Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz is a , the seventh title in the series, following . It was released as a for the system on November 19, 2006, in North America, December 7th in Australia and December 8, 2006, in Europe.
An HD remake, Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD, was released worldwide on October 29, 2019, for the , , and , and in December 2019 for via .The Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 versions were also released in Japan on October 31, 2019.
The game spans a total of 100 main game levels, and 50 mini-games that each use the controller in a different way (e.g. "Monkey Darts" has players simulate the action of throwing a dart using the ) as well as the appearance of all major characters featured in past games. Unlike previous games in the Super Monkey Ball series, this game features eight battles, a feature new to the franchise. The Wii controller is held parallel to the ground, with the monkey character rolling based on the slope of the game world, directly corresponding with the relative tilt of the Wii controller. The analog stick on the Nunchuk attachment can control the but is entirely optional. For the first time in a Super Monkey Ball game, players are able to jump by quickly flicking the controller up while holding B, or by simply pressing the A button. The game also features character-specific abilities and stats for the puzzle stages, previously unseen in any other game in the series.
