I’ve been to plenty of arcades here in Japan in the past 2 weeks but had not seen Monkey Ball. Even in Akihabara, there was no sign of Monkey Ball anywhere. There’s plenty of Virtua Fighter 4, Tekken 4, Dance Dance Revolution, and everything else. While strolling though Shibuya last night I walked into Club Sega and finally found the Monkey Ball Arcade machine...

The game is just as fun as what I played at Spaceworld, but there’s no multiplayer modes. Yet, the one thing that won’t be included in the GameCube version will be the slick banana controller.

Monkey Ball hits the GameCube in two weeks. Get ready for Monkey Ball madness!