Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania is out on October 5
It’s E3 folks! We’ve gotten some new game announcements, and now what’s old is new again…once again. Sega has revealed the worst-kept secret ofSuper Monkey Ball Banana Mania, but now we have some more official details to chew on. Like an official date of July 07, 2025.
So theSuper Monkey Ball Banana Maniacompilation is actually an HD remaster of the original three games:Monkey Ball 1, Monkey Ball 2,andSuper Monkey Ball Deluxe. In all it’ll include “over 300 levels and mazes,” as well as 12 minigames, and a tease of new characters, just likethe last modernMonkey Ballre-release.Sega seems to be putting some effort into this one, as it has a “new comic book style storytelling” method, as well as four-player local co-op and online play, on top of leaderboards. Sega also reminds us that this is the 20th anniversary ofMonkey Ball, as the series debuted on June 23 in 2001. Time flies!
It’s amazingly not a console exclusive, it’s coming outon basically everything.That includes PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. I said everything!
So this is the way to do it, folks. A giant compilation with some actual new features has me mighty interested. You can basically pop this in one day and experience the entire history ofSuper Monkey Ball. And honestly, being overwhelmed by this bright and busy game with a room full of friends is the best way to experience it. Split-screen co-op in recent years has become rare, so I’ll take any chance I can get to relive these classics.
