SEGA Announces Super Monkey Ball Deluxe for PlayStation 2 and Xbox
Ai-Ai and the Super Monkey Ball Gang Roll Onto New Platforms
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LONDON, UK - October 19, 2004 - SEGA® Europe Ltd, today announced the development of Super Monkey BallTM Deluxe, which will bring SEGA's popular arcade series to PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and Microsoft XboxTM consumers for the first time. The new title will feature 300 stages (114 from Super Monkey Ball, 140 from Super Monkey Ball 2, and 46 Deluxe-exclusive boards), and will be available in spring 2005.
"Super Monkey Ball has been a favourite amongst gamers since its introduction on the Nintendo GameCube in 2001," said Mike Hayes, Managing Director, SEGA Europe Ltd. "The Super Monkey Ball franchise offers a rich universe, full of interesting characters and levels. It is with great pleasure that we can now make this unique accessible franchise available to gamers across all platforms."
In addition to new stages, Super Monkey Ball Deluxe will offer a new Challenge mode, integrating varying skill settings (Beginner, Advanced, and Expert) into one fluid ramp up, rather than breaking them out as independent gameplay sections. There will also be additional stages in the story mode. All twelve of the party games from Super Monkey Ball 1 & 2 are also to be included along with 6 new games, which is effectively two-and-a-half retails games on one disc!
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About SEGA®
SEGA Europe Ltd. is the European Publishing arm of Tokyo, Japan-based SEGA Corporation, a worldwide leader in interactive entertainment both inside and outside the home. The company develops, publishes and distributes interactive entertainment software products for a variety of hardware platforms including PC, wireless devices, and those manufactured by Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. SEGA Europe's web site is located at www.sega-europe.com