PSVita: Super Monkey Ball:Banana Splitz
SMB:BS is finally out in Europe and America, its the same game as the one that came out over half a year ago in Asia, my first impressions of this game is that even 6 years or so after the PS2/GC(?) version the game still got something in it that makes me want to play it, a certain monkey in a ball itch and i guess that is why SEGA is still pushing this IP even tho its been quite silent since the first release (if you exclude the awful SMB Adventure by Traveller Tales or whatever it was called) that came out so many moons ago.
The Game boast about having 100+ new levels and levels of difficulty, i have so far only done about 40 of them and by the looks of the trophy list, it seems to hold quite a lot more than 100 levels indeed.
Monkey Target is back! and that alone is a big enough reason for many to just buy this game.
There are 8 Party games (Some have extra variations and so on):
Monkey Target, Love Maze, Monkey Bingo, Monkey Bowling, Monkey Rodeo, Number Ball, Battle Billiards, Pixie Hunt.
You can also edit and create levels now, its quite rough and i have yet managed to grasp the concept of it all but from my first impression, it felt like it was just a randomizer of some sorts.
Graphics and sound is as always, both great and god damn annoying, its nothing new that the camera feels broken and its nothing old that the screaming speech sample from the monkeys sound like something i would have to clog up with a cloth or a sock and some cable ties to make sure it never made a sound ever again.
The graphics are much better in this game compared to all older SMB games i have tried, looks sweet and the videos and menus look slick.
The Levels in this game is still really difficult and it will test both your thumbs and your focus and when you finally complete that 1 level you’ve been stuck at for so long, well lets put it nicely – my neighbor heard it! …
There is Online Multiplayer but i have not tried that as of yet.
So the game ranks pretty decently here with me but like i have told so many before, HamsterBall (PlayStation 2 and 3, maybe other formats too?) is a much better game even though that game is actually a SuperMonkeyBall wannabe…
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