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'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (スーパーモンキーボール) is a [[Nintendo GameCube]] game developed by [[Amusement Vision]] and published by [[Sega]].
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'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (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.
 
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.
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==Production credits==
 
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*'''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|T's Music Co., Ltd.]]
 
*'''Producer & Director:''' [[Toshihiro Nagoshi]]
 
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==Magazine articles==
 
==Magazine articles==
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==Physical scans==
 
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==External links==
 
==External links==
 
* Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://sega.jp/gc/monkeyb/ GameCube] (archive)
 
* Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://sega.jp/gc/monkeyb/ GameCube] (archive)
* Nintendo catalogue pages: [https://web.archive.org/web/20090321231547/http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ngc/software/GMBJ/index.html JP] (archive)
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* Nintendo catalogue pages: [https://web.archive.org/web/20090321231547/http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ngc/software/GMBJ/index.html JP], [http://web.archive.org/web/20030402194349/http://www.nintendo.com/games/gamepage/gamepage_main.jsp?gameId=617 US], [http://web.archive.org/web/20020816211021/http://www.nintendo.com.au/gamecube/games/supermonkey.php AU] (archive)
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

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Super Monkey Ball
System(s): GameCube
Publisher: Sega Corporation (JP), Sega of America (US), Sega Europe (EU)
Developer:
Distributor: Infogrames Europe (Europe)
Genre: Puzzle

















Number of players: 1-4
Release Date RRP Code
Nintendo GameCube
JP
¥5,800 (6,090)5,800 (6,090)[6] DOL-P-GMBJ
DOL-GMBJ-JPN
Nintendo GameCube
US
DOL-P-GMBE
DOL-GMBE-USA
ESRB: Everyone
Nintendo GameCube
US
(Player's Choice)
DOL-P-GMBE
DOL-GMBE-USA
ESRB: Everyone
Nintendo GameCube
DE
DOL-P-GMBP
DOL-GMBP-NOE
USK: 0
Nintendo GameCube
ES
DOL-P-GMBP
DOL-GMBP-EUR
aDeSe: Todos los Publicos
Nintendo GameCube
FR
DOL-P-GMBP
DOL-GMBP-FRA
SELL: Tous Publics
Nintendo GameCube
FR
(Player's Choice)
DOL-P-GMBP
DOL-GMBP-FRA
PEGI: 3+
Nintendo GameCube
IT
DOL-P-GMBP
DOL-GMBP-ITA
ELSPA: 3+ OK
Nintendo GameCube
UK
£39.9939.99[2][3] DOL-P-GMBP
DOL-GMBP-UKV
ELSPA: 3+ OK
Nintendo GameCube
AU
DOL-P-GMBP
OFLC: G8

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

Main article: Super Monkey Ball/Production credits.

Magazine articles

Main article: Super Monkey Ball/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in GamePro (US) #159: "December 2001" (2001-1x-xx)
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Print advert in MAN!AC (DE) #2002-08: "08/2002" (2002-07-03)
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Artwork

Physical scans

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Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Ação Games (BR)
70
[10]
big.N (DE) NTSC-J
86
[11]
Consoles Micro (FR)
75
[12]
Consoles + (FR) NTSC-J
84
[13]
Cube (UK) PAL
93
[14]
Cubezone (FR) PAL
65
[15]
Computer & Video Games (UK) PAL
90
[2]
Digitiser (UK)
80
[16]
Edge (UK) NTSC-J
90
[17]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
82
[18]
GameNOW (US) NTSC-U
100
[19]
Game Play 128 (FR)
91
[20]
Game Play 128 (FR) PAL
86
[21]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
83
[22]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
83
[23]
GMR (US) NTSC-U
80
[24]
Hyper (AU) PAL
88
[25]
MAN!AC (DE) NTSC-J
79
[26]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
79
[27]
NGC Magazine (UK) NTSC-J
92
[28]
NGC Magazine (UK) PAL
88
[29]
Nintendo: Le Magazine Officiel (FR) PAL
75
[30]
Nintendo Official Magazine (UK) PAL
80
[31]
Nintendo Official Magazine (UK) PAL
92
[32]
Nintendo Power (US) NTSC-U
100
[33]
N-Zone (DE) PAL
81
[34]
The Official Nintendo Magazine (UK) PAL
88
[35]
Play (US) NTSC-U
70
[36]
Power Unlimited (NL)
95
[37]
Strana Igr (RU)
78
[38]
Nintendo GameCube
84
Based on
30 reviews

Super Monkey Ball

GameCube, US
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GameCube, US (Player's Choice)
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Disc
GameCube, JP
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Cover
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Disc
GameCube, UK
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Cover
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Disc
GameCube, FR
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Cover
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Disc
GameCube, FR (Player's Choice)
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GameCube, DE
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GameCube, ES/PT
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Disc
GameCube, IT
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GameCube, AU
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Disc

External links

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

References

  1. http://www.nintendo.com/games/gamepage/gamepage_main.jsp?gameId=617 (Wayback Machine: 2003-04-02 19:43)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Computer & Video Games, "May 2002" (UK; 2002-04-xx), page 70
  3. Cube, "Issue Three" (UK; 2002-02-14), page 15
  4. https://www.amazon.fr/S%C3%A9ga-Super-Monkey-Ball/dp/B000066A3J/ (Wayback Machine: 2019-05-18 20:27)
  5. http://www.amazon.de:80/Sega-Super-Monkey-Ball/dp/B000063WNH? (Wayback Machine: 2016-04-08 08:45)
  6. 6.0 6.1 http://sega.jp/gc/monkeyb/ (Wayback Machine: 2004-08-21 12:22)
  7. http://www.nintendo.com.au/gamecube/games/supermonkey.php (Wayback Machine: 2002-08-16 21:10)
  8. N-Zone, "08/02" (DE; 2002-07-17), page 37
  9. N-Zone, "09/02" (DE; 2002-08-21), page 27
  10. Ação Games, "Janeiro 2002" (BR; 200x-xx-xx), page 45
  11. big.N, "xxxx 2001" (DE; 2001-xx-xx), page 39
  12. Consoles Micro, "Mai 2002" (FR; 2002-xx-xx), page 52
  13. Consoles +, "Novembre 2001" (FR; 2001-1x-xx), page 98
  14. Cube, "Issue Six" (UK; 2002-05-02), page 68
  15. Cubezone, "Juin 2002" (FR; 2002-xx-xx), page 90
  16. Digitiser (UK) (2002-05-27)
  17. Edge, "November 2001" (UK; 2001-10-08), page 72
  18. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 2001" (US; 2001-10-30), page 254
  19. GameNOW, "December 2001" (US; 2001-11-13), page 86
  20. Game Play 128, "Novembre/Décembre 2001" (FR; 2001-1x-xx), page 90
  21. Game Play 128, "Mi-Mai 2002" (FR; 2002-0x-xx), page 78
  22. GamePro, "December 2001" (US; 2001-1x-xx), page 156
  23. Game Informer, "November 2001" (US; 2001-1x-xx), page 118
  24. GMR, "February 2003" (US; 2003-01-07), page 96
  25. Hyper, "June 2002" (AU; 2002-05-08), page 64
  26. MAN!AC, "11/2001" (DE; 2001-10-02), page 54
  27. MAN!AC, "06/2002" (DE; 2002-05-02), page 58
  28. NGC Magazine, "December 2001" (UK; 2001-10-19), page 46
  29. NGC Magazine, "May 2002" (UK; 2002-04-15), page 56
  30. Nintendo: Le Magazine Officiel, "Mai 2002" (FR; 2002-0x-xx), page 111
  31. Nintendo Official Magazine, "May 2002" (UK; 2002-04-19), page 62
  32. Nintendo Official Magazine, "September 2003" (UK; 2003-08-15), page 120
  33. Nintendo Power, "November 2001" (US; 2001-1x-xx), page 141
  34. N-Zone, "05/02" (DE; 2002-04-24), page 48
  35. The Official Nintendo Magazine, "March 2006" (UK; 2006-02-16), page 125
  36. Play, "Premiere Issue" (US; 2001-xx-xx), page 29
  37. Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 10, Nummer 4, April 2002" (NL; 2002-03-22), page 38
  38. Strana Igr, "Oktyabr 2001 2/2" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 22


Super Monkey Ball

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Super Monkey Ball series of games
Arcade
Monkey Ball (2001) | Super Monkey Ball: Ticket Blitz (20xx)
Nintendo GameCube
Super Monkey Ball (2001) | Super Monkey Ball 2 (2002) | Super Monkey Ball 2 Pack (2004) | Super Monkey Ball Adventure (2006)
Mobile phone
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)
Game Boy Advance
Super Monkey Ball Jr. (2002)
N-Gage
Super Monkey Ball (2003)
Sony PlayStation 2
Super Monkey Ball Deluxe (2005) | Super Monkey Ball Adventure (2006)
Xbox
Super Monkey Ball Deluxe (2005) | Sonic Heroes & Super Monkey Ball Deluxe (2005) | Sonic Mega Collection Plus & Super Monkey Ball Deluxe (2005)
Nintendo DS
Super Monkey Ball: Touch & Roll (2005) | Sega Fun Pack: Sonic Rush & Super Monkey Ball: Touch & Roll (2009)
Sony PlayStation Portable
Super Monkey Ball Adventure (2006)
Nintendo Wii
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)
iOS
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)
Nintendo 3DS
Super Monkey Ball 3D (2011)
Windows Phone 7
Super Monkey Ball (2011) | Super Monkey Ball 2: Sakura Edition (2012)
Google Android OS
Super Monkey Ball (2011) | Super Monkey Ball Uki-Uki Seesaw (2012) | Super Monkey Ball 2: Sakura Edition (2012) | Super Monkey Ball Bounce (2014)
Sony PlayStation Vita
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Splitz (2012) | Super Monkey Ball Adventure (201x)
Sony PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Steam
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD (2019) | Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania (2021)
PlayStation 5
Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania (2021)
Nintendo Switch
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD (2019) | Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania (2021) | Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble (2024)
Super Monkey Ball related media
Music
Ei-Ei-Poo! (2001) | Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania: 2xLP Vinyl Soundtrack (2022)
Book
Super Monkey Ball Player's Book (2001) | Prima's Official Strategy Guide: Super Monkey Ball 2 (2002) | Super Monkey Ball 2 Players Book (2002)