What is Super Monkey Ball?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox video game |title = Super Monkey Ball |developer = [[Amusement Vision]] |publisher = [[Sega]] |released = '''Arcade'''{{vgrelease|JP|January 2, 2001|}}<ref name=MB_AH>[http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=monkey-ball&page=detail&id=4077 ''Monkey Ball''] in [http://www.arcade-history.com/ ''Arcade History'']</ref><br />'''GameCube'''{{vgrelease|JP|September 14, 2001|NA|November 18, 2001|PAL|May 3, 2002}}'''N-Gage'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/ngage/data/918289.html |title=N-Gage Release dates |publisher=GameFAQs |accessdate=2008-02-12}}</ref>{{vgrelease|JP|October 6, 2003|}}'''iOS'''{{vgrelease|WW|{{start date|2008|9|27}}}} |genre = [[Platform game|Platform]], [[Party game#Party video games|Party]] |modes = [[Single-player]], [[multiplayer video game|multiplayer]] |series = ''[[Super Monkey Ball (series)|Super Monkey Ball]]'' |platforms = [[Arcade game|Arcade]]<br>[[Nintendo GameCube]]<br>[[N-Gage (device)|N-Gage]]<br>[[IOS (Apple)|iOS]]<br>[[Windows Phone]] }} '''''Super Monkey Ball''''' is a [[platform game|platform]] [[video game]]. It was developed by Amusement Vision and published by [[Sega]]. It was first released in [[Japan]] in January 2001 as an [[arcade game]] titled ''Monkey Ball''. It had a [[joystick]] in the shape of a [[banana]]. It was later released worldwide as a launch title for the [[Nintendo GameCube]]. Titled ''Super Monkey Ball'', it was released in Japan on September 4, 2001, in [[North America]] on November 18, 2001, and in [[Europe]] on May 3, 2002. ==Gameplay== ''Super Monkey Ball'' has three modes of gameplay: Main game, party games and mini-games. ===Main game=== In the main game, the object is to guide a [[monkey]] in a [[hamster]] ball across a series of platforms in the air and through a goal at the end of the level. Four monkeys are available for the player to play as. Each level is timed; with a level running for either 30 or 60 seconds. The player controls the main game with the GameCube controller's control stick. By moving the