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Another wallpaper for February, this time featuring AiAi as a Japanese ogre related to Setsubun, which is a festival held on the day before the start of spring according to the Japanese lunar calendar. | |||
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Latest revision as of 07:48, 10 May 2024
The game's box art.
Status: Partially Lost
Super Monkey Ball 2 is a Nintendo GameCube title from 2002 created by Sega's Amusement Vision department. The player must roll a ball through difficult mazes and obstacle courses in a strict time limit. The plot revolves around the evil Dr. Bad Boon stealing all the bananas on Monkey Island, and it's up to AiAi and his friends to save the island from starvation!
The Japanese Super Monkey Ball 2 website would upload wallpapers for every month of the year. So far, 14 wallpapers are known to exist, however, only eight have been found with half of them being in a low resolution. These wallpapers were rediscovered and posted to Twitter by the user @glitterb0y_ on June 23rd, 2020.[1]
Later on November 8th of the same year, the user @BenSachsD would uncover some more wallpapers for the game.[2]
Lost wallpapers won't be listed unless there's a description of them on the website's archives.
Wallpapers
February (First Variation)
Status: Found
This wallpaper depicts the main character, AiAi, skiing down a snowy mountain.
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February (Second Variation)
Status: Partially Found
Similar to the first variation of the February wallpaper, except AiAi is snowboarding instead of skiing.
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February (Third Variation)
Status: Partially Found
Another wallpaper for February, this time featuring AiAi as a Japanese ogre related to Setsubun, which is a festival held on the day before the start of spring according to the Japanese lunar calendar.
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April
Status: Lost
This wallpaper likely would have been related to Nyūgakushiki, a school entrance ceremony in Japan.
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May
Status: Found
AiAi is seen picking up clams off the beach.
June
Status: Found
A wallpaper featuring the main cast of the game.
August
Status: Partially Found
AiAi is seen catching bugs in a forest.
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June
Status: Lost
Because of a poor translation, it's unknown what this wallpaper would have looked like. However, it is very likely to involve one of the characters dressed as a frog (potentially a kappa).
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July
Status: Lost
According to the description, AiAi would have been seen surfing waves in this wallpaper.
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October
Status: Found
AiAi is seen riding a dirt bike.
November
Status: Lost
This wallpaper would have depicted AiAi in a hot spring, possibly the one from the Bubbly Washing Machine world from the game.
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December
Status: Partially Found
The first one has AiAi standing in front of a tree while holding a present, while the second image has AiAi dressed as Santa Claus.
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July 2021
Status: Found
Original high-definition Super Monkey Ball 2 "Monkey Soccer" mini-game artwork is posted by the official English Super Monkey Ball Twitter account.
Gallery
See Also
- Super Monkey Ball Mini (found promotional tie-in Flash game of GameCube platformer; 2001)
- Super Monkey Ball 3: Banana Crazy (lost build of cancelled GameCube sequel platformer; 2002-2004)
References
- ↑ Twitter user ShittyPaste's tweet on the wallpaper's rediscovery. Retrieved 20 Jul '20
- ↑ BenSachsD's discovery of the December and August wallpapers. Retrieved 21 Nov '20