Super Monkey Ball Jr.

Super Monkey Ball Jr. is a platform game, part of the Super Monkey Ball series, developed by Realism for the Game Boy Advance. It is one of the few games on the system to make use of its 3D graphics capabilities. It is generally seen as a port of the first game in the Super Monkey Ball series, as it reuses many levels from it, but has a few differences.

Super Monkey Ball Jr.
PAL box art
Developer(s)Realism
Publisher(s)THQ (North America)
Sega (Europe)
Producer(s)Andy Onions
Marc Bowden
Programmer(s)Dave Reed
Artist(s)Dave Worton
Composer(s)Martin Goodall
SeriesSuper Monkey Ball
Platform(s)Game Boy Advance
Release
  • NA: November 20, 2002[1]
  • PAL: April 4, 2003
Genre(s)Platform
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay

Main game

As with previous entries, the objective of Super Monkey Ball Jr. is to control a monkey to reach the goal before time is over. New to this game, the player has the option to speed up or slow down the tilt by pressing the A or B Buttons respectively.

Party games
  • Monkey Duel: Playable with only two players, both players race to the finish as fast as they can while picking up any nearby bananas. The winning player gets 5 bananas added to their overall total. The mode can be played up to five rounds and the player who has the most bananas at the end of the specified number of rounds wins. There is also an option to give one player or the other a head start, up to 5 seconds.

Monkey Bowling, Monkey Fight, and Monkey Golf, all three minigames that were present in Super Monkey Ball, return in this game and function exactly like their original appearances. With the exception of Monkey Fight, players can play Monkey Bowling and Monkey Golf on one Game Boy Advance system by alternating turns.

Characters

Like many other games of Super Monkey Ball series, the player has the option to choose AiAi, MeeMee, Baby or GonGon. In multiplayer, two to four people can pick the same character.

Reception

Super Monkey Ball Jr. received "generally favorable" reviews, according to review aggregator website Metacritic, but the game was criticized for a lack of analog movement.[2] IGN gave the game a 9/10,[6] GameSpot gave the game an 8/10,[7] and review aggregator Metacritic gave the game an 82/100, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[8]

References
  1. Harris, Craig (2002-11-15). "Game Boy Advance Holiday Buyers Guide". IGN. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
  2. "Super Monkey Ball Jr. for Game Boy Advance Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
  3. Bramwell, Tom (1 May 2003). "Super Monkey Ball Junior". Eurogamer. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  4. Provo, Frank (17 January 2003). "Super Monkey Ball Jr. Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  5. Harris, Craig (27 November 2002). "Super Monkey Ball Jr". IGN. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  6. ign.com
  7. gamespot.com
  8. metacritic.com
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