Super Monkey Ball remaster adds another familiar character to the game

20 August 2021

The remaster of Super Monkey Ball is edging closer and closer, and SEGA keeps surprising us with exciting announcements. Recently, another character, along with Sonic and Tails, has been added to the roster of playable characters.

Kazuma Kiryu, the main protagonist from Yakuza, will be joining the fray as a brand-new playable character. Along with the main cast of monkey characters, users can now play as Sonic, Tails, and now Kiryu.

The Yakuza hero will be all dressed up in his signature grey suit, maroon shirt, unchanging furrowed brows, and pointy hairdo. The inclusion of this character is a welcome surprise for many fans of both Super Monkey Ball and Yakuza, and of course gives players even more choice when it comes to characters.

Kiryu will be joining the multitude of playable characters once the game releases, and the trailer shows him to be collecting not bananas, but bottles (or so we think). Each set of characters seems to be getting their own collectables, which makes the game even more fun for players.

Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania will be available in October this year (2021), with a multitude of new levels and in stunning HD quality.

Roll your way through the hundreds of stages as one of the monkeys, Sonic the Hedgehog, Tails, or Kiryu, collecting bananas (golden rings or bottles) as you edge closer and closer to Dr. Bad Boon, the game’s villain.

Each level varies in both difficulty and design, as you and your chosen character will have to tread lightly, or speed through stages in order to make it to the goal at the end.

Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania boasts fun and exciting gameplay and, of course, the wide selection of characters. The game originally came out in 2001, 20 years ago; the remastered version will surely be beloved by long-time fans as they will be able to feel nostalgia and excitement for all the new features, levels and characters!

There are more levels than before, more characters to play as, and more content to enjoy, all with updated graphics and in amazing HD.

With the release date still a short time away, we can only wonder if and when SEGA will unveil other characters, and if so, who will they be?

Kiryu will be free and unlockable from the game’s release on Nintendo Switch, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam for £34.99 (console) and £24.99 (PC) on October 5th, 2021: the game is available to pre-order now!

Written by Melissa, who you can follow on Twitter @melissajournal