Super Monkey Ball: Remastered

Super Monkey Ball: Remastered is a video game in the franchise, released on June 15, 2023 on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch Pro, Xbox Series X, and on Steam in September of 2023. It is a remake of the original Super Monkey Ball, which came out in 2001 on the Nintendo GameCube.

It is the first official installment since Super Monkey Ball Retro in 2021.

Announcement
SEGA's announcement comes weeks after rumors about a new Super Monkey Ball title, Remastered, was trademarked back in May and eventually leaked on a Taiwanese rating board in February. On the 17th of April, a trailer was released officially by SEGA.

New Features
Much of the content is from the original Super Monkey Ball but there are some new features, including:
 * 100 new levels
 * 2 new difficulties, Grandmaster and Ultimate, also Master now has a button, it appears when Expert has been completed without using a continue
 * 2 new party games, Monkey Duel (similar to the party game in Super Monkey Ball Jr.), and Monkey Cannon
 * Balloons, items that can be collected by completing achievements or by finding them in secret parts of the level, they can be accessed by pressing the Balloons button on the right of the Main Game button


 * Achievements, a new mechanic that rewards the player for completing a certain task, the player can see all their achievements by pressing the Achievements button on the main menu screen
 * Golden Bananas, Bananas that give the player 50 Bananas

Stages
Super Monkey Ball: Remastered features all stages imported from Super Monkey Ball, with 90 more stages in Master Extra, Grandmaster, and Ultimate.

Main article: Super Monkey Ball Remastered/Stages

Party Games
Super Monkey Ball: Remastered features 14 Party Games from Super Monkey Ball, including 2 new ones.
 * Monkey Race
 * Monkey Fight

The following four floors are in the Mini-games area
 * Monkey Target
 * Monkey Duel
 * Monkey Billiards
 * Monkey Bowling
 * Monkey Golf
 * Monkey Cannon

Reception
The game received mostly positive reviews averaging a Metacritic score of 87 for the PS4 version, a 92 for the Switch version, and a 84 for the Xbox One.