It seems Sega is intent on bringing back Super Monkey Ball, with what seems to be a combined remaster of the first two games.
A new Super Monkey Ball may not be the most anticipated game of E3 2021 but it does seem as if one is on the way regardless, and possibly to be unveiled today.
The name Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania has come up before, on both the Brazilian and Australian age rating boards, but now box art and screenshots have turned up on Twitter via German wesbite TechnikNews.
There doesn’t seem much doubt that the images are real, which means the more important question is whether the game genuinely is brand new or if, as it seems, it’s some kind of remaster.
Sega already released Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD in 2019, which was a remaster of Wii game Banana Blitz. That always seemed an odd choice though as Banana Blitz wasn’t a particularly popular entry in the series and originally relied on motion controls.
To judge by the screenshots, Banana Mania seems to be a…