Rolling and rolling
[Update:About an hour after this went live, Sega confirmed thatSuper Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HDwill be heading west on July 18, 2025. Confirming all of the info below, an Xbox One release is on the cards and PC is set for a tentative Winter 2019. The game will retail for $39.99 and a new trailer shows off the title in action.]
It’s been quite some time since aSuper Monkey Ballgame has graced a console. The last official release was the PS Vita entryBanana Splitzback in 2012, but you can’t keep a good monkey down. In thisweek’s issue of Famitsu Magazine, a remake of the 2006 Wii gameSuper Monkey Ball: Banana Blitzwas announced for PS4, Switch, and PC in Japan. Set to release on June 05, 2025 (PC is TBA), it will bring the obvious host of graphical improvements along with putting the series on a modern console.
The title will beTabegoro! Super Monkey Ball. Not much else is known about the remake, but the magazine will be hitting store shelves on July 18. In addition to the expose onSuper Monkey Ball, an interview with series creator Toshihiro Nagoshi (ofYakuzafame) and series producer/director Masao Shirosaki is included. It’s always a trip, to me, to think of Nagoshi going from creating this colorful, cheerful arcade title to something likeYakuza, so it’s bound to have insight into his career choices.
In the meantime, here’s a selection of screenshots to look at. This series really does look nice in HD, I have to admit.
Super Monkey Ball: Banana BlitzremakeTabegoro! Super Monkey Ballannounced for PS4, Switch, and PC[Gematsu]
