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New Super Monkey Ball? - Monkey Ball Adventures (PS2)

sonic4ever said:
Which fan base are you talking about? Sega fan base, or the Nintendo fan base that wants to keep thier dying system alive. If a perosn is fan of Moneky ball, then they woukld buy this game on another system, and who doens't own a PS2 at this point? Nintendo fan are such whinner, when people don't support Nintendo. In the past Sega listened to fan, but these fans are never happy. Sega should now do what ever they want.
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Did you even bother to look at the numbers posted? THAT fanbase.
 
sonic4ever said:
Which fan base are you talking about? Sega fan base, or the Nintendo fan base that wants to keep thier dying system alive. If a perosn is fan of Moneky ball, then they woukld buy this game on another system, and who doens't own a PS2 at this point? Nintendo fan are such whinner, when people don't support Nintendo. In the past Sega listened to fan, but these fans are never happy. Sega should now do what ever they want.
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I don't have one, but besides that, Monkey Ball is completely unplayable with PS2's controller. Please try Master 19 on PlayStation 2. Try it 5 hours, try it 6 hours, you won't get to the end ;). Now boot the GameCube version. It's about skill, as controls are not a problem, but extremly precise. It's hard, but it's not impossible. Monkey Ball is by far best suited to GameCube.
 
I highly doubt the worlds/stages in this game will be as demanding as proper Monkey Ball levels, controls probably won't be that much of an issue.

I also don't think you will be tilting the level, probably just pushing in the direction you want to move. If so, the physics would be simpler and the controls wouldn't need to be as sensitive.
 
sonic4ever said:
Which fan base are you talking about? Sega fan base, or the Nintendo fan base that wants to keep thier dying system alive. If a perosn is fan of Moneky ball, then they woukld buy this game on another system, and who doens't own a PS2 at this point? Nintendo fan are such whinner, when people don't support Nintendo. In the past Sega listened to fan, but these fans are never happy. Sega should now do what ever they want.
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How many times do the Monkey Ball sales need to be posted? You could get both Monkey Ball games bundled into one DVD on PS2 and XBox, and it still sold about 1/10 as much as either of the single-packed games on Cube.
 
AdmiralViscen said:
How many times do the Monkey Ball sales need to be posted? You could get both Monkey Ball games bundled into one DVD on PS2 and XBox, and it still sold about 1/10 as much as either of the single-packed games on Cube.
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Although I agree the games have sold way better on GC and new ones should be on there as well as PS2 (which they probably will be), to be fair the games released on PS2 and Xbox were released way after the initial releases so it's hard to tell how many people already had played the games on GC.
 
GitarooMan said:
to be fair the games released on PS2 and Xbox were released way after the initial releases so it's hard to tell how many people already had played the games on GC.
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Judging by HW sales, not that many.
 
Yoshi said:
I don't have one, but besides that, Monkey Ball is completely unplayable with PS2's controller. Please try Master 19 on PlayStation 2. Try it 5 hours, try it 6 hours, you won't get to the end ;). Now boot the GameCube version. It's about skill, as controls are not a problem, but extremly precise. It's hard, but it's not impossible. Monkey Ball is by far best suited to GameCube.
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aha - you dont have a ps2, but played super monkey ball deluxe on a ps2? come on, try harder next time.
 
ram said:
aha - you dont have a ps2, but played super monkey ball deluxe on a ps2? come on, try harder next time.
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He could've played it in a store? Played it in a friend's house? He could've owned a PS2 but sold it? There are a dozen possibilities before assuming he's just lying.

Troll harder next time.
 
I own a PS2 and Xbox aswell of course, the reason I would want Monkey Ball games on the GC is because of the completely insanely better GC controller, aka its analog stick. People who have both played the SMBs on GC and the SMB version released for PS2 and Xbox KNOW what I'm talking about.
 
sonic4ever said:
In the past Sega listened to fan, but these fans are never happy. Sega should now do what ever they want.
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WRONG

If they listened to their fans, they wouldn't have put all those games on the Xbox, were they sold like trash.

If they listened to their fans, Sonic wouldn't suck hard ass right now.

If they listened to their fans, there wouldn't be cheating on PSO!
 
ram said:
aha - you dont have a ps2, but played super monkey ball deluxe on a ps2? come on, try harder next time.
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Unlike you, I guess, I have friends and cousins...
 
littlewig said:
If they listened to their fans, there wouldn't be cheating on PSO!
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For PSO, isn't the reason because of hardly any users for the GC online thing?
 
sonic4ever said:
Outrun 2006 is not headed to Gamecube. Thier might be an x-box verison, but that is it. Heck even EA seems to be stopping Gamecube support. on thier MOH game that coming out in the summer they list every system but Gamecube.
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I said "viable" platfroms... Outrun isn't worth the effort on GameCube. SEGA's still got plenty of GC releases coming though, new Monkey Ball included. Which makes sense given that GC is where Monkey Ball primary audience is.
 
GitarooMan said:
Although I agree the games have sold way better on GC and new ones should be on there as well as PS2 (which they probably will be), to be fair the games released on PS2 and Xbox were released way after the initial releases so it's hard to tell how many people already had played the games on GC.
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There were a whole bunch of new levels in DX, and besides that, even now, the GC versions still sell better.

I swear, it's like all the people in this thread getting all angry and defensive against people wondering why it isn't on the GC just decided to forget that DX ever existed.
 
mj1108 said:
What "fans" requested this and can you point them out to us so we can slap some sense into them?
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Here's a quote from Naka

I’ve recently been getting a lot of request from the kids where they say ‘hey, I want to play a Sonic game where I can shoot guns and things’, so I decided to let Shadow do it.
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Those pesky kids!
 
Sho Nuff said:
This thread makes me think, "Jesus christ, there are people nowadays who ONLY OWN A GAMECUBE!?"
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This is a valid point, but in my case, if I've bought two games in a series on one platform, I'd be happy to continue buying that series on the same platform. Perhaps there's no real need for me to do so, but it's a lot easier to organise on my game shelves ;)
 
I'd much rather have Super Monkey Ball 3 (and yes Gamecube controls > Xbox and especially PS2 by a fucking mile for this series) but I won't write this off until I see some solid details and some footage.
 
Link said:
I swear, it's like all the people in this thread getting all angry and defensive against people wondering why it isn't on the GC just decided to forget that DX ever existed.
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Dude, first of all it's probably going to be on the GC. Second of all, I don't see how I was angry or defensive. All I was saying is that the disparity wouldn't likely be as great if SMB had released on the platforms at the same time. GC would still be on top, but it would probably be more like the distribution that you see with the Sonic games. And I'm not sure the extra levels matter that much, because I'm sure there were plenty of people (like me) who bought the first two SMB games and didn't want to spend 20-30 bucks for some extra levels. It's funny because you're the one being defensive.
 
I'm affraid this title is gonna suck. I adore the gameplay of the first Super Monkey Ball, but part 2 and Deluxe kinda already felt like they had to be made. And now we get some 9th rate developer that's gonna fuck around with our game... Sega must have lost faith in the series, otherwise it wouldn't let it develop at Traveler's Tales. A lot of other franchises have been killed at TT, who still knows Crash Bandicoot?

Darn, darn, darn, why Sega, why?
 
jooey said:
it's an ADVENTURE.
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That was my point. o.O Why turn something so simple like SMB into an adventure?

Oh and I can read just fine, I don't need you to help out by making your writting nice and big. :)
 
Monkey Ball on Revolution (you know its coming) will own any previous Monkey Ball game, so I wouldn't lose sleep over the quality of this spin-off.
 
littlewig said:
WRONG

If they listened to their fans, they wouldn't have put all those games on the Xbox, were they sold like trash.

If they listened to their fans, Sonic wouldn't suck hard ass right now.

If they listened to their fans, there wouldn't be cheating on PSO!
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Actually Sega fans have never said they didn't like the games being put on x-box. The one that have been screaming about this are NINTENDO fans.

ALL the NINTENDO fans say look at the numbers, well Sonic sold well. So Sonic most not suck. ;) actually they did make Sonic Rush, which is a great Sonic game.

As for the cheating on PSO they have been trying to stop it. They just haven't succeeded.

We have these Fans saying Sega make Streets of Rage, make this, and if they did it would bomb ,and the same people who were crying for it wouldn't buy it, or it wouldn't be on the right system for certain fans.
 
sonic4ever said:
Actually Sega fans have never said they didn't like the games being put on x-box. The one that have been screaming about this are NINTENDO fans.

ALL the NINTENDO fans say look at the numbers, well Sonic sold well. So Sonic most not suck. ;) actually they did make Sonic Rush, which is a great Sonic game.

As for the cheating on PSO they have been trying to stop it. They just haven't succeeded.

We have these Fans saying Sega make Streets of Rage, make this, and if they did it would bomb ,and the same people who were crying for it wouldn't buy it, or it wouldn't be on the right system for certain fans.
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The numbers should dictate which platform gets the sequel to a title, but it's SEGA we're talking about. Their decisions aren't supposed to make sense or be objectively good decisions.

I can't believe you're trying to argue that the PS2 is the best platform on which to release a Super Monkey Ball title.
 
jarrod said:
I said "viable" platfroms... Outrun isn't worth the effort on GameCube. SEGA's still got plenty of GC releases coming though, new Monkey Ball included. Which makes sense given that GC is where Monkey Ball primary audience is.
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Not trying to be rude or anything, jarrod.
But could you give me a list what Sega has coming out on GC, PS2, and X-box? I haven't seen anything new for either GC or X-box, Besides Sonic Riders. I heard about Outrun 2006 coming to X-box but it hasb't been confirmed yet. It seems most the games being released are for PS2. I would really like to know what Sega is making. It seems the magazines don't have as much Sega coverage as they once did.
 
This thread should be renamed to the Official Hater's Ball, in tribute to the Dave Chappelle SHow.

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olimario said:
The numbers should dictate which platform gets the sequel to a title, but it's SEGA we're talking about. Their decisions aren't supposed to make sense or be objectively good decisions.

I can't believe you're trying to argue that the PS2 is the best platform on which to release a Super Monkey Ball title.
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I am not saying it is the BEST platform for the game, just being relaistic. Seaga may or may not support the gamecube as much as they have in the past. Then again they may. If you go by Numbers yes the game should go to Gamecube.

I just think all the gamecube people saying the Gamecube is the only verison to own are overeaticng becuase they say that about every game. the Gamecube controller is ok, but it not better then either the x-box or PS2 controller. I have all the systems. The best thing about the gamecube is that alot of it's software is cheap or bring marked down. So a perosn can get alot of the games quickly. Thier nothing like buying Metriod prime1 and Metroid Prime2 :Echo for $10 dollars each.
 
GameCube is basically a dead platform though ... there's likely a Revolution Monkey Ball title being worked on right now by AV, so I really don't know why you're getting worked up there olimario.

I found the Monkey Ball games to be OK, but never really got into them. I found myself wanting to tilt the controller rather than use the analog stick, you can bet a Rev version will control just like that.
 
sonic4ever said:
I am not saying it is the BEST platform for the game, just being relaistic. Seaga may or may not support the gamecube as much as they have in the past. Then again they may. If you go by Numbers yes the game should go to Gamecube.

I just think all the gamecube people saying the Gamecube is the only verison to own are overeaticng becuase they say that about every game. the Gamecube controller is ok, but it not better then either the x-box or PS2 controller. I have all the systems. The best thing about the gamecube is that alot of it's software is cheap or bring marked down. So a perosn can get alot of the games quickly. Thier nothing like buying Metriod prime1 and Metroid Prime2 :Echo for $10 dollars each.
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Nobody would argue that the GameCube controller is the best for a fighting game or a first person shooter, but it's absolutely the best for Super Monkey Ball.

GameCube is basically a dead platform though ... there's likely a Revolution Monkey Ball title being worked on right now by AV, so I really don't know why you're getting worked up there olimario.
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A dead platform that sold more units than the 360 in December and gave Mario Party 7 some pretty nice numbers.
 
olimario said:
Nobody would argue that the GameCube controller is the best for a fighting game or a first person shooter, but it's absolutely the best for Super Monkey Ball.



A dead platform that sold more units than the 360 in December and gave Mario Party 7 some pretty nice numbers.
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Wrong. Revolution controller is far better than any controller for Monkey Ball.

If Sega AV was making a Monkey Ball game for any Nintendo platform to come out in 2006, they'd have to be completely brain dead to make it for GameCube instead of a Revolution launch title.
 
What makes Gamecube a dead system, but not the PS2?

Some of the arguements presented in this thread claiming that the GC is dead can be applied to the PS2...
 
The Experiment said:
Can Sega actually do anything right? First, they fuck the Crazy Taxi franchise over, now looks like the same will happen with Monkey Ball.
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This bares repeating. They've fucked over sure-fire "it'll have a million sequels, just watch" possible franchises before, and they can do it again.

I'm also seriously non-plussed over Traveler's Tales.
 
soundwave05 said:
Wrong. Revolution controller is far better than any controller for Monkey Ball.

If Sega AV was making a Monkey Ball game for any Nintendo platform to come out in 2006, they'd have to be completely brain dead to make it for GameCube instead of a Revolution launch title.
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The Revolution isn't out and this new Monkey Ball title isn't coming to either Nintendo platform. That is the problem here.
 
olimario said:
The Revolution isn't out and this new Monkey Ball title isn't coming to either Nintendo platform. That is the problem here.
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How many times in this thread does it have to be said that we don't whether the new Monkey Ball game is coming to GC, it actually is probably likely.
 
sonic4ever said:
Not trying to be rude or anything, jarrod.
But could you give me a list what Sega has coming out on GC, PS2, and X-box? I haven't seen anything new for either GC or X-box, Besides Sonic Riders. I heard about Outrun 2006 coming to X-box but it hasb't been confirmed yet. It seems most the games being released are for PS2. I would really like to know what Sega is making. It seems the magazines don't have as much Sega coverage as they once did.
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Well so far it's just Riders being multi. Outrun 2006 has been confirmed for Xbox though already, not rumored. And I have little doubt Monkey Ball Adventures is headed to GC/Xbox as well... Naka singled out GameCube as still being a viable platform late last year and he heads all of SEGA's consumer R&D. Expect more current gen stuff at E3, but right now I think 2006 is going to look like...

PlayStation 2
-Eastside Hockey Manager 2
-Guilty Gear X2 Slash
-Outrun 2006: Coast-2Coast
-Phantasy Star Universe
-Ryu ga Gotoku (retitled)
-Seaman 2
-SEGA Classics Collection 2
-SEGA Rally 2006
-Sonic Riders
-Super Monkey Ball Adventures
-Taito Legends 2

GameCube
-Sonic Riders
-Super Monkey Ball Adventures

Xbox
-Outrun 2006: Coast-2Coast
-Sonic Riders
-Super Monkey Ball Adventures
-Taito Legends 2

Game Boy Advance
-The Tower SP
 
soundwave05 said:
If Sega AV was making a Monkey Ball game for any Nintendo platform to come out in 2006, they'd have to be completely brain dead to make it for GameCube instead of a Revolution launch title.
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Well, Nagoshi's team has only ever developed Monkey Ball on SEGA or Nintendo hardware themselves. That bodes well for Monkey Ball Revolution I think...
 
AV is not making this game, so it'll probably be a Judgment Six-type spinoff, maybe kind of extreme sports adventure stuff (as the DS2 is horrible for everything but that kind of game) :-P It's better off not coming to the Cube.

On the other hand, and more importantly, I really hope AV can make a game for the revolution controller that's as precise as SMB, F-zero or Daytona :-D Whatever that game will be, it will be the best game ever.
 
jarrod said:
Well so far it's just Riders being multi. Outrun 2006 has been confirmed for Xbox though already, not rumored. And I have little doubt Monkey Ball Adventures is headed to GC/Xbox as well... Naka singled out GameCube as still being a viable platform late last year and he heads all of SEGA's consumer R&D. Expect more current gen stuff at E3, but right now I think 2006 is going to look like...

PlayStation 2
-Eastside Hockey Manager 2
-Guilty Gear X2 Slash
-Outrun 2006: Coast-2Coast
-Phantasy Star Universe
-Ryu ga Gotoku (retitled)
-Seaman 2
-SEGA Classics Collection 2
-SEGA Rally 2006
-Sonic Riders
-Super Monkey Ball Adventures
-Taito Legends 2

GameCube
-Sonic Riders
-Super Monkey Ball Adventures

Xbox
-Outrun 2006: Coast-2Coast
-Sonic Riders
-Super Monkey Ball Adventures
-Taito Legends 2

Game Boy Advance
-The Tower SP
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are they Really going to bring out a Sega Classic collection 2 ??!! WOW, maybe i cna get to play the ps2 ports of virtua fighters2, fighting vipers and Seag Rally, and maybe they will put Phanatasy Star 1 and 2 in the colleciton.!
 
sonic4ever said:
are they Really going to bring out a Sega Classic collection 2 ??!! WOW, maybe i cna get to play the ps2 ports of virtua fighters2, fighting vipers and Seag Rally, and maybe they will put Phanatasy Star 1 and 2 in the colleciton.!
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It's not confirmed, just my intuition. Taito Legends 2 already got the greenlight though, so I don't see why not... I do think Phantasy Star Collection has bit the dust though, I doubt we'll ever see those remakes in english.
 
This better not fuck up Lego Star Wars 2's development!

As for MBA, I'll reserve comment until there's something more substantial to critique
 
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