Vortex

Vortex is the 36th Expert stage in Super Monkey Ball 2, and the 75th Expert stage in Super Monkey Ball Deluxe. It also appears as the 185th Ultimate stage with continues, and the 225th without.

In Story Mode, it appears as World 8-6 in Super Monkey Ball 2 and as World 8-9 in Super Monkey Ball Deluxe. It is given a 9 out of 10 difficulty rating.

Description

A large double-headed spiral spins between a platform with four switches (rewind, reverse, forward, and fast forward) and two platforms (with the one on top having a green goal, and the one beneath having a blue goal that is larger). The switches control the speed and direction of the spiral's rotation. The spiral makes one and a half rotations before slowing down and rotating the other way, which is similar to Reversible Gear.

Goal Tutorial

Blue Goal

Wait at the front-left corner of the platform with the switches. Make sure the reverse or forward switch is activated. The spiral will spin clockwise and slow down. When it spins counterclockwise, get ready to roll onto the arm of the spiral as soon as it touches the platform. Tilt the analog stick down and to the left to keep the ball on the spiral, but don't move the ball too far back as you will likely fall out. As the spiral slows down, you should be near the goal platforms. Roll off the spiral at full speed and fall onto the blue goal platform, and pull back enough, so you will not fall off the platform with too much force.

Green Goal

Get on the spiral and stay on it the same way as you would for the blue goal. This time, do not roll off the spiral. Instead, as it is about to change directions, roll forward down the spiral at full speed. When the spiral is in motion, the camera angle will change to make you face the other way. Pull back on the analog stick as much as needed so that you are approaching the green goal platform from the left. As the arm nears the platform, smoothly roll onto the platform and into the goal.

Super Monkey Ball 2 Stages
	Simple • Hollow • Bumpy • Switches • Bowl • Floaters • Slopes • Sliders • Spinning Top • Curve Bridge
	Banks • Eaten Floor • Hoppers • Coaster • Board Park • Swell • Gravity Slider • Inchworms • Totalitarianism • Leveler • Organic Form • Reversible Gear • Stepping Stones • Dribbles • U.R.L. • Mad Rings • Curvy Options • Twister • Downhill • Rampage • Pro Skaters • Giant Comb • Beehive • Dynamic Maze • Triangle Holes • Launchers • Randomizer • Coin Slots • Seesaw Bridges • Arthropod
	Wormhole • Free Fall • Melting Pot • Mad Shuffle • Partition • Jump Machine • Zigzag Slope • Tower • Toggle • Pachinko • Combination • Punched Seesaws • Opera • Brandished • Tiers • Cliffs • Narrow Peaks • Detour • Switch Inferno • Earthquake • Spiral Bridge • Wavy Option • Obstacle • Domino • Sieve • Flock • Double Spiral • Hierarchy • 8 Bracelets • Banana Hunting • Pistons • Soft Cream • Momentum • Entangled Path • Totters • Vortex • Warp • Trampolines • Swing Shaft • Fighters • Serial Jump • Cross Floors • Spinning Saw • Chipped Pipes • Flat Maze • Guillotine • Cork Screw • Orbiters • Twin Basin • Air Hockey
	Centrifugal • Swing Bridges • Cylinders • Passage • Notch • Intermittent • Long Torus • Spasmodic • Double Twin • Clock Face
	Conveyers • Bumpy Check • Alternative • Junction • Bead Screen • Fluctuation • Folders • Quick Turn • Linear Seesaws • Birth
	Auto Doors • Heavy Sphere • Stagger • U.F.O. • Ring Bridges • Domes • Amida Lot • Long Slider • Grid Bridge • Teapot
	Charge • Strata • Puzzle • Giant Swing • 5 Drums • Free Throw • Pendulums • Conical Slider • Construction • Train Worm
	Variable Width • Striker • Ooparts • Planets • Sliced Cheese • 8 Seesaws • Synchronized • Helix • Dizzy System • Nintendo
	Training • Gimmick • Mountain • Disorder • 3D Maze • Labyrinth • Postmodern • Revolution • Invisible • Created By
Debug Mode	Padding Floor • Stage 181

Super Monkey Ball Deluxe Stages
	Plain • Diamond • Hairpin • Wide Bridge • Simple • Hollow • Bumpy • Switches • Floaters • Bonus Basic • Edge • Escalators • Serpentine • Swirl • Dormant Pits • Composition • Dynamo • Lunchbox • Gutter • Rising Inclines • Slopes • Steps • Blocks • Jump Single • Exam-A • Tub • Sliders • Spinning Top • Curve Bridge • Scabrous • Jolt Channel • Inertial • Octagonal • Sewer • Arc Bridges • Veer Field • Teeter • Stream • Catwalk • Catapult
	Bump • Walking • Repulse • Narrow Bridge • Break • Curves • Downhill • Blocks Slim • Choice • Bonus Wave • Jump Ramp • Hounds Tooth • D.N.A. • Building • Scrolls • Cliff • Concentric • Stadium • Dungeon • Bonus Grid • Banks • Eaten Floor • Hoppers • Coaster • Swell • Gravity Slider • Inchworms • Totalitarianism • Organic Form • Board Park • Bowl • Jumpies • Stoppers • Floor Bent • Conveyer • Exam-B • Chaser • Jump Double • Middle Jam • Leveler • Reversible Gear • Stepping Stones • Dribbles • U.R.L. • Mad Rings • Curvy Options • Twister • Cascade • Pro Skaters • Rampage • Ant Lion • Collapse • Swing Bar Labyrinth • Spiral • Wavy Jump • Spiky • Unrest • Polar • Paraboloid • Giant Comb • Beehive • Dynamic Maze • Triangle Holes • Launchers • Randomizer • Coin Slots • Seesaw Bridges • Arthropod • Spatiotemporal
	Ruin • Branch • Overturn • Excursion • Dodecagon • Exam-C • Skeleton • Tracks • Downhill Hard • Bonus Bumpy • Wormhole • Free Fall • Melting Pot • Mad Shuffle • Jump Machine • Zigzag Slope • Tower • Toggle • Combination • Bonus Hunting • Gears • Destruction • Invasion • Diving • Floor Slant • Tram • Swing Bar Long • Paper Work • Twin Attacker • Partition • Punched Seesaws • Opera • Brandished • Tiers • Cliffs • Narrow Peaks • Detour • Switch Inferno • Spiral Bridge • Pachinko • Sega Logo • Snake • Wind • Windy Slide • Fall Down • Twin Cross • Spiral Hard • Conveyer Parts • Gaps • Earthquake • Wavy Option • Obstacle • Domino • Sieve • Flock • Double Spiral • Hierarchy • 8 Bracelets • Pistons • Banana Hunting • Curvature • Ant Lion Super • Drum • Twist & Spin • Speedy Jam • Quake • Cassiopeia • Pirates • Bowl Open • Fighters • Soft Cream • Momentum • Entangled Path • Totters • Vortex • Warp • Trampolines • Swing Shaft • Serial Jump • Shelter • Checker • Carpet • Ridge • Mixer • Rings • Stairs • Clover • Coffee Cup • Metamorphosis • Mobius • Cross Floors • Spinning Saw • Chipped Pipes • Flat Maze • Guillotine • Cork Screw • Orbiters • Twin Basin • Air Hockey • Asterisk
	Centrifugal • Swing Bridges • Cylinders • Passage • Notch • Intermittent • Long Torus • Spasmodic • Double Twin • Clock Face • Wave Master • Fan Master • Stamina Master • Spring Master • Dance Master • Roll Master • Edge Master • Dodge Master • Bridge Master • Monkey Master
	Blur Bridge • Hitter • AV Logo • Rhombus • Buoy • Conveyers • Bumpy Check • Alternative • Junction • Bead Screen • Coil Ramp • Millefeuille • Waver • Fat Seesaw • Treads • Fluctuation • Folders • Quick Turn • Linear Seesaws • Birth
	Blur Bridge • Hard Hitter • Puzzle • AV Logo • Polar Large • Auto Doors • Heavy Sphere • Stagger • U.F.O. • Ring Bridges • Chaos • Tilt Maze • Fractal • Hills • Dodge Maze • Domes • Amida Lot • Long Slider • Grid Bridge • Teapot
	Charge • Strata • Square Dance • Giant Swing • 5 Drums • Free Throw • Pendulums • Conical Slider • Construction • Train Worm • Blur Bridge • Breathe • Hard Hitter • Ferris Wheel • Factory • Curl Pipe • Magic Hand • AV Logo • Sanctuary • Daa Loo Maa
	Variable Width • Striker • Ooparts • Planets • Sliced Cheese • 8 Seesaws • Synchronized • Helix • Dizzy System • Destiny
	Training • Gimmick • Mountain • Disorder • 3D Maze • Crazy Maze • Postmodern • Revolution • Invisible • Created By

Ultimate Mode Stages (with Continues)
Stages 1∼50	Plain • Diamond • Hairpin • Wide Bridge • Simple • Hollow • Bumpy • Switches • Floaters • Bonus Basic • Edge • Escalators • Serpentine • Swirl • Dormant Pits • Composition • Dynamo • Lunchbox • Gutter • Rising Inclines • Slopes • Steps • Jump Single • Exam-A • Tub • Sliders • Spinning Top • Curve Bridge • Scabrous • Jolt Channel • Inertial • Octagonal • Sewer • Arc Bridges • Veer Field • Teeter • Stream • Catwalk • Catapult • Bump • Walking • Repulse • Narrow Bridge • Break • Curves • Downhill • Blocks Slim • Choice • Bonus Wave
Stages 51∼100	Jump Ramp • Hounds Tooth • D.N.A. • Building • Cliff • Concentric • Stadium • Dungeon • Bonus Grid • Banks • Eaten Floor • Hoppers • Coaster • Swell • Gravity Slider • Inchworms • Totalitarianism • Organic Form • Board Park • Bowl • Jumpies • Stoppers • Floor Bent • Conveyer • Exam-B • Chaser • Jump Double • Middle Jam • Leveler • Reversible Gear • Stepping Stones • Dribbles • U.R.L. • Mad Rings • Curvy Options • Twister • Cascade • Pro Skaters • Rampage • Ant Lion • Collapse • Swing Bar • Labyrinth • Spiral • Wavy Jump • Spiky • Unrest • Polar • Paraboloid
Stages 101∼150	Giant Comb • Beehive • Dynamic Maze • Triangle Holes • Launchers • Randomizer • Coin Slots • Seesaw Bridges • Arthropod • Spatiotemporal • Ruin • Branch • Overturn • Excursion • Dodecagon • Exam-C • Skeleton • Tracks • Downhill Hard • Bonus Bumpy • Wormhole • Free Fall • Melting Pot • Mad Shuffle • Jump Machine • Zigzag Slope • Tower • Toggle • Combination • Bonus Hunting • Gears • Destruction • Invasion • Diving • Floor Slant • Tram • Swing Bar Long • Paper Work • Twin Attacker • Partition • Punched Seesaws • Opera • Brandished • Tiers • Cliffs • Narrow Peaks • Detour • Switch Inferno • Spiral Bridge • Pachinko
Stages 151∼210	Sega Logo • Snake • Wind • Windy Slide • Fall Down • Twin Cross • Spiral Hard • Conveyer Parts • Gaps • Earthquake • Wavy Option • Obstacle • Domino • Sieve • Flock • Double Spiral • Hierarchy • 8 Bracelets • Pistons • Banana Hunting • Curvature • Ant Lion Super • Drum • Twist & Spin • Speedy Jam • Quake • Cassiopeia • Pirates • Bowl Open • Fighters • Soft Cream • Momentum • Entangled Path • Totters • Vortex • Warp • Trampolines • Swing Shaft • Serial Jump • Shelter • Checker • Carpet • Ridge • Mixer • Rings • Stairs • Clover • Coffee Cup • Metamorphosis • Mobius • Cross Floors • Spinning Saw • Chipped Pipes • Flat Maze • Guillotine • Cork Screw • Orbiters • Twin Basin • Air Hockey • Asterisk

Ultimate Mode Stages (without Continues)
Stages 1∼50	Plain • Diamond • Hairpin • Wide Bridge • Simple • Hollow • Bumpy • Switches • Floaters • Bonus Basic • Edge • Escalators • Serpentine • Swirl • Dormant Pits • Composition • Dynamo • Lunchbox • Gutter • Rising Inclines • Slopes • Steps • Blocks • Jump Single • Exam-A • Tub • Sliders • Spinning Top • Curve Bridge • Scabrous • Jolt Channel • Inertial • Octagonal • Sewer • Arc Bridges • Veer Field • Teeter • Stream • Catwalk • Catapult • Blur Bridge • Hitter • AV Logo • Rhombus • Buoy • Conveyers • Bumpy Check • Alternative • Junction • Bead Screen
Stages 51∼100	Coil Ramp • Millefeuille • Waver • Fat Seesaw • Treads • Fluctuation • Folders • Quick Turn • Linear Seesaws • Birth • Bump • Walking • Repulse • Narrow Bridge • Break • Curves • Downhill • Blocks Slim • Choice • Bonus Wave • Jump Ramp • Hounds Tooth • D.N.A. • Building • Scrolls • Cliff • Concentric • Stadium • Dungeon • Bonus Grid • Banks • Eaten Floor • Hoppers • Coaster • Swell • Gravity Slider • Inchworms • Totalitarianism • Organic Form • Board Park • Bowl • Jumpies • Stoppers • Floor Bent • Conveyer • Exam-B • Chaser • Jump Double • Middle Jam • Leveler
Stages 101∼150	Reversible Gear • Stepping Stones • Dribbles • U.R.L. • Mad Rings • Curvy Options • Twister • Cascade • Pro Skaters • Rampage • Ant Lion • Collapse • Swing Bar • Labyrinth • Spiral • Wavy Jump • Spiky • Unrest • Polar • Paraboloid • Giant Comb • Beehive • Dynamic Maze • Triangle Holes • Launchers • Randomizer • Coin Slots • Seesaw Bridges • Arthropod • Spatiotemporal • Blur Bridge • Hard Hitter • Puzzle • AV Logo • Polar Large • Auto Doors • Heavy Sphere • Stagger • U.F.O. • Ring Bridges • Chaos • Tilt Maze • Fractal • Hills • Dodge Maze • Domes • Amida Lot • Long Slider • Grid Bridge • Teapot
Stages 151∼200	Ruin • Branch • Overturn • Excursion • Dodecagon • Exam-C • Skeleton • Tracks • Downhill Hard • Bonus Bumpy • Wormhole • Free Fall • Melting Pot • Mad Shuffle • Jump Machine • Zigzag Slope • Tower • Toggle • Combination • Bonus Hunting • Gears • Destruction • Invasion • Diving • Floor Slant • Tram • Swing Bar Long • Paper Work • Twin Attacker • Partition • Punched Seesaws • Opera • Brandished • Tiers • Cliffs • Narrow Peaks • Detour • Switch Inferno • Spiral Bridge • Pachinko • Sega Logo • Snake • Wind • Windy Slide • Fall Down • Twin Cross • Spiral Hard • Conveyer Parts • Gaps • Earthquake
Stages 201∼250	Wavy Option • Obstacle • Domino • Sieve • Flock • Double Spiral • Hierarchy • 8 Bracelets • Pistons • Banana Hunting • Curvature • Ant Lion Super • Drum • Twist & Spin • Speedy Jam • Quake • Cassiopeia • Pirates • Bowl Open • Fighters • Soft Cream • Momentum • Entangled Path • Totters • Vortex • Warp • Trampolines • Swing Shaft • Serial Jump • Shelter • Checker • Carpet • Ridge • Mixer • Rings • Stairs • Clover • Coffee Cup • Metamorphosis • Mobius • Cross Floors • Spinning Saw • Chipped Pipes • Flat Maze • Guillotine • Cork Screw • Orbiters • Twin Basin • Air Hockey • Asterisk
Stages 251∼300	Charge • Strata • Square Dance • Giant Swing • 5 Drums • Free Throw • Pendulums • Conical Slider • Construction • Train Worm • Blur Bridge • Breathe • Hard Hitter • Ferris Wheel • Factory • Curl Pipe • Magic Hand • AV Logo • Sanctuary • Daa Loo Maa • Centrifugal • Swing Bridges • Cylinders • Passage • Notch • Intermittent • Long Torus • Spasmodic • Double Twin • Clock Face • Wave Master • Fan Master • Stamina Master • Spring Master • Dance Master • Roll Master • Edge Master • Dodge Master • Bridge Master • Monkey Master • Variable Width • Striker • Ooparts • Planets • Sliced Cheese • 8 Seesaws • Synchronized • Helix • Dizzy System • Destiny

Vortex

Contents

Description

Goal Tutorial

Blue Goal

Green Goal

Fan Feed