Super Monkey Ball for Nokia N-Gage FAQ and Guide by Sprite4n/Captain Doormat This guide is written for the European PAL version of Super Monkey Ball. 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If something is unclear, E-mail me and I will do the best I can to rectify it. **(Contents)** How to Play -Controls -Aim of the Game -Bananas -Play Points Guide -Beginner -Advanced -Expert Mini Games -Monkey Target -Monkey Fight -Monkey Race Caring for your Game Card Contact &&&&&£££-[How to Play]-£££&&&&& **(Controls)** Direction buttons - Tilt the Floor/Navigate Menus Direction Pad Click - Accept Menu Item 5 Button - Accept Menu item/Tilt floor Harder 7 Button - Previous Menu/Tilt floor gently \ and / buttons - Pause mid-game If you wish to pause Super Monkey Ball and use your Nokia N-Gage as a phone, press the red button. To resume, hold the Menu key, and select Monkey Ball from the list, or press menu and select Monkey Ball. Careful, though, if you turn your N-gage off, you will have to start the game from the start. If you wish to quit the game without starting it, in telephone mode, hold the menu key, highlight Monkey Ball, and press C. Press \ (Yes) when it asks. **(Aim of the Game)** The Aim of the Game is to guide your monkey into the Goal by tilting the floor, and as quickly as possible. If you fall off the stage, you lose a monkey. lose all 3 monkeys, and you will see a Game Over/Continue screen. **(Bananas)** Bananas are scattered throughout the many levels. Roll over them to collect them. Collecting 50 without seeing a Game Over screen will give you an extra monkey. If you collect all the bananas in a stage, and clear the stage, you will get a perfect. **(Play Points)** Every time you play the main game, you will earn play points. When 2500 of these are collected, you can unlock a Mini Game. When all Mini-games are unlocked, more play points will give you more continues. &&&&&£££-[Guide]-£££&&&&& ******(Beginner)****** ----[Beginner Floor 1]---- This level is the easiest level in the game. Simply press forward to roll into the goal. If you're feeling more adventurous, you can collect the 3 bananas for a perfect. ----[Beginner Floor 2]---- Roll your monkey to the left or right, and guide him safely to the exit, avoidng the huge gap. *ALTERNATIVE GOAL* Right after starting, go back and DROP STRAIGHT OFF THE EDGE SLOWLY. You should land on a piece of land. Turn around and go into the Goal to skip to stage 5. ----[Beginner Floor 3]---- Guide your monkey around the edges and into the goal. Take this one slower, as the path is narrower. Again, if you wish, you can go back to collect all the bananas. ----[Beginner Floor 4]---- This level requires some fast tapping of the Directional Pad. Roll onto the platform and be very careful not to fall off, try to stay in the middle. ----[Beginner Floor 5]---- BONUS! Collect all the Bananas. Roll straight fowards through them all, stop and get the bunch, then roll back and get the rest. It's easy to do within the allotted time limit. ----[Beginner Floor 6]---- Take this one slow. Carefully roll down each slope, tapping back on the pad to keep your speed down. If you want to clear this faster, it is possible just to go right and drop down off the edge onto the lower ledge. You ccan get all the bananas on this stage easily, they are at the end of each slope. ----[Beginner Floor 7]---- Make your way up each of the ramps, being careful not to fall. Do not use 5, as you will probably steam off the edge. ----[Beginner Floor 8]---- This level may require you to try a few times. The best way to do this, is to roll slowly onto the ledge that floats towards you. When they all regroup, ram your way forward, and try to stop dead on the last ledge opposite to where you started. Keep tapping the pad to keep yourself on the tiny ledge, and get yourself through the goal. ----[Beginner Floor 9]---- Get to the red arrow. Roll directly from the tip, and pull back a bit after you go over the ramp. You can get the bananas easily here, too. ----[Beginner Floor 10]---- Not as hard as it looks! Carefully roll down the first path, then continue down the second. Slowly go down the steps, and go very cautiously over the thinner paths. From here, go left, and you should be right next to the goal. It is possible to skip the huge circular path by lining yourself up with the goal, and rolling off towards it. ******(Advanced)****** ----[Advanced Floor 1]---- Roll over the ridge and go through the goal. The bananas are easy to get, again. ----[Advanced Floor 2]---- Two bananas are to your left and righ at the start. Roll over the bumps, and navigate the blocks. Go round the circle at the same speed as the bumpers, then roll to the exit. ----[Advanced Floor 3]---- Roll onto the first moving platform. When the second passes, quickly roll onto it. I will touch the opposite side and then slide back right very quickly, so be sure to get the hell off. It is harder to get all the bananas on here, as they are in the corners of the moving platforms, and it is easy to slide off. ----[Advanced Floor 4]---- Go careful with this one. Make fine tilting adjustments to make your way to the end, try and stay in the middle. ----[Advanced Floor 5]---- Roll forwards when the platform lowers. You can roll onto it when it raises, if you wish, and hold 5. **ALTERNATIVE GOAL** Roll straight backwards after you start, make sure you drop STRAIGHT DOWN. ----[Advanced Floor 6]---- Simple be careful not to fall. From the start you can skip a turn by dropping left. ----[Advanced Floor 7]---- Simply roll down slowly, and move left or right to avoid the blocks and collect the bananas. ----[Advanced Floor 8]---- BONUS! Collect all the bananas on the raised platform. Tilt harder to make your way up the sides. ----[Advanced Floor 9]---- This may look hard, but it is very easy. Simply roll between the punching gloves towards the end. It will take quite a while to collect all the bananas from between the gloves. ----[Advanced Floor 10]---- This took me a while. TAKE IT SLOWLY. Roll onto the first, as it starts to lower, roll onto the next, and so on. ----[Advanced Floor 11]---- Roll your way down the first ramp, wait for the platform, then continue. Roll over the ramp to land on the final platform. At the start, you can drop right to skip the moving platform part. ----[Advanced Floor 12]---- Roll around the edge. To get the bananas, roll down, and tilt sharply back up with 5. ----[Advanced Floor 13]---- This one takes a while. Roll down and get the bananas, then stop. Roll towards the curve, and hold left/up as you get on it. Alternate between tilting left and up to continue your way around. Keep trying, you will get it eventually. ----[Advanced Floor 14]---- Roll over all the hills. Roll faster over the last one, as the goal is further away from the end of the hill. This may take a couple of goes to perfect. ----[Advanced Floor 15]---- Roll forward stage by stage. Roll past the first spike, wait for the lot to slide right, roll again, wait for it to slide left, roll on, etc. ******(Expert)****** ----[Expert Floor 1]---- Roll forwards, and left. Go slow over the narrower platform. **ALTERNATIVE GOAL** Roll right. The platform is much narrower, and slopes up. Line yourself up so you can just jam forwards up the ramp. It is possible. (SKIP TO FLOOR 5) ----[Expert Floor 2]---- Take the left way. When it leans down, get on the tilting platform, and roll into the goal. ----[Expert Floor 3]---- This is VERY HARD. Be very quick, use 5 where possible. Roll over the bumps, straight onto the moving platforms and over, wait for the rasing one, get on, speed over the yellow ridges, 5 up the ramp. Be careful and slow with the rest. You need about 30 seconds left on the clock when you get on the narrow path bit. ----[Expert Floor 4]---- This is easy. Simple stay on a rotating platform, and roll over to the next when two connect. ----[Expert Floor 5]---- Drop straight right. Roll to the corner of a square and straight onto another, in the direction of the goal. Looks hard, but is ridiculously easy. ----[Expert Floor 6]---- Roll forwards over the platform. Hold right to roll back up. ----[Expert Floor 7]---- BONUS! Get each banana, but watch for the bumpers. When you collect the banana they're spinning around, they will disappear. ----[Expert Floor 8]---- This looks stupidly hard, but it's quite the opposite. The hardest part is getting on the logo. Fall off the ledge and land on the S. Roll over the E and the G and go up the A to the goal. Expert Floor 9]---- Hold forward. It really is that easy. You will fall into the first dip, bounce up, fall down again, bounce up, again and again, until you fall through the goal. ----[Expert Floor 10]---- Drop down in the direction each arrow points. It is possible to skip loads by dropping in various other directions. ----[Expert Floor 11]---- This had me stumped for a couple of days. Hold 5 and jam forward. As soon as you make contact with the opposite platform, let go of 5, and you should shoot straight through the goal. ----[Expert Floor 12]---- Hold 5 to go over the first 2 sliders, and roll normally left over the last one. ----[Expert Floor 13]---- Roll onto the first platform. when it raises, roll over the high ledge, and fall onto the next. Do this again, until the final one raises you to the goal. ----[Expert Floor 14]---- Now this is hard. Roll quickly onto the swinging panel when it nears. Quickly roll over the join when the next swings close. The last one is the hardest, there is only a tiny join to roll over. Keep trying. ----[Expert Floor 15]---- BONUS! Roll over the ramp, and get the bananas. Hold 5 to speed past them, then slow down to get them on the long stretch. ----[Expert Floor 16]---- Roll to the centre. Turn left, Hold 5, and roll up the huge incline. Roll back down, and make sure your Monkey ISN'T in the middle, or you will hit the goal. Careful not to shoot right off! When you roll back down and up, guide your monkey into the goal as he rolls back down. ----[Expert Floor 17]---- Quickly roll to the end, and roll onto the descending platform. When it raises, roll off to land on the floating one. When the next arrives, roll onto it, and at the top of it's incline, hold forwards to jet through the goal. ----[Expert Floor 18]---- This looks very hard. Wait until the turning stripes go green and grey again (and the gap is very thin), then hold 5 and JAM forwards. I haven't ever died on this one. ----[Expert Floor 19]---- This is an arse. Try and get between the bumpers that surround the goal. This took my a fair while, all I can say is practise loads in practise mode. ----[Expert Floor 20]---- I'm sorry, I cannot give a very effective guide for this level, and I'll tell you why. On my third try, just after 'Ready' appeared on the screen, the announcer shouted 'GOAL!', and confetti appeared around me. This isn't a joke! Anyhow, wait until the square fold back towards you, and roll onto the first flat platform. Keep rolling from platform to platform as it unfolds again. &&&&&£££-[Mini Games]-£££&&&&& ******(Monkey Race)****** In this game you have to race other monkey's around a track. The black and yellow pads are speed boosts, be sure to hit them. Powerups are available. When you collect one, press 5 to use it: Star and Lightning bolt - Speed Boost Bomb - Shoot this at other racers. ******(Monkey Fight)****** In this, you must use your oversized boxing glove to punch other Monkeys out of the arena. Hit them with 5. Points are gained by hitting other monkeys out, and by falling out yourself. Smash boxes to gain Powerups, and press 5 to use them: Big- Make your glove bigger Long- make your reach longer Turn- Hold 5 to spin your glove around. ******(Monkey Target)****** Here, you control a Monkey with an amazing flying ball! Roll down the ramp, press 5 while in the air, and glide over a large square area. Press 5 to close your wings and try and land on a high scoring platform! The wind may be a help or a hindrance! The Roulette gives you a chance to obtain some useful items. Press 5 to stop the items, and then press again to stop the roulette. The items are as follows: Monkey with 0 – No wind X2 – Points scored after landing are doubled. X3 - Points scored after landing are tripled. Black Ball – Drops your Monkey straight down when 5 is pressed. Monkey in a Ball – Makes the ball roll much less after landing. &&&&&£££-[Caring for your Game Card]-£££&&&&& Keep it dry. Do not store it in a dirty or dusty place. Use the plastic case provided. Do not store in extreme hot or cold areas Do not drop, knock or shake the Game Card Do not use string chemicals to clean the card. &&&&&£££-[Contact]-£££&&&&& Insufficient help on this FAQ then E-Mail or MSN me at captaindoormat@hotmail.com Do not use this FAQ on your own site, charge people to use it, or claim it as your own. Thanks to gamefaqs.com for hosting this guide. This guide is 100% unofficial. www.n-gage.com www.segamobile.com