Super Monkey Ball 2 - Unused/Beta Stages

[@SerperiorSC2]

2:56 Oh look, a reasonable version of Arthropod that isn't a million times harder than it should be.

[@SleepyIceman6472]

0:08 It's actually possible to explore this level but you need to delete the level's .tpl to make it run properly. The reason why this crash happens is that the level's .gma and .tpl (model and texture files respectively) combined go over 2 MB, which is the maximum that can fit into the game. Upon landing, the .lz (the collision information) causes the game to run out of memory and hang

[@LegoSonic-p2f]

I almost cracked when i heard that long and loud beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep

[@johnm4669]

0:14

[@kieranstark7213]

Is THAT how censorship sounds in the Super Monkey Ball universe? XD

[@part1165]

Ouch! My ears.

[@LittleCloudYT]

Anyone else kinda find unused stages kinda unnerving? I don't know how to explain it.

[@jackarmitage141]

Theres a section in monkey target where if you look backwards you see an infinite ocean. I think that is kinda unnerving too

[@elliottpak]

Tbf I think super monkey ball as a whole is very surreal. The huge backgrounds combined with the floating abstract architecture is the main reason for me

[@BiggaMyMan]

I’m not retarded, so no, I see no issue with these and do not find them unnerving whatsoever.

[@zaydkhan657]

2:09 top 10 saddest anime betrayals

[@DE23]

2:15 This stage IS used, but not playable. If you wait at the title screen, this is the stage used for the controls explanation.

[@HPPTC]

0:11 Were any of us truly ready for this?

[@EonNite]

This actually scared the shit out of me. LMAO.

[@johnm4669]

And it goes like this “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA”

[@KiraSlith]

Probably some sort of overflow exception. Just from the overview shot we got, that level is absolutely massive and littered with objects of all kinds, Including lots of those white squares that denote invalid or missing objects. I bet it was some dev's paste bin for copying complex assets from.

[@sagittalaxis7574]

Bahahaha that's what hell is like

[@SuperJustinChannel]

0:12 READY? "Let's- NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN"

[@davidtheboy448]

0:12 AiAi was not ready

[@thecyankirby_yt4988]

AGREE.

[@YourPalMal23]

0:14 ah yes my favorite soundtrack in the game

[@deusexmaximum8930]

Is this the super monkey ball equivalent to sleep paralysis?

[@SoldiesBC]

Nice pfp

[@mazda9624]

Seeing some of these gigantic stages as well as rolling around through the cutscene backgrounds makes me really wish we got a good Monkey Ball adventure game

[@DeeJamari]

*sigh* This franchise really needs to make a comeback! The versions nowadays aren't as creative. I see Deluxe as the last best one. Idk, but I think it has something to do with AmusementVision not being a part if the franchuse anymore... Somebody really needs to do some research and find out what's up! ig it'll be me!

[@larshmallows]

Amusement Vision merged with SEGA so Deluxe wasn't the last one they made.

[@DeeJamari]

Forreal?! I didn't know that! But have you seen or played the games after Deluxe? I can't be the only one that thinks the games aren't what they used to be.

[@evankinsler4569]

+Daijon Banks You got a MAJOR point there. Amusemwnt vision was an amazing addition to these games that existed in the past. I & most of the sega fans must have loved the decoration that they made in SMB 1,2 & DELUXE. I mean...the ones that exist NOW are okay but sometimes even harder than the others. Adding jumping in BANANA BLITZ was alright and absolutely useful. Imagine that in a SMB game that sega AND AV would make, there would be jumping even MORE stages and more party games....maybe not the "more stages" part because there was PLENTY in SMB D. And since its from sega and made for the NINTENDO, youd totally expect to see being kid freindly with all the bright colors and more joyful charachters but I absolutely LOVED how in the AV games they made the atmosphere a lot more realistic and I pray to lord jesus in the heavens above that it will happen again.

[@voidsurger7038]

Daijon Banks I have step and roll, and I don't have a wii fit..... #hardcoreasballs

[@TheRealAxman13]

Not to necro a dead comment thread buuuut.... Banana Mania, remastering 1&2 (and Deluxe's added stages) is a pretty good start to a series comeback I'd say.

[@beatziegraham6928]

That final level was crazy. Would’ve loved to see something like that in game. Of course the time would have to be huge for it.

[@GoAnimations-xv8we]

0:09 Why didn't Dr bad boon use this world to stop the monkeys?

[@zacharrowood6178]

5:50 is the coolest unused stage in any game ever

[@zacharrowood6178]

i dont remember this but i guess i already commented something about this exact stage on this exact video at the same exact time 3 fucking years ago

[@Pacowaka4045]

1:58 I really like the concept for this level. Maybe it would've made more sense to keep the middle where it's at but the two sides further back.

[@Korstre]

Occasionally, I had dreams of bizarre stages in this game, so it was a real treat to see this video. It's really interesting to see the handful of them that didn't make it to the final product.

[@SolemnStormcloud]

I wish I had dreams about bizarre Super Monkey Ball stages, too.

[@Korstre]

Mariostar75 It's kind of annoying how dreams happen randomly and can't be sustained very well. Dreams of games can be really fun, they can bring new vision to something that you've seen everything of. From time to time, I've also dreamed about other games like Tetris DX, Kirby, and even Darius.

[@SolemnStormcloud]

"It's kind of annoying how dreams happen randomly and can't be sustained very well. Dreams of games can be really fun, they can bring new vision to something that you've seen everything of." Wow, I guess you have the same opinions on dreams I have! Fun fact: I am working on a Pokémon platformer fan-game called Eevee Land, and I wish I could have dreams about it so I can potentially see what my project could become in the future.

[@Korstre]

Mariostar75 Just last night, I dreamed about Dark Forces II, where Kyle was fighting stormtroopers with lightsabers. Heh.

[@SolemnStormcloud]

Kyle? Are you talking about Kylo Ren?

[@squiddler7731]

9:25 excuse me _what_

[@peterwilliams1724]

I'm really curious about what that last stage was originally gonna be used for, like maybe there was some kind of planned adventure mode in the works

[@FlippyLuigi]

0:12 Host: Ok are you Ready? Me: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[@SolarSocks]

My favourite level is definitely the one at 0:13

[@part1165]

0:11 Ready? Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!!!!

[@fearanger1]

I love how the sets and skyboxes are there own levels.

[@KiraSlith]

I love how most of these test stages start on a custom debug ramp with all the speed switches. A lot of these are just the 3D backgrounds downscaled, which is interesting.

[@mteverett689]

13:20: does anyone else play monkey dog fight just to explore dr.bad boon's lair?

[@zacharrowood6178]

5:55 A E S T H E T I C

[@SmashingSnareEpicDino]

V A P O R W A V E

[@tristanperrow8518]

B R A I N P O W E R

[@MaddoxsLaundromatAdventures]

L O L I D K A B O U T T H I S

[@nelsonreyes-alvarez605]

That thumbnail changed

[@leonides1527]

2:09 Ready?. . . FALL!!

[@part1165]

WTH???

[@skiggywiggy8386]

2:57: if only it were that easy

[@babypinksnail]

5:48 Now that's aesthetic.

[@blue33x]

5:11 hardest level ever

[@Dontrel3030]

Some of these give the impression there was going to be a 2 player race mode. The ones around 12:00

[@DE23]

That's in the game as one of the party games.

[@is0s]

I think the last one may be some kind of Hub that was scrapped during development? It would have been interesting.

[@GoAnimations-xv8we]

READY? *UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU*

[@brandonservis9791]

22:35 Ayyyyyyy curvy bridge!

[@GoAnimations-xv8we]

0:06 did anyone else notice the monkey going 999MPH?

[@scrap651]

Finally got around to fixing the title. I referred to these as ''Debug'' stages because you can only access them with the debug menu action replay code. I have a feeling the previous title may have mislead some people judging by the poor retention this video has(the average person watches this video for only 4 minutes before clicking away).

[@Saewinyt]

First of all, amazing work on the video! Watched the whole thing and enjoyed it to the very end :D Secondly, I'm interested in doing this myself. what sort of hacking device do you use, and where can I purchase one? Please answer, it would mean a lot to me :D

[@MADPYRO21]

the stage at 226 technically is used for the tutorial

[@drakhos5820]

+Zachary Perl (Anankos the Silent Dragon) This comment... This is what I was going to say. xD +scrap561 There's someway, somehow that I can make my levels? Hack or something? (And how can I see all of those stages in my ps2?)

[@DE23]

Some of these almost seem like some sort of hub world for story mode, where instead of just selecting a level from a menu, you have an ingame hub and you just roll to the level you want.

[@NicoTheCinderace]

2:16 Heyyyy! This the Stage that was seen in one of the Demo Videos.

[@mann-nova9392]

Nicodapeek2 I do recall that now! Wonder why they took it out. Likely cause it just demonstrates what the objects do.

[@thatsnogood6413]

Some of these look like they could have been finished with the right texture mapping and background also at 13:22 why the fuck?????

[@starfrost6816]

0:10 could have been either A) A glitch stage B) A texture testing stage C) A stage from the original Monkey Ball with the textures gone and used as a test level.

[@starfrost6816]

6:31 uses the planned new goal model.

[@ibhaenggi]

My guess is B, but it's a Test Stage for many things, such as a Font test and an Object test.

[@ニンテン_ヨッシー]

Its none of those. Its an ACTUAL REAL test level.

[@cugamerplayz8711]

1:13 appears in the game tho it's probably an early version

[@rynabuns]

4:28 Dizzy System on steroids!

[@controlleronahanger]

beta dizzy system

[@SoniMarSponge]

Those levels containing the areas for the cutscenes makes a theory that maybe the cutscenes for the story mode are in game cutscenes?

[@CapsUnlocked]

SoniMarSponge 53 yeah, making them in game makes a lot more sense than prerendering them, considering it was a GameCube game as well

[@Manu_F49]

They are mostly in-game

[@Andrew-ww1hz]

15:56 Cut adventure-type stage? Or just an excessive obstacle course for testing?

[@KillerDragoon87]

Could also be for monkey race

[@controlleronahanger]

Some levels are used with different textures and skyboxes in Master, Extra and Expert mode, mostly the bonus levels. But they have no bananas. Which makes them go in this.

[@inteldelightfish]

Me: *Hacks Giant Computer* Giant Computer: 0:13

[@4tw_EpicYoshi]

Confused why there's so many dislikes

[@RyneMcKinney]

0:14 freaking scared me. Forget Freddy Fazbear

[@Quixosquid]

that last map is like almost all the maps combined into one

[@jk.casper141]

I love the way this dude Aiai dances

[@speedyyoshi4649]

0:12 I'm possibly thinking it's a test map?

[@speedyyoshi4649]

Oh yeah, and why does the level freeze? The files combined make more than 2 MB, but the Gamecube can only hold 2 MB. Once the monkey lands, the game freezes. There is a solution however, and that is deleting its texture file.

[@mrdoognoog]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXPUep57p9l9e80 The level runs fine on dolphin

[@GoAnimations-xv8we]

Did anyone else notice that the monkey was going 30 miles per hour

[@ニンテン_ヨッシー]

@@TheLetterT511 Probably a DevKit.

[@mandl2710]

I still wanna know what the stage at 16:04 was intended for. Maybe it was just the result of a level designer getting bored and wanting to make a really fun test level? I totally haven't done this before.

[@ghuruzilla]

Most likely a idea for a overworld. It doesn't seem to be an ordinary test level in my eyes. The idea probably got scraped in the mid-late development of the game. Which this idea might have inspired the creation of Monkey Ball Adventure.

[@thesupervideogamenerdmore3171]

MandL27 It's probably the beta story mode world layout.

[@mandl2710]

What do you mean?

[@raiverns9620]

It might be a removed minigame or unused overworld, but i struggle to see how it would work as one, theres no scenery! Another possibility is they were trying to see how far they could take a level, or just a test for how much the engine could handle

[@Titanic4]

The level seen in 0:13 mark crashes due to missing texture - on dolphin emulator you can skip all the invalid writes/reads by holding enter. After a while the game works afterwards.

[@ibhaenggi]

It might be the game's work of trying to fix the corruptions, or it's just a glitch.

[@giga0039]

Actually, it crashes because the gma and tpl flow over 2MB. The gma, tpl, and lz cannot flow over 2MB collectively, which causes the crash on 186.

[@__-_.]

The entirety of 13:46 is absolutely hilarious

[@ibhaenggi]

0:13 let's EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@thatsnogood6413]

Ready? Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...

[@RenegadeScooter]

0:12 The Gamecube froze upon touching the ground. XD

[@RingEdge]

That happens no matter what. The game will always freeze upon touching the ground, on a real Gamecube or Dolphin.

[@FearlessHound07]

Some of these are used in deluxe :D

[@APPictures9]

9:27

[@snowytheott]

I'd love to see more videos of debug like this...

[@SD-MB-BB-CR]

15:30 the background looks like the beginning level from sonic unleashed

[@Namohysip]

As an aspiring game designer, that final debug level is beautiful. A test site for all the different elements of the game, a programmer's playground... I wonder if they considered the physics engine complete once they were able to correctly play through that gauntlet of a stage?

[@jchapman1994]

Stupid

[@likeok4]

James Chapman i want to know what your calling stupid.

[@bakonfreek]

I remember finding a lot of these back in 2005 when I got my hands on an AR for GameCube. Fun days lol

[@GoAnimations-xv8we]

4:55 I thought those were creepy doll heads but then i looked closer and saw they were meteors

[@THINSNEMN]

0:11 - 0:16 Ready? AAAAA-

[@OfficerSpy]

0:14 OMG THAT GAME FREEZE

[@likeok4]

This makes me want to some stages where theres the debugged stages (but are playable and less glitchy) well basicly like a download thing and you can play them and select them (in challenge mode thingy)

[@dylanfoster3490]

5:49, I would go on the "Mad Rings" part if I wanted to.

[@calcul8er205]

Dylan Foster mad rings > warp

[@dawookieecookiee3460]

You know, some of the open world stages would have been better in a non-level based game. I was astonished at some of the bigger stages. If a smb game was made with stages like those and it had a open world feel, I would have LOVED it.

[@Professor_Utonium_]

DaWookiee Cookiee I've never played it, so I don't know how good it is, but there is a game called Super Monkey Ball Adventure that is open world

[@Pandaxtor]

LordFrood It's really bad. :(

[@hurley5949]

by seeing this i spotted some things that might have ben cut. first off dr bad boons lab in the 5th world might have been playable and so could his airship. the game might've have hub worlds even.

[@RagingCow11]

Sorry, I just noticed you had the word "spotted" in your comment, and you profile pic is a...XD

[@supaNOOBbros]

This is interesting... Most of these stages look like mock versions of actual stages... I can make out UFO, Dizzy system, Strata, Spasmodic is hidden in there, all of the world 3 levels, Flat Maze, 8 Bracelets, Post- Modern, Jump Machine, Domino, Warp, Dynamic Maze, and some other levels... Very strange... I wonder how these were played?

[@BillehBobJoe]

i'm thinking a lot of them are just proof of concepts

[@StephenPhillips]

Serial Jump?

[@diegoav974]

URL...

[@IL4NR]

Arthropods! Also, theres no gaps between the stage.

[@likeok4]

Most of them were Beta versions

[@waterringtoss]

Level 186. On the Dolphin Emulator.

[@Robowil]

I wonder if the A button was used as a placeholder for switches.

[@burritobutt300]

Yeah Probably.

[@DE23]

Fun Fact: The A Button model is still used if you wait on the title screen long enough

[@RustyMew]

Ah, yes, my favorite SMB2 level: "-"

[@MetProduct-td4rz]

0:10 Phone buzz

[@raquelmendoza5126]

The rest yu” mood goes down the street got ta love you 😍 the in vitro fertilization the humility you in the universe you is the most amazing woman you could possibly think about the t the policy

[@part1165]

What is this?

[@MetProduct-td4rz]

Bruh I am not a woman

[@someoneunknown6553]

Don't mind us, we're just putting this apocalyptic bunker level in there...

[@CysmaWinheim]

Looks like Dr. Bad-Boon's hideout from one of the Story Mode cutscenes.

[@benlink202forever]

This is trippy as hell

[@PokeTube]

2:02 this would’ve actually made a good stage: maybe Advanced 7- Gravity Bowling replacing actual advanced 7

[@ArmtekGizmos]

I love the stage at 16:00. It's like a training course XD

[@mann-nova9392]

I wonder if some of these were finished in Deluxe/Adventure? Obviously they were remaking the Nintendo stage but didn't get around to it.

[@mann-nova9392]

I have a good feeling that some of these were stages left in the game for Super Monkey Ball Deluxe. Notice the similar design in some of the stages, going up in difficulty? Also 13:40 this is the Monkey Dogfight stage, for example, a minigame that only existed in Deluxe. You can tell due to the more structural design and collision featured on everything, so you could crash into them.

[@ScorelessPine]

mas games38 As someone who has played super monkey ball all their life, i can guarantee that monkey dogfight was in SMB 2. I especially remember it because there was a glitch on that stage where it you flew into one of the ridges on the bottom, you could fly out of the map, however, they fixed it when they released deluxe.

[@ScorelessPine]

mas games38 And also, i don't see any stages in here that ended up in deluxe either, they were either in the really late levels of smb 1 or 2, or they were scrapped.

[@mann-nova9392]

Scoreless Pine Oh I thought it was an exclusive. Yes but I think they were probably originally going to be in Deluxe.

[@mann-nova9392]

***** Yeah, but it wouldn't have collision in story mode/regular levels.

[@ScorelessPine]

masgames38 Actually, the backgrounds of levels DO have collisions in normal story and challenge mode. For example on the ocean levels, it is possible to bounce off of the wall near the player provided the level's death barrier is far enough away.

[@ShaferProductions]

2:57 *GET STICK BUGGED LOL*

[@ShaferProductions]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHSaoIiFiqp4n5Y

[@Obstagoon862]

9:27 How the heck did that happen?

[@mario2n3e]

@John Mandia If you turn on show collision you can see the death barrier is right before the goal, thats why that happends

[@SuperJustinChannel]

0:13 Let's EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@DiamondProAlpine]

+SuperJustinChannel BUDINDOW

[@MaddoxsLaundromatAdventures]

Lets G (*crash*)

[@Obstagoon862]

16:00 Why's the timer frozen?

[@rynabuns]

You absolute hero. Lot more fun could be done on a few of the stages

[@ibokichi1119]

STAGE 1 -

[@seabit253]

The beautiful rainbow Dynamic Maze puts Inside A Whale to shame.

[@blindtiger6699]

Holy crap this game is my childhood

[@carterkapele8046]

0:10 I find this so funny for some reason

[@Ninetails2000]

Ready? NO GOD PLEASE NO!!!!

[@johnsherfey3675]

XD one of the .gma or .tpl file didn't load properly. You could fix that with a bit of know how :p.

[@thatsnogood6413]

Ready? (Game crash)

[@tracyl8939]

If dizzy system was faster

[@bononoz2948]

some of these stages are in the final game

[@crimson-foxtwitch2581]

13:39 Looking at the right I noticed a SEGA arcade board at the right? Which one is it? It looks similar to the one in Sonic Spinball in the third level.

[@raiverns9620]

It may be the NAOMI since monkey ball started on naomi, but it could also be the hikaru or chihiro

[@nebulous-beast7040]

I like the Unused Ocean Theme

[@rachelgiallella4121]

Thats the soccer theme I believe. Its used somewhere in the game

[@nebulous-beast7040]

Hey Thanks :3

[@Dronkhrrrrng]

Ready? *(death)*

[@controlleronahanger]

Ready? (Just before the announcer says "GO", the game crashes)

[@ATHANwave]

HAHAHAHAHAHA Lmao

[@DE23]

Wait the name entry is technically a level? Neat.

[@mattheworchard481]

5:36 you start facing BACKWARDS

[@johnm4669]

9:27 Glitch

[@ATHANwave]

Tonight I'm having nightmares at this