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'''''Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz''''', known as ''Super Monkey Ball: Exciting Party Collection'' (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 [[Nintendo Wii]]. It was released as a launch title for the Wii in Japan, North America, Europe and Australia.
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'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', 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.
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==Gameplay==
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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).
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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.
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Many of the words in this game would later be seen again in the iOS games ''[[Super Monkey Ball]]'' and ''[[Super Monkey Ball 2]]''.
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==Versions==
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===Localised names===
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{{aka
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==Production credits==
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*'''Programmers:''' [[Jun Tokuhara]], [[Tetsu Yoshimitsu]], [[Youichi Ishikawa]], [[Eisuke Ito]], [[Yoshiaki Hattori]], [[Takashi Atsu]], [[Hitoshi Ohta]], [[Hisashi Endo]], [[Yuuki Inagawa]]
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*'''Level & Stage Designer:''' [[Yukio Oda]]
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*'''Motion Design Director:''' [[Kazuhiro Izaki]]
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*'''Motion Designers:''' [[Manabu Tsukamoto]], [[Mikio Hayashi]]
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*'''Effects Designer:''' [[Masaharu Ijichi]]
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*'''2D Art Designer:''' [[Chigaku Fukuhara]]
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*'''Character Designer:''' [[Saizo Nagai]]
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*'''Stage & Object Designers:''' [[Michiko Hirasako]], [[Yu Honya]], [[Miyuki Yamada]], [[Daisaku Yonei]]
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*'''Sound Director:''' [[Haruyoshi Tomita]]
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*'''Sound Creators:''' [[Yuri Fukuda]], [[Takashi Nagasaka]], [[Hideki Naganuma]]
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*'''Planners:''' [[Yukinobu Arikawa]], [[Koji Yoshida]]
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*'''Party Game Program:''' [[Bauhaus Entertainment|Bauhaus Entertainment. Co., Ltd]]
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*'''Music:''' [[Noisycroak|Noisycloak Co., Ltd]]
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*'''Marketing Manager:''' [[Hiroshi Utsumi]]
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*'''Localization Support:''' [[Shinobu Shindo]], [[Yuka Yoshida]]
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*'''President and COO:''' [[Simon Jeffery]]
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*'''Vice President of Product Development:''' [[David Cobb]]
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*'''Producer:''' [[Justin Lambros]]
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*'''Associate Producer:''' [[Andy Alamano]]
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*'''Assistant Producer:''' [[Beejey Enriquez]]
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*'''Vice President of Marketing:''' [[Scott Steinberg]]
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*'''Director of Marketing:''' [[Rick Naylor]]
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*'''Senior Product Marketing Manager:''' [[Erica Mason]]
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*'''Associate PR Manager:''' [[Denny Chiu]]
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*'''Creative Services:''' [[Jenifer Groeling|Jen Groeling]]
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*'''Production Specialist:''' Heather Luchetti
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*'''QA Project Lead:''' [[Lee Frohman]]
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*'''Assistant QA Project Lead:''' Ryan Jones
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*'''President and COO:''' [[Mike Hayes]]
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*'''Director of PD:''' [[Gary Dunn]]
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*'''Creative Director:''' [[Matthew Woodley|Matt Woodley]]
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*'''Director of European Marketing:''' [[Gary Knight]]
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*'''Head of Studio - Localization:''' [[Kuniyo Matsumoto]]
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*'''Localization Producer:''' [[Ayano Murofushi]]
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*'''Brand Manager:''' [[David Allen]]
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*'''Head of Development Services:''' [[Mark Le Breton]]
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*'''QA Supervisor:''' [[Marlon Grant]]
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*'''CEO of SOA & SOE:''' [[Naoya Tsurumi]]
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*'''Producer & Director:''' [[Toshihiro Nagoshi]]
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*'''Presented by:''' [[Sega]]
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==Magazine articles==
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{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Magazine articles}}
  
Unlike most other ''Monkey Ball'' games, ''Banana Blitz'' consists entirely of mini-games in the style of ''Mario Party''. These can be played by a single player, however the multiplayer mode is the selling point of the game, capitalising on the trend for family/group-oriented games on the Wii.
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==Promotional material==
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{{gitem|SMBBB FACTSHEET Ver2.pdf|Fact sheet press release}}
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{{gitem|SMBBB New Character Info.pdf|Character press release}}
  
==Physical Scans==
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==Artwork==
 
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File:SMBBB Wii US cover.jpg|US cover
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File:SMBBB Wii EU cover.jpg|EU cover
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File:SMBBB Wii JP cover.jpg|JP cover
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File:SMBBB Wii UK cover.jpg|UK cover
 
File:SMBBB Wii DE cover.jpg|German cover
 
File:SMBBB Wii AU cover.jpg|Australian cover
 
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
  
==External Links==
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==Physical scans==
* [http://sega.jp/wii/smb/ Official website on Sega.jp (Japanese)]
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==Technical information==
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===ROM dump status===
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==External links==
 
* [http://www2.sega.com/gamesite/bananablitz/ Official website on Sega.com (English)]
 
* [http://www2.sega.com/gamesite/bananablitz/ Official website on Sega.com (English)]
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* [http://www.supermonkeyball.com/ Official website on Sega.jp (Japanese)]
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* Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://sega.jp/wii/smb/ Wii]
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* Nintendo catalogue pages: [https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/software/rsmj/ JP], [https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/8MMJMJiG3w0_-9SyhRX8WC-g_MvHuTHK US], [https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Wii/Super-Monkey-Ball-Banana-Blitz-283333.html UK]
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==References==
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Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
System(s): Wii
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
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
    Nintendo Wii
    JP
    ¥5,800 (6,090)5,800 (6,090)[7] RVL-P-RSMJ
    RVL-RSMJ-JPN
    CERO: A
    Nintendo Wii
    US
    RVL-P-RSME
    ESRB: Everyone
    Nintendo Wii
    DE
    RVL-P-RSMP
    RVL-RSMP-NOE
    USK: 6
    Nintendo Wii
    ES
    RVL-P-RSMP
    RVL-RSMP-ESP
    PEGI: 7+
    Nintendo Wii
    FR
    RVL-P-RSMP
    RVL-RSMP-FRA
    PEGI: 7+
    Nintendo Wii
    IT
    RVL-P-RSMP
    RVL-RSMP-ITA
    PEGI: 7+
    Nintendo Wii
    UK
    RVL-P-RSMP
    RVL-RSMP-UKV
    PEGI: 7+
    Nintendo Wii
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    RVL-RSMP-AUS
    OFLC: General (G)

    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

    Magazine articles

    Main article: Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz/Magazine articles.

    Promotional material

    SMBBB FACTSHEET Ver2.pdf

    PDF
    Fact sheet press release
    SMBBB FACTSHEET Ver2.pdf

    SMBBB New Character Info.pdf

    PDF
    Character press release
    SMBBB New Character Info.pdf

    Artwork

    Physical scans

    Sega Retro Average 
    Publication Score Source
    {{{{{icon}}}|L}} Division by zero.
    Based on
    0 review
    Sega Retro Average 
    Publication Version Score
    Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
    65
    [8]
    Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
    78
    [9]
    GamePro (US) NTSC-U
    55
    [10]
    Hyper (AU) PAL
    81
    [11]
    Nintendo Power (US) NTSC-U
    85
    [12]
    Nintendo Wii
    73
    Based on
    5 reviews

    Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz

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    Cover
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    Disc
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    Cover
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    Disc
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    Cover
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    Cover
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    Disc
    Wii, IT
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    Cover
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    Technical information

    ROM dump status

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    SHA-1 8489e61fc7af5c42478649371ff0eb9d94120b68
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    Nintendo Wii
    CRC32 af64c370
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    SHA-1 17b840a49273b48d512df15c7b937e4fd3c4f44b
    4,699,979,776 Disc (EU)
    Nintendo Wii
     ?
    CRC32 8da57e16
    MD5 4b976fcef19a65cdb59dcedc22f2b4a9
    SHA-1 52dcba240440b6502c918f28361520ea76f7f200
    4,699,979,776 Disc (JP)

    External links

    References


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    Super Monkey Ball series of games
    Arcade
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    Sony PlayStation Portable
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    iOS
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    Nintendo 3DS
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    Windows Phone 7
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    Google Android OS
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    Sony PlayStation Vita
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