Monkey Ball
Monkey Ball is a 2001 platform/party video game developed by Amusement Vision and published by Sega. The game debuted in Japan at the 2001 Amusement Operators Union trade show as Monkey Ball, an arcade cabinet…
Monkey Ball is an arcade developed by Amusement Vision, released 23 June 2001 on Arcade.
What Monkey Ball is
Monkey Ball is an arcade game developed by Amusement Vision and released in 2001. It was published by Sega. It is available on Arcade only. It runs on Sega NAOMI.
The premise, in the publisher's words
This game has a story that is only told in the Japanese version. Here is an excerpt, translated from Japanese: AiAi, MeeMee, and Baby are a good family and live peacefully in Jungle Island. One day, out of the distant islands, GonGon, leader of the Gorillas, brought in a raid to the island. They intend to hog all the bananas for themselves! AiAi escaped from the spot, and got tired and fell asleep. In his dreams, AiAi was told in his dreams there is a paradise called "Banana Island" in the sky from the "Grand Monkey". But in order to go there, you have to go through a couple of traps and gimmicks. But the Grand Monkey taught AiAi a magical spell: "Ei Ei Poo!" That protects him from any…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Super Monkey Ball series
Monkey Ball is the first of 45 entries we hold in the Super Monkey Ball series. The next entry was Super Monkey Ball in 2001.
What it launched against
Monkey Ball launched on 23 June 2001, within three weeks of Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis, NBA Street, Sonic Adventure 2 and Twisted Metal: Black.
Released around the same time: Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis, NBA Street, Sonic Adventure 2, Twisted Metal: Black.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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Quick answers
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