The Lost History of Super Monkey Ball

[@SuperMonkeyCherrim]

Awesome video!! You’re very underrated!

[@sombertoboggly]

thank you!

[@NERDMANE]

One thing I don’t understand is how popular the game was but the merchandise has just gone somewhat nonexistent / lost to time. I wonder how much SMB merchandise is still out there that hasn’t been discovered. Great vid showed me a lot I didn’t know about the series.

[@sombertoboggly]

i posted this video on the monkey ball subreddit so fans could see it, and in doing so i found yet another lost merchandise item! someone left a comment about this prototype banana accessory for the gamecube joystick. it was from back when the first was going to be released but they haven't found evidence of its existence online. i'm currently looking into it

[@riaz8783]

Can you imagine having no idea what Monkey Ball is and receiving a postcard that said Yay Poo Poo!

[@polymathmusic5371]

Your voice is very pleasant to my ears! i could listen to you talk endlessly about anything especially when it's something you are passionate about. you are growing on here so fast and you totally deserve it!

[@sombertoboggly]

thank you so much! :)

[@cesaribarra6409]

I know you will reach a great number of people down the line, your content is just so good for the amount of time you have been here, congrats on another banger

[@sombertoboggly]

thank you i really appreciate it!

[@TheRealRoyalArtworks]

I’m in awe at how I just subbed to you the other day at 648 subs. Now within less than a week you’re already almost at 1,000. Keep it up you’re so good at this!

[@sombertoboggly]

thank you! :)

[@JoshDare]

FANTASTIC video!! Loved this

[@znub206]

Super monkey Ball 2 was one of my first games. I love everything about monkey ball. It is one of the best games series of all time. That’s a fact. Thank you for covering the lost media in this video. Our community can keep this game alive with community level packs, mods, and videos like this. Thank you.

[@sombertoboggly]

my mom claims she had me play mario on the nes before it, but my first vivid memory of playing a video game was super monkey ball. the series really does mean so much to me. i plan on making some more monkey ball videos in the future, because we gotta keep it alive :) i'm just still kinda trying to find my own balance of internet mystery/gaming content that i want to create for this channel. thank you for the wonderful comment!

[@demoarchive7649]

On the subject of lost media and Monkey Ball, I remember the TV commercial for Super Monkey Ball Adventure! It's nowhere online though to my knowledge and I literally cannot find it anywhere. It had people in a swimming race, the countdown went off and then they reveal there was a man who was actually inside a giant clear ball running across the water trying to beat the others. I saw it a really long time ago and I believe it was an ad for Monkey Ball Adventure, not sure if it was a different game. But it made my mom laugh hard.

[@sombertoboggly]

this is the 2nd story i've received since this video about lost monkey ball media/merch! the other was on reddit, they got like a promotional gamecube accessory of a banana that you'd stick onto the analog stick. i was trying to find existence of it, i'm gonna have to do the same for yours. thanks for commenting this!

[@LiquidSevens]

I watched this video a couple months ago, so I don't remember what all ended up being found... but earlier this month, SMB iOS was rediscovered and re-released with a brand-new emulator made specifically for the game! It's awesome that the game ended up not only preserved, but with a tailor-made emulator.

[@axolotlfairy2473]

Babe wake up new kylie vid just dropped

[@edwarde7585]

i enjoy your balance of mystery vids, lost media, liminal and retrospective. thats a sub and bell notification set for ya c:

[@sombertoboggly]

glad you do, thanks so much! :)

[@mikaelcrucible]

you've had some bangers hidden away on your channel then you talk about one of my favorite series! ☺️ glad i subbed

[@sombertoboggly]

it's one of my favorite series too i was really excited to make this video, thank you! :)

[@trainman05matthewb.65]

I wasn't really around when this game was in its prime, plus I didn't start playing games till I was around 10 years old anyway. That being said, it was very interesting to see a retrospective on a game that I've heard of but never seen much about. It's crazy how much conspiracy theory(?) can surround a simple video game. Thanks for the video, another good one as always!

[@sombertoboggly]

yeah i didn't exist when the first 2 were released, i only grew up with it since i was raised around older systems for my first years of life! glad you found it interesting, after posting this i have found out there is even more mystery to it thanks to input from a few people who watched. thank you! :)

[@FlowJoeCartoons]

Banana Splitz (the main game) is actually very good. I would say it's around on par to the first game.

[@sombertoboggly]

it's been so long, i started playing it when i was a little kid and was like this ain't the monkey ball i was expecting lmao. i'm sure if i replayed it today i'd feel a lot differently and might like it

[@FlowJoeCartoons]

@@sombertoboggly yeah give it another shot!

[@eternaldarklord1227]

Can’t believe KZbin just now recommended one of your videos to me! This content is so good and I have no doubt you’ll be blowing up over the next couple months and it’ll be well deserved

[@Chickyglory]

I love your channel so much, I'm listening to you at work and it makes my day way more interesting

[@strwb1es]

ive been binge watching your videos since i was recommended your ekt video!! im now involved in the search thanks to you and information you provided! i really enjoy your content :) i had no idea that super monkey ball had this much lost history but i was glad to hear about it i really enjoyed playing it as a kid!!

[@Goober13md]

Really thorough and entertaining video! I appreciate the shout out / credit at 6:44. (Jezs is my 2nd account.)

[@sombertoboggly]

thank you, and of course, it couldn't have been done without you!

[@fishtailsauce]

thank you for making this ❤I love ur gaming related mystery videos

[@juniorburger1621]

how are u so unknown ? these videos are so good 🙀

[@sombertoboggly]

for starting only about 3 months ago i'm still really thankful for the following i've been lucky enough to gain so far, but thank you so much! :)

[@juniorburger1621]

@@sombertoboggly it’s so nice to see someone talk about such interesting niche topics that i love. liminal spaces and lost media are just a few to name. great coverage on the topics and a nice voice to go along with it. this is just the channel i’ve been wanting to find for a while now, and i sure am glad to have found it. i wish you the best of luck on your adventure of content creation, you’ll surely need it.

[@sombertoboggly]

@@juniorburger1621 i am so glad that my videos are reaching people like us who love these topics, because i feel like it is a niche thing that needs to find the right audience. thanks for the good luck!

[@brianmatttokyo688]

Congratulations! Very well edited and executed. Brilliant timeline take on the history and development of the SMB series. I look forward to more of your content.

[@sombertoboggly]

thank you so much! i truly appreciate it, you were such a big part of my childhood and i've always loved how you're still involved in the community :) we gotta keep monkey ball alive!

[@brianmatttokyo688]

@@sombertoboggly apologies for not seeing your DM until today. IG buried it but glad I saw it months later. Continued success!

[@Jac-Man]

“Banana Splitz was a flop” in terms of SALES, yes, due to it being exclusive to the PS Vita, but honestly I’d say it’s right up there with the most highly regarded SMB games

[@sombertoboggly]

yeah, by flop i meant either not that great of a game, or poor sales. cause i personally didn't like adventure or blitz when i played them when i was younger, but have never even played splitz myself. since you're right, never had a ps vita and it just wasn't a commercially successful game. it would've been cool if it hadn't been a ps vita exclusive! i'm going to eventually make some other monkey ball videos covering more stuff like that, i honestly glossed over and skimmed through the history of those games to get onto the lost media part

[@Jac-Man]

@@sombertoboggly Well I do hope you get a chance to play Banana Splitz soon, it’s honestly worth the purchase of a Vita for Splitz alone. It’s that good. And I hope you enjoy it as much as I do :)

[@sombertoboggly]

@@Jac-Man i feel like one of my aunts probably had one at some point, it might be lying around at one of my family members' houses. if i find it i'll definitely give it a shot :)

[@potionmonkey157]

Great video! I will say though Banana Splitz is underrated, it ain't 1 or 2 good but it's decent on it's own.

[@sombertoboggly]

thank you! and honestly my memory of it is probably more tainted than it actually is. i just remember getting it as a kid and being like this is NOT the monkey ball i know hahaha

[@offlinegirl5956]

This sounds weird but I thought this game was like, almost unknown I saw/heard so little of it around me and in media

[@elliannalegakis]

My brother and I used to have Monkey Ball Jr, which was SMB for the GBA, as well as one of those little two button games from McDonalds. Might still have them kicking around, but I doubt it.

[@sombertoboggly]

never played monkey ball jr on the actual GBA but a few years back i played it on some flash game website. i remember thinking it was difficult to not fall off the stage and i sucked at it haha

[@el.anastasioxx00]

omg my brother and I used to LOVE this game. Can't believe I forgot about it till now.

[@CyberseD]

Great video, looking forward to future content!!

[@sombertoboggly]

thanks so much!

[@AltheHealer]

I remember buying some super monkeys ball toys at Walgreens like 20 yeara ago. They were 2 super monkeys in plastic balls about the size of a baseball. I should have them somewhere at my parents house but i scratched the plastic balls to hell lol. Thanks for bringing back some awesome memories, been binging your channel since I found it, currently in my top 3 lost media channels. ❤

[@pikachuchujelly7628]

Very interesting video! I had never heard of most of those mobile games.

[@dylancastleberry2086]

glad youtube recommended this video :)

[@ericvilmer7920]

It would be interesting to track the origin of the Super Monkey Ball Banana Crazy logo because I have been a fanof Super Monkey Ball 2 for the gamecube since its release in 2002 and always wanted banana crazy and looked it up all the time in the 2000s but I never saw that logo until a couple of years ago.

[@ohitsolly677]

Awesome video! I love super monkey ball

[@Fanciduck]

Some of these games that you mentioned are found pixel pursuit did a video on them a few weeks ago the video is called obscure monkey Ball games 3

[@sombertoboggly]

i was actually invited into the lost monkey ball media discord after i made this video and he's in it so i went to watch it after it came out!

[@knk7744]

Great Video!!

[@sombertoboggly]

thank you!

[@livinghomunculus657]

0:27 and adventure. And probably more too?

[@casedistorted]

Really good history video I learned a lot I didn’t know

[@voxel9470]

I remember knowing someone who won this thing with super monkey ball for step and roll; i have a tshirt from it with like a faded signature on it at my parents house. Idk if this is significant

[@voxel9470]

I meant banana blitz i think

[@sombertoboggly]

the only banana blitz shirt i'm seeing on ebay is $200 so i'm gonna go with yes it is significant hahaha. not sure if it is the same one or not though

[@voxel9470]

@@sombertoboggly it is LMAO

[@sombertoboggly]

@@voxel9470 bruh you got some rare and expensive monkey merch there then!

[@nobudgetstories2476]

Wtf I thought this channel had like 500k subs and I just realized now that I’m half way through

[@imnotnuggets]

Banger vid

[@pikachuiguana]

OMG, I have the Super Monkey Ball McDonald’s box. It also has Sonic the Hedgehog on the other half of the box

[@sombertoboggly]

that's so cool! i actually just found an ebay bid on one i'm gonna try to get my own 😎

[@cisnt9244]

I think most of it's popularity comes from boys and girls clubs and other child hangouts. They'd always have copies of the games for their wall consoles. I've actually been thinking about this game lots recently.

[@Lando-kx6so]

I really wished Super Monkey Ball was on the Dreamcast

[@flickyfkosstitcher8547]

I have Super Monkey Ball - Sakura Edition (iOS and Android), Super Monkey Ball 2 - Sakura Edition (Android), and Super Monkey Ball Bounce (Android); however, only the former seems to still be available to download on both stores. So, does that mean I technically have lost media sitting on my Android devices?

[@TerraRyzin10]

This girl could totally do ASMR! Her voice is so relaxing.

[@Rael0505]

Great video! Have a banana 🍌

[@LFFunEmporium]

I'd imagine we will get super monkey ball 3 around the same time we get sonic adventure 3 lol

[@8saiharamasukoi]

>Nick Robinson oooooooooooooooo nooooooooooooo

[@darbythedragon511]

:/ so quickly we forget....

[@knk7744]

I really hope for many many more SMB Games 🐵

[@sombertoboggly]

i think we might be on the right track after banana mania, but we will see

[@terribleterribleterrible]

"do you got monky?"

[@dolorous.1118]

good video, for future reference though please turn your voice up. you're so soft spoken lmao

[@sombertoboggly]

haha thanks for letting me know

[@abraxas9340]

Monkey Ball historian

[@Bowsermmbbreal]

Banana joystick

[@sombertoboggly]

monky

[@Clairewasthere22]

i never played a super monkey ball game

[@sombertoboggly]

the first two are so fun, but if you don't have a gamecube/wii banana mania is just a remake and is still really good for what it is imo!

[@Clairewasthere22]

@@sombertoboggly I own a wii. I think I can play GameCube games on the wii no?

[@sombertoboggly]

@@Clairewasthere22 yes you'd just need a gamecube controller, and a memory card if you want to save your progress.

[@Yuhhuh4242]

Suberb mohnkee bawl Bannananbana Joistiack!!!!!!

[@dehgrape]

this monkeys hard

[@cherryphobe]

I've only just recently found your channel & I really enjoy your videos, but this is the second video (I've seen) were you mention Nick Robinson. I'm sure you've heard this a bunch already but he's known for losing his job at Polygon over sexual misconduct. & as you being a smaller but coming up creator who's Also a young woman, just... be careful! He's not exactly the kind of dude you should be excited to garner the attention of.

[@sombertoboggly]

thanks for looking out for me! i appreciate it

[@walkerpierce5446]

Adventure wasn't that bad.

[@sombertoboggly]

i honestly totally could be remembering it worse than it actually was, it's been forever

[@walkerpierce5446]

@@sombertoboggly It was not good, but for a spin off, it was interesting. And the adventure mode was fun to just explore.

[@sombertoboggly]

@@walkerpierce5446 maybe at some point i'll give it another shot and would like it more now! i was super young when i played it, so was expecting the monkey ball i was familiar with and was met with that haha. i'm sure i'd feel a lot differently now

[@conkersuprfan]

reminder that Nick Robinson was fired from his job for repeated sexual harrasment

[@IsaiahAmos017]

Sega is run by dumbasses super monkey Ball 2 was my favorite game and I waited for a super monkey Ball 3 but we never got it Sonic had the same issue we never got Sonic adventure 3 really had this problem with many of their ip s if they kept up the quality and built brand recognition instead of quantity and trash I'd still be popular today Falling into obscurity almost happened to Sonic as well but luckily it's brand recognition in the previous decade allowed the current-generation to flounder without causing as much damage to the brand