Coming back on the Wii is Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll. Like any game in the Super Monkey Ball series players must roll their monkeys around the stage collecting bananas and get to the goal.
What’s different in this game? Well not much really. The jump function from the game was removed, but like the name suggests the Wii balance board is now a new addition to the game.
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Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll Gameplay
When you first play this game you start out with picking out 1 of the 4 monkeys. They don’t have any differences. Then you get to select a world to play in. There are 10 worlds and there are several stages in each one.
The jumping function and the boss fights at the end are all gone now. It seems that they decided to make this new game go back to the basics (that or it’s because of the Wii balance board add-on).
The goal of the game is to get to the goal at the end of the stage. While going you’ll run into things and most likely die. Once you run out of lives you’ll get game over. You get lives by collecting bananas. Every 20 bananas = 1 life.
Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll Multiplayer
The game added the new co-op mode which lets you work together to beat maps. Besides that there is the classic mini-game mode. There are only 21 mini-games as opposed to the 50 in the previous game, but oh well.
Co-Op Mode
In co-op mode you and or your friend play with the Wii balance board, as the monkey ball. The other person has the Wiimote and blasts objects out of the way for the other person to roll past. This mode is a perfect combination of skill, accuracy, and just plain carefulness.
Conclusion
Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll retains the old Super Monkey Ball charm, with some missing things… but nonetheless the core game is still the same.
The Wii Balance Board for the game isn’t so good as there are some buggy camera issues that could mess you up at critical times, but hey, if you don’t take it too seriously it won’t matter much.
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