Wednesday, 5 September 2007
Super MonkeyBall: Banana Blitz Review
Bog standard Monkeyball action makes its disappointing way to the Wii!
As with all the Monkeyball series you control Aiai (or any of the other characters) as you roll around collecting bananas and reaching the goal. The game is split in a series of worlds, each world contains eight stages but unlike previous games in the Super Monkey Ball series, Banana Blitz feature boss battles.
Each character has different stats and abilities, and there are two new characters to choose from this time round: “Yan Yan” the new girl in town and an amnesia-suffering lemur who has made some great inventions who the towns folk call “Doctor”!
The visuals are a little simplistic, although that said, they are well-suited to the tone of the game, and using the Wii-mote to roll the ball, although difficult to master at first is actually quite intuitive, and superior to using the analogue stick of previous incarnations.
There are 50 mini-games in total in Banana Blitz. There is, also, a "party" mode whereby players can choose tournament-type gameplay, selecting mini-games going head to head in an attempt to accumulate the most points. It is good to see the number of mini games, even if a few of them aren’t really any fun to play.
Price: £ (or get given it as a birthday present!)
Pros: Lots of mini games, which are particularly good when played in the party mode. Nice use of the Wiimote controller.
Cons: Some of the party games are pretty unplayable.
Official Site: http://www.sega.com/gamesite/bananablitz/
As with all the Monkeyball series you control Aiai (or any of the other characters) as you roll around collecting bananas and reaching the goal. The game is split in a series of worlds, each world contains eight stages but unlike previous games in the Super Monkey Ball series, Banana Blitz feature boss battles.
Each character has different stats and abilities, and there are two new characters to choose from this time round: “Yan Yan” the new girl in town and an amnesia-suffering lemur who has made some great inventions who the towns folk call “Doctor”!
The visuals are a little simplistic, although that said, they are well-suited to the tone of the game, and using the Wii-mote to roll the ball, although difficult to master at first is actually quite intuitive, and superior to using the analogue stick of previous incarnations.
There are 50 mini-games in total in Banana Blitz. There is, also, a "party" mode whereby players can choose tournament-type gameplay, selecting mini-games going head to head in an attempt to accumulate the most points. It is good to see the number of mini games, even if a few of them aren’t really any fun to play.
Price: £ (or get given it as a birthday present!)
Pros: Lots of mini games, which are particularly good when played in the party mode. Nice use of the Wiimote controller.
Cons: Some of the party games are pretty unplayable.
Official Site: http://www.sega.com/gamesite/bananablitz/
Labels: Games, Reviews, Super MonkeyBall, Super MonkeyBall: Banana Blitz
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