

Most players will find the game just challenging enough to be fun, in between the boss battles at the end of each world. The level design outside of the boss battles is actually pretty great. The boss battle levels are frequently small stages where something inevitably bounces players off. The boss battles really hurt the game's overall flow, and they don't really add anything fun or challenging. Adding boss battles at the end of levels as well as platforming elements with jumping. The pace of play in the Super Monkey Ball franchise is something that players have always appreciated, and Banana Blitz HD, as well as its Wii original, changed the formula. Not so boss The boss battles in Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD are not so fun. The title screen's ska-inspired theme song will get stuck in your head in a good way.ĭis Song Tho #NintendoSwitch /FN0WObrAwS The music team over at Sega did a bang up job with all the tunes in the game. The game also features an incredibly solid soundtrack, which has been a constant throughout the history of the franchise. The art style remains as charming and cute as it has always been, and that is one of the highlights of this HD remake. It is apparent that the design team spent time creating updated textures from the 2006 release. That is an undeniable fact about the game, but there are some issues with the game beneath the surface. Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD is probably the best the series has ever looked graphically.

Fresh coat of paint The graphics are pretty solid in this HD remake of Banana Blitz.

While it featured the new and slightly charming motion controls that were pretty neat in 2006, the game has been redone in HD for Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PS4, and Steam. Following up on the success of Super Monkey Ball and Super Monkey Ball 2, Sega released Banana Blitz for the Nintendo Wii as a launch title. Super Monkey Ball is a classic franchise that truly shined its brightest on the Nintendo GameCube.
