Super Monkey Ball
Super Monkey Ball U.S. Release Date: November 18, 2001 The GameCube Archives Score: 8.0/10 After I bought my GameCube and a copy of Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader , I was flat broke, living off of wheat bread and large cups of water (you can trick your stomach into thinking it is full!)in my dingy college apartment. That's what friends are for, though. During that time, around the point I 100%'d Rogue Squadron II , Jon, my jolly giant of a friend, called me one afternoon and said he had a surprise for me. He showed up with a Gamestop bag...containing Super Monkey Ball . The first Sega game for a Nintendo console...and also the first Nintendo game sponsored by Dole Bananas? Super Monkey Ball was a budget title, though still a generous gift from a friend with no more resources than I had. According to a recent EDGE interview with Monkey Ball game director, Toshihiro Nagoshi, he wanted to prove he come make a fun game " with minimum resource, minimum