Obscure Super Monkey Ball Games (Part 1) | Physical Games

[@AshBob5000]

Great video, I had no idea my Wii U copy of SASRT had some sort of Monkey Ball content in it like that. Thanks for sharing!

[@PixelPursuit]

Thanks! I don't think many people at all are aware of the Monkey Ball mode. It's pretty hidden away in the menus so most people probably didn't see it!

[@MorbyGanaWho]

Your Monkey ball reviews are the reason why i subscribed along with the tony hawk & hugo videos! :D

[@PixelPursuit]

The fact you've been enjoying my videos honestly makes me so happy! All of those series are really special to me in different ways as well so I'm glad I've been able to do them justice. There's still quite a lot more Monkey Ball content to coming soon too! :D

[@Specter227]

Huh, I had no clue that N-Gage games could be emulated. Pretty interesting. Also, I had no idea that Banana Heist and that other Shinobi mode were even a thing, wow. What are your thoughts on Banana Mania?

[@PixelPursuit]

Yeah I think it's a pretty recent development. I've only tested this one game but from my experience it works flawlessly. The only issue is that it's really tough to actually get up and running initially... I absolutely love the look of Banana Mania. Literally every new piece of information we get about it, the better it looks. The one minor thing is that it looks like the story mode isn't going to be as good because they're swapping the cutscenes for more simple 2D animation. But beyond that I'm extremely hyped for it!

[@RetroBreak]

Finally got round to watching this! Great video. Looking forward to part 2! :) glad to be part of the weird super fans who own the N-Gage version haha

[@PixelPursuit]

I'm glad you enjoyed it! :D Haha, there are very few people who can call themselves weird super fans!

[@mazda9624]

The really impressive thing about the McDonald's Happy Meal toy from 2004 is that it actually features a user replaceable button cell battery. Things like that are extremely uncommon in otherwise "disposable" free toys

[@donacdum]

I've played Sonic and All Stars Racing Transformed on the PC, Xbox 360, 3DS, and PS Vita. And yet, I had no idea that the Wii U version had such interesting exclusive content; the asymmetrical multiplayer aspect of Banana Heist almost reminds me of games like Dead By Daylight, so it's pretty funny to see that in a Monkey Ball format lol. Super cool video; I think I got that McDonald's toy back in the day so that was also a pretty cool thing to see, I had forgotten all about it. I'm excited for part 2!!

[@PixelPursuit]

Wow, you're a Sonic Transformed veteran! I only ever properly played the PC version myself. Haha! That's actually really true, it was quite ahead of it's time with that concept when you think about it! What's next? Super Monkey Ball Battle Royale? Part 2 will be coming very soon! :D

[@arioca]

Your Monkey Ball series reviews were the main reasons why I originally watched and subscribed to your channel. They're all very detailed and informative. Will you be covering the three iOS games (Super Monkey Ball, Super Monkey Ball 2, and Super Monkey Ball 2: Sakura Edition) released for the iPhone/iPad?

[@PixelPursuit]

That’s awesome! I’ve been wanting to talk more about Monkey Ball for a while now and when I discovered all of these games it was perfect for more videos! Yeah I definitely will! I’ve already been playing Sakura Edition! I will also be talking about the other mobile games but you can’t actually access them anymore unfortunately…

[@GregCubed]

The fact that I had heard of the McDonald’s toy and not banana heist says a lot 😂

[@PixelPursuit]

I know! It's so weird how there's this secret mode in such a popular game that nobody seems to have ever played! :D

[@brownbreadinc127]

Hope the new Monkey ball game will be good

[@PixelPursuit]

It looks like it's going to be incredible based on what I've seen about it!

[@hellhounddex666]

Good god, I remember the McDonalds happy meal toy for super monkey ball. I believe I also got the tails, sonic, and shadow games. I used to play them for hours

[@PixelPursuit]

I never had any of those as a kid :( I probably would have loved them too, I was really into that kind of thing for some reason. I had (and still have) a few Game and Watch games which I played a lot! Still, at least I have the Monkey Ball one now!

[@blacktwofight11]

Just got monkey ball for the ps5 and having a blast with it. Never knew this game had such a following.

[@PixelPursuit]

That's good to hear! I've been having a blast with it too, so far it's probably my game of the year to be honest :D The following for Super Monkey Ball has grown a lot over the past year. A lot of people discovered the series with Banana Blitz HD and then Banana Mania grew it even more. It's probably the most popular it's been since the GameCube era now.

[@neasler123]

Hey! Had a weird itch to watch a Monkey Ball Adventure review, and I found your channel. Been binging your Monkey Ball content a ton recently, and I just wanted to say that I really love your content! Recently subbed and currently watching some of your non-Monkey Ball videos. You make really good content. Keep it up!

[@PixelPursuit]

Hello! Haha, that's a very strange itch, but I'm glad I was able to scratch it :D Thank you so much! There's still plenty of Monkey Ball and non-Monkey Ball in the pipeline, so hopefully you'll enjoy the next few videos too :)

[@neasler123]

​@@PixelPursuit Yeah! No problem! Appreciate the amount of time and effort you put into your videos, and I look forward to whatever you decide to make next! :D

[@Fanciduck]

nice! excited to see more

[@PixelPursuit]

Me too! Who knows what I'll find exploring the depths of these weird Monkey Ball games! :D

[@Fanciduck]

@@PixelPursuit do rayman next he needs some love

[@PixelPursuit]

That is definitely true! I'm honestly surprised that I've never covered a Rayman game considering how much I love them. Especially the first two games! I kinda want to look at the Sly series at some point too though, so I really don't know what to prioritise haha!

[@joniivee]

I've never actually seen what the Happy Meal game is like so that part was especially interesting to me. The sound effects are truly awful xD Great work as always

[@PixelPursuit]

Until I had it in my hands I hadn't properly seen what it was like either! I absolutely love finding out about this kind of weird stuff! Thanks so much :D

[@RyderPlatinumWarpstar]

Genuinely did not know that the Banana Heist mode even existed in the Wii U version of Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. Wow.

[@PixelPursuit]

It was extremely poorly documented until relatively recently! It's definitely one of the stranger Monkey Ball related things I've come across!

[@RyderPlatinumWarpstar]

@@PixelPursuit It’s funny too because I actually had the Wii U version of Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, but I never even knew the mode existed until I saw this! The only way I would’ve known is if I examined the box and saw that small text that said there’s a Monkey Ball minigame present, but I only just popped it in and played the World Tour mode and the Grand Prix modes haha.

[@rikustorm13]

After watching you play the super monkey ball eyetoy minigame, it makes me wish there was a super monkey ball kinect game

[@PixelPursuit]

That's exactly what I was thinking when I was playing it! It probably would have actually worked really well on the Kinect. I guess the Monkey Ball series has never really been associated with Xbox though :(

[@Acidonia150reborn]

The football Macdonalds game is probally based on the Virtua Sriker Series which was Sega's Console/Arcade Football,Soccer series thst was mostly on Saturn and Dreamcast. I think that eyetoy game shown in this video was the last time sega even mentioned the series outside doing a HD remade of the Arcade original on Xbox Live Arcade as a Digital download but they only sold it in Japan even though game was fully in english.

[@PixelPursuit]

I noticed while editing that there’s actually a picture of what I think is Knuckles on the football game… Because Knuckles is red and the game is red I can’t quite make it out though even with the instructions right in front of me haha! I’m like 90% sure that I can see Knuckles on there but why would he be playing football? It’s weird how they didn’t keep making Virtua Striker games… I suppose with the rise of FIFA and Pro Evo, there wasn’t room for another football franchise…

[@Acidonia150reborn]

@@PixelPursuit All the Team and player names are owned by EA OR 2K games so no one else can afford to use them. This is why they is next to no sports games anymore because no one wants ones with fake names. Though until 360 era it was common for lots of companys to have their own sports series. They is no Big Budget Boxing games on the xbox one or PS4 at all for example. Sports games do nothing for me most of the time but it must be fustrating begin a fan of them with only version around anymore.

[@ciennaquidd6486]

Yooo I had a bunch of those old McDonalds Monkey Ball and Sonic games! They were fun in a sort of classic way but a bit rough. :)

[@PixelPursuit]

I think you're the first person I've spoken to who actually had one of these toys when they first released! I never got one back then because I had probably moved on from Happy Meals at that point haha! :D Considering they're just something free with a McDonald's they're actually pretty good to be fair!

[@RelaxAlexX]

Can’t wait for you to review Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania

[@PixelPursuit]

I literally can't wait to start playing that! It has the potential to be the best game in the entire series.

[@Akay4444444444444444]

What about the arcade games?

[@PixelPursuit]

I always meant to do a video where I went and played the arcade games and did a video on them but I would have to travel quite a lot and it would be a pretty big commitment. I would like to think that I will eventually get around to it though!

[@jamessartstudio7904]

The tennis game actually has a monkey ball mini game where you hit the ball in the goal it's kind of reminds me of pool are you going to review Monkey Ball banana Rumble when it comes out

[@agamaz5650]

That McDonalds game is so awesome haha, in this smartphone age, there won't be similar toys again. Imagine in 2050 there will be a Mcdonald's toy that plays the original Gamecube Super Monkey Ball in 4K 60fps and has an analog stick 🤣

[@PixelPursuit]

Yeah I know! You never see stuff like that anymore, just cheap old technology being used in really inventive ways like that. Haha, I doubt we'll see that! In the UK at least McDonald's have stopped using plastic in their Happy Meal toys!

[@jamessartstudio7904]

I actually have the McDonald's Monkey Ball Game unfortunately it doesn't work is there any way to replace the battery and also I think it's pretty cool how you can get a monkey ball game in a Happy Meal even if it's not that deep

[@PixelPursuit]

I think replacing the battery would be quite difficult because I believe there's a bit of plastic holding the battery in that you would need to snap off in order to replace it. Then you would need to find a way of reattaching the plastic bit or fixing the battery in place some other way. So it would be possible, but it's quite a lot of work! But yeah! I would have been really happy with getting this Super Monkey Ball game with my McDonald's!

[@ericvilmer7920]

The n gage version has less features than jr does but it still looks decent

[@chlorophyllix]

i allways like your content. lots of success you shall earn (:!

[@PixelPursuit]

Thank you! Haha, I hope so! That would be very nice :D

[@BoompaWorld]

good vibes as usual

[@PixelPursuit]

I do try to spread the good vibes! :D

[@chantellethecool1]

I remember the mcdonalds toy. Omg i feel old now lol

[@PixelPursuit]

Haha, I definitely am also old enough to have been around when the McDonald's toy was made! I don't actually remember ever having one when I was a kid though... I guess I just didn't go to McDonald's when it was there!

[@ericvilmer7920]

I just purchasrd a brand new one on ebay, I cant wait to get it

[@megazenn22]

yoive recorded a lot of the gameplay at 25fps and crushed it into 30 so it looks like 15 :( plz fix

[@PixelPursuit]

Haha, isn't this the opposite problem of what we had last time? With some of the games running at 30fps and some running at 25fps, I'm not sure there's anything I could have done about that is there?

[@megazenn22]

@@PixelPursuit if your using a mix of 30 and 25 you can render the video at 60 and the 30 will render at 30and the 25 will render at 20, its a lot better than 15 but still not ideal

[@DE23]

bananana

[@PixelPursuit]

I really love banananas!

[@agamaz5650]

yoooooooooooooooo

[@PixelPursuit]

Yeah! I'm finally back with a new Super Monkey Ball video! It's been too long since I've talked about it!

[@johnr4836]

In japan people kill each other over the last copy of super monkey ball

[@PixelPursuit]

Oh no... I hope they printed a lot of copies over in Japan then!

[@fran5678can]

nOoOoOo yOu sHoUlD HaVe kEpT ThE HaPpY MeAl tOy sEaLeD

[@PixelPursuit]

Haha! Sorry, I needed the goodness within! :D

[@fran5678can]

@@PixelPursuit its fine lol