Super Monkey Ball Deluxe is a puzzle platform game for Xbox that features a compilation of levels and minigames from Super Monkey Ball and Super Monkey Ball 2. Players navigate a monkey encased in a ball through complex mazes. The game introduces infinite lives, making it more accessible. It represents the franchise's first release on PlayStation 2 and Xbox after prior exclusivity on GameCube.
This game is basically a fusion of Super Monkey Ball 1 and 2 for the PS2 and XBox. All of the levels from those two games are available in this collection, and all of the minigames are already unlocked and included. Formerly only available to GameCube players, the Super Monkey Ball series has made it to the PS2 and Xbox after a wait of almost 3 and a half years.
The game itself plays very much like the old arcade game Marble Madness. You control a monkey in a ball, and you have to navigate it through many perilous labyrinths to the finish. In the previous two games you had limited lives/tries, but here you have infinite lives, which makes it all the easier.