Hero of Legend
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For the first time since the series began, Sega did NOT have a Super Monkey Ball game out on a Nintendo home console's launch.
GC had Super Monkey Ball which was an enhanced version of the original Monkey Ball made on the NAOMI arcade board. Wii had Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz.
Super Monkey Ball 3D did come out for the 3DS' launch however. But the GBA and DS games were a bit after launch.
I know Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz is seen as inferior to the originals by most people, and even though I didn't play the originals *gets hit by tomato* I absolutely adored Banana Blitz.
The game had one of my fav soundtracks of last gen, composed by the company NoisyCroak, and also had a helping hand by none other than Hideki Naganuma of JSR fame. However I think he only composed this one song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZb1iS1K5vk
Anyway, I was really hoping to see a new game come out on Wii U either at launch or soon after, but there's been NO sign whatsoever. I had loads of fun and want more!
What's odd is that the sequel to Banana Blitz, Step & Roll, was actually sound directed by Jun Senoue himself and the other Sanic crew, but all around I found the music to be ass in comparison.
I'm really happy Sega's very committed to continuing Sonic on Wii U after his many and strong life on Wii, but Super Monkey Ball always had a part of Nintendo's library so it's sad that so far AiAi's been left behind.
GC had Super Monkey Ball which was an enhanced version of the original Monkey Ball made on the NAOMI arcade board. Wii had Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz.
Super Monkey Ball 3D did come out for the 3DS' launch however. But the GBA and DS games were a bit after launch.
I know Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz is seen as inferior to the originals by most people, and even though I didn't play the originals *gets hit by tomato* I absolutely adored Banana Blitz.
The game had one of my fav soundtracks of last gen, composed by the company NoisyCroak, and also had a helping hand by none other than Hideki Naganuma of JSR fame. However I think he only composed this one song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZb1iS1K5vk
Anyway, I was really hoping to see a new game come out on Wii U either at launch or soon after, but there's been NO sign whatsoever. I had loads of fun and want more!
What's odd is that the sequel to Banana Blitz, Step & Roll, was actually sound directed by Jun Senoue himself and the other Sanic crew, but all around I found the music to be ass in comparison.
I'm really happy Sega's very committed to continuing Sonic on Wii U after his many and strong life on Wii, but Super Monkey Ball always had a part of Nintendo's library so it's sad that so far AiAi's been left behind.