Super Monkey Ball 3D rolls past 3DS launch date in Japan

by JC Fletcher on Jan 11th 2011 7:40PM

Super Monkey Ball 3D won't arrive in time for the 3DS launch in Japan on February 26, but it will only miss that Monkey Target narrowly. Sega announced today that the three-dimensional ape tumbler will be released in Japan on March 3. You can see a few new screens, including the GonGon portrait above, on Famitsu.

Also on Famitsu are new screenshots of Tobidasu! Puzzle Bobble 3D, which feature some really nice 2D art, and a few new screens of Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition. We've posted the box art after the break, so you can get a nice look at the crazy backwards design.

Source: Famitsu - Super Monkey Ball 3D, Famitsu - Puzzle Bobble, Famitsu - Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition

Tags: 3ds, ds, japan, nintendo, q1-2011, release-date, super-monkey-ball-3d, super-street-fighter-iv-3d-edition, tobidasu-puzzle-bobble-3d

Reader Comments (15)

Oh, because there's SOOO much fine-tuning that needs to be done for a Super Monkey Ball title.

@I am a machineee

Hey, I don't mind. I like my balls' handling to be just right.

@bigwhiteyeti
He was kidding. Super Monkey Ball is not none for its ground breaking innovative controls with each new release. It's bascially more of the same stuffed with different levels.

@JIAGPOS*WHOOSH*

@JIAGPOS

You're kidding, right? The series is all about new controls with every release. Here's a partial breakdown:

Monkey Ball (Arcade) - banana tilt control
Super Monkey Ball - analog joystick
Super Monkey Ball Jr. - digital control
Touch & Roll - touch screen
Banana Blitz - Wiimote accelerometer and IR
Step & Roll - Wii Balance Board
Monkey Ball 3D - circle pad and accelerometer

...nevermind the old cell phone and iPhone games, which I don't remember off the top of my head.

I noticed that SSFIV has no 'Nintendo Wi-fi Connection" logo, despite that fact that online has been confirmed.

Does this mean we are going to see a new online system? NWFC gone for good?!?

@commenter7
probably down to lag, it's bad enough on PS360, let alone the Wii, handhelds would likly be worse off

I'm really hoping America's later release date leads to at least a few more games; Street Fighter 4 is good and all but I need me some Resident Evil (probably) and Ocarina (hopefully)

@Dopple Boppler
The real Resident Evil game definitely won't be done in time for the US release, but this is good news - it takes more than a few months to do a full RE game.

I think the thrown-together Mercenaries game they're porting to the system has a decent chance of being ready though. (imo mercenaries was pretty boring when it was a bonus mode in RE4:Wii, they think i'm paying for it now? yeah, no)