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SUPER MONKEY BALL BANANA MANIA

Super Monkey is back. The revival began in 2019 with the release of , an update of the Nintendo Wii game. And in October 2021 it will be followed by , a modern remake of , the 2005 compilation that brought together the two classic GameCube games. It’s a great time to be a Monkey Baller. But if truth be told, the series has never really gone away. In the 20 years since the first game debuted, there have only been seven years when there hasn’t been some kind of release, be it on console, handheld or mobile.

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