Topic: Super Monkey Ball / Super Monkey Ball 2

[biffsmash]

Hi,
I'm new to the forum and new to owning a Gamecube as of today, so please forgive me if this is a stupid question etc

I really like the look of super monkey ball, as I bought the GC to play some pure FUN games.

Question is:  Is it worth me buying both Super Monkey Ball 1 and 2, or is SMB2 all i should really buy.

Don't want to buy both if everything from SMB1 is included in SMB2

Cheers

biff

[monk72]

I bought  SMB2 for $20, and was shipped free.  I did not like it and sold it for $38 on ebay.
Too many "chance" levels that took the whole gameplay away and made it pure luck if you made it through.  Disappointing and not fun.

Then I bought SMB1 for the levels that you are in control of.  Still hard but challenging, not stupid like I thought lots of the SMB2 levles were.
I love SMB1, it looks identical, controls the same, and the levels are really cool, unlike SMB2.\

1 disadvantage is SMB1 did not have the mini games as fine tuned (like monkey target and race), but it still has enough to keep you busy.
If you want Monkey ball for the minigames/party games go with 1 and 2, if mostly for the marblemadness levels defintly SMB1

[biffsmash]

Cool, Thanks for your reply
I think from your advice i'll go for both.  SMB2 mainly for the party games

Cheers
biff

[monk72]

I bought both 1 and 2 from bestbuy.com for $20 each and free shipping.  Check there for the best prices and quick shipping (3-4 days).
I found those deals using the "amazing deals" thread on this forum...check it often for deals on many many many many great games that you missed out on by waiting on your GC purchase.

[Uncle Rich AiAi]

SMB1: the main game is better.

SMB2: the party games are better, especially target & bowling.  Some of the 6 new party games are bad, like boat.  arggghhhhh. The main game is not as good as the original.

[Nibby]

I like them both.  The single player are very different, the first one is primarily just mazes and such, while the second one has lots of switches.  I liked the first one better.  Second has better multiplayer though.