Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania Review

Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania reviewed on PlayStation 5 by Sarah LeBouef. Narrated by Ryan McCaffrey. Also available on Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and PC.

With over 300 stages compiled and upgraded from previous games in the series, Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania has plenty to do, but not enough of it is half as fun as I remembered it. Its levels quickly become repetitive and frustrating, and the bright, cheerful environments and silly characters aren't enough to combat the tedium of retrying aggravating levels. When you consider the various gameplay modes, difficulty levels, challenges, and unlockables, it could take dozens of hours before you see everything, though you'll likely run out of momentum long before that point. It's much more enjoyable as a local multiplayer party game, so stick to party mode - or skip it entirely.

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[ReaperJ]

wait…did the reviewer not even try out the accessibility options?
You can double the time limit, slow down the game for a few seconds, turn on the jump feature from banana blitz (after buying it w/ in game points) and…you can literally skip stages if they’re too hard.
Why would you complain about a hard game being difficult, when it has accessibility options you didn’t even try to find, wtf lmao.

[Rubunny]

"This game is too difficult."
[Proceeds to roll back at the start of a level and die immediately]

[potionmonkey]

"It'll take DOZENS of hours to see everything"
...that's a bad thing?

[acidlxser_]

sega should stop sending ign early access to their games

[TQuill]

Wow, they did Ryan dirty, making him narrate this.

[Jojuiced]

This review completely ignores all the features that were added to make the game easier for newer players e.g infinite lives and slowing down the game.

[fer]

"THe gAmE iS to diFFicUlt"

This is a certified game journalist moment

[joshgamer]

This hurts me. Not even just because it is a poor review but also because these are the reviews SEGA listens to

[generalautismoactual]

Can we get somebody that actually enjoys video games to review this please?

[NyQuiiLx]

It’s reviews like this that make amateur YouTubers more qualified to be game reviewers than actual journalist.

[vexil]

The laziest phrase is game reviewing "people only like it because nastalgia"

[smorgborg]

IGN just convinced me to buy this game!

[NikateeN]

Looks like it runs well and gives us a lot of little extras, so If you’re a fan of the original series then this looks like it’ll be a win. Obviously if you’re not a big fan or it’s “too difficult” then it might not be your cup of tea. Can’t wait to pick it up!

[Shotdown]

Ryan be takin all of the heat for a review he didn't write lel

[lambiepie]

If they think this game is hard imagine if they played the originals

[jmlakin]

Oh no, a game that has hours upon hours of fun content and different modes. How will my 3 hour walking sim brain be able to comprehend this.

[sergiomonty]

Review so engaging, it was written by actual monkeys.

[maccumhaill]

"This game has a lot of content! So this game is bad!!!1!"

Typical IGN moment.

[TheElectroclown]

They added infinite lives and toned down the difficulty of a few of the levels and the reviewer complains about it being too difficult and having hours of content. Lmfao

[SuperMonkeyCherrim]

Why is this ranked lower than SMB JR LOL