[Wii] Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz

I can't believe a thread hasn't been made about this game yet! It looks, quite simply, AMAZING. Here's a quote from IGN's new preview of the game:

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Banana Blitz features 50 mini-games, including such favorites as Monkey Target -- a mini that by itself is enough to make us want the title. However, this is a series that has largely been about the spectacular single-player puzzle stages and it is here that, without a doubt, Banana Blitz does not disappoint. At the end of our two hours with the game, we didn't want to stop, and we nearly ran out of tape because we kept recording ourselves going through levels again and again as we tried for the best shortcuts. Monkey Ball fans are going to eat this title up and keep coming back for the mini-games. We see absolutely no reason at this stage why Banana Blitz shouldn't be on everybody's must-buy list when Wii launches this November.

So, yeah. I want it. Bad. And you should want it too.

Discuss.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by CHz

I'm wary of how Banana Blitz will turn out, since the most important part of the games are the controls, and bad things happen when they're not perfect; cf. Super Monkey Ball Deluxe for the Xbox. If the controls are handled well, the game could be a natural fit for the Wii, although it might get tiring after a while trying to balance the remote perfectly. Then again, it could also turn out be a disgusting, unresponsive mess.

According to IGN (sorry for using them again, they're the only real source at the moment), it controls like a dream. It obviously takes a few minutes to get used to it, but Mr. Cassamassina couldn't put it down once he did a few levels. I guess that means something. :biggrin:
At least I HOPE!

There's nowhere I can't reach.