Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania

A fabulous collection of one of gaming’s most deceptively difficult games, Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania is pure, unadulterated fun.

All in all, it’s fantastic to see Super Monkey Ball back after all these years. This Banana Mania collection brings the classic games back to the fore, with hundreds of stages to play, a dozen mini games, lots of cosmetics to unlock and more. The gameplay is as challenging – and fun – as ever, and will no doubt garner a new audience of fans that still have youth on their side.

Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania is a superb remake at a great price (considering just how much game you actually get), bringing together all of the content from the golden age of this beloved franchise while layering on some new stuff and underlying progress systems to keep returning players interested and involved. It can be frustrating at times — admittedly less so now that you can attempt stages endlessly without worrying about lives — but as ever, reaching that goal ribbon after countless attempts feels like a triumph.