Super Monkey Ball Assventure
 

SMB3 was confirmed a while back but without much details. So it seems that the 3rd entry in the series going to be more of a platform/adventure game with puzzle bits still incorporated into the levels. Also, the number of minigames have been drastically cut down in an effort to make a few solid minigames as opposed to a few solid ones along other less memorable ones.

I'm not sure how I feel about change from puzzle to adventure. With exploration and enemies now thrown in the mix, the puzzle bits could become annoying. I'm still keeping my hopes up though that this won't go down the same path of Sonic.

http://cube.ign.com/articles/693/693748p1.html

From the screenshots, there seems to be an adventure mode and a classic mode where you just go through levels. If they can develop both modes properly, then I'm stoked.

I'm going over to KLOW now to see if the veterans are hate hating on the news like I predict.

I hope it does well. I really liked SMB 1 and loved 2. I can only hope it does well...

But as for having 2 GOOD modes, I don't think so. I don't think they can pull that off. I hope there's some new fun Minigames in it though.

OMFG I missed the part that said Travellers Tales is doing this. Please don't mess up the physics engine please.

Eh? What do you mean?

Having a good Adventure Mode and a good Classic Mode. I don't think they can get both of them right.

There's no way in hell this is 'sort of' like Super Monkey Ball 3, it's not even by AV, and this game looks absolutely fucking horrible. First they dilute the franchise with the massive flop that was Super Monkey Ball DX, then they SOMEHOW mess up the DS version, now this

http://cubemedia.ign.com/cube/image/...6021125845.jpg

Sega are the absolute worst publisher on earth, a sick group of people who love to grab the hearts of gamers then twist them around. Where's the Super Monkey Ball 3 everyone was asking for in 2002? It's an easy 500k sales! This game however is a candidate for biggest flop of all time.

What are Amusement Vision working on right now anyway?

They probably fired everyone at Amusement Vision for making good games.

Those screenshots look real cool , its almost like a gen game

You better be joking....

Considering the time I've spend splaying Marble Blast Ultra on Xbox Live Arcade, I wouldn't mind a more Marble Blast-y approach. This, however, looks like.. I dunno, Hello Kitty Roller Rescue or something.
If they just had made a good game upon Monkey Ball DS, I would have been happy...

they probably screw up monkey flight mini game again ;___;
All they need to do is take SMB1 and just make a bunch of new levels the kthxbye.

Almost. They put them under the same roof as Smilebit as an R&D team.

...Makes you wonder if they're working on Dreamcast 2.

A gen game? .. Genesis game? I mean, I dunno, Genesis games usually had lots of bright happy colours. This game is like a big puddle of vomit.

http://cubemedia.ign.com/cube/image/...6111434209.jpg

I don't even know what's really going on in the right hand side, is that meant to be.. a .. distant... background? Wrapped around ... a wall? But hey it might turn out pretty fun, who knows. I do!

That's depressing. =(