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"Damn You Sega..."

Yep, Sega have gone an released one of the 'Cubes most original and fun games onto the XBOX and PS2 - Super Monkey Ball.

Yep, Super Monkey Ball Deluxe will be rolling onto XBOX and PS2 pretty soon. A package that conatins SMB 1 and 2, plus with over 60 extra floors.

The 'why' is a mystery, because Sega fetched in cash-a-plenty from the SMB games and were very surprised to see it had developed such a large fanbase.

Does anyone know why Sega are releasing this on XBOX/PS2?

I'm not uncalm. I'm actually amused.

Oh well.

Anyway, I think JFH didn't actually mean 'cartoon' games. I think he mean't 'games that look like they're for children'.

SMB isn't a cartoon game.

Actually, Super Monkey Ball is a cartoon game. It's hardly based on realism. However, in the same respects, it isn't a game just for the kids. It's a game that requires pinpoint accuracy, and is extremely difficult in the latter levels. But the extras make it accessable to children.

'Tis a problem many people suffer from:

'Oh look it's a cute, girly game called SMB'

'Yes, it's very good'

'What you mean, it's for kids'

'Yes, but it's a game that requires skill and is very fun to play'

'Yeah but it's a girly game'

'What the hell?'

'I don't want it. I want Max Payne'

Some people...

Nothing wrong with Max Payne. Infact that's a game I fancy buying again if I can find it on the cheap after Christmas.

Thanks for the reminder :P

However, in this case, I do prefer Super Monkey Ball to Max Payne.

I'll attempt to explain what I meant by cartoon game.
1. Bright colours
2. Unrealistic characters
3. Lack of violence

I admit that cartoon wasn't the best description, it's just that the majority of these games are very cartoony.

Why would anyone think that the playstation is a manly console when they still do those crap pop idol games, those dance mat games, and even the telletubbies and powerpuff girls games????

They do those games as PS2 is owed by children who like those games while there older brothers is they have any if not there fathers might like to play GTA games and other good gory games, and as they can sell on that console they will have themselves some money.

Nothing wrong with this - just means more people can experience SMB.

Sega will probably port a few "Xbox/PS2-only" games to the Cube now anyway, so you needent worry.

Morbo wrote:
> They do those games as PS2 is owed by children who like those games
> while there older brothers is they have any if not there fathers
> might like to play GTA games and other good gory games, and as they
> can sell on that console they will have themselves some money.

Translation:
They do those games (Pop Idol, etc.) as PS2 is owned by children who like those kind of games. Their older brothers, if they have any, or their fathers might like to play GTA games and other good gory games and because those games sell on PS2, the companies will earn themselves a lot of money.