Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble is a game in the Super Monkey Ball series, announced by Sega on February 21, 2024 and released on June 25, 2024 for the Nintendo Switch.
Features[]
Banana Rumble features an all-new Adventure Mode, which allows co-op play with up to 4 players throughout 200 stages. It also marks the debut of the Spin Dash, which players can use in various Party Games to compete, and appears to be usable in the Main Game as well. The game also appears to feature some sort of bounce panel. Party Games that return include Monkey Race, Banana Hunt, and Robot Smash, and Party Games can now be played in an online vs mode with up to 16 players. The game will also feature character customization, with over 300 customization items to choose from.
Story and cutscenes[]
The game will feature an adventure mode with fully animated cutscenes, which has not been seen since Super Monkey Ball 2. The basic story involves the monkeys joining the adventurer Palette in her search for the "Legendary Banana".
Assist features[]
As with Banana Mania, several optional features exist in the game that will assist inexperienced players. These include:
- The ability to rewind to previous parts of a stage, in order to practice tricky sections over and over again.
- A "Ghost Guide", a transparent and intangible character who will demonstrate how to complete the level
- A "Route Guide", which will show the route to the goal, reminiscent of a similar feature in Banana Mania.
- The ability to restart at checkpoints in levels, rather than having to start a level from the beginning.
Characters[]
Story Characters
Sega Pass
*(characters making their debut)
Worlds[]
- Banana Farm
- Rose Garden
- Floating City
- Golden Temple
- Stone Valley
- Neon Arena
- Candy Castle
- Oceanus
- Caelum
- Astrum
Party Games[]
- Monkey Race
- Banana Hunt
- Robot Smash
- Goal Rush
- Ba-Boom!
Gallery[]
- Main article: Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble/Gallery
Videos[]
Trivia[]
- Banana Rumble is the first original mainline Super Monkey Ball game to release in 12 years, after Banana Splitz in 2012.
- This is the first time that the monkeys received major redesigns in over 17 years, since Banana Blitz in 2006.
- This is the second Super Monkey Ball game where it has a female announcer outside of Japan with the first one being Banana Mania.
- If one were to count the Japanese versions of Super Monkey Ball 2 and Deluxe, this is technically the fourth Super Monkey Ball game where it has the female announcer with the first and second ones being the Japanese versions of Super Monkey Ball 2 and Deluxe respectively and the third one being Banana Mania.
External Links[]
- Official Site (US)
- Official Site (JP English)
- Gematsu article revealing a significant amount of information about the game.
- Article discussing content revealed for the game.
- Livestream showing early gameplay.
| Super Monkey Ball Games | ||
|---|---|---|
| Arcade | Monkey Ball • Ticket Blitz | |
| Home Console | Super Monkey Ball • Super Monkey Ball 2 (demo) • Deluxe • Adventure • Banana Blitz • Step & Roll • Banana Blitz HD (demo) • Banana Mania • Banana Rumble | |
| Handheld | Jr. • N-Gage • Touch & Roll • Adventure • 3D • Banana Splitz (demo) | |
| Mobile | SEGA Monkey Ball • AiAi's Funhouse • J-Phone • N-Gage • Bowling • Mini Golf • Tip 'n Tilt • Tip 'n Tilt 2 • Mobile • iOS (Lite) • iOS 2 (Sakura) • Uki-Uki Seesaw • Bounce | |
| PC | Banana Blitz HD • Banana Mania | |
| Flash | SMB1 Mini • SMB2 Mini • Disco Ball • Banana Blitz Mini | |
| Cancelled | Banana Crazy | |