, "September 2003" (UK; 2003-08-15), page 120

[:File:NZone_DE_2002-11.pdf_p70-24] N-Zone, "11/02" (DE; 2002-10-16), page 70

[:File:NZone_DE_2003-04.pdf_p48-25] N-Zone, "04/03" (DE; 2003-03-19), page 48

[:File:Play_US_010.pdf_p85-26] Play, "October 2002" (US; 2002-xx-xx), page 85

[:File:Quit_IT_01.pdf_p33-27] Quit, "Marzo 2003" (IT; 2003-0x-xx), page 33

[:File:TotalGamer_CA_2002-11.pdf_p10-28] Total Gamer, "November 2002" (CA; 2002-xx-xx), page 10

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Super Monkey Ball series of games
	Monkey Ball (2001) \| Super Monkey Ball: Ticket Blitz (20xx)
	Super Monkey Ball (2001) \| Super Monkey Ball 2 (2002) \| Super Monkey Ball 2 Pack (2004) \| Super Monkey Ball Adventure (2006)
	Sega Monkey Ball (2002) \| AiAi's Funhouse (2003) \| Monkey Ball (2003) \| Monkey Ball Bowling (2003) \| Monkey Ball Mini Golf (2003) \| Super Monkey Ball 3D (200x) \| Super Monkey Ball: Tip 'n Tilt (2007) \| Super Monkey Ball: Tip 'n Tilt 2 (200x)
	Super Monkey Ball Jr. (2002)
	Super Monkey Ball (2003)
	Super Monkey Ball Deluxe (2005) \| Super Monkey Ball Adventure (2006)
	Super Monkey Ball Deluxe (2005) \| Sonic Heroes & Super Monkey Ball Deluxe (2005) \| Sonic Mega Collection Plus & Super Monkey Ball Deluxe (2005)
	Super Monkey Ball: Touch & Roll (2005) \| Sega Fun Pack: Sonic Rush & Super Monkey Ball: Touch & Roll (2009)
	Super Monkey Ball Adventure (2006)
	Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz (2006) \| Sega Fun Pack: Sonic and the Secret Rings & Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz (2009) \| Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll (2010)
	Super Monkey Ball (2008) \| Super Monkey Ball 2 (2009) \| Super Monkey Ball 2: Sakura Edition (2010) \| Super Monkey Ball 2: Sakura Edition Lite (2012) \| Super Monkey Ball Bounce (2014)
	Super Monkey Ball 3D (2011)
	Super Monkey Ball (2011) \| Super Monkey Ball 2: Sakura Edition (2012)
	Super Monkey Ball (2011) \| Super Monkey Ball Uki-Uki Seesaw (2012) \| Super Monkey Ball 2: Sakura Edition (2012) \| Super Monkey Ball Bounce (2014)
	Super Monkey Ball: Banana Splitz (2012) \| Super Monkey Ball Adventure (201x)
	Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD (2019) \| Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania (2021)
Super Monkey Ball related media
	Ei-Ei-Poo! (2001)
	Super Monkey Ball Player's Book (2001) \| Prima's Official Strategy Guide: Super Monkey Ball 2 (2002) \| Super Monkey Ball 2 Players Book (2002)

Super Monkey Ball 2

From Sega Retro

Contents

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Artwork

Physical scans

External links

References