Comments on: Is Super Monkey Balls on the iPhone any Good?

By: John

John — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:15:09 +0000

Although I have the utmost respect for Chris Pirillo, I have to disagree with his review. In fact, I would go so far as to say that his review is incomplete and completely off in some regards. He obviously hasn’t played it long enough to discover many of the game’s shortcomings. Once you get over the initial glitz, there are some serious problems.

1. Yes, the graphics and framerate are excellent, but the game’s controls are extremely frustrating. The iPhone’s accelerometer offers a unique control scheme, but it’s implementation here is far too sensitive.

2. The game is just too hard. I finally got through the entire first world and was elated. I’m all ready to play the next world! Wrong. You have to collect ALL of the bananas on EVERY level to advance. This is just plain stupid and makes the game way too hard.

3. No save feature! Every time you start the game, you have to start at level 1. Again, very frustrating.

4. Considering how badly Chris plays SMB, it’s amazing how much fun he’s having, but he makes my point for me; the games controls are far too sensitive.

5. How can Chris possibly pass judgement on games he hasn’t played?? How can he know that other games aren’t more rewarding if he hasn’t played them.

So in short, this should be called a preview, not a review. As a review, it is incomplete and does not shed any insight into the depth (and lack of depth) this game offers.

By: nickjuly4

nickjuly4 — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:14:58 +0000

I’ve been playing Super Monkey Ball since the first game for GameCube and the game is simply addicting fun. There are so many unique and interesting stratagies you have to use in the game for each stage in adventure mode.

By: 7egend

7egend — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:53:52 +0000

I think as far as the game goes the control of it is a little hard to master especially when you get it down on one level only to be thrown into another level that is slightly harder.

Graphics and Gameplay though as far as a mobile device are great. I think SEGA has put together a great game for the iPhone, I mean the sales statistics alone prove that it is the most popular game on the AppStore and there is no question why either.

By: ookami

ookami — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:01:29 +0000

I am so jealous, I wanted to try it out so badly. Hopefully I can find a friend that has it. I have the game for gamecube and I love it. It is such a blast. It is definitely not as easy as it looks. It must be much more difficult with the iphone, probably higher chance of panicking. Thanks for the review Chris :-)

By: Justintrumpet21

Justintrumpet21 — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:49:38 +0000

Of course Super Monkey Ball is good. It’s really hard. I like playing it but they could have made it a little easier.

By: Vishal Mistry

Vishal Mistry — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:37:44 +0000

Yeah Chris this game is the best one ever, at least at this point in time for the iPhone, I love this game is the best control for Super Monkey Ball! So this has to be the game for the iPhone!

By: Vishal Mistry

Vishal Mistry — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:35:34 +0000

Hey Chris this has to be the best game for the iPhone. It gives you the best control ever! This has to be the best 10 dollars you’ve ever spent!

By: Adriankenny

Adriankenny — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:32:47 +0000

Neverball for jailbroken iPhones is a little better and its free, can’t wait till 2.0 jailbreak is released then I’ll have App Store and Installer!

By: oblacone

oblacone — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:20:13 +0000

THe monkey ball looks fun! i had it on gamecube it was awesome

By: CPUadvisor

CPUadvisor — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:20:12 +0000

Monkeyball looks so fun on the iphone…but harder

By: hickstan

hickstan — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:12:43 +0000

i don’t have the ten dollars at the moment but this is the first thing I’m buying

By: Mitchell

Mitchell — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:48:39 +0000

For me playing Super Monkey Ball is extremely difficult. Updates should be coming…should, or this will be the worst $10 I’ve ever spent.

By: Pandora, Monkey Balls, and Other Apps » Lisa-Lee.Com

Pandora, Monkey Balls, and Other Apps » Lisa-Lee.Com — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:46:27 +0000

[...] any other game for your iphone or Touch, purchase this one! You won’t be sorry. Chris Pirillo gave it a favorable review and his stamp of approval. [...]

By: Steppenwolf

Steppenwolf — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:06:36 +0000

I found the game both fun and well-designed. It was definitely worth the small fee of $10!!! It was great to see this game come to the App Store. I had been a fan of this game for awhile and was very excited when I saw that it was going to be available through Apple’s 2.0 update.

Ian

PS: Nice job on the name Kat :D

By: hkdkat

hkdkat — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:35:21 +0000

So far I’m loving it!! Great fun!