Super Monkey Ball 3D

North American box art.
Developer(s)	Sega
Publisher(s)	Sega
Release Date(s)
Nintendo 3DS	NA: March 27, 2011 JP: March 3, 2011 EU: March 25, 2011 AU: March 31, 2011
Nintendo 3DS	NA: March 27, 2011 JP: March 3, 2011 EU: March 25, 2011 AU: March 31, 2011
Platform(s)
Genre(s)	Platformer Party
Rating(s)
ESRB	04
PEGI	02
CERO	01
ACB	01

Super Monkey Ball 3D^{(JPJapanese: スーパーモンキーボール　3D)} is an entry in the Super Monkey Ball series published by Sega for the Nintendo 3DS.

Gameplay

Super Monkey Ball 3D supports three full-featured gameplay modes: traditional Super Monkey Ball puzzles, "Monkey Race" in which players race each other in frantic car battles, and "Monkey Fight" in which players fight each other in manic brawls similar to the Super Smash Bros. series of games. The latter two modes, Monkey Race and Monkey Fight, can be played via wireless connection with up to four players locally.

It was originally released on March 3, 2011 in Japan. It was later released as a launch title on March 25, March 27 and March 31 of the same year in Europe, North America and Australia, respectively. Sega has also released the game as the downloadable title for the Nintendo eShop in Europe and North America on April 3, 2014.

Worlds

• World 1 - Monkey Island - "A mystical forest where ancient ruins sleep. Let your banana-happy adventure begin!"

1. Super Simple 2. Turn Right 3. Turn Left 4. Grand Curve 5. Shell 6. Mini Spot 7. Banana Route 8. Rice Terrace 9. Hiking 10. ZigZag

• World 2 - Aladdin's Castle - "Explore a mystifying Arabian palace! Flying carpets and a genie in a lamp await your arrival!"

1. Garden 2. Approach 3. Zero G 4. Large Square 5. Magic Lamp 6. Square Wheel 7. Nine Circles 8. Mini Slider 9. Leaf 10. Arabian Hills

• World 3 - Sweet Fountain - "A mouth-watering place made of cookies, cakes, and fruits! It's always filled with sweet fragrances!"

1. Chocolate Bar 2. Milky Butterfly 3. Switch Bridge 4. Smooth Whip 5. Banana Love 6. Cake Dive 7. Knife & Fork 8. Flower 9. Bumping Saucer 10. Safe Sugar

• World 4 - Bananightmare - "Scary ghosts float through the air. Maybe they're after the bananas!"

1. Jitterbug 2. Lonely Drain 3. Dark Forest 4. Poison Bubble 5. Lantern 6. Vampire 7. Cross Field 8. Labyrinth 9. Go Home 10. Killer Slide

• World 5 - Dragon's Journey - "It's decorated with gigantic dragons and fancy lanterns. Maybe it's a festival tonight!"

1. Dragon Coil 2. Expander 3. Action Star 4. Thunder Gate 5. The Dragon 6. Pinwheel 7. Desert 8. Deep Market 9. Fire Mountain 10. Great Wall

• World 6 - Skypolis - "A huge temple floating in the clouds! A monkey goddess wouldn't look out of place here."

1. Twin Loops 2. Brain 3. Thunder 4. Breakthrough 5. Aiai 6. Banana Drop 7. Mystery Circle 8. Hop Step Keep 9. Go Round 10. Slit Changer

• World 7 - Space Factory - "Massive robots and mechanical arms are hard at work, creating robots that seem oddly familiar."

1. Gutter Circuit 2. Cosmic Wave 3. Super Slider 4. Banana Cairo 5. Galaxy 6. Dangerous Board 7. Bumper House 8. Slope Mania 9. Aero Pipe 10. Time Lag

• World 8 - Mystic Dome - "A towering ruin deep in the jungle. Inside, computers remain eerily active. What could they be doing?"

1. Needle 2. Bigfoot 3. Remember Zipang 4. Body to Body 5. Smart Ball 6. Shooting Star 7. Hush Floor 8. Cobra 9. Strange Road 10. Keep Your Line

Characters

• AiAi
• MeeMee
• Baby
• GonGon
• YanYan
• Doctor
• Jam
• Jet

Reception

The game received mixed reviews. Audrey Drake of IGN gave the game 7.5/10, praising the gameplay and story, but she criticized Monkey Race for being a "rip-off of Mario with clunky controls", and Monkey Fight for "being a rip-off of Super Smash Bros. with clunky controls". Chris Schilling of Eurogamer gave the game a 4/10. Review aggregator Metacritic gave the game 55/100 based on 57 reviews.

External links

• Super Monkey Ball 3D at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Super Monkey Ball 3D at GameFAQs
• supermonkeyball.com/3ds
• Super Monkey Ball 3D at Nintendo.com