History YMMV / SuperMonkeyBall

** Skeleton (Expert 8 in Super Monkey Ball 1), anyone?

** As shown above, the Exam-C (Expert 7 from the original) became NintendoHard in Deluxe. The part of it that serves as TheScrappy is the curve bridge, where your 360º analog stick doesn't fare as well as the original's gamecube controller...

* Hell, there are so many of them, it might as well have its own page.

*** Fluctuation is actually the stage Excursion (or Expert 4), just renamed. That stage, on the DS with its limited visibility of your surroundings? '''Yeah.'''

** From Banana Blitz, We have [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtc558__6SQ Ultra Heaven]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n14Z7jrU54 Monkey Island]], and the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGTIgFguzsM Bonus Stage]].

** From Banana Blitz, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1giGd8HiD8 the boss music in Cobalt Caverns]].

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Inverted with Expert 7 from Super Monkey Ball. It was moderately challenging at first, but DX made it a ThatOneLevel.

** As shown above, Exam-C (Beginner 7 from the original) had its difficulty cranked UpToEleven in Deluxe. The part of it that serves as TheScrappy is the curve bridge, where your 360º analog stick doesn't fare as well as the original's gamecube controller...

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxSw68WOBWo Bubbly Washing Machine]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_XAkfr0WHY&feature=plcp Jungle Island]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_epVSjlsEzM Under The Ocean]] & [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOiNvMSJ7EQ Inside the Whale]] are [[EarWorm Ear Wormy]] as all get out.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxSw68WOBWo Bubbly Washing Machine]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_epVSjlsEzM Under The Ocean]] & [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOiNvMSJ7EQ Inside the Whale]] are [[EarWorm Ear Wormy]] as all get out.

** The DS version was [[SarcasmMode so kind]] as to give us Fluctuation. Oh, and you '''WILL''' either run out of time, or fall off too many times to count.

* [[Awesome/VideoGameLevels Awesome: Video Game Levels]]: The "water slide" levels that seem to be a ''SuperMonkeyBall'' tradition. Unlike most levels, the sides are heavily banked, so you can go fast for once. Advanced 18, the giant treble clef, from the first Super Monkey Ball is like no other level in that you have to chase after the goals as they run away (well, ski away) from you. The level design itself is quite fun, with the wide curvy track and banked sides.

** The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQlJP1L9lCc Storm Temple]] theme from SMB1 also qualifies.

** Don't forget about the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQKV48wH6KY Master stages]] in SMB1.

* ThatOneLevel:
** All the games are full of them in the later levels, but a lot of gamers have a ''fond'' memory of Super Monkey Ball 2's ''Labyrinth'' level.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Plenty of it, especially in 2. [[www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXxqgUrWHzA Boiling Pot]] and [[www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKAp3x5Wcvs Dr BAD-Boon's Base]] especially.
** [[www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxSw68WOBWo Bubbly Washing Machine]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_epVSjlsEzM Under The Ocean]] & [[www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOiNvMSJ7EQ Inside the Whale]] are [[EarWorm Ear Wormy]] as all get out.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Plenty of it, especially in 2. The fact that the music it plays ''inside a pot of soup'' is awesome says something.

* ScrappyLevel: All the games are full of them in the later levels, but a lot of gamers have a ''fond'' memory of Super Monkey Ball 2's ''Labyrinth'' level.

*** For anyone who doesn't want to watch that, it's an annoying puzzle involving having to wait a certain amount of time before dashing straight forward. If I recall correctly, the time to run is about 10 seconds in. Miss it, and you're probably dead. If you survive, you probably have to wait another thirty seconds or so for the goal to come back. In a game where almost every stage has a 60-second time limit.

** The DS version was [[SarcasmMode so kind]] as to give us Fluctuation. Oh, and you '''WILL''' either run out of time, or fall off too many times to count.
* {{Squick}}: Dr. Bad-Boon looks how many years older than Meemee? And he keeps flirting with her ''after'' shrinking her and her friends down so he can cook them and eat them.

* BestLevelEver: The "water slide" levels that seem to be a SuperMonkeyBall tradition. Unlike most levels, the sides are heavily banked, so you can go fast for once. Advanced 18, the giant treble clef, from the first SuperMonkeyBall is like no other level in that you have to chase after the goals as they run away (well, ski away) from you. The level design itself is quite fun, with the wide curvy track and banked sides.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Plenty of it, especially in 2. The fact that the music it plays ''inside a pot of soup'' is awesome says something.

** This Troper was '''not''' fond of Warp and Momentum in the second one. You have to be positioned just right on Momentum to get across the platforms that will come out from underneath you and Warp requires you to have enough force and speed to make the continuously curve increasing ramps or else you'll botch it and fall to your doom.

* BestLevelEver: ThisTroper always enjoyed the "water slide" levels that seem to be a SuperMonkeyBall tradition. Unlike most levels, the sides are heavily banked, so you can go fast for once.
** ThisTroper was always particularly fond of Advanced 18 from the first SuperMonkeyBall, the giant treble clef. It was like no other level in that you had to chase after the goals as they ran away (well, skied away) from you. The level design itself was also quite fun, with the wide curvy track and banked sides.
* IncredibleShrinkingMan
** {{Squick}}: Dr. Bad-Boon looks how many years older than Meemee? And he keeps flirting with her ''after'' shrinking her and her friends down so he can cook them and eat them.

** The DS version was [[SarcasmMode so kind]] as to give us Fluctuation. Oh, and you '''WILL''' either run out of time, or fall off too many times to count.

** This Troper was '''not''' fond of Warp and Momentum in the second one. You have to be positioned just right on Momentum to get across the platforms that will come out from underneath you and Warp requires you to have enough force and speed to make the continuously curve increasing ramps or else you'll botch it and fall to your doom.

* MostAnnoyingSound: FALL OUT!!

** Expert 36 in the first game. It's basically just Advanced 21, except the bumpers move twice as fast. It is very hard to get the proper timing to get onto the track, let alone maintaining it throughout the level.

*** For anyone who doesn't want to watch that, it's an annoying puzzle involving having to wait a certain amount of time before dashing straight forward. If I recall correctly, the time to run is about 10 seconds in. Miss it, and you're probably dead. If you survive, you probably have to wait another thirty seconds or so for the goal to come back. In a game where almost every stage has a 60-second time limit.

* IncredibleShrinkingMan/{{Squick}}: Dr. Bad-Boon looks how many years older than Meemee? And he keeps flirting with her ''after'' shrinking her and her friends down so he can cook them and eat them.

** ThisTroper was always particularly fond of Advanced 18 from the first SuperMonkeyBall, the giant treble clef. It was like no other level in that you had to chase after the goals as they ran away (well, skied away) from you. The level design itself was also quite fun, with the wide curvy track and banked sides.