Minigames from the Super Monkey Ball series

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Super Monkey Ball is a well-known video game that has its own series of multiple games. The series boasts strongly of minigames and the series has been widely considered as having one of the greatest party games ever made, Super Monkey Ball 2. The following is a list of minigames that can be found throughout the Super Monkey Ball series.

Contents 1 Classic Minigames 1.1 Monkey Race 1.2 Monkey Bowling 1.3 Monkey Golf 1.4 Monkey Target 1.5 Monkey Billiards 1.6 Monkey Fight 2 Exclusive Minigames 2.1 Super Monkey Ball 2 2.2 Super Monkey Ball Touch and Roll 2.3 Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz

[edit] Classic Minigames

[edit] Monkey Race

A mini-game that has appeared throughout all the games in the Monkey Ball series, players must guide their monkeys along high-speed tracks in an attempt to reach the goal before their opponents. Super Monkey Ball 2 was the first game to allow players to play with up to 8 computer-controlled racers, suceeded by Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz.[1] Super Monkey Ball featured six stages as did Super Monkey Ball 2, and Super Monkey Ball Adventure. Super Monkey Ball Deluxe featured 12 stages - a collaboration of the stages from SMB and SMB2 - and Banana Blitz features five stages in total [2], whereby Players tilt the Wii Remote, in the similar fashion of Excite Truck, to steer their monkeys.

[edit] Monkey Bowling

A standard game of bowling, whereby players roll down the alleys, using their monkeys to replace bowling balls. You can adjust power, speed, and spin when traveling down the alleyway. In Super Monkey Ball 2, each character features different abilities that affect gameplay. In Banana Blitz, rolling the ball seems to involve flicking the wrist instead of the traditional motion used in Wii Sports. [3]

[edit] Monkey Golf

A standard game of miniature golf, whereby players swing their golf clubs, using their monkeys to replace golf balls. This is, generally, claimed to be the least popular of the classic mini-games. In Banana Blitz, players use the Wii remote to simulate using a golf club. [4]

[edit] Monkey Target

Monkey Target has appeared in all non-handheld games in the Monkey Ball series; players must guide their monkeys in the air and land on targets for points. The version in Banana Blitz features significant changes in comparison to its predecessors. [5] In this version, each monkey carries a secondary ball which can be dropped for points prior to landing on the target. This mini-game has also been "massively" simplified, as evidenced by the replacement of the traditional speed-building ramp for a cannon as well as the fact that there appears to be only one level. Additionally, friction seems to have been reduced on the target causing players to slide farther than in previous games.

[edit] Monkey Billiards

Not dissimilar to regular billiards, Monkey Billiards has players hitting the cue ball, ricocheting it into other balls and having them roll into pockets along the sides of the billiards table. In Super Monkey Ball, only 9-ball rules could be played. However, in Super Monkey Ball 2, players could use 15-ball rules or play by the Japanese 9-ball rules. In addition, a floating arrow helps the player see where the cue ball will go plus there is an overhead view allowing you to see the whole table.

[edit] Monkey Fight

In Monkey Fight, you try to punch the other monkeys with your boxing glove off the platform. In most Super Monkey Ball games, you press A to punch.

[edit] Exclusive Minigames

[edit] Super Monkey Ball 2

• Monkey Boat:

Monkey Boat is a paddle-boat race. The control stick, which usually controls the monkey, has a diminished role in this mini-game. Instead the L and R buttons are used to paddle the boat with a kayak oar. The monkeys race through an odd river system that seems to be located on the island where they live.

• Monkey Shot:

Monkey Shot is a first-person shooter that, depending on the difficulty, will take the player through different worlds found in the Story mode. Monkey Shot is played "on rails"--the game moves the player on a pre-selected path, the player only doing the aiming. The goal is to shoot enemies, refills, and upgrades, and running out of ammunition requires a reloading. There is a boss at the end of each of the three available stages.

• Monkey Dogfight:

Monkey Dogfight is, as the name implies, an aerial combat game. There are three different arenas in Monkey Dogfight. The game equips the monkeys with the firepower needed to shoot his or her adversaries out of the sky. You may shoot normal shots (which are infinite) or missles (which you can run out of and may only obtain twenty at any given point.) The winner is decided depending on the mode: in Normal Mode, it is the monkey who earns the most points; in Survival Mode, it is the last monkey to not have been shot down.

• Monkey Soccer:

The game's take on the sport of regular soccer; the objective in Monkey Soccer is to score as many goals against your opponent as possible. Before each game, each player is asked to pick a formation. Whoever the team captain is will depend on the formation chosen. (For example, the all-around formation has Meemee as the leader, whereas the defensive one features Gongon.)

During the game itself, each player controls one member of the team, the others being computer-controlled. Control is switched to different player as the game goes on; you always play as the monkey with the ball or, if the opposing team has the ball, the monkey closest to the ball. Various kicks can be executed with the A and B buttons.

• Monkey Baseball:

The game's take on the sport of baseball; each player selects a character, and that player's team will all be that character. (Player 1's character has red clothing and Player 2's blue to differentiate them if both picked the same character.) Instead of the pitcher throwing the ball, he or she rolls towards the batter. The pitcher's speed and direction are fully controllable until the batter hits the ball or a strike is called. Where the batter stands is also controllable until he or she swings the bat. You may also cycle through defensive setups on the field.

Once the ball is hit, monkeys in the outfield can move left or right to catch the ball and call an "Out." However, if they fail to catch the ball, it will land in either one of several compartments at the end of the field, which determines how many bases the batter will run (some compartments count as an Out) or go onto a "Home Run" ramp, which counts as a home run.

After the batting team gets three outs, teams switch control. Whoever is batting next stops a spinner that determins what kinds of compartments will be in the back of the field and which ramps will be up, if any.

• Monkey Tennis:

Standard games of tennis with Singles and Doubles Modes. Singles Mode has one person on each half of the court, and Doubles has two people on each side. Monkey Tennis uses the regular tennis scoring and pretty much plays like tennis in a video game would be played, except that the ball is much bigger and leaves a glowing wake, possibly because an actual-size tennis ball would be too difficult to see. The number of games, sets, and matches are customizable before the competition begins.

[edit] Super Monkey Ball Touch and Roll

• Monkey Hockey:

You can play classic hockey where you move a puck around and try to hit the ball into the other person's goal. Another mode is called Line Smasher, where you draw your own pucks, with a limited amount of ink. You can redraw the puck at any time, which you will want to do because parts of the puck break off. In both modes you can do singles or doubles. There are items you can get that either change the size of the pucks or goals.

• Monkey Wars:

Another new mini-game, this one is a/an FPS. You move around with the D-pad and use the stylus to aim and tap the screen to fire. There are items you can pick up, such as pineapple grenades, a watermelon machine gun, ect. The three courses are Jungle Attack (a tiny simple level), Pyramid Maze (a desert themed, pyramid-shaped arena), and Cosmofield (a large, space level). A point is awarded for every successful shot you make. Whoever has the most points when time runs out wins.

[edit] Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz

Banana Blitz features a total of 50 mini-games, the most mini-games ever featured in any game in the series. Below is a list of all of the mini-games featured in Banana Blitz: ^[1]

46 of the total 50 mini-games are exclusive to Banana Blitz, 12 of which use the Nunchuk Peripheral:

• Home Run Derby

When the ball approaches, the controller is swung, emulating a baseball swing. The more precise and powerful the swing the better you score.
Gameplay: 1-4 Players Alternating

• Alien Attack [6]

The monkey rides in a type of hovercraft and use the nunchuck peripheral and the controller to control different jets on the hovercrafts engine while attacking the various aliens.
Gameplay: 1-4 Players Simultaneous
Requires Nunchuck Peripheral

• Asteroid Crash[7]

Players are in a space ship and use the Wii Remote to aim and destroy asteroids while collecting banana bunches and attaining the highest score as they can.
Gameplay: 1-2 Players Simultaneous

• Banana Catch [8]

Players must move around the arena, colllecting as many bananas as they can as they fall from the sky. Occassionally, bombs will drop from the sky and if you catch them, you'll lose all the banana you've caught thus far! Make your opponents hit the bombs to steal bananas from them.
Gameplay: 1-4 Players Simultaneous

• Banana Thief[9] [10]

Players must protect the banana bunches above them from numerous thieves, while avoiding rolling balls. Moving the Wii Remote left and right moves your character, and flicking it upwards causes the character to jump up and hit the thieves with a boxing glove on a pole.
Gameplay: 1-4 Players Simultaneous

• Bugs Balance [11] [12]

Players must use the Wii Remote to get the highest stack of bugs as possible without letting their stack drop. Anything you pick up that's not a bug will force you to start over.
Gameplay: 1-2 Players Simultaneous

• Dangerous Route[13]

Players must run across a path without any rails or barriers to protect them from falling off. Facing against the clock, players must run as fast as they can whilst being cautious of falling off the edge, where they'd have to start from the very beginning!
Gameplay: 1-4 Players Simultaneous

• Disc Golf[14] [15]

Similar to the golf game, but players instead use a frisbee to try to knock the dome off a low structure by swinging the Wii remote.
Gameplay: 1-4 Players Alternating

• Fencing [16] [17] [18]

Players use the Wii Remote in a "stabbing motion" whilst moving your character to try to hit your opponent and score points.

• Fish Catcher [19] [20]

Players must lance as many underwater fish as you can by simply stabbing them with the lance as you would in real life.
Gameplay: 1-4 Players Simultaneous

• Free Throw [21]

Free Throw is right! Without any backboards, player must accurately score as many baskets as they can within the time limit.
Gameplay: 1-4 Players Simultaneous

• Frog Ball [22]

Each monkey's monkey ball now sport legs that can be used to hop across the pond towards the goal.
Gameplay: 1-4 Players Simultaneous

• Fruit Basket [23]

Different colored fruit falls from the sky and you have to trapeze bounce it to the appropriately colored baskets.
Gameplay: 1-2 Players Simultaneous

• Hammer Throw [24]

Spin the controller around in circles and release the A button to throw. Good timing is required or it will fall outside of the boundaries and foul.
Gameplay: 1-4 Players Simultaneous

• High Wire Act [25]

The monkey-ball balances on a wire. Tip the controller forwards to make the ball roll along the rope but when the ball starts to tip to either side you must quickly turn it the other way to try to balance the ball again.
Gameplay: 1-4 Players Simultaneous

• Hovercraft Battle[26] [27]

Variation of the Hovercraft Race, where players instead use their craft to charge into other players and earn points.
Gameplay: 1-4 Players Simultaneous

• Hovercraft Race [28]

Both the nunchuck peripheral and the controller are needed to play this mini-game. Each one controls one engine of the hovercraft and they must be turned in a certain way to turn the hovercraft in the race.
Gameplay: 1-4 Players Simultaneous
Requires Nunchuck Peripheral

• Hurdle Race [29] [30]

Move both the nunchuck peripheral and the controller up and down to simulate running gestures and flick upward to jump over the hurdles.
Gameplay: 1-2 Players Simultaneous
Requires Nunchuck Peripheral

• Jump Rope [31] ^[2][3]

Simply flick up with the controller to make the monkey jump the rope. See how many jumps you can make with the rope gradually increasing speed.
Gameplay: 1-4 Players Simultaneous

• Jigsaw Puzzle [32]

Players must scramble to create their picture with the puzzle pieces they have before them within the time limit and before their opponents.
Gameplay: 1-4 Players Simultaneous

• Keepy Up [33] [34] [35]

Players must keep the monkey in a ball bouncing in the air as long as they can without letting him fall below.
Gameplay: 1-2 Players Simultaneous

• Monkey Boxer[36][37]

Players must eliminate their rival monkey using boxing gloves in a face-to-face battle.
Gameplay: 1-2 Players Simultaneous
Requires Nunchuck Peripheral

• Monkey Darts [38]

Players throw the darts as in real life. If not thrown hard enough the darts will fall slightly, so speed and accuracy are needed to get a high score. There are currently two different confirmed dartboards.
Gameplay: 1-4 Players Alternating

• Monkeysmith[39]

Swing your hammer in harmony with the Blacksmith Master to create a masterpiece. But, if you fail to follow him closely, you'll be kicked out!
Gameplay: 1-4 Players Simultaneous

• Monkey Snowboard [40][41][42]

Players guide their characters around walls, obstacles, snowmen, and opponents, across a ski hill in an attempt to beat their opponent's to the finish line. Bananas help you by slightly increasing speed. It has been confirmed that there are a total of three different stages.
Gameplay: 1-4 Players Simultaneous

• Monkey Squash[43]

Standard game of squash, where players swing the Wii Remote to hit the ball and use the nunchuck to move about.
Gameplay: 1-2 Players Simultaneous
Requires Nunchuck Peripheral

• Monkey Wars [44][45]

Players find themselves in a stage where they must fight other monkeys in order to survive. The game appears to bear a resemblance to Monkey Wars from Super Monkey Ball: Touch and Roll. There are 3 stages you can play on - grass, desert, and, space. [46][47]
Gameplay: 1-4 Players Simultaneous
Requires Nunchuck Peripheral

• Number Ball [48]

A number will appear at the top of the screen. The player must point to the ball with the same number on it with the Wii Remote.
Gameplay: 1-4 Players Simultaneous

• Paper Sumo Fighter[49][50][51]

Players manipulate a paper figure of their character by using the Wii Remote and the A button, moving around a hand in the circular arena and making it slap down on the ground, creating a burst of air that moves your figure in the desired direction. Your goal is to make your paper figure push other player's paper figure out of the arena.
Gameplay: 1-2 Players Simultaneous

• Paraglider [52][53]

Players must use their parachutes to land on the target by gliding in a graceful manner through the air. Wind changes may make it harder to land on target; by going near the mountain, you can gain altitude, not dissimilar to the usgae of geysers in Super Monkey Ball Adventure whilst flying.
Gameplay: 1-4 Players Simultaneous
Requires Nunchuck Peripheral

• Racing Birds [54][55][56]

Soar through the skies in an attempt to guide your bird through as many rings as you can in the air. Crashing into walls during narrow passages will result in the loss of valuable time.
Gameplay: 1-4 Players Simultaneous
Requires Nunchuck Peripheral

• Red Light/Green Light [57][58][59]

The monkeys move in a way similar to the Hurdle Race minigame to reach the end without getting caught by the Red Lights. The game closely resembles the Stop and Go mini-game from Sonic Shuffle.
Gameplay: 1-4 Players Simultaneous
Requires Nunchuck Peripheral

• Ring Toss^[2][60] [61]

Players throw rings into certain targets to score points.
Gameplay: 1-4 Players Alternating

• Rock-Paper-Scissors Attack [62][63][64]

The classic game of Rock, Paper, Scissors with a twist. If you win, you get a chance to bash your opponent on the head with your hammer before he can protect himself with the helmet, but, if you lose, you must grab your helmet before your opponent bashes you on the head with their hammer.
Gameplay: 1-2 Players Simultaneous
Requires Nunchuck Peripheral

• Scoop the Goldfish [65][66]

Each player must try to capture a goldfish using their nets and then, carefully carry them over to their bucket. The monkey that has the most fish in their bucket wins.
Gameplay: 1-4 Players Simultaneous

• Seesaw Ball [67]

Somewhat resembling a pinball machine taken apart, monkeys must guide their monkeys from the very top of the seesaws, slowly scaling down the below seesaws to reach the target below. Going too fast will prove detrimental for players so caution is needed here.
Gameplay: 1-4 Players Simultaneous

• Simon Says ^[4] [68] [69] (Previously referred to as "Flag Panic")

Players must use their Wii Remotes and hold it up in the same direction as the guiding monkey to score points. One mishap will result in a Game Over so try to stay in as long as you can!
Gameplay: 1-4 Players Simultaneous

• Shepherd [70][71]

From platforms in the area, players must guide their dogs to guide as many sheep, out of a total of 100, into their pen as they can in 3 minutes.
Gameplay: 1-2 Players Simultaneous

• Sling Shot [72][73]

Players must use their catapults to knock down as many cans and balloons down as possible. UFO's may make an appearance during the game and if they do, hit 'em right away for bonus points!
Gameplay: 1-4 Players Simultaneous

• Space Monkey Attack [74][75][76]

Players in spaceships must destroy incoming ships and objects.
Gameplay: 1-2 Players Simultaneous

• Spaceship Landing [77] [78][79][80]

Players use the controller to move a spaceship and use their rocket boosters. The goal is to land on the target as quick as possible using the least amount of fuel and taking the least amount of damage.
Gameplay: 1-4 players Simultaneous

• Treasure Submarine [81] [82][83][84][85]

Players must guide their monkeys inside submarines deep under the sea in search of a treasure chest underwater, using a radar and a drill.
Gameplay: 1-4 Players Simultaneous

• UFO Catcher[86]

Players ride in UFOs, moving around with the Wii Remote and trying to abduct all the aliens in the arena before the time limit runs out.
Gameplay: 1-4 Players Simultaneous

• Trombone [87]

Players must make music using their instruments by playing the high notes in synchronization.
Gameplay: 1-4 Players Simultaneous

• UFO Catcher[88]

Players ride in UFOs, moving around with the Wii Remote and trying to abduct all the aliens in the arena before the time limit runs out.
Gameplay: 1-4 Players Simultaneous

• Whack-a-Mole^[2]

Works just like the actual game, players move the controller forwards, backwards, left and right throughout virtual space and use it like a hammer to slam down on the mole.
Gameplay: 1-4 Players Siumltaneous

• Yacht Sailing [89]

Players must guide their monkeys in yachts across the open sea filled with hazardous obstacles including jagged rocks, and, not to mention hungry sharks!
Gameplay: 1-4 Players Simultaneous