Super Monkey ball or Rayman?

[x21hx]

For those lucky to have both for the wii...what would you recommend for a party game between these 2 of you can only pick one? They both look pretty fun but I dont know if I can justify both...

[buffcorp]

all depends if you like the previous monkey ball games..

for a party game, rayman is a bit better in my opinion. But if time is not of the essence, probably wait for wario ware to come out

[AlphaTwo]

Monkey Ball benifits from having a deeper single player, but Rayman is easier for quick pickup and play style gaming.

Some of the Minigames in Monkey Ball are hit and miss.

A lot (60%) of Rayman's minigames are alternating turns. Which can be a plus (allows 4 players with one controller), or minus (not as much simutanious multiplayer games.)

[x21hx]

Just an update...i'm not into single player modes at all..and I've never played any of the 2 before..I'm actually not a gamer and never bought a console before...this is more when I have friends and family over...

thanks for the tips so far

[lint]

My brother in law is an avid gamer and nintendo fan. He picked up monkey ball, but ended up trading it for another game. The minigames are less hit and more miss. The good ones are pretty good, but it's maybe a handfull. Alot of the games are painful to play, controls don't work very well, but have the right idea. We've been playing rayman, and it's been pretty good. Need to work on the multiplayer though. Seems you need to unlock the minigames in single player mode first.

[n1ghts0ul]

rayman
I ended up selling my copy of monkey ball...the controls for majority of the mini-games are horrible. I was deciding between rayman and monkey ball too, i made the wrong choice. Defintely get rayman over monkey ball

[AlphaTwo]

rayman
I ended up selling my copy of monkey ball...the controls for majority of the mini-games are horrible. I was deciding between rayman and monkey ball too, i made the wrong choice. Defintely get rayman over monkey ball

With this and the other post, I think I have to defend Monkey Ball a bit.

One thing with Rayman is that while the minigames are that much more accessable and more entertaining at first sight, they overlap quite a bit (Workout, which consist of 15+ games, are the same motion, with a different background for all of them). It will seem like an ideal multiplayer game at first, and even though I have the game, I question how much more can I go back to the same game until I get the feeling of boredom.

Monkey Ball's multiplayer game is definitly hit and miss, and most of them are either a) boring or b) uncontrollable. However, there are a few gems that really make the game shine: Such as:

Home Run Derby
Fencing
Hurdle Race
Monkey Boxer
Monkey Darts
Monkey Snowboard
Monkey Squash
Monkey Wars
Number Ball
Red Light/Green Light
Simon Says
Monkey Golf
Monkey Bowling
Monkey Race
Monkey Billards

The problem with many of these is either a) They overlap with Wii Sports already, or b) are just too simplistic. The best game that I've been going back to over and over, however, is Monkey Darts.

[x21hx]

thanks guys...i just purchased rayman cuz my wife likes cute rabbits (she thought the rabbits in that gromit movie were cute)

its still packaged so I'll watch some game reviews just in case I want to return it

[AlphaTwo]

thanks guys...i just purchased rayman cuz my wife likes cute rabbits (she thought the rabbits in that gromit movie were cute)

its still packaged so I'll watch some game reviews just in case I want to return it

I hope your wife don't mind seeing the rabbits tortured in humerous ways. :P

[The Digital Dolphin]

Rayman was deffinately the right choice (although I own both now)

[buffcorp]

yup good choice, you will have lots of fun with it!

[mushroomcheese]

I own both and have to say in a party, Monkey Ball is the way to go.
The downfall of Rayman is you have to have played a lot in single player to unlock the games for multiplayer. Also, I find it more fun to play with numerous ppl at the same time instead of taking turns.
While both games have great minigames, I'd have to say Monkey Ball is the better multiplayer game to play with more ppl.

[M.D.]

rayman all the way, super monkeyball only had a couple games that were fun playing...while rayman is hilarious and fun.

[x21hx]

well just gave rayman a spin...i'd have to say it was ok...but then again it was cuz I spent friggn' the last 3hrs trying to unlock the stuff so that I can play multiplayer...and after 3 hrs or so i'm only 50% through..some of the stuff were cool....my wrist kills from playing with my wii

I don't know about you guys..but I HATED the bathroom stall one where u slam the door on them...I suck at that...takes me forever..

well that's probably it for me and games for awhile...Bowling on wii sports is awesome!

[The Digital Dolphin]

well just gave rayman a spin...i'd have to say it was ok...but then again it was cuz I spent friggn' the last 3hrs trying to unlock the stuff so that I can play multiplayer...and after 3 hrs or so i'm only 50% through..some of the stuff were cool....my wrist kills from playing with my wii

I don't know about you guys..but I HATED the bathroom stall one where u slam the door on them...I suck at that...takes me forever..

well that's probably it for me and games for awhile...Bowling on wii sports is awesome!

Yeah, the bathroom stall one sucks... but Cow Tossing is awesome, and so are the dancing ones