Monkey Ball defection shame - appearing on iPhone this year

OK, so this isn’t really about Nintendo, but it’s sort of Nintendo in spirit. After all, Monkey Ball’s been one of Nintendo’s strongest performers over recent years on home consoles and handhelds. Hell, it even made the Gamecube seem like a success.

And here’s what Monkey Ball looks like running on iPhone, thanks to last night’s announcement of the iPhone software development tools that are letting developers stick whatever they like onto Apple’s wonder portable. You’re going to be impressed:

Impressed? You must be. Considering iPhone is mainly a mobile phone, an MP3 player and a web browser, it’s pretty staggering to see our favourite chimps rolling around in such a sensationally hi-res style on Apple’s fancy telephone.

Related: Beautiful Katamari going multiplatfom after all?, Mercury Meltdown Revolution Nintendo Wii video review.





This entry was posted on Friday, March 7th, 2008 at 4:12 pm by Gary Cutlack
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3 Responses to “Monkey Ball defection shame - appearing on iPhone this year”

  1. spoonofmilk Says:
    March 10th, 2008 at 11:47 am

    That’s pretty impressive, I have to admit.

  2. Billy the Chimp Says:
    March 10th, 2008 at 11:49 am

    OOOOK!

  3. sebi Says:
    March 11th, 2008 at 4:49 am

    The funny thing is, just a few weeks ago a friend was putting down the iPhone as a niche thing and I told him “I dunno… that thing has a touchscreen better than the DS.”

    Nintendo may not have to watch out just yet, but they better keep an eye on Apple.

    What outright hilarious though is that Apple outdid the N-Gage without even trying. If you don’t remember the N-Gage, that’s ok.

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