Here we are again. Another day, another opportunity for Geoff Keighley to bang the drum for Gamescom Opening Night Live. The man is notorious for getting his audience hyped up ahead of these events — he's already teased a number of announcements and updates on various games. His latest concerns Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania, the remastered collection of SEGA's beloved arcade series.
The title has been drawing attention with its roster of playable characters. Of course, we'll be able to play as the usual crew — AiAi, MeeMee, Baby, and GonGon — but the developer is going above and beyond, adding in several fun cameos from other SEGA franchises. Beat from Jet Set Radio, Sonic and Tails of the Sonic games, and even Yakuza's Kazuma Kiryu have all been confirmed as playable guest stars. However, Keighley seems to think the next character will take the cake:
According to the presenter, we "won't believe" who's joining the lineup next. This mystery character will be announced during Gamescom Opening Night Live, so fortunately we don't have long to wait before we find out who it is.
So far, all the characters are SEGA's, so it narrows things down quite a lot. Joker from Persona 5? Shenmue's Ryo Hazuki? Bayonetta from, er, Bayonetta? With the aforementioned reveal of Kiryu, the doors are open to basically anyone, so your guess is as good as ours.
Who would you like to see join the cast of Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania? Discuss in the comments section below.
[source twitter.com]
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Am I the only one who’s genuinely more excited about who’s gonna get into Monkey Ball than for any other game reveals?
Gotta be Billy Hatcher!
A playable version of Geoff Keighly probably
@ZeroOverOne Nope, I'm right there with you. Honestly wouldn't surprise me if this was the biggest announcement of Gamescom.
I suck at these games but im interested.
@WizzNL Y'know what? I wouldn't be surprised, remember the geoff keighly mask in among us?
Is it Piers Morgan ?
the dude who yelled SEGA!
Is it Majima? He's everywhere ya know
@hypnotoad as hilarious as that would be eveyone would just keep dying as him
It can only be Victor Meldrew can't it.
What if it's Donkey Kong?
Mario?
John Daly (pga legend)?
Carol Vorderman?
Elvis?
Claudia Winkleman?
Margaret Thatcher?
Nah.... It'll be Divina Mcall, she's in everything else!
It's gotta be Hasan Kahraman. And his rolling animation will somehow tie into what Abandoned actually is...a secret Super Monkey Ball proper sequel.
Or Joker he seems likely.
Michael Jackson🤔 👑.word up son
Is it Geoff Keighley? If so I'm gonna hear the words Fall Out quite a lot
Jimmy Savile?
Rolf Harris?
Chuck Testa?
Dio?
My vote's on Kratos or maybe Mr. Mosquito as the wild card.
Microsoft announces acquiring Sega and halo is in monkey ball to commemorate that. 😬
One of the taxis from Crazy Taxi, please.
Its frickin Seaman
I don't believe any of these guesses.
Can it be Vyse?
@Leprecorn if it’s Seaman, my faith in humanity will have been restored.
@commentlife A monkey ball full of seaman....hmmmm
Mark Cerny? lol
Bayonetta would be sweet
Could Crash Bandicoot be a possiblity? A long shot, but it is Crash's 25th Anniversary this year.
Plus, Crash has experience with the Atlasphere in past games, so...
bayonetta in a hair ball, bayonetta in a hair ball, please be bayonetta in a haIR BALL
@hypnotoad lol get yer head outta the gutter!
Mario!
That would be a surprise huh?
Or Astrobot!
It’s bound to be Mario. Coins for bananas.
Can't wait to dip my dong on this game!
@lolwhatno if a game pisses me off while playing it then im certain i wont like it at all. As a old man i want to relax.
Gonna bet on Joker.
@ZeroOverOne same. This is super exciting at this point.
I suspect it’s Joker could be Morgana or Teddy though.
Probably Joker. He's been in a ton of crossovers the last few years.
@lolwhatno The fun part with Dark Souls i never finished it. Demon Souls i finished that one several times. Im quite far in the first one on PS4 i will finish it one day. I have no idea why i like Demon Souls way better then the Dark Souls series. 🤪
Donald Trump making his big come back.
Joker most likely, has to be someone owned by SEGA.
It's Pikachu! lol
@lolwhatno My younger brother likes Demon Souls better to. 😁
And i find Demon Souls more honest and fun to play if i think about it or thats how i feel about it. And the centralhub is something i like better to. Guess what i know why i like it better. 😄
I like the world more the bosses i like the fact i dont have a ugly face when i die damn i totally know why i like it way better.
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