Super Monkey Ball for iPhone

Perhaps the most highly anticipated game for the iPhone is Super Monkey Ball, which many users have been publicly salivating over since it was first demoed. One of several “tilt” games, Super Monkey Ball takes advantage of the iPhone’s built-in accelerometer to allow you to control all aspects of the game simply by holding your iPhone parallel to the ground and then tilting it in all directions in order to lead a monkey inside of a ball through various three-dimensional levels – and collect a few bananas along the way.



If the premise and gameplay sound simple and almost child-like, that’s because they are. But based on a few days of gameplay, the simplicity doesn’t prevent Super Monkey Ball from being addictingly fun. Unless you’re already accustomed to handheld gaming consoles, getting a feel for making the ball go the direction and speed you’re hoping for will take some practice. Think of placing a ping pong ball in the middle of a card table and then trying to move the ball around by tilting the entire table; jerky moves will create too much speed, and trying to bring the ball to a complete stop requires surprising dexterity.



Super Monkey Ball deserves a full in-depth review, particularly in light of its multiple levels, many of which require success on the early levels before becoming unlocked. Our review is coming, but the early appraisal is that it’s worth the ten bucks just to see the iPhone’s accelerometer in action in such an imaginative and colorful way.