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News - Is The Original Super Monkey Ball Announcer Teasing A New Game? - xSicKxBot - 06-14-2020
Is The Original Super Monkey Ball Announcer Teasing A New Game?
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<p>This might sound a little wild but Sega <em>could</em> be working on a brand new <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/gamecube/super_monkey_ball">Super Monkey Ball</a></strong> game.</p>
<p>In an email exchange (dated 6th April 2020) with YouTuber Nick Robinson, Brian Matt – the voice of the original announcer for the Super Monkey Ball games – revealed he had done “one paid recording” with Sega in his country of residence, Japan.</p>
<p>A more recent follow-up <a class="external" href="https://youtu.be/gA4bjZm902c">video interview</a> with Robinson seems to suggest the recording was indeed for a <em>new</em> Monkey Ball.</p>
<p>As the voice actor is under a strict NDA, he couldn’t say much – but he was able to repeat some of the lines from his recording session with Sega. Here are a few:</p>
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<p>I can give you what I can give you without getting in trouble, okay…”rank one”, “rank two”, “rank three” of course “goal” – that one never goes away. This was the new one – we did two takes on this one – “advanced level one”, “enhanced level one”</p>
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<p>Later on in the interview, he was asked what the name or the title of this game might be. While the voice actor couldn’t confirm anything he did sum up his thoughts with the following comment:</p>
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<p>they’re going to go with Super Monkey Ball and then one word, and it’s not going to be a number</p>
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<p>Robinson has done a little extra detective work and believes when Brian shows the top half of Sega script, the three <a class="external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katakana">katakana</a> characters on display sound like “retro” – leading to a theory that the title might be called <em>Super Monkey Ball Retro</em>.</p>
<figure class="picture strip"><a title="The talent behind the announcer in Super Monkey Ball" href="http://images.nintendolife.com/f8e1e9d148a9c/the-talent-behind-the-announcer-in-super-monkey-ball.original.jpg"><img class="lazy" src="http://static.nintendolife.com/blank.gif" data-original="http://images.nintendolife.com/f8e1e9d148a9c/the-talent-behind-the-announcer-in-super-monkey-ball.900x.jpg" alt="The talent behind the announcer in Super Monkey Ball"></a><figcaption class="caption">The talent behind the announcer in Super Monkey Ball</figcaption></figure>
<p>The day after this interview, the voice actor shared “one last breadcrumb” via Instagram. In a post referencing Robinson, he tagged Sega, Sony, and a few others.</p>
<p>The two names at the very end, though, were perhaps the most interesting – Masao Shirosaki (who oversaw development on <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/super_monkey_ball_banana_blitz_hd">Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD</a></strong>) and Toshihiro Nagoshi (the <strong>Yakuza</strong> and Super Monkey Ball creator) – could they perhaps be in charge of this new project, if it is the real deal?</p>
<p><em>What do you make of all of this? Would you like to see a brand-new Super Monkey Ball game? Tell us down below.</em></p>
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https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/2020/06/13/is-the-original-super-monkey-ball-announcer-teasing-a-new-game/