AIAI AND FRIENDS ROLL ONTO THE NINTENDO 3DS!
SEGA announces Super Monkey Ball series in the third dimension
SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON (September 29, 2010) – SEGA® of America, Inc. and SEGA® Europe Ltd. today announced that the legendary Super Monkey Ball series has evolved and is coming exclusively to the Nintendo 3DS™ in 2011. Developed by SEGA Studio Japan, Super Monkey Ball™ for Nintendo 3DS™* offers a whole new level of interactivity and fun, whilst completely immersing you in the world of your favorite monkeys – AiAi, MeeMee, GonGon and Baby – as they truly come alive in front of your eyes.
“The moment I saw the features of the Nintendo 3DS, I could not help thinking how perfectly Super Monkey Ball would work on this new hardware. I could quickly picture myself holding the Nintendo 3DS using the motion sensor and playing Super Monkey Ball” commented Toshiro Nagoshi, creator and developer of the Super Monkey Ball franchise. “The simple gameplay allows players to enjoy the 3D graphics to the fullest and now that we have brought this vision to life…bingo! We have our all-time favorite Super Monkey Ball experience with the new excitement of the Nintendo 3DS!”
– 3D visuals
– More direct control approach
– Uses the slide pad and motion sensor
– Main mode of play
– Monkey Race and Monkey Flight wireless modes
– These modes are powered up versions of past modes
– Spring 2011 release for all territories
We’ve seen Wii Remote Plus before, but only on a very small image of the Fling Smash boxart. Now we finally have a higher-quality image of the product.
This information comes directly from Nintendo’s conference…
“Similar to Wii, Nintendo 3DS will have a Virtual Console function to purchase classic software. We are planning to start by making software for Game Boy and Game Boy Color available.” – Satoru Iwata
As you can see, there’s absolutely no mention of Game Boy Advance titles. I suppose it was incorrectly reported and spread like wildfire on the Internet. Still, I think there’s a strong chance that we could see GBA downloads on the 3DS eventually.
