Super Monkey Ball Jr.

Super Monkey Ball Jr.
Release Date	November 19, 2002 (NA) April 4, 2003 (PAL)
Platform(s)	GameBoy Advance
Publisher(s)	THQ (NA) SEGA (PAL) Realism
ESRB Rating	E (Everyone)
Genre	Platform

Super Monkey Ball Jr. is a port of the original Super Monkey Ball designed for the Game Boy Advance. The game was developed by THQ and Realism with the supervision of Amusement Vision, and was published by Sega. This is the first handheld game in Super Monkey Ball series.

Game Modes

Main Game

The Main Game is similar to Super Monkey Ball's, but with fewer floors due to hardware limitations. Most of the 74 available floors are direct ports form Super Monkey Ball while others are new. The levels are spread across four difficulties. Beginner has 10 floors, Advanced has 20 floors, Expert has 30 floors, and Master has 5 floors. Each set of levels except for Master also includes three Extra Floors if the player completes the difficulties without using a continue.

The gameplay is identical to its console counterpart, where players control the stage with the D-Pad (with the A and B buttons increasing and decreasing the stage's tilt respectively) to guide their monkey to the goal while collecting bananas to earn points and get extra lives. One scoring type added to Jr. is the "Perfect" bonus, which applies an extra 2x multiplayer to the score for that floor if all the bananas in a level are collected before touching the Goal.

Floors

A list of all the floors that appear in this game can be found below.

Main article: Super Monkey Ball Jr./Floors

Worlds

The game features all the worlds from Super Monkey Ball (except Monkey Mall and Banana Island) as well as a new World:

• Jungle
• Sky High (Uses Monkey Mall's theme)
• Desert
• Underwater
• Arctic
• Storm (Uses Sky High's theme)
• Space (Uses Monkey Race's theme)
• Lava Land (Uses Storm's theme)

Mini Games

The Mini Games in Super Monkey Ball Jr. are based on the party games from Super Monkey Ball. However, Monkey Duel is exclusive to Jr. Each game apart from Duel are purchased for 2500 Play Points, with Monkey Golf containing a second course that must be bought separately.

• Monkey Duel
• Monkey Fight
• Monkey Bowling
• Monkey Golf

Both Monkey Duel and Monkey Fight require multiple Game Boy Advances and multiple copies of Super Monkey Ball Jr. to play in multiplayer, along with the necessary number of Link Cables. Monkey Bowling and Monkey Golf, on the other hand, can additionally be played using one Game Boy Advance, as players alternate between turns.

Cheat Codes

This game has a few cheat codes which can be activated by quickly pressing specific button combinations on the title screen.

• Easer egg: If the player inputs the Konami Code (Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right B, A), the title screen will change to read "Super Nice Try".
• Enable All: If the player inputs Down, Down, Up, Up, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, the title screen will change to read "Super Enable All", meaning that everything in the game has been unlocked.
• Blocky Mode: If the player in puts Left, Left, Right, Right, Down, Down, A, the title screen will change to read "Super Blocky Mode", in which the main game will have a pixelated effect that lasts until the game is reset.

Gallery

Main article: Super Monkey Ball Jr./Gallery

Poster

Trivia

• This game is considered more difficult than other games in the series due to the lack of an analog stick, instead using the D-pad for movement and the A and B buttons for controlling the player's speed. This locks control to eight directions.
• If a banana is collected while reaching the goal, and that banana results in obtaining a 1up, the game will prioritize showing the "1up" message instead of showing "Goal" as normal.