Ign Super Monkey Ball:banana Blitz Review

[War Party]

8.0 Presentation
100 main puzzles and 50 mini-games, all brought together via quick-loading, easily navigated menus.

7.0 Graphics
Crisp, clean, colorful cel-shaded visuals are a natural fit for the franchise. Runs at 60 frames in pro-scan and 16:9 widescreen. Still, the graphics are very simple.

8.0 Sound
There are still the over-baked monkey sound effects, but the music is much improved over previous games. It's very moody.

8.0 Gameplay
Very fun with the Wii remote. Playing the game feels natural after only a few minutes. New jump mechanic is a welcomed addition. Big selection of levels and minis.

8.0 Lasting Appeal
100 main levels -- many of which are incredibly hard to beat. Another 50 mini-games on top. And you'll keep coming back to master shortcuts, too.

8.4 Overall

http://wii.ign.com/articles/746/746040p2.html

[Kipobe]

Sounds about right. It's not like it's an epic adventure game, but it's something enjoyable and made to be a good multiple player game. I'm happy.

[jaydawg]

Lots of Wii titles are getting bad graphic scores, even among the standards of what the wii can do. I wonder when we'll get some RE4 style beauties.

[War Party]

But this game ain't about graphics. Just as long it's servicable, it's ok. But this game is getting a lot of praise and seems to be worth your money.

[TheGrayGhost]

Originally Posted by jaydawg

Lots of Wii titles are getting bad graphic scores, even among the standards of what the wii can do. I wonder when we'll get some RE4 style beauties.

It must be taken into consideration that many of the visuals of Wii games came about by creative decisions, not necessarily because the Wii isn't powerful enough to handle superb visuals. The same issue happened with the IGN review of Wii Sports.

This game, by the way, was on the "must-buy" list.