Monkey Ball

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Monkey Ball
System(s): Sega NAOMI GD-ROM
Publisher: Sega
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Genre: Puzzle

















Number of players: 1
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Monkey Ball (モンキーボール) is a Sega NAOMI GD-ROM arcade game, originally released in 2001. It is the often-forgotten predecessor to Super Monkey Ball, which went on to found the Super Monkey Ball series.

The arcade cabinet of Monkey Ball is unique for its banana-shaped joystick. All the bananas in the game are sponsored by Dole, a practise that would carry through to its successor, Super Monkey Ball and Super Monkey Ball 2. There are three characters, AiAi, MeeMee and Baby, three difficulty levels and numerous puzzles to complete.

Monkey Ball was unique at the time of release. Though marble/ball rolling games had been done in the past (see Marble Madness), none had ever been presented in 3D, and no games had ever put the user in charge of the scenery rather than the ball itself.

Monkey Ball was not ported to home consoles, however Super Monkey Ball contains all the levels seen in Monkey Ball, as well as adding the benefit of enhanced graphics and extra features.

Production credits

Chief Programmer: Hisashi Endo
Programmers: Jun Tokuhara, Yoshinori Suzuki, Eiji Takaki
Chief Designer: Junichi Yamada
Designers: Mika Kojima, Yukinobu Arikawa, Yukio Oda, Mari Sasaki
Sound Design: Yoshiyuki Kadooka, Chamy, Hiroyuki Hamada, Hidenori Shoji, Sakae Osumi
Monkey Voice: Kaoru Morota, Konami Yoshida, Rio Natsuki
Mechatronics: Masao Yoshimoto, Akihiko Kohno, Kazuhiro Nojo, Hiroki Koyama, Masahito Yanase, Seiji Ishii, Yutaka Yokoyama, Eiji Inoue
Publicity: Masae Otoshi
Cooperation: Dole Food Company,Inc, Dole Japan Ltd.
Special Thanks: HAIKYO, STURM Co.,Ltd., T's music Co.,Ltd.
Producer & Director: Toshihiro Nagoshi
Created by Amusement Vision
Produced by Sega

Magazine articles

Main article: Monkey Ball/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

NAOMI, JP

NAOMI, World(?)



Super Monkey Ball series of games
Arcade
Monkey Ball (2001) | Super Monkey Ball: Ticket Blitz (20xx)
Nintendo GameCube
Super Monkey Ball (2001) | Super Monkey Ball 2 (2002) | Super Monkey Ball 2 Pack (2004) | Super Monkey Ball Adventure (2006)
Mobile phone
Sega Monkey Ball (2002) | AiAi's Funhouse (2003) | Monkey Ball (2003) | Monkey Ball Bowling (2003) | Monkey Ball Mini Golf (2003) | Super Monkey Ball 3D (200x) | Super Monkey Ball: Tip 'n Tilt (2007) | Super Monkey Ball: Tip 'n Tilt 2 (200x)
Game Boy Advance
Super Monkey Ball Jr. (2002)
N-Gage
Super Monkey Ball (2003)
Sony PlayStation 2
Super Monkey Ball Deluxe (2005) | Super Monkey Ball Adventure (2006)
Xbox
Super Monkey Ball Deluxe (2005) | Sonic Heroes & Super Monkey Ball Deluxe (2005) | Sonic Mega Collection Plus & Super Monkey Ball Deluxe (2005)
Nintendo DS
Super Monkey Ball: Touch & Roll (2005) | Sega Fun Pack: Sonic Rush & Super Monkey Ball: Touch & Roll (2009)
Sony PlayStation Portable
Super Monkey Ball Adventure (2006)
Nintendo Wii
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz (2006) | Sega Fun Pack: Sonic and the Secret Rings & Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz (2009) | Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll (2010)
iOS
Super Monkey Ball (2008) | Super Monkey Ball 2 (2009) | Super Monkey Ball 2: Sakura Edition (2010) | Super Monkey Ball 2: Sakura Edition Lite (2012) | Super Monkey Ball Bounce (2014)
Nintendo 3DS
Super Monkey Ball 3D (2011)
Windows Phone 7
Super Monkey Ball (2011) | Super Monkey Ball 2: Sakura Edition (2012)
Google Android OS
Super Monkey Ball (2011) | Super Monkey Ball Uki-Uki Seesaw (2012) | Super Monkey Ball 2: Sakura Edition (2012) | Super Monkey Ball Bounce (2014)
Sony PlayStation Vita
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Splitz (2012) | Super Monkey Ball Adventure (201x)
Sony PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Steam
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD (2019) | Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania (2021)
PlayStation 5
Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania (2021)
Nintendo Switch
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD (2019) | Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania (2021) | Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble (2024)
Super Monkey Ball related media
Music
Ei-Ei-Poo! (2001) | Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania: 2xLP Vinyl Soundtrack (2022)
Book
Super Monkey Ball Player's Book (2001) | Prima's Official Strategy Guide: Super Monkey Ball 2 (2002) | Super Monkey Ball 2 Players Book (2002)