Is it cruel to slap a simian inside a sphere and steer it through a series of masterful mazes? In real-life, sure, but here it’s weird, wacky and wonderful! Super Monkey Ball is a sweet series that hasn’t been around for a while but it’s great to see it back! The main mode is all about manoeuvring your monkey along a treacherous track, bagging as many bananas as you can while dodging the drops. This time around you have a new spin dash move to help you zip across shortcuts and beat your best time. Monkey Ball’s multiplayer is looking legit too with four player splitscreen as well as 16 person online play! Can you be the pick of the bunch in Banana Hunt? Can you and your crew work together to take out towering automatons in Robot Smash? It should be a blast and with 300 customisation options you can even ensure your hairy hombre looks the part!

DID YOU KNOW?

The Super Monkey Ball series is famous for party games! These mini-games pit your mischievous mascots against one another in races and duels, sports like bowling and golf, and contests like Monkey Target where you rocket down a ramp then glide to hit high scores. Here’s hoping the classics return!