------------------------------- Super Monkey Ball an In-Depth FAQ for Expert Mode ------------------------------- A Super Monkey Ball (PAL) In-Depth FAQ for Expert Mode for Nintendo GameCube by Christian Wall Size: 64KB Version: 1.2 Last updated: June 26, 2003 E-mail: cwall_85[at]hotmail.com Homepage: http://medlem.spray.se/cpg Copyright (c) 2002-2003 Christian Wall _________________ Table of Contents _________________ 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Basics, etc. 2.1 Brief game information 2.2 Monkeys 2.3 How the score is counted 2.4 Before-you-begin-tips 3.0 The FAQ 4.0 Final Section 4.1 Version History 4.2 Credits 4.3 Contacting 4.4 Proof-reading 4.5 About the Author 4.6 Copyright Notice 4.7 Final Words Search string ------------- If you want to get to a section fast, bring up the search function of your browser/word editor. To activate the search function, press Ctrl F in most programs, including Internet Explorer. Then type the number of the part which you wish to reach. For example, if you need to get to Monkeys, type 2.2. You could just type the name of the section in the search function and you will get there eventually. _______________________________________________________________________________ 1.0 Introduction _______________________________________________________________________________ I've not worked on any FAQ for months so I thought it would be fun to do a FAQ again, a small one at least. I think it is strange that Super Monkey Ball doesn't have an in-depth FAQ for the Expert Mode so I've now made one. Here it is. Here you can find safe strategies to clear all of the Expert floors and finally unlock the Extra floors. Here you can also find strategies for getting TIME BONUS on most of the floors. I also discuss the Monkeys' attributes and how the score is counted. Of course you'll also get some tips. Now I could have just added Beginner and Advanced strategies and I could have this on the FAQs department but I feel that then I would have FAQs for the Party- and Mini Games and that's nothing I'm willing to do so this will have to be enough. This is a part of my full Super Monkey Ball FAQ at my homepage and GameFAQs. The KB I've accumulated for this FAQ at GameFAQs have been removed. This in-depth FAQ was made before the full one. _______________________________________________________________________________ 2.0 Basics, etc. _______________________________________________________________________________ You find healthy information in this part that should be positioned before the main Walkthrough. I do refer to the manual if you need the most basic information. The manual is very in-depth. If you're playing an illegal copy of the game and don't have a manual, I think you should give the copy to the police and feel very bad about yourself. ========================== 2.1 Brief game information ========================== System: Nintendo GameCube Television System: PAL Publisher: Sega Developer: Amusement Vision (AV) Origin: Japan Players: 1-4 Genre: Puzzle/Platform Block 3 Released Japan: September 14, 2001 USA: November 18, 2001 Europe: May 3, 2002 =============== 2.2 The Monkeys =============== In Super Monkey Ball there're four different characters to play as: four monkeys. They are AIAI, MEME, BABY and GONGON. I've put them through some different tests in the game as speed, turning, traction, jumping and braking and as I see it, there are no differences between the monkeys in the Main Game. But I believe that BABY is the best character due to his size. It's easier to cross small passageways with a small character, because it's easier to keep track ofwhere you are. The ball however, isn't smaller, it's just the monkey. So if you can stand BABY's squeaky voice and you don't grief too bad about not seeing AIAI's headbanging after each cleared floor, BABY's the way to go. In case there really are differences between the characters it's best for you to know that this FAQ is written with BABY in mind. ============================ 2.3 How the score is counted ============================ In this game you get score while playing. You can get points by either taking bananas or finishing a floor. Taking a banana is worth 100 points and that is that. When finishing a blue goal that lets you jump to the next floor you'll simply get a CLEAR SCORE and this one's calculated so you'll simply get the same amount of points as there are hundreds of seconds left on the timer. So if the timer stops on 14:73 you'll get 1473 points. That's the CLEAR SCORE for the blue goals. If you finish the floor within half of the time limit (which is either 30 or 60 seconds) you'll get a TIME BONUS X2, which gives you a double CLEAR SCORE. The total score of the floor shows in the FLOOR SCORE, bananas not included. It's a little more complicated for the green goals. The green goals will let you skip one or more floors. You'll get the same CLEAR SCORE as when passing the blue goal but there will be 10,000 points added to the score. This score will then increase depending on how many floors you're allowed to skip. ----------------------------------------- Floors skipped WARP BONUS ----------------------------------------- 1 Floor WARP BONUS X2 2 Floors WARP BONUS X3 3 Floors WARP BONUS X4 6 Floors WARP BONUS X7 ----------------------------------------- The score will then be the CLEAR SCORE multiplied with WARP BONUS X. Getting a TIME BONUS when going through a green goal, doubles the whole score including the WARP BONUS. The total score of the floor shows in the FLOOR SCORE, bananas not included. These are the floors that have a green goal. --------------------------------------------------------------- Difficulty Floor Where to Floor skipped --------------------------------------------------------------- Beginner Floor 2 Floor 5 2 Floors Advanced Floor 6 Floor 10 3 Floors Advanced Floor 11 Floor 14 2 Floors Advanced Floor 18 Floor 20 1 Floor Advanced Floor 25 Floor 28 2 Floors Expert Floor 3 Floor 5 1 Floor Expert Floor 42 Floor 44 1 Floor Expert Floor 46 Floor 48 1 Floor --------------------------------------------------------------- The score is the same when going through a red goal as when going through an green goal except you'll get an addition of 20,000 points instead of only 10,000 points. These are the floors that have a red goal. --------------------------------------------------------------- Difficulty Floor Where to Floors skipped --------------------------------------------------------------- Advanced Floor 18 Floor 25 6 Floors Expert Floor 2 Floor 5 2 Floors Expert Floor 42 Floor 45 2 Floors --------------------------------------------------------------- There's a special note about the 50 Hz mode in the PAL version. At least in my copy there seems to be a glitch that gives you less score. When finishing a floor you'll only get around 83% of the points you would normally get in 60 Hz. I've tried it many times in both Practice and Normal and it's always the same. If anyone have an explanation please e-mail me. There are two more differences that I've found. It really doesn't belong here but I'll write it anyway. The 50 Hz mode is a little bit slower. For example; it takes two more hundreds of seconds to finish the first floor in beginner. Another difference is a down part for the 60 Hz mode. On Expert floor 17, there's a really deep drop in frame-rate. That's not the case in 50 Hz mode. That's annoying I'll tell you. But that's the only drop in frame-rate I've found. Some pointers to get the really high scores. Always get a TIME BONUS if that's possible on that floor. As mentioned before this doubles the score. And always use the warps. But you also have to think about the bananas. One banana is worth 100 points and ten bananas or a bunch is then of course worth 1,000 points. If you've read above you know that one second less on the timer when finishing a floor gives you one extra 100 points, if you get a TIME BONUS it's worth 200 points a second. Let's say that you'll get a TIME BONUS. Then when taking a banana, the process of taking it shall not take more than 0.5 second for you to gain profit in the scores. As goes with a bunch, ten bananas, but it cannot take more than 5 seconds if you want profit. If bananas and bunches are in the way of the fastest way to the goal you'll of course not worry about it. Then you have nothing to lose. But on a floor where you usually get a TIME BONUS and you wish to take a side path that will result in a bunch and 5 seconds more on your timer, that's nothing you should do. But if it's less than 5 seconds of your total time, then go for it. Check the table below. -------------------------------------------------------- How many bananas? |It can't take more than... for you to gain profit w/ TIME BONUS | w/o TIME BONUS -------------------------------------------------------- 1 Bananas | 0.5 Seconds| 1 Second 2 Bananas | 1.0 Second | 2 Seconds 3 Bananas | 1.5 Seconds| 3 Seconds 4 Bananas | 2.0 Seconds| 4 Seconds 5 Bananas | 2.5 Seconds| 5 Seconds 6 Bananas | 3.0 Seconds| 6 Seconds 7 Bananas | 3.5 Seconds| 7 Seconds 8 Bananas | 4.0 Seconds| 8 Seconds 9 Bananas | 4.5 Seconds| 9 Seconds 10 Bananas | 5.0 Seconds|10 Seconds And so on... -------------------------------------------------------- ========================= 2.4 Before-you-begin-tips ========================= 14 tips to be a better Super Monkey Ball player and learning more about the game. - Even though speed, braking, turning, traction or jumping doesn't matter between the monkeys, does actually size matter. It's much easier to cross thin passages with a small monkey. So I've always used BABY and I believe you should as well. Even though AIAI's coolness is hard to beat. - Before you begin taking on the Expert Floors I think you should have unlimited continues. After you've unlocked all of the Mini-Games for each 2,500 play points you collect your amount of continues will increase. When you've collected 2,500 points while having 9 continues you'll instead get unlimited. To collect lots of play points, clear Advanced many times and take the red warp on Floor 18 which gives you extremely much points. (To reach it go down on the way below the start point instead of trying to catch it.) - Then unlock the floors, all of them, except the Extra. And play Practice until you can master them all. Check my strategies and/or develop strategies that suit you. If you think that's boring, play through Expert Normal Mode until you can do it within one continue. I guy I know did it like that. - To save yourself time and patience I think you should learn some of the warps. I recommend learning the red warps on Floor 2 and Floor 42. I think the one on 46 is too hard and the one on 3 is unnecessary due to the one on the second floor. On 42 there is a green too that doesn't warp you as far as the red. I don't think it's much harder to reach the red one that the green one, honestly. - Sometimes it might be worth learning faster ways than safer ways because it might be easier on your patience. That's probably just individual. - Something I write "diagonal platform crossing", when you pass small platforms that's only connected in the corners. Practice a lot on this moment, you'll encounter it a lot. Floor 42's got lots of this. My tip is to go fast across. It's easier not too fall down then. - When being on small platforms, moving or stationary, never panic, because that results in a fall-out. When about to fall, tilt the control stick slightly in the opposite direction. - Use the squares on the ground to your advantage. When you're doing a jump that's successful, you can use the squares as a mark where to be next time. - On floors that have nasty angels you're ought to know that pressing the control stick back has less effect than pressing it sideways. That's important to think about. - If my strategies don't work for you, you should try to develop your own. Why not use one of mine as a foundation and then edit it to your liking. In Super Monkey Ball I believe that we are good on doing different things. - I'm not a very good Super Monkey Ball player so if you think my strategies suck, you can spare me from knowing that and instead send in your own. Credits will of course be yours. - If you finish Expert without having to use a continue you'll unlock 10 Extra Floors which I also have strategies for. But don't fear, they're not harder than the average Expert Floors. And no, you can lose lives when trying to unlock Expert Extra, in Beginner and Advanced you couldn't but here it would be just cruel. - If you finish the EXTRA Floors w/o losing a continue another challenge will come up. The ridiculously hard Master Mode. Ten of those and they're real pain in the ars. Those you've played will be accessible in the Practice Mode between Beginner and Expert Extra. But to play Master in Normal Mode you must do it after finishing Expert and Expert's EXTRA Floors without continuing. I've got no strategies for these because it's off-topic. Read the in-depth FAQ for Master Mode at GameFAQs.com but if you really want to know how I finished it mail me. - Read the parts above this one and you should be even more ready. _______________________________________________________________________________ 3.0 The FAQ _______________________________________________________________________________ This is how all the Floors are presented in this FAQ. FLOOR - The number of the Floor. TIME LIMIT: - All the floors have a time limit, it's either 30 or 60 seconds. When there are no time left, a monkey will be lost. BANANAS: - How many bananas there are on that floor. 5 + 10 means that there are 5 loose bananas and 10 bound up in a bunch. THE SAFE WAY: - According to my judgment the safest way. THE WARP WAY: - Only enable on four of the 60 floors. How to reach the Warp goal. THE TIME BONUS WAY: - How to get a TIME BONUS on this floor, if it's possible or to my knowledge. MY WAY: - How I recommend you to deal with it, how I usually do. Also which warps I use. DIFFICULTY: - There are no criteria for this. I compare the floors to each other. Please do not mail me about my ratings being bad. This is how I found the floor's difficulty compared to each other. The rating goes from 1 to 5. THE WARP WAYS will also be rated. Five of the 50 (60 with the Extra) Expert floors are Bonus Floors. On four of these you'll finish when you've taken all of the bananas and on all of them you can't lose lives. Because of that their presentation looks different. The only available facts are time limit, bananas and a description. EXPERT FLOOR 1 -------------- TIME LIMIT: 30 Seconds BANANAS: 4 + 0 THE SAFE WAY: Not too hard. Push up when it begins and you'll automatically jump over the holes and go through the finish line. THE TIME BONUS WAY: As The Safe Way. MY WAY: Doesn't require too much strategy. Of course I aim for the Time Bonus. DIFFICULTY: 1/5 EXPERT FLOOR 2 -------------- TIME LIMIT: 30 Seconds BANANAS: 10 + 0 THE SAFE WAY: Go to the intersection and choose the left path. Carefully go around the corner and boost yourself into the goal. THE RED WARP WAY: Go to the intersection and choose the right* way. Carefully go around the corner and then line up with the goal. Boost yourself up the slope and into the goal. You don't have to be lined up with the goal if you're skilled enough, then you can balance the ball on the line. The warp will take you to the fifth floor. THE TIME BONUS WAY: Like the safe way, that's the safest way, but it's possible to do it the right* way if you're fast enough, also take the bananas if you're even faster to receive an extra 1,000 points. If you successfully do it the right* way you'll also get a double WARP BONUS. MY WAY: Due to the fact that I have played this floor numerous of times I've learned to do it the best way. I use the Warp and I take the 10 bananas on top within the TIME BONUS limit. DIFFICULTY: 2/5, THE RED WARP WAY: 3/5 *Right - Here referring to the direction EXPERT FLOOR 3 -------------- TIME LIMIT: 30 Seconds BANANAS: 3 + 0 THE SAFE WAY: Go to the right and wait for the platform with the warp goal (green goal to pass). Just before the platform with the blue goal stops spinning roll out on the truly unsteady floor and aim for the goal. If you've timed your actions correctly, the platform should start to move just before you touch the finish line. THE GREEN WARP WAY: Very tough to master and completely unnecessary. Do the warp on the second Floor instead. Both will make you end up at floor 5. Practice this a lot if you want to attempt it on Normal Mode. When I've done it, I've done it like this. Take action immediately after you start. Roll very fast in a rather wide bend to the right. Then aim directly at the green goal and hope that lady fortune is besides you. Or go first diagonally out to the right so you end up a little to the right of the middle at the right platform. Then change direction and aim directly at the goal. Either way you have to be very fast and take action immediately. THE TIME BONUS WAY: The safe way will give you a time bonus. If you want as good points as possible you'll have to use the warp way. MY WAY: I don't even play this floor, I Warp past it. But if I do play it, I don't use this floor's Warp, that's for sure. DIFFICULTY: 2/5, THE GREEN WARP WAY: 4/5 EXPERT FLOOR 4 -------------- TIME LIMIT: 60 Seconds BANANAS: 6 + 10 THE SAFE WAY: First go around the first corners, go up the hill and down to the moving platforms. Board them and then go up the next hill. Carefully go around the bumpers and then go out on the thin passageway to the goal. THE TIME BONUS WAY: Never done it but if it's possible I guess it would have to be like this. Go up and then right. Picture yourself then go right again off the platform but with speed. Try to bounce on the small passageway and then go into goal. It's ought to be tough. MY WAY: I warp past this one from Floor 2. DIFFICULTY: 2/5 EXPERT FLOOR 5 -------------- TIME LIMIT: 30 Seconds BANANAS: 50 + 0 A bonus stage. Grab all the bananas within the time limit. This isn't hard. Do it systematically. Start on the outer bananas and continue on the inner. Then grab the one in the middle and head for the last one on the south tip of the floor. EXPERT FLOOR 6 -------------- TIME LIMIT: 60 Seconds BANANAS: 5 + 20 THE SAFE WAY: As I see it, the fastest way is the safest way. Less time on the small platforms means a smaller chance of falling down. Go to the very left edge of the starting platform. Then cross diagonally to the oncoming platform. A second later this little platform should unite with seven other small platforms. Then go across this united platform to the exact opposite side and wait for the united platform to unite with seven other united platforms into one big untied platform. Then go diagonally over to the one on the north. Go across this untied platform to the opposite side and wait for it to go to the goal plattform. THE TIME BONUS WAY: As the safe way. MY WAY: As the safe way, but sometimes I go out on the left-most platform to collect a bunch of bananas. Though you lose the TIME BONUS, you make it in time either way. DIFFICULTY: 3/5 EXPERT FLOOR 7 -------------- TIME LIMIT: 60 Seconds BANANAS: 3 + 0 THE SAFE WAY: I believe this floor is really tough due to the time pressure and the many moments you have to learn. Boost up the first slope and remember to brake in time. Go to the left middle part of this platform you're on, then line up with the next slope. Press up and go up it. If you haven't taken enough aim you can't go up the slope. Go down the stairs and brake in time. Now for some diagonal platform crossing. Try to keep decent speed all the time or you'll easily fall down. Then for the last moment. Go at a decent speed on the thin line to the finish line. Be careful, but if you're not fast enough you won't make it in time. THE TIME BONUS WAY: Ha! Good luck. I've never done it, never will and I doubt it's even possible. I reckon you have to glide on the last line's edges if you want to make it in time. - Contributed from Bahji Bahji a.k.a. UnKnown X - I have a guide for getting time bonus on Expert floor 7: Boost up the line near the start, break in time and do a sharp turn to the right. Go fast down the steps. Bounce over the diagonal platforms, and brake in time, go in 10 - 12 mph over the thin line to the goal. MY WAY: As the safe way. DIFFICULTY: 4/5 EXPERT FLOOR 8 -------------- TIME LIMIT: 30 Seconds BANANAS: 6 + 0 THE SAFE WAY: I'd say there's two ways of doing this safe. I recommend the second method. 1. Carefully roll down the slopes. The straightforward way. Before you go down a slope, check so you're at the right position and brake in time. Don't be too slow or you won't make it in time. 2. Jump down to the platform below the start point when you begin. Keep the control stick drawn back and wait for the impact when you release it. Go forward on the right ledge but have higher speed when you drop down to the next platform. Press the control stick back once you've landed so you don't continue off the platform. Then roll down the slide to the goal. Be sure to line up first. THE TIME BONUS WAY: The second way but have a good speed. MY WAY: The second method of course. Bananas feel unnecessary here. DIFFICULTY: 2/5 EXPERT FLOOR 9 -------------- TIME LIMIT: 60 Seconds BANANAS: 204 THE SAFE WAY: Annoying floor. You can choose between different ways, but all of them end up near the same goal. The inner ways contain more bananas and are shorter but also much thinner. The opposite goes for the outer ways. Use the broadest way, the one that say 0.5. It's most secure and I don't believe you need to worry about the time limit. But I tend to lose my patience when going this way. THE TIME BONUS WAY: Go fast on the outer line, 0.5. Not too fast, cause it ain't too hard. MY WAY: Yes, there are 204 bananas on this floor, but at best you can "only" get 98 of them. To do so you must take the inner line, the shortest but also the thinnest. I never use this way, it's very hard. I think this way only is an option if you're aiming on taking every banana because if you're so good that you can take this way any day I don't think you'd need the bananas to get to Master. I always take the outer way, though it's very tempting to take the inner ones. Way 0.5 has no bananas, 0.4 has 6 bananas, 0.3 has 30 bananas, 0.2 has 70 bananas and 0.1 has 98 bananas. Your choice. DIFFICULTY: 3/5 EXPERT FLOOR 10 --------------- TIME LIMIT: 30 Seconds BANANAS: 50 + 0 Another Bonus Floor. A little harder than the one before. Collect 50 bananas within the time limit. My tip is to keep it cold and go fast first through the outer circle of bananas and then through the inner. Then collect the ones you missed. EXPERT FLOOR 11 --------------- TIME LIMIT: 30 Seconds BANANAS: 5 + 0 THE SAFE WAY: Never push up here. Try to just roll and concentrate on getting through those bumper holes. I don't recommend braking because then the timer will block your sight. Just look at the holes and your ball and you'll get through. If you go into a bumper it's about 95% chance you'll get a fall out. Maybe try to brake at the bottom. THE TIME BONUS WAY: Press up in the beginning then just release it and concentrate. MY WAY: The TIME BONUS WAY, I've got no patience for the other way. DIFFICULTY: 3/5 EXPERT FLOOR 12 --------------- TIME LIMIT: 60 Seconds BANANAS: 5 + 20 THE SAFE WAY: Go with the wheels, or roll along with the wheels. At least in the beginning, then on the three last wheels you could just stay put on any of the wheels' platforms and switch when there comes a new one and before you know it you have finished the floor. THE TIME BONUS WAY: Go with the wheels fast. Don't stop. MY WAY: I go against the wheels' flow so I can take the two bunches on the first two wheels. DIFFICULTY: 3/5 EXPERT FLOOR 13 --------------- TIME LIMIT: 60 Seconds BANANAS: 6 + 20 THE SAFE WAY: Go diagonally north-west and jump to the next platform. Then go to the right side and then continue north to jump to the next platform. Press back just before landing so you won't go down a whole. Go around this platform and down the pit. Break while going down. Then go up again and roll on the catwalk. Stop some squares in front of the banana and then boost towards the jump. Press back right after you here the "knock". Then slide between the next platforms and goal. THE TIME BONUS WAY: As above but instead of "going around", jump over the thing and then continue. It saves a lot of time but it's a little more risky. MY WAY: I usually grab both of the bunches. Very visible, both. DIFFICULTY: 3/5 EXPERT FLOOR 14 --------------- TIME LIMIT: 60 Seconds BANANAS: 2 + 0 THE SAFE WAY: Use your eyes and coolness here. Watch where your edges are and the bumpers. Go carefully around the first bumper place. Then on the next moment. When the first bumper move to the left, take it's place and wait for the next to move to the left as well. Then continue in the middle past the pairs on the side. And then move on the very edges to avoid being bumped. Slowly and then boost over the last line before the finish line, eh, boost over it. THE TIME BONUS WAY: You just have to be fast. MY WAY: I go for a TIME BONUS. DIFFICULTY: 2/5 EXPERT FLOOR 15 --------------- TIME LIMIT: 30 Seconds BANANAS: 4 + 20 THE SAFE WAY: Place your monkey in front of the catwalk. When the goal reaches the edge and changes direction, boost towards it. THE TIME BONUS WAY: Like the safe way. MY WAY: Sometimes I just do it as the safe way. But it's better to grab the bananas behind the goal. When you're there move carefully so you don't hit the bumpers then stand before the catwalk behind the goal and do as you would when standing on the one in front. DIFFICULTY: 3/5 EXPERT FLOOR 16 --------------- TIME LIMIT: 30 Seconds BANANAS: 4 + 10 THE SAFE WAY: The key move is never to use "down", instead move the control stick south-west to brake and left to advance. Moving it down has less effect. First go down the ramp, don't jump off it. Then carefully roll down the platform. First go on your right side downwards, then move towards the platform that has a bunch. Use down-left all the time and it should go well. THE TIME BONUS WAY: Do the safe way fast. MY WAY: I'll go for the TIME BONUS. DIFFICULTY: 3/5 EXPERT FLOOR 17 --------------- TIME LIMIT: 30 Seconds BANANAS: 4 + 10 THE SAFE WAY: This one's a pain in the PAL version's 60 Hz mode because it has a time lag. It's mostly to the left way in the beginning it appears. To minimise it try to wait for the first bumper on the left side has passed before you start to take action. Or go to the right first. Or just play 50 Hz mode but then you miss a lot of score (check part 3.). As you might see you must go out on the dangerous bumpered circle to get to a new aisle on the floor. Wait until a bumper has passed then get out on the circle's area and advance for the next aisle. When you're about to get to the goal aisle have extra speed because you won't make it up the aisle else. My tip is to try and bump carefully into the edge on the circle area and up the last aisle. THE TIME BONUS WAY: Advance in a regular speed and don't be clumsy and you'll make it. You can also try to advance two aisles at the same go on the circle area, but it's rather risky so be sure to practice it. MY WAY: I usually don't advance two aisles at the same time, but it happens. I play 60 Hz for the score and flow. DIFFICULTY: 3/5 EXPERT FLOOR 18 --------------- TIME LIMIT: 30 Seconds BANANAS: 13 + 0 THE SAFE WAY: Use down-left or down-right, never down. First go out on the platform to the right edge and press down-right on the control stick. This should make you stay on the platform. Then move fast across the platform until it angels much, then press down-left on the control stick. And then it should be all right to aim at the goal. THE TIME BONUS WAY: A fast SAFE WAY should be all right. MY WAY: The safe way, but I try to take as many bananas as possible on the way. DIFFICULTY: 3/5 EXPERT FLOOR 19 --------------- TIME LIMIT: 60 Seconds BANANAS: 12 + 20 THE SAFE WAY: Go carefully down the slopes while braking. Then start to mount the slopes before the goal. Do it like this. Try to have a lot of speed or you're just fall back. Stand on the edge opposite of the slope you're going to mount and then go for full speed up the slope. THE TIME BONUS WAY: You won't have any problems. MY WAY: I think the bananas to the left and right should be taken, at least on one side. I usually don't do it... Just mount these slopes as you would on the ordinary platform. DIFFICULTY: 2/5 EXPERT FLOOR 20 --------------- TIME LIMIT: 30 Seconds BANANAS: 50 Go diagonally forward and back and collect all the bananas. Be focused and don't touch the bumpers. EXPERT FLOOR 21 --------------- TIME LIMIT: 60 Seconds BANANAS: 9 + 20 THE SAFE WAY: Fun, but it took me hours to master, please don't laugh. Move back and forth on the thin platform to avoid being pushed down by the massive blocks that moves like nasty bastards. I can't give you much pointers here, but keep focused and roll the first half of the way. Start pressing up after the first half and it will be easier. THE TIME BONUS WAY: You have 60 Seconds. Either you clear it with a TIME BONUS or you won't clear it at all. MY WAY: The safe way. DIFFICULTY: 5/5 EXPERT FLOOR 22 --------------- TIME LIMIT: 60 Seconds BANANAS: 4 + 10 THE SAFE WAY: This floor's rather complicated actually. But not too hard. Stop the ball on the last row of squares before the ramp in the middle. Then go down the ramp with up pressed. Press down when you hear a bump and the ball goes straight up in the air. You should land on the platform in front of the outer platform. On the S. Then take aim and go for the bananas on the E. Don't stop on E, continue to G. Go back on the G until you see a bunch. Aim at the bunch with full speed and you should get to it. Brake in time. Then go for the goal. THE TIME BONUS WAY: The safe way usually gives me a TIME BONUS. MY WAY: The safe way. But sometimes I aim for the bunch. Just balance on the edge and it's quiet easy to get. DIFFICULTY: 3/5 EXPERT FLOOR 23 --------------- TIME LIMIT: 30 Seconds BANANAS: 10 + 0 THE SAFE WAY: Just move from platform to platform until you reach the goal. THE TIME BONUS WAY: The safe way should be enough. MY WAY: Not only do I aim for TIME BONUS I also take the bananas. *pats himself on his back* DIFFICULTY: 2/5 EXPERT FLOOR 24 --------------- TIME LIMIT: 60 Seconds BANANAS: 18 + 0 THE SAFE WAY: What is it to say about this floor? Brake in the corners and don't be too slow. I know a shortcut that minimises the risk to get time out. Drop down to the right between the fifth and sixth banana. THE TIME BONUS WAY: No, the shortcut above isn't enough for you to get a TIME BONUS on this floor. I say: N/A MY WAY: I brake in the corners and do the shortcut. DIFFICULTY: 2/5 EXPERT FLOOR 25 --------------- TIME LIMIT: 30 Seconds BANANAS: 7 + 0 THE SAFE WAY: Looks like a skateboarding ramp. Here it actually is a small chance to get stuck if you do it wrong. Here's how to do it right. Press up mostly but between each platform change, press down a little so you land in the beginning of a ramp instead of in the middle of it. You gain more speed this way. THE TIME BONUS WAY: It's possible to keep holding up all the time but I recommend you to at least on the last ramp press down in the beginning and the TIME BONUS is yours. MY WAY: The safe way. DIFFICULTY: 2/5 EXPERT FLOOR 26 --------------- TIME LIMIT: 30 Seconds BANANAS: 19 + 0 THE SAFE WAY: Bounce around a little as you wish. Safest way should be to follow the banana line. Or else you can just drop down just below the starting platform and you be just above the goal. Remember to just keep control of the bouncing. THE TIME BONUS WAY: Drop down to the platform just below the starting point and then down to the goal platform. MY WAY: Varies between the above. Sometimes I like to collect bananas. DIFFICULTY: 2/5 EXPERT FLOOR 27 --------------- TIME LIMIT: 60 Seconds BANANAS: 0 + 50 THE SAFE WAY: A path to the left and one to the right. The one on the left is really easy and the one on the right is tough but gives you 50 bananas. Diagonal platform crossing; cross fast and cold. THE TIME BONUS WAY: The left way of course. Then it's easy. MY WAY: Um... the left path, but I recommend you to learn the right path. 50 extra bananas are sweet. DIFFICULTY: 2/5 EXPERT FLOOR 28 --------------- TIME LIMIT: 60 Seconds BANANAS: 6 + 10 THE SAFE WAY: I've managed to give you three different strategies here. 1. Press up immediately. When the timer switches from 57:00 to 56:99 drop down from the platform on the left side and aim at the goal. 2. Go to the bananas and stop a square in front of the fourth banana. Then drop down on the left side. You should land on the bunch and then bounce, either straight up in the air or off the platform. Then go fast into the goal. 3. Go the "real" way. When going down the spiral have a decent speed. And then keep in the middle of the road, until the end when you have to go on the upper part to be able to score. All of these requires practice. THE TIME BONUS WAY: The first or second method. MY WAY: The first method, always. It's almost foolproof. DIFFICULTY: 3/5 EXPERT FLOOR 29 --------------- TIME LIMIT: 60 Seconds BANANAS: 4 + 0 THE SAFE WAY: On this floor you must switch between several large platforms that have belt conveyors that just wants to get you off the platforms. Do like this for all of the switches. Be near the edge off the platform and keep the camera so you can see the platform of which you are heading towards. Wiggle the control stick to the opposite direction of which the ball are heading. When the platform starts to get nearer, start rolling and switch. THE TIME BONUS WAY: I've never done it. But I think it's possible. When you're on the third moving platform you must move to the fourth platform and to the goal platform during the same time. When you're on the third platform you must move to the fourth and then directly to the goal platform. It's tough, I'll tell you. MY WAY: Not the TIME BONUS WAY, that's for sure. DIFFICULTY: 2/5 EXPERT FLOOR 30 --------------- TIME LIMIT: 60 Seconds BANANAS: 50 Easier than the two BONUS Floors before actually. Take the bananas row wise. Slow down before the end of each row or you'll be thrown off the floor. But no need to worry. You won't lose any monkey, just continue to Floor 31. EXPERT FLOOR 31 --------------- TIME LIMIT: 30 Seconds BANANAS: 4 + 0 THE SAFE WAY: Go back a little first, then go a little to the left, and boost over to the right platform. From there go into the corner away from the goal and then boost over to the goal platform. THE TIME BONUS WAY: The safe way works all right. MY WAY: The safe way works for me too which results in a TIME BONUS. DIFFICULTY: 3/5 EXPERT FLOOR 32 --------------- TIME LIMIT: 60 Seconds BANANAS: 8 + 10 THE SAFE WAY: Go fast on the line until it gets very thin, then slow down and on the thinnest, go very slow. THE TIME BONUS WAY: You must be faster. Be very fast everywhere except on the thinnest line and you'll probably make it. MY WAY: I usually don't aim for a TIME BONUS, instead I try to boost at the very last part of the thinnest line to get an extra bunch. DIFFICULTY: 3/5 EXPERT FLOOR 33 --------------- TIME LIMIT: 30 Seconds BANANAS: 1 + 20 THE SAFE WAY: Look at the pin arrangement and you might see two courses to reach the goal. I recommend going in a medium to high speed on the upper course and watching out for those pins everywhere. If you hit a pin and you're going down, try to backtrack to the starting platform and try again. It sometimes works. THE TIME BONUS WAY: The safe way but backtracking won't result in a TIME BONUS. MY WAY: The safe way and I don't care about the bunches due to the risk in falling down. DIFFICULTY: 3/5 EXPERT FLOOR 34 --------------- TIME LIMIT: 30 Seconds BANANAS: 1 + 30 THE SAFE WAY: Always be on the middle of the cylinders, or just try to go over them as fast as possible when they are all at the right side of the Floor. I know that the bunches are tempting but it isn't worth if you fall down trying to take them. THE TIME BONUS WAY: Go over them as fast as possible. MY WAY: I always go very fast over and take the bunches that comes in my way. The chance of not falling down is larger this way. DIFFICULTY: 3/5 EXPERT FLOOR 35 --------------- TIME LIMIT: 60 Seconds BANANAS: 12 + 0 THE SAFE WAY: A screw! Go out on the screw and just try to be at the flattest possible place all the time so you don't fall down. It will move its flattest side to the goal all the time so keep focused and move. THE TIME BONUS WAY: The safe way but boost at the end. MY WAY: The safe way. DIFFICULTY: 2/5 EXPERT FLOOR 36 --------------- TIME LIMIT: 30 Seconds BANANAS: 4 + 0 THE SAFE WAY: Might demand some practice. When you feel like it, follow a bumper around the first half of the floor. Keep on the outer row of squares to make the oncoming sharp and fast turn easier. Try to cut over the inner curve and be focused. Then continue to follow another bumper to the goal. Always lie just behind the bumper but never bump into it. THE TIME BONUS WAY: You must follow the first accessible bumper and then go fast when you've just got the finish line in front of you, you must boost over it or you won't make in time. MY WAY: THE TIME BONUS WAY. Or else I'll just go vacillating when to go into the bumper circus. DIFFICULTY: 3/5 EXPERT FLOOR 37 --------------- TIME LIMIT: 30 Seconds BANANAS: 7 + 0 THE SAFE WAY: Hehe! Press up before it begins and keep it pressed until you're just below the goal platform. Wait for the floor to bounce and it will take you up to the goal platform if you slightly press up. THE TIME BONUS WAY: The safe way is enough. MY WAY: The safe way is my way. With a TIME BONUS of course. DIFFICULTY: 1/5 EXPERT FLOOR 38 --------------- TIME LIMIT: 30 Seconds BANANAS: 3 + 0 THE SAFE WAY: Get out on the first platform then change to the next platform when they connect. Be careful not to go too fast near the goal or you might be bumped off. THE TIME BONUS WAY: Demands a little more concentration. You must pass two connection points at the same time. So when a platform connects with another you must make it to the next connection point as well before the connection is broken. MY WAY: Actually the TIME BONUS WAY. The safe way is boring. DIFFICULTY: 2/5 EXPERT FLOOR 39 --------------- TIME LIMIT: 30 Seconds BANANAS: 5 + 0 THE SAFE WAY: Hard to describe. You have to switch between four platforms to get to the goal. Try to wiggle the control stick to the right while doing it. THE TIME BONUS WAY: Be fast on the safe way. MY WAY: The safe way with a TIME BONUS. DIFFICULTY: 2/5 EXPERT FLOOR 40 --------------- TIME LIMIT: 30 Seconds BANANAS: 50 + 0 It's hard to take all of the bananas here. Try to be among the bananas and take as many as possible until you reach the finish line. Yes, there's a finish line but you won't lose any lives when falling out. EXPERT FLOOR 41 --------------- TIME LIMIT: 30 Seconds BANANAS: 8 + 0 THE SAFE WAY: Aim at one of the right outer edges of the bawl and you should be on your way for the goal. Never stop or you'll fall down, don't hit goal pins or you'll fall down, don't lie too low in the bawl or you'll fall down, but this is really easy actually. THE TIME BONUS WAY: As the safe way. MY WAY: As the safe way with a TIME BONUS. DIFFICULTY: 2/5 EXPERT FLOOR 42 --------------- TIME LIMIT: 60 Seconds BANANAS: 28 + 20 THE SAFE WAY: One of my favourites. When moving here, be fast. Or at least move in a decent speed, because then it's not as easy to fall down. Remember that it's easier to move in a straight line over the platforms diagonally instead of changing directions all the time. To get to the blue goal you just have to move diagonally north-west and then zigzag into the goal. THE GREEN WARP WAY: Like for the blue goal, the safe way, go to the north-east instead. The difference is that you have to zigzag a lot more, which makes it harder. THE RED WARP WAY: First go to the blue goal but change directions and go on the right side of it instead and further to the bananas and finally to the goal. THE TIME BONUS WAY: You can use which ever way you'd like but the safe way is of course the easiest. MY WAY: I always go for THE RED WARP WAY because I get to pass one more floor than THE GREEN WAY, I get bananas and it's not much harder than THE GREEN WAY. But I don't go on a banana hunt because then you have to switch directions on the platforms a lot and that's not too easy. DIFFICULTY: 3/5, THE GREEN WARP WAY: 4/5, THE RED WARP WAY: 4/5 EXPERT FLOOR 43 --------------- TIME LIMIT: 60 Seconds BANANAS: 4 + 0 THE SAFE WAY: Hurg... First go to the point where there are moving platforms. Place yourself in the middle and go towards it quickly when it lines up with you. Brake in time. Wait until you go by a stationary part and go there. Then jump on another moving thing of Satan and wait until it reaches its top. Directly when it has stopped moving drop down carefully on another moving platform which will take you to the goal. THE TIME BONUS WAY: I'm really sorry reader, but I just don't care. MY WAY: Yuck! I don't even, ever play this damned floor. It's cursed I'll tell ya. I practised the red warp on Floor 42 until I mastered it instead and I recommend you to do that to. The green goal at 42 also lets you jump over this floor. DIFFICULTY: 5/5 EXPERT FLOOR 44 --------------- TIME LIMIT: 30 Seconds BANANAS: 4 + 0 THE SAFE WAY: Keep at or near the green line all the time an don't go too slow and you'll make it easily around. Be careful in the corners. THE TIME BONUS WAY: Tougher. This is nothing for chickens. Go very fast around on the inner side of the green line all the time. Practice the corners and don't be afraid of falling down. MY WAY: I never even play this floor, I warp past it on Floor 42's red goal. If I do I play the safe way due to my inexperience. DIFFICULTY: 3/5 EXPERT FLOOR 45 --------------- TIME LIMIT: 30 Seconds BANANAS: 3 + 10 THE SAFE WAY: This floor requires some timing. The first part isn't too hard, wait until around 27:00 on the clock before you go out on the rails. Then stop right behind the first set of rails and wait. When the timer is just about to hit 20:00, boost out on the rails that takes you to the goal. THE TIME BONUS WAY: I've never succeeded. I'm always a half second late and if I go earlier I fall down. MY WAY: The safe way obviously. DIFFICULTY: 2/5 EXPERT FLOOR 46 --------------- TIME LIMIT: 30 Seconds BANANAS: 5 + 0 THE SAFE WAY: Go left in the first circle, then switch circles all the time. When about to switch to the fifth circle you'll see the goal. Go instead up on that side platform. It's important to go to the left in the first circle and to maintain high speed all the time. THE GREEN WARP WAY: Tough, w/o a doubt the toughest Warp in Expert if you ask me, I haven't done it many times and it only takes you to Floor 48. You have to go out in the fifth circle, that's very steep and then switch to a goal platform. You must go very fast and maintain that speed all the way. To manage that you can't make any sharp turns. Sorry I can't help you further. - Contributed from killua_zoldyck@hotmail.com - I just wanted to tell you that there is a way to get the green goal in expert level 46 easily (well, not easily, but easier than without this strategy). First, go through the level normally until you have to jump from the ring before the ring with the blue goal to the one with the ring that allows you to get to the blue goal. When you jump, hit the bottom and go up and then jump out on the pink marker and hit the bottom of the last ring and go up. You should have enough speed to get on the platform and into the green goal. *Author's note* I have tried it and it works pretty well, but still takes a lot of practise to manage perfectly. THE TIME BONUS WAY: Do the safe way. MY WAY: The safe way, duh! DIFFICULTY: 2/5 THE GREEN WARP WAY: 5/5 EXPERT FLOOR 47 --------------- TIME LIMIT: 30 Seconds BANANAS: 1 + 0 THE SAFE WAY: Annoying because it's so irregular. Sometimes you can just keep up pressed and you go directly in the goal and sometimes you have problems on the first bump. If that occurs, go back, do a U-turn and try again in full speed. The secret seems to be that you must hit the bump while being exactly straight on it. Right on it. Not from the side at all. THE TIME BONUS WAY: Hope it works by just holding up. MY WAY: As the safe way with a TIME BONUS if I can. DIFFICULTY: 3/5 EXPERT FLOOR 48 --------------- TIME LIMIT: 30 Seconds BANANAS: 8 + 0 THE SAFE WAY: This floor is not much to cry about. Keep a decent speed all over the floor and a little speed increase in the corners to minimise the risk of falling down. Just don't go too slow or you'll have problems with the timer. THE TIME BONUS WAY: N/A I've tried to do it as fast as possible but I lack lots of seconds when doing it as fast as I just can. And short-cuts don't work. MY WAY: I go fast around. DIFFICULTY: 2/5 EXPERT FLOOR 49 --------------- TIME LIMIT: 30 Seconds BANANAS: 3 + 20 THE SAFE WAY: On this floor you have to practice a special position to be able to finish as safe as possible. When the bumper circle with one banana has passed move slowly towards the goal and you should reach the special position where you break the finish line at around 27 seconds left on the timer. Focus and don't panic. ____________________ / \ / \ / __________ \ / / \ \ | / \ | | | | | | | | | | \ / | \ \__________/ / \ / \ G / \__________S_________/ Sorry about the bad ASCII but here you can see where to stand. S is the starting position and G is the goal position. THE TIME BONUS WAY: Well, 27 secs left on a 30 seconds limit floor is a TIME BONUS. MY WAY: The above. I don't take bananas. DIFFICULTY: 2/5 EXPERT FLOOR 50 --------------- TIME LIMIT: 30 Seconds BANANAS: 5 + 0 THE SAFE WAY: Surprisingly easy to be the final floor. In Advanced the final floor was much harder than the average floor on that difficulty and the same with Beginner though "harder" isn't the right word. Place yourself on the top right corner of the platform you start at. Then when the box envelopes so a flat side appears in front of you, roll out on it, then go to the next side that appears and then the next and so on... Finally you'll be on the last platform and then it's just to go and break the finish line. Remember to always take the shortest way to the next platform and never to go on a platform that isn't enveloped yet. THE TIME BONUS WAY: If you move as soon as you get the chance you'll get a TIME BONUS. MY WAY: I move as fast as I can and I don't care about bananas. DIFFICULTY: 2/5 EXPERT EXTRA FLOOR 1 -------------------- TIME LIMIT: 30 Seconds BANANAS: 7 + 0 THE SAFE WAY: These group of Extra Floors don't differ much in difficulty from the average Expert Floors. A very soft start at least. A Beginner Extra Floor that hasn't changed a bit. Just go out on the moving platforms, move from one to another all the time until you reach the goal. THE TIME BONUS WAY: Never stop, move all the time and the TIME BONUS will be yours. MY WAY: I do the moving process in the middle of the floor to get a hold of the bananas. DIFFICULTY: 1/5 EXPERT EXTRA FLOOR 2 -------------------- TIME LIMIT: 30 Seconds BANANAS: 0 + 0 THE SAFE WAY: I think it's better to learn this floor's pattern and then finish it. But here's my strategy. My directions have the foundation in that "north" is the direction of the goal and "south" is the direction of the start. Go north immediately, wait, go north-west and north, wait, go north-east and north, wait, go north- west and north, wait, go directly for the goal. In short words: between the drops of platforms you shall always switch between moving north-west - north and north-east - north until you reach the goal or a clear sight to the goal. THE TIME BONUS WAY: The safe way works fine. Less time on the platforms means less chance of losing concentration and falling down. MY WAY: I of course use my safe way with a TIME BONUS DIFFICULTY: 3/5 EXPERT EXTRA FLOOR 3 -------------------- TIME LIMIT: 30 Seconds BANANAS: 5 + 0 THE SAFE WAY: This one's a Beginner Floor, but more deadly. The one on Beginner couldn't push you off the platform, this one can. Go slightly to the left and aim the monkey at the middle of the platform. Wait until the timer is about to turn 22:00, then go directly at the finish line. Though this usually works I recommend you to learn and look when it's time to move. Take action right after that you see the spinning goal slow down. It isn't hard to learn that. THE TIME BONUS WAY: Obviously you get a TIME BONUS if you use the method above. MY WAY: I learned to look. DIFFICULTY: 3/5 EXPERT EXTRA FLOOR 4 -------------------- TIME LIMIT: 30 Seconds BANANAS: 8 + 0 THE SAFE WAY: I've got two safe ways on this floor for you. 1. Board a platform and then wait on it until the timer has counted down to around 17-16 secs left. Then make ready to board the goal platform which comes from below some secs after this. It comes from the opposite side of which you bored the platform you're on right now. Get on the goal platform when it's slightly below yours. The timer stats goes if you got on any of the first platforms. 2. Immediately take action. Board the oncoming platform with a banana and fall directly off it to the left or more like the north-west corner of it and aim for the goal platform below. This is risky but the other way is so boring and the camera is really messy. THE TIME BONUS WAY: Only possible method, is the second. MY WAY: First I use the second method and if I lose a life I do the much safer first method. I don't care about bananas on this floor. DIFFICULTY: 3/5 EXPERT EXTRA FLOOR 5 -------------------- TIME LIMIT: 30 Seconds BANANAS: 5 + 10 THE SAFE WAY: Easy, but not if you want the bunch on the tip of ramp below. Well, the ways way then. Go left, then up and then roll on the nasty angled catwalk with bananas, to the next catwalk. Go to the far end of this catwalk and line up to the uncoming goals. You don't even have to time well. Just roll off the ramp and you'll break a finish line. They come from the right all the time so it's nearly never empty there. But remember to go all the way down the catwalk so you'll get proper speed. THE TIME BONUS WAY: Be fast and the safe way will be good enough. MY WAY: Let's say that I never go down the ramp in the Beginning. It's too hard for me. DIFFICULTY: 2/5 EXPERT EXTRA FLOOR 6 -------------------- TIME LIMIT: 30 Seconds BANANAS: 5 + 0 THE SAFE WAY: This is a little scary, because you don't really see what happens. Go down the big pipe during high speed and boost all the way through it. Try to follow the corners with the control stick, but sometimes it works by just holding up. And when you see the goal, when you come out of the pipe, brake, not before, not after. Because then you'll either boost off the platform or fall before it. Then simply go into the goal. THE TIME BONUS WAY: To be able to finish this floor you must be fast so a TIME BONUS won't be a problem. MY WAY: My way's the safe way. DIFFICULTY: 3/5 EXPERT EXTRA FLOOR 7 -------------------- TIME LIMIT: 30 Seconds BANANAS: 4 + 0 THE SAFE WAY: I believe this is the safest method. Board the moving platform with squares, then roll at a high speed past three bananas and be sure to board the fourth yellow dot. Keep your balance there until you see another platform with squares coming towards you. Board it and it will take you to the goal just in time. THE TIME BONUS WAY: A lot more difficult. You can't use the safe way. You must as fast as possible board the moving platform with squares and then boooooost over the whole floor and onto to the goal platform. Only tips I can give you are take action immediately, keep cold and go just as fast as your monkey can roll. MY WAY: I do it the safe way, always. DIFFICULTY: 4/5 EXPERT EXTRA FLOOR 8 -------------------- TIME LIMIT: 30 Seconds BANANAS: 5 + 10 THE SAFE WAY: A Beginner Floor. You don't need to worry. Just try to ignore the rumbling and go carefully around and to the goal. THE TIME BONUS WAY: Don't be too slow. MY WAY: I usually ignore the bunch in the "A" because it's pretty easy to lose a life out there and this is very close to the last floor so bananas aren't needed. DIFFICULTY: 2/5 EXPERT EXTRA FLOOR 9 -------------------- TIME LIMIT: 30 Seconds BANANAS: 0 + 0 THE SAFE WAY: Woohooo! That's what my stomach said when I first played this floor. This is really easy if you follow my direction exactly. This is how to do it. Go along the platform to the point where the stairs begin. Place your monkey on the pair of squares in the middle, behind the row that's nearest the edge. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| | |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| | |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| Place your monkey |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| on this row in the |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| middle. |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| The starting position |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| || is way down. |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| \/ Be sure that the monkey doesn't move, then boost, press up all the time and maybe aim a little towards the goal. You should go right into the goal. It works for me around 9/10 of the times. THE TIME BONUS WAY: Line up quickly and a TIME BONUS will be yours. MY WAY: I try to get a TIME BONUS. DIFFICULTY: 3/5 EXPERT EXTRA FLOOR 10 --------------------- TIME LIMIT: 30 Seconds BANANAS: 0 + 0 THE SAFE WAY: This is one funny floor. A big hammer spins around and it hits away block after block and when the TIME BONUS limit has passed it will hit away the whole floor. This is how you should do it. Stay put until you here two "klonks". It's a rather long pause between them. Then quickly go to the left of the pillar, pretty close to it actually. When you've heard one more "klonk" go back to the start point and await two more "klonks". After those, go to the other position, to the left and await the last "klonk". Then break that last little finish line. Let's conclude this. 2 "klonks", move left, 1 "klonk", move back, 2 "klonks", move left, 1 "klonk" and GOAL! THE TIME BONUS WAY: It's hard to miss the TIME BONUS because, the hammer hits away the floor when the TIME BONUS limit is reached. MY WAY: According to me, there's only one way here. DIFFICULTY: 2/5 _______________________________________________________________________________ 4.0 Final Section _______________________________________________________________________________ This is the final section. Here, you find miscellaneous parts which don't belong anywhere else. =================== 4.1 Version History =================== Version 1.2 - June 26, 2003 --------------------------- Format change and minor corrections. Version 1.1 - December 22, 2002 ------------------------------- Added some contributed strategies and naturally some names to the credits and stated my new homepage. Version 1.0 - October 3, 2002 ----------------------------- Initial version. The FAQ is complete and there will probably not be any more updates. =========== 4.2 Credits =========== GameFAQs/CJayC - For accepting all of my FAQs My brother - Because I've used his computer Bahji Bahji - for strategies Amusement Vision - For making the game All Expert Mode strategies I've come up by myself, I assure you that. So if you're a FAQ writer for Super Monkey Ball and you have a strategy very similar to any of mine, that's a coincidence. I'm not a thief and if you send me strategies I'll place your name above. =============== 4.3 Contacting =============== If you've got anything on your mind concerning this FAQ, feel free to send me an e-mail. Corrections and constructive criticism are always welcome, but I will probably not accept contributions to the FAQ, unless they're very good. Send me e-mails in Swedish, English, Spanish, Norwegian or Danish. You will get the reply in the same language as your e-mail, except if you write to me in Norwegian or Danish. If that is the case, you will get the reply in English or Swedish. Whichever e-mail you send me, must be polite and properly written or it will be ignored and deleted. I will probably not reply to questions already answered in this document, unless the answer isn't clear enough. cwall_85[at]hotmail.com ================== 4.4 Proof-reading ================== I'm Swedish and have therefore not English as my first language. I still have a long way to go before I can handle the English language perfectly. If you have English as your first language, you can handle it well and you're not younger than 14-15 years then maybe you would like to proof-read this FAQ. If you would, I'd be forever grateful to you and because of that, help you out whenever I could in the FAQs department and I'd list you in the FAQ information at the top of the document. If you have decided to proof-read this FAQ I'd be happy if you didn't correct it, instead mark what is wrong near the error. The reasons are because I must see so you have not misunderstood me and I may be working on another version of the FAQ when you send me the corrected version. Searching the corrected old version for what used to be errors and then inputting it into the error filled new version, would be extremely time consuming and annoying. If you send me a proof-read version which is only corrected, I will not be able to use it. ===================== 4.5 About the Author ===================== Not that anyone cares, but I think it's nice to know something about the author that has written the FAQ. My name is Christian Wall and I am born in 1985. I live in a small town in the middle of Sweden together with my little brother and our cat. I am currently (Summer, 2003) on a Summer vacation from the gymnasium (highschool) and I will be studying there for another year. When I have finished my gymnasium time, I will continue to study either law or economics. In my spare time, I like to play videogames, read books, write FAQs and believe it or not, I like studying. ===================== 4.6 Copyright Notice ===================== This document is protected by international copyright law. You may download this document for personal use, print it and/or put it on your homepage/site. However, this document may not be altered or divided into different parts, and no parts may be removed. It may not be published in any magazine and/or sold for profit. You may not convert it into HTML, nor any other file format. It may only be displayed in ASCII text (.txt). All credit must be given to me, Christian Wall, the sole owner of this document. If you follow these demands, you may publish it on your homepage/site. You do not have to e-mail me about it. I will not send my FAQs or updates to any other sites than the ones listed below. 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