If the ultra-vague shipping dates are to be believed, we'll be knee-deep in monkey madness early next week thanks to Super Monkey Ball Adventure. This marks the first time the simian superstars have broken free from their prison balls and actually tried to accomplish something - saving all of the monkeyverse. If it plays half as stupid as it sounds, then we may have something here.
Either way, we've got new screens of minigame goodness to soak up and all you have to do is hit the Images tab
You know, we were so hoping to see the four simian heroes of Super Monkey Ball Adventure happily scampering across our television sets by now. But now that the game's due out in August, we have to make do with these five new screens from the PS2 version. You can see them here.
Adventure is also coming to GameCube and PSP.
June 27,
Though an informal poll of the GamesRadar editorial staff recently determined that half of us hate monkeys, you can rest assured that nobody can resist the charms of Super Monkey Ball. Super Monkey Ball Adventure does exactly what it says: takes the ball-rolling wackiness of the original series and sticks it in a fully-realized world for the monkeys to explore.
These new screenshots showcase that world, as well as the colorful characters you'll meet. They even show off some of the minigames -
Did anyone ever actually sit back during a game of Super Monkey Ball and wonder what those entombed monkeys did in their spare time? Didn't think so. Looks like we're gonna find out anyway, as Adventure breaks them free from their floating puzzle trays and sets them loose in a full 3D quest to save monkey kind. Right.
Main monkey AiAi is still trapped inside the same globular prison as always, but instead of directing him to a well-defined goal, you'll lead him through vast, open-ended worlds
We've got brand new images of Sega's latest Monkey Ball game, Super Monkey Ball Adventure, which releases everyone's favorite encapsulated apes into the wild this summer.
A tale of eloping chimps, feuding kingdoms and the joy-sucking naysayers, Super Monkey Ball Adventure rolls the entire Monkey Ball gang - that's Aiai, Meemee, Gongon and Baby - into new platforming territory.
Solving quests, undertaking traditional 'puzzle tray' challenges and helping a bunch of new friends, the simian
