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Home»News»Gaming News»Monkey Ball Returns with Banana Blitz HD This October

Monkey Ball Returns with Banana Blitz HD This October

By Robert DolenJuly 16, 2019

The absurdity of primates in spheres is back with ‘Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD,’ a remaster of the original released on the Wii in 2006, coming later this fall for console and PC.

Banana Blitz sees the return of the Wii launch title with a significant overhaul, featuring updates to gameplay and features. Perhaps the main update being controls, since Banana Blitz was initially a Wii-exclusive release, Sega states that each version has “uniquely optimized control schemes for each platform” bypassing the limitation of motion controls. Along with that, the remaster also includes 100 single-player stages to enjoy as well as 10 multiplayer mini-games for others to join the fray.

The game will also include a brand new “Decathlon” mini-game, a collection of 10 mini-games that you compete in back to back. Along with all the new games will be online leaderboards for tracking the best times for each stage and mini-game. Graphical overhauls round out the list of updates as well, along with a roundup of several screenshots that were released with the announcement trailer.

Known for its chaotic balance-based platforming, Super Monkey Ball has seen several releases and re-releases since the first game came out in 2001. But since 2010, other than some ports and handheld games, Super Monkey Ball hasn’t seen a mainline console release in a long time (since 2010 with ‘Step & Roll’ on the Wii). It’s exciting to see this immensely fun series finally making a triumphant return, even if Banana Blitz may not be the best in the series (Super Monkey Ball 1’s Monkey Target mini-game is too fun). Here’s to hoping this can gauge interest for a potential proper sequel one day.

Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD releases October 29 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, with a Winter 2019 release window for PC via Steam.

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I'm Rob Dolen, not to be confused with Bob Dole! That's alright, I get it all the time. I play too much Super Smash Bros. competitively, but when I'm not doing that I play pretty much everything else under the video game sun.

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