is a platform party game, part of the '' Super Monkey Ball'' game series. It was developed for the

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. Players can either use the Circle Pad or the internal

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of the Nintendo 3DS to navigate AiAi and the others so they can collect as many bananas as possible within the time limit as in previous games in the series.

Gameplay

''Super Monkey Ball 3D'' supports three full-featured gameplay modes: traditional '' Super Monkey Ball'' puzzles, "Monkey Race" in which players race each other in frantic car battles, and "Monkey Fight" in which players fight each other in manic brawls. The latter two modes, Monkey Race and Monkey Fight, can be played via

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with up to four players locally. It was originally released on March 3, 2011 in Japan. It was later released as a launch title on March 25, March 27 and March 31 of the same year in Europe, North America and Australia, respectively.

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has also released the game as the downloadable title for the

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in Europe and North America on April 3, 2014.

Reception

''Super Monkey Ball 3D'' received "mixed or average" reviews, according to

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. Audrey Drake of

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gave the game 7.5/10, praising the gameplay and story, but she criticized Monkey Race for being a "rip-off of ''

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'' with clunky controls", and Monkey Fight for "being a rip-off of ''

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'' with clunky controls". Chris Schilling of

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gave the game a 4/10. Review aggregator

gave the game 55/100 based on 57 reviews.

Notes

References

External links

Official ''Super Monkey Ball 3D'' U.S. website

Official ''Super Monkey Ball 3D'' Japanese website
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