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The most substantial of these unlockable modes are Original Stage Mode, which includes the original versions of 23 notoriously difficult stages that had their level designs altered and DX mode, which includes the 40+ Deluxe-exclusive stages. Additional modes can be purchased using points earned through collecting bananas littering the stages and completing mission challenges (such as finishing the stage in 10 seconds, reaching an alternate goal, or collecting every banana, the latter of which is actually impossible in many stages). Beating the Expert difficulty unlocks Master, and completing that unlocks Marathon, both difficulties including even more stages (unlocking these is easier said than done, and I sure as heck haven’t done it yet). Here, you choose between SMB1 and 2 (1’s stages are exclusive to this mode, as it was the main mode in the original), and play through a number of stages in one go (the number is decided by which difficulty you choose), without being able to leave and return like in story mode. Challenge Mode is where the bulk of stages reside. This video makes it look easy, but it took me forever to get this perfect run. I don’t see this stage get brought up much, but “Soft Cream” was one of the absolute hardest stages for me in SMB2’s story mode.
There are a few clunker stages, such as “Launchers,” which has you using said launchers to propel yourself up a very tall tower while the goal rotates around it the camera here makes it essentially luck-based whether you’ll hit the goal, contrasting with the skill-oriented design for the vast majority of stages.
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This is one of the hardest games I’ve ever played, full stop. It starts out deceptively easy, but by the halfway point, the challenge exponentially ramps up. One world will have you precariously perched over a pot of radishes and fish, while another will have you whittling away inside a whale, just to list a couple examples. Super Monkey Ball 2’s story mode is my preferred attraction here, sporting a whopping 100 (mostly) excellent and creative stages split across 10 worlds, all with interesting backdrops. The genius here is achieved through great level design 300 stages in total, and only a handful of misses. It’s simple enough for anyone to understand. Rather than control the monkey directly, you possess the stage itself and tilt it to get the ball rolling where it needs to go. There’s a monkey in a ball, and that monkey needs to reach the goal at the end of the stage. Super Monkey Ball is the nonpareil of taking a simple, arcade-born gameplay concept and pushing it to its logical extreme. The stages have all been remade in a new engine, so subtle differences here may be counterintuitive to the experience for anyone who’s played or even mastered the originals just something to keep in mind. So, I’ll be assessing Banana Mania for what it is.
Even if the changes here made everything objectively worse, I couldn’t tell you. I haven’t played the originals, so I can’t honestly compare and contrast them with this collection. Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania is a remake of Super Monkey Ball 1, 2, and Deluxe.
Release date: Octo(Octofor owners of the digital Deluxe Edition)
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Available on: PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Steam, and Nintendo Switch (reviewed)
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