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Super Monkey Ball Adventure is a video game in the Super Monkey Ball series. SMBA is a departure from the series in the sense that the puzzle-based gameplay is replaced by a more traditional 3d platform game world. Traveller's Tales has retained some of the mini-games, however, and integrated the features into the gameplay. Some new mini-games are also integrated into the adventure world. Unfortunately, it has been plagued with extremely poor reviews. * * Nevertheless, many devoted fans of the series have grown to have a liking to the game.
Gameplay There are 50 new puzzle levels in SMBA, to complement the adventure gameplay. You will also be able to use special monkey balls with abilities that include sticking to walls, hovering for short distances, floating on water, or even turning invisible. There are five main stages, or "Monkey Kingdoms", through which the players will progress. The goal of the game will be to unite the feuding monkey kingdoms. Plot According to this source *, a summary of the storyline is as follows: "It's a tale of forbidden monkey love. Two monkeys have fallen in love but their royal families are not on the best of terms and are keeping the two love monkeys apart. The resulting bad mojo has cast a dark cloud over the monkey world and it's your job to bring light and happiness back, and find a way to unite the star-crossed monkey lovers." Stages In the Story Mode there are 5 worlds: Jungle Island, Moonhaven, Zootopia, Monkitropolis and Kongri-la. There are also classic puzzle stages found within each of the 5 worlds. Game Modes Story Mode - You will follow the normal story and complete quests for the monkeys around the Monkey Ball World. Challenge Mode - You will re-visit puzzle stages you've unlocked in the game and compete for high-scores (possibly to win bananas that can be used to unlock new stuff). Party Mode - You can play one of 6 available mini-games, complete with multi-player support. Over 20 characters are playable in party mode. Party Games The old, returning minigames with revamped features that are included in this game are Monkey Target, Monkey Fight, and Monkey Race. New minigames that will be included are called Tag, Bounce, and Cannon. The three new mini-games are, however, not featured in the PSP version of the game . Instead, a PSP Exclusive minigame called, Monkey Trumps, a network game involving collectable cards, is featured. Ball Abilities The list of confirmed ball abilities, or transformations, is as follows: Trivia Game Features PSP Exclusive Features | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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