Ranking Every Super Monkey Ball Game

[@NathanielBandy]

You may notice some new "PNG Tuber" avatars in this video! I'm not replacing the main channel profile, but we did want to experiment with some new ones that move mouths with my talking, and also blink on their own. Let me know what you think! We don't have a lot of expressions yet, but with this method we could definitely make more in the future.

[@damienscharnow335]

🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿

[@aveage-brush-player]

so will you be ranking every stage in banana blitz next or something?

[@muffin8460]

Bro do every Pokémon Game ranked

[@AlexPerrine]

Not bad at all dude

[@Jacob_PopCulture]

@muffin8460 5:18

[@thisusernamewasnttakensomehow]

It takes balls to do a ranking like this.

[@Lukkak09]

Super Monkey balls you mean?

[@obsidflow]

AYO PAUSE

[@DARKDREAMYBOWSEROfficial]

Ok

[@DragonMaster1818]

And a monkey gotta be in those balls

[@GodOfFire5496]

Literally

[@thunderd7904]

2:33 “I’m not a motion control hater” *is practically known for hating motion controls in every wii game*

[@mxm8029]

Literally. Thank you. Hes known to hate on motion control. Remember when they revealed Arms? He went from excited to complaining nonstop once he saw them using motion controls to play. And it got to the point where his reaction to the switch presentation is no longer available. Cause he got roasted. Hard🔥 Also have you noticed that his defense is ALWAYS splatoon? He never picks any other game just splatoon.

[@Soniman001]

@@mxm8029funny part is ARMS died because of it’s shallow motion control combat so I guess he wasn’t wrong

[@mxm8029]

@@Soniman001 I thought it just died for it's lack of content. I mean it had events but that was like 1 year and after that nothing. It added some characters but no new modes or anything

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

​​@@mxm8029 I understand some people hate motion controls, but not all games that use motion controls are bad. I did noticed that Splatoon is the only game with motion controls NB dosen't hate

[@mxm8029]

@mariajimenafigueroa233 yeah he doesn't even like the motion controls in mario Galaxy

[@calebpowell7418]

12:18 You actually CAN skip the credits in Step & Roll you just have to hold the A button for a few seconds. Which is a little weird but it's something.

[@cosmicminun59]

I actually didn't know that, thank you!

[@bracken8782]

Fun fact: Deluxe was so accurate in its physics that literally every single speedrun technique can be done in 2 if you just mod the deluxe stages in. They all function exactly as they did in deluxe if you play them in 2. I’m pretty sure the only reason you had those issues with the controls in deluxe is because you used an Xbox controller instead of a gamecube controller.

[@Globb]

fr the deluxe hack of 2 is awesome

[@harmonicjelyfish8852]

World record holder of the Xbox version of banana blitz remake here! Disappointed you didn't mention the awesome theme music, became a staple of our house after hours and hours of grinding

[@thebestworst8002]

Real legends know the series of pain, anger, and most importantly, FRUSTRATION that the old super monkey ball games put on Nathaniel

[@mashed1234]

no one asked

[@hassanyakhlef4305]

​@@mashed1234i did

[@hassanyakhlef4305]

​​@@mashed1234kinda

[@GamingFanactic911]

Who could forget that high pitch scream on the TIERS level😂😂😂

[@thecoolbroscoolman4672]

@@mashed1234and

[@t-elijahmorrison6855]

It's basically both games in one.) Released in 2002, Super Monkey Ball 2 is a bigger, and better version of the already excellent Super Monkey Ball. It has even better stages, and even more party games than the original, making it the preferred version to play at gatherings.

[@jumentoqueanima]

Yep.

[@hist150project5]

This comment looks like it was written by ChatGPT

[@batchbatch2310]

You like the monkey ball when it is bigger big monkey ball liker like a bigmonkey ball

[@vitorkk328]

No way! The Super Monkey Ball 1 stages are WAY better designed than those of the sequel.

[@xanander4693]

Banana Blitz slander will not be tolerated. I grew up with that game and it’s what got me into the series. I honestly loved the motion controls since it felt like you were actually tilting the stage the monkeys were on.

[@salmonblox]

30:32 Baby’s slower aiming trajectory IS actually explained in-game. When making your game mode selections for bowling, when you come to the character select part, read the blurbs under their names, it explains their stats. Gongon has a super fast-moving trajectory, more power, and medium-low spin. Baby has low power, low spin, but a slow moving trajectory. AIAI is pretty balanced and MeeMee is your curveballer- medium power, high spin.

[@GyroFox]

OH MY GOD. Core memory unlocked with Super Monkey Ball Adventure, always had vague memories with that game and never knew what it was. I thought the hub world looked familiar and the style too, and as soon i saw Monkey Cannon, HOLY. THAT is the minigame we played allll the time, this is insane

[@TheLonelyGoomba]

I would say 3D is the worst Monkey Ball by a clear mile.

[@turboshazed7370]

Super Monkey Ball Adventure pissed me off a plenty but still feels kinda nostalgic! I do miss this series sometimes...

[@robertthechannel1799]

One entry in and you’ve punched my childhood

[@TheBlueBagger]

Bro just uploaded a minute ago 💀

[@seank.cunningham3841]

@@TheBlueBagger Yeah, that's called KZbin doing its job for once.

[@TheBlueBagger]

@@seank.cunningham3841what do you even mean? What I mean is the dude commented as if he’d seen the whole video already, even though the video has only been out for one minute

[@wavyplaysgames]

My Spotify Wrapped is FILLED with Monkey Ball music, 320 whopping hours in 2022, almost double my second place album in the top 5

[@sccgproductions]

Love the longer format videos. Much respect for the amount of effort it must take to make these.

[@kynicnews]

17:07 I don’t know if you knew this, but you can fling the monkeys at the text and keep them on the screen to get bananas. Gives you something to do for those long, long credits…

[@smallbag123]

I once played Monkey Ball and I thought "If monkeys are inside balls, wouldn't that make me a human?" and then I thought again "Wth does that even mean?"

[@BrianIsWatching]

Monkey in ball. Me not in ball. Therefore, me not monkey. 🐒🚫

[@smallbag123]

@@BrianIsWatching yes xd

[@haroeneissa790]

To be fair. We all start our lives in balls.

[@jumentoqueanima]

Lmao.

[@jumentoqueanima]

​@@BrianIsWatchingLmao.

[@AlexeKokota1]

For monkey ball jr, if you press A you can tilt the level more to go a bit faster... took me so long to figure that.

[@NathanielBandy]

Yeah I didn't realize that until a few years ago, it doesn't help much but at least it's something

[@spartanretro]

My brother and I both LOVED Banana Blitz’s mini games growing up. I’m not joking when I say that we must have played Monkey Wars well over 2 or 3 hundred times

[@GNVS300]

Before having to replace my Wii I got over 1000 plays on Wars 💀

[@TheFailnaut]

I can't say the same for the vast majority of them, but Monkey Wars was amazing. If they don't add it back in Banana Rumble I ain't gonna be happy

[@abottlecapsule2143]

Watched this to find the monkey ball game I played on xbox a whole bunch as a kid. Man deluxe served me well it would seem.

[@faereman]

Banana Mania was my first Monkey Ball game, and it was so good that I even 100%'d the damn thing. I didn't think a jumpless platformer would be so much fun.

[@turboshazed7370]

You're good!

[@Mal-go5dl]

100% is crazy. I wanted to off myself halfway thru story mode lol

[@Clayinator]

We need a new Super Monkey Ball game it’s been too long for us.

[@computerkid1416]

Hopefully we'll get an original game in the style of Banana Mania. That would be awesome.

[@ctpp64]

​@@computerkid1416noice

[@alhuno1]

Considering SEGA and Microsoft had a partnership in the early 2000s with the original Xbox, Deluxe being #1 doesn't surprise me. They were pumping so many good games for the Xbox back then and Deluxe is just one of those.

[@lauradixon1347]

Super Monkey Ball was my childhood. I never thought you'd rank all of them. Thank you!

[@atsak4262]

Dang, I grew up playing banana blitz on the Wii and loved it. Great memories of that game. Never played other monkey ball though… guess I didn’t know what I was missing out on!

[@UltraSTH]

The HD remake is pretty good, and the GameCube games are phenomenal I’d recommend Banana Blitz HD and Banana Mania for you

[@Kollin539]

I’ve been waiting for this thanks NB

[@sebastianvasquez5635]

Bro, I’m just getting into Monkey Ball. I’m so happy this came out just when I’m starting to get into it 😎

[@Noir-_-Heart]

I just wanna express my appreciation for you. I’ve been watching your content for over 10 years now and you’ve just been a face of my childhood all because of Monkey Ball. I just wanna say thank you for all the fun laughs and creative, ORIGINAL content (you see a did a throwback right there) But I feel I can speak for everyone when I say you’re an incredible content creator and deserve the world. You’re a serious inspiration, especially for someone like me. I’ve had it rough due to my autism but once I learned you had it too, and you were making it through all these incredible accomplishments, I couldn’t help but feel inspired. Thank you for everything 🖤

[@RemixedVoice]

13:58 lmfao, a Monkey Ball game with guardrails is like a vegan restaurant that only serves steak. Just complete disrespect

[@GamingFanactic911]

Monkey Ball 2 was so much fun. Despite the difficulty at times, it was so fun and charming. I have both Monkey Ball 1 and 2 for the GC to this day, and I got Banana Mania a while back on a huge sale, so I will be playing it at some point😊😊

[@angelaruiz7461]

17:07 if i remeber, you can launch the monkeys at the credit blocks

[@YoungMrBlue]

I’m surprised NB didn’t mention his experience with super monkey ball adventure in the frustration series

[@SheepStar8]

24:17 Pretty sure it is without loosing a life in this game not a continue. At least I know in order to unlock Beginner Extra and Advanced Extra it is without loosing a life. Which is so much worse!

[@GETENT]

Beginner and Advanced need to be cleared without losing a life, Expert, you can lose a few lives but you can’t use continues

[@Gamecubegamer-b9y]

I Loose A Life And Got A Continue On Super Monkey Ball Deluxe When I Keep Playing The Expert Stage Exam-C

[@Gamecubegamer-b9y]

I Didn’t Loose A Life On Beginner & Beginner Extra On Super Monkey Ball Deluxe And Unlocked It

[@SheepStar8]

@@Gamecubegamer-b9y Deluxe is not the game that I am referring to. It has different rules.

[@DarkbloomVis]

Me and my sister loved these games, thanks for the nostalgic ride!

[@christiansantiago5330]

I actually got into this franchise not to long ago, so this is a surprise😅

[@computerkid1416]

Banana Blitz is kind of a guilty pleasure of mine, though the HD version is far superior because of eliminating the motion issue.

[@Random1567]

Banana Blitz HD is pretty solid. Banana Mania is where it’s at but BB HD is worth it on a good sale

[@jumentoqueanima]

The new character is really cool!

[@bruddanecessity34]

18:06 this reminds me of the song that played when you get a power star in mario

[@handsomeorange198]

Super Monkey Ball Adventure looks so cool... its a shame that they ruined everything else about it... its the sonic 06 of monkey ball

[@NinjaMario02]

And it was also released in 06.

[@handsomeorange198]

@@NinjaMario02 LOL

[@jumentoqueanima]

I love your ranking videos!

[@theenderkirby]

Yep they keep consistent quality for the most part

[@jumentoqueanima]

​@@theenderkirbyYeah. I mean, this channel as a whole didn't fall like some. It will probably be really good forever.

[@theenderkirby]

@@jumentoqueanima I am not betting on this it will stay forever like with everything but yeah compare to so many youtubers which turn for the worst and pretty quickly bandy really did kept the quality

[@theenderkirby]

@@jumentoqueanima don't listen to the bandy comment you got is fake

[@jumentoqueanima]

@@theenderkirby I know, hate this bots.

[@ThreeHeadedGhast]

I'm really glad that you're starting to bring back the ranking videos, recently. Off-topic, but can you make a ranking video about the Legend of Zelda games? I would love to see a video about it.

[@GMatt1012]

Now this…This is the Video I have been waiting for❤

[@NinjaMario02]

There is a much easier way to unlock Master without using a continue in SMB1. In the first expert level, don't do anything until the timer is at exactly 2 seconds. Roll forward until .16 seconds, then you hold down and left on the analog stick. (Pause buffering will help) When done correctly, you'll cut the tape at the goal and get a "time over" at the same time. You'll lose a life, but the level counter will go up by 1 every frame when both clear and time over conditions are triggered at the same time. At respawn, it will still be the first level, but the game would think you are on the final level, which should read as "Floor 50". After that, you will have to clear all Expert Extra levels with 2 lives to get Master. Hope this helps anyone who is struggling to unlock Master.

[@Zarthers]

I like the video but I do have one critic. The new PNG tuber feels a bit janky when it does pop up within the video. I feel like it could have been synced a little bit better when your talking.

[@Zarthers]

It’s very possible that I’m just not use to it but I still wanted to point it out. It could be improved.

[@Zarthers]

As an example, head to 0:30. Again, could be me but it felt like it could have been synced better

[@NathanielBandy]

Yeah I agree, not all of them were synced perfectly. That program we use makes that hard to do, but I'll see what we can do to fix that in the future

[@theenderkirby]

​@@NathanielBandy I would say you should rework the lip syncinc isn't horrible but it paced a bit weird if you ask me, just my main criticism

[@Dethraxx]

24:00 This makes the game better lol. It gives players an actual feeling of accomplishment when reaching the Master stages. I remember I grinded so much as a kid to reach those Master stages, and when I finally got there it felt like an actual accomplishment. When you suck at Monkey Ball, you have no business playing the Master stages anyway, cause those are way too hard. Locking them behind strict requirements makes a lot of sense. Doing it the Banana Mania way by giving you helper functions and accessability stuff is just lame.

[@Maxxieuguu]

I feel like adventure has a lot of potential. If the game had been more linear and less confusing to get through it would’ve been more fun. I can actually see what they were going for with adventure and genuinely like the ideas on display, if only the execution was better it would’ve been a decent game.

[@just-intime9988]

I really have a soft spot for the original Banana Blitz. Yes, the controls completely sucked, but I played this game so much as a kid that I mastered them. Also, the music is incredible! I think the worst game imo is Super Monkey Ball 3D. It’s so easy and boring! Also, the Party games in it completely suck as their watered down versions of Mario Kart and Smash Bros. Still, I like this list. Super Monkey Ball 2 is one of my favorite video games of all time, even after 20+ years. It beats all the other Monkey Ball games by a mile imo.

[@theadventurechu4546]

Super Monkey Ball Jr allows you to move faster with the A button & slow down with the B button. Basically, it's the closest to a control stick for a hand held. It's actually how I won Expert 19. Holding down A while moving allows you to clear it. Kinda like how Super Mario 64 DS has a run button to emulate holding down a control stick in the original.

[@jumentoqueanima]

Nice.

[@maxdragonsoul5553]

I was hoping someone would reference Expert 19. I remember watching NB's old Top 10 covering that stage and I was only able to find a single video of someone clearing it. Goes to show how unknown the A+B controls are in Jr.

[@theadventurechu4546]

@@maxdragonsoul5553 Wait- WHAT?! It's THAT unknown! I remember The Lonely Goomba mentioned them in his SMB Jr video.

[@Redcrewmate1296]

12:46 Is this how Squid game was created?

[@LJB4]

Great video mate 👍

[@Jac-Man]

to be honest, my most recent playthrough of SMB 3D came not long after i first finished SMB2 and deluxe, both of which stressed me out to what felt like no end, so having a super easy game afterwards honestly did wonders for me mentally

[@calebpowell7418]

17:09-17:13 That's another thing, you may not be able to skip the credits in Touch & Roll (I just quit to the menu after hitting the goal in the last stage of each world) but there is a minigame in the T&R credits you just start it by tapping one of the monkeys on the touch screen or by flicking one of them upward. The minigame itself is alright, just flick the monkeys to the top and hit as many letters as possible. It also gets pretty hectic because you can use more than one monkey at a time and while they can fall you can flick them right back up when they get to the touch screen.

[@DexterRiley1494]

I loved super monkey Ball 1 and 2 as a kid and I'm glad to see that they got good rankings, I look forward to playing future titles

[@isamelzorrilla5639]

Hi Nathaniel Bandy I love this and I hope you have a good day and you are awesome

[@GamerFunOriginallyAarush]

This is a pretty cool ranking! You should do Donkey Kong in the future!

[@jumentoqueanima]

I agree!

[@chriszimmerman6906]

Can you do a Puyo Puyo one next?

[@jumentoqueanima]

@@chriszimmerman6906 Would be kinda cool.

[@chriszimmerman6906]

@@jumentoqueanima I agree!

[@Nuclear_Lemon]

17:04 if you swipe up on a monkey, it'll launch it to the letters, and the letters turn into bananas, and if you get all letters in a certain amount of time, you'll get bonus points

[@robertthechannel1799]

17:08 I used to fling the Monkeys into the credits when this played. It’s like that block ball game with the letters in the credits.

[@tompeter717]

"is the only portable monkey ball game..." *chokes in 3ds* Oh sorry missunderstanding

[@OhKayEl]

The way you reviewed Super Monkey Ball Jr. wasn't very fair - you can also hold A to go faster and B to go slower to compensate for the D-pad...

[@turboshazed7370]

Oh God .. 😒

[@Daisy23gaming]

I love your Ranking Videos!!

[@Nick94956]

It was heartbreaking for me to see Banana Blitz at the bottom of this list given I have A LOT of nostalgia for the game given that I put a crazy amount of hours into the game when I got the Wii originally

[@FishyRL.]

fr tho it was underrated asf the hate was undeserved

[@casedistorted]

The problem with Banana Mania is once it was released Sega just abandoned the game. They still haven’t fixed Monkey Target somehow, even years later. They just don’t care about this game.

[@thelegendofroast]

"If there is a hole, there is a goal "make sense 🗿🗿

[@carltonleboss]

I have a lot of nostalgia for Touch and Roll.

[@NintendoLukas64]

Did you know the last stage in expert master ex level is actually a gamecube stage called Nintendo?

[@VintageValiant]

Now this is the business

[@christianatkins5941]

I noticed you changed your animation self. And it looks very good! I really like how much more animated it looks now compared to the old ones.

[@jumentoqueanima]

Yeah!

[@dr.sabertooth3025]

Whats up with sega making physics based platformers and not having the newer games have those original physics

[@NotShard1]

idea: complete every mario and luigi game in 10 days.

[@NinjaMario02]

SMB Adventure I wish they done more to fix what was wrong with story mode. Even I didn't know what to do to progress and never finished the game since then.

[@cosmicminun59]

My favorite thing about Step & Roll is the fact that the music in each world progresses with each stage you enter

[@jcalli66]

I love all of your ranking videos. They're all so fun to watch. Thank you for giving us these great videos.

[@bland9876]

Unless you count the original marble madness and marble blast ultra on the Xbox 360 The only monkey ball game I've played is banana blitz the Wii version and once I played the arcade like 2 credits. I feel like the most controls didn't work super well but I still liked them and I was thinking if you had some kind of mobile device like a 3DS or a cell phone and you use the motion controls there that would probably be better. If there was a game that you could have most controls on but then also turn them off and it would keep track of how you beat the level then that'd be cool.

[@mapmaster0727]

truly a (super) monke moment

[@Mud_Luck_2354]

Gotta love Monkey Ball!

[@aidanmoore8751]

These ranking videoa really let nathaniel MONKEY around with his opinions! Also i gotta say....the new avatars look pretty clean!

[@JemarcusTheLamb87]

I remember playing this at my local arcade and it was so goofy

[@ragnaricstudios5888]

Recently the new game was announced, I saw the switch game as kind of return to form, they established they want to make Monkey Ball again, and am glad the remake was that good, luckily they are doing something new with the franchise

[@GooeyFaun]

Nathaniel is striving for monke! 🍌

[@amesstarline5482]

16:39 My first Sega game- and I think my first DS Game! I love this game more for the 2.5D and soundtrack, even if it was iffy in controls.

[@Redcrewmate1296]

3:36 NB Table!

[@NasirJones1994]

OG’S will remember the Frustration Series. Used to rage at this game😭😭

[@randy7894]

Cool video. Love to see this gameseries on the nintendo switch.

[@icepapermario99]

This aged like fine wine

[@Clone_03]

I’m only here for the one time sonic was in these games

[@janposekany5392]

You should rank every main line series Pokémon game

[@PancakeMcSquizzles]

The avatars look good Nate! Edit: Anyone remember the Monkey Ball episode of the What makes Nathaniel rage?

[@HerecomestheCalavera]

I'm hoping that one day an unreleased version of Monkey Ball is discovered. If the Dreamcast hadn't failed I think it would have released on Dreamcast. The original Monkey Ball ran on the Naomi arcade hardware which is almost identical to the Dreamcast. It is sad that the Dreamcast failed :( It is one of the best consoles ever made.

[@TheDanster4]

That's a really interesting thought! Imagine Aiai's face on the VMU screen!

[@HerecomestheCalavera]

@TELE.GRAM__NathanielBandy1 Beep boop

[@TroboTicTac]

With Banana Mania, the default controls are pretty bad, the only way I got it to feel good was changing the deadzone to square in steam settings Then it felt perfect

[@vgahayden]

I'll have to try changing the controls on Console. Never tried that, but I put the game down because you literally could not do any precise movement at all. Trying to turn around in place forced you to move the the distance of like 5 Bananas to the side.

[@TroboTicTac]

@@vgahayden weird. It felt pretty precise for me

[@calebc.7818]

I'd love to see Nathaniel Bandy dabble in more Monkey Ball content, especially more challenge videos as the series' structure lends to challenges.

[@Jamesvr5]

I’ve been watching monkey boss stuff from you, so this is amazing. Thank you give always been my favorite KZbinr for a reason.

[@LoyalmoonieProductions]

For the record, in Super Monkey Ball 1, the life system to access the extra stages is worse on the Beginner and Advanced stages. You have to complete those WITHOUT LOSING A LIFE to get their corresponding extra stages...

[@Jac-Man]

33:50 OH DON’T WORRY BECAUSE THEY COOKED SO FUCKIN HARD WITH BANANA RUMBLE

[@shinryoga]

How will Nathaniel Rage? How will Nathaniel rage?

[@RTB-x2f]

I grew up with Banana Blitz, and I know it sucks, but I adored it as a kid. It was my first ever video game, so I have a lot of nostalgia for it.

[@brianmatttokyo688]

Well done! One game alone took weeks to be decided on. Recordings also weeks to complete. There was never a finished script and so changes were abundant. I agree with your selection!

[@alienboy1322]

I love Super Monkey Ball 2.

[@Jacob_PopCulture]

6 minutes and 44 comments and 141 likes??? Great job Nathan!

[@CRISPYPOP]

You should try to 100% every Zelda game in one month

[@funkagi]

I think the worst part of monkey ball adventure were the load times for me