super monkey ball banana mania switch review

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Kazuma Kiryu from the Yakuza series and Beat from Jet Set Radio are also others in the mix. If you have kept up with the characters, you’ll know that Sonic the Hedgehog and Tails are part of the Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania cast. For example, this currency can get you characters, costumes, and even new modes. All the bananas you collect, all the points you earn from completing levels, and all the challenges you complete that give you points all go towards the in-game currency you can use to unlock new things.

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This is another big plus in Banana Mania. Opting to not take easier routes does come with in-game currency incentives. If you’re a veteran of the series and can take on even the most punishing obstacles with ease, this is where you’ll go to prove yourself. It doesn’t make the base game any more difficult, but it does give players incentives to have the smoothest run possible.

While this game does not have lives, there is a Ranking Challenge mode to partake in. While it’s nice for players to have options to make the game easier, seasoned players will have an incentive not to. You don’t have to accept it it’s actually better if you don’t. If the game senses that you are struggling with a particular level, it will offer you the Helper Function mode. So, yes, you can die 100 times in a level and not have to worry about starting over from the beginning of a world- not that I experienced that or anything. What might be noticeably different from the original games back from the Gamecube, Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania removed lives entirely. People might dock Banana Mania down for dipping its toes into the ongoing polarizing difficulty debate of gaming, but it has taken the easier route. It can be argued that it’s a tad bit lazy, but it’s a welcomed change overall. It’s almost as if they’re watching reruns of themselves in that time. What would have normally happened is now happening through a show in that said comic style.

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AiAi and his pals all gather around a TV and watch the original cutscenes taking place on a television. Instead, the developers went with a comic-style approach. The game also doesn’t utilize actual cutscenes anymore like the originals. Since the game has gotten modern treatment, chances are all the levels won’t be 1:1 recreations of how you remembered them to be 20 years ago. Banana Mania boasts over 300 levels from all of its games. This is an HD remaster compilation of the first three major console titles of the Super Monkey Ball series, so there is an abundance of content to play through. Sometimes, you’ll even go as far as launching up towers, teleporting through portals, or going through mesmerizing kaleidoscopes. The very next, you’re rolling down a steep ramp and shooting across different platforms. One minute, you’re traversing your way through some bumps and slopes.

Super monkey ball banana mania switch review