Sega have done well, but seriously, how much can you do with a monkey in a ball.
Tilting the Wii remote actually tilts the world, allowing your monkey to roll down the slope you have created and although there is only so much you can do with a monkey in a ball it seems Sega aren't quite tapping into the puzzle potential. Graphically it is cartoony and simple though sharp and vibrant and does the job. For most part the music is made up of eighties electric guitar wailing with a dance beat and is just plain annoying.
Some of the levels are good; though rolling a ball along ledges begins to get uninteresting after a while. You can be grateful that there is a multiplayer and it's an integral part of the game and not just tacked on. With no less than fifty minigames on offer, this should be the ultimate party game. And if fifty sounds overwhelming, that's because it is. It will take a while to try every mini-game available and for most of them you will be wondering why Amusement Vision even bothered. There are Monkey Ball versions of all the Wii Sports games though you probably wont play them, as they are far inferior to the Wii Sports versions. Amusement Vision should have concentrated on making about twenty good games instead of fifty bad to average games. The best games in the bunch are a bit of fun though you probably wont play them more than a couple of times as they aren't nearly as good as some multiplayer games out there. Mariokart or Smash Bros. anyone?