Super Monkey Ball Deluxe is a 2005 platform video game developed and published by Sega for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox.

[2][3] The game is notable for its large number of customizable party mini-games, also returning from the previous titles.

Much like the classic arcade game Marble Madness, the player must navigate a ball across many puzzling courses[5] within a time limit, usually 60 seconds.

The controls are very simple: the player uses the directional analog stick to move the entire floor in order to guide one of four anthropomorphic monkeys (encased in a large clear ball) towards the goal, while avoiding hazards and obstacles (for example, moving platforms, mazes, and ramps).

Collecting bananas scattered throughout the stage raises the player's score, and awards extra lives.

If the monkey ball falls off the edge of a platform or the time runs out, the player loses a life.

[3] The plot involves the game's four protagonists, AiAi, MeeMee, Baby, and GonGon, who embark on a quest to stop the antagonist, Dr. Bad-Boon from stealing all the bananas on Jungle Island.

All 12 party games from Super Monkey Ball 2 return in Deluxe, unlocked and available to play from the start.

Players can also collect power ups that make knocking opponents off the stage easier.

The player can also get power ups in the course to sabotage their opponents with traps and weapons.

The player can also find various bonus items either inside a ball or held by an enemy.

Instead of fielders, the pitch has a number of "pockets" at the edges which determine the effect of a successful bat (foul, out etc.)

The distribution of pockets and jump fields is determined randomly by a roulette at the start of the innings.

[9] Super Monkey Ball Deluxe features four playable characters: AiAi, MeeMee, Baby and GonGon.

In the future world, he had fallen in love with MeeMee and asked her to marry him, but was rejected due to her marriage to AiAi.

[11] Super Monkey Ball Deluxe has been given positive reviews, particularly for the Xbox version of the game.

[13] GameSpot gave both versions of the game 7.9/10 commenting that: "The Monkey Ball series has always been about establishing a whimsical, energetic feel, and that still comes across in Deluxe.

"[3] 1UP gave the Xbox release of the game a B+ has citing that: "If you enjoy and are up for the challenge, the adrenaline rush and controller-clutching is all yours".

[16] Critics have commented on the lack of online functionality as a missed opportunity, especially when it comes to multiplayer in the mini games.

IGN, which gave the game an 8.4/10 on the Xbox, have said that: "It boggles the mind to think of the possibilities of online Monkey Ball tournaments and leaderboards."

This publication has also criticized the sound effects, that they are "almost abrasive and will quickly annoy anyone within hearing distance who isn't playing.

"[5] GameSpot has criticized the PlayStation 2 version's graphics as they "don't feel as crisp as they did when they first arrived on the GameCube".

GameSpy said the PlayStation 2 release "suffer from the frankly ridiculous load times and slowdown".

[17] G4TV have also commented that the game doesn't offer anything for fans of the Super Monkey Ball series, stating that: "If you've played it before on GameCube, you've seen it all before".