Super Monkey Ball Deluxe arrives on PS2
by Steve Parsons 
{ Mar 18th 2005 at 2:37PM }
Super Monkey Ball Deluxe has come to PS2. So get your monkeys and your balls
ready!
It's a little surprising that this is the first version of Super Monkey Ball to make it onto the PS2, but it is. A
quick check of message boards has thrown up, among the usual juvenile mentality, seemingly genuine complaints about
loading delays on the PS2 version. However, the concensus seems to be that if you've not played versions on other
consoles, you probably won't even notice. There's also been a few comments on the graphics being low-res compared to
the Gamecube and Xbox.
The other genuine complaint is that copies are pretty thin on the ground. Folk who pre-ordered are being told they
can't have their order. So the monkey is out there with his ball. You just have to hunt for him if you really want
him.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
John @ Dec 18th 2005 9:47PM
I think http://mybigball.com/ needs to be mentioned here. Creative advertising at its best.
Kamalot @ Dec 18th 2005 9:47PM
If the screen attached to Joystiq is any indication, the poly count is very low compared to the GameCube version. On GameCube, the Monkey Ball was actually a BALL as in, you know, round. In the screen shot above, it looks like GonGon is in a hollow D20.
dfd @ Dec 18th 2005 9:47PM
The monkey in the bubble has achieved enlightenment.
Lukalicious @ Dec 18th 2005 9:47PM
Kamalot: You see, the jagged edge is what makes it DELUXE!
NeWaVe @ Dec 18th 2005 9:47PM
I had a hard time snaggin a copy of SMB: DX all this week. All the gamestops I went to didn't even know the game existed......of course they still keep yelling at me to preorder it....I enede up finding ample supply in a small Import game shop....