Underplayed Gems

Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll (2010)

Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll cover
Developer
Sega Corporation
Platforms
Wii
Genres
Platform, Puzzle
Rating
3.6 of 5, 2 player ratings

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How it feels

Roll a monkey-in-a-ball through increasingly tricky courses with a mix of solo challenges and chaotic multiplayer minigames.

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About

Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll, like the previous Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz, is a fun ball-rolling design with a nice stack of challenges and a hit-or-miss pile of mini-games. There are some neat inclusions like the Super Mario Galaxy-like co-op mode where other players can shoot obstacles out of the players’ way. The added balance board support wasn’t that much of a selling point for me – on paper it sounds like a match made in heaven but in practice it’s just a great big load of frustration. Skip the balance board support and you’ll have a good time.

Screenshots

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