dude you like Super Monkey Ball for the HTTP2? Bro, HN, I knew I liked you dude.
Other notes:
Is there supposed to be a monkey inside the ball? That might be lost in portation
The bananas appear to be 'Dole' branded, interesting early example of Product Placement in games.
I like the category of products that are quite simple to make (read cheap) but can be very successful. I know of course that nowadays making something like this would be much easier, but I can imagine at the time it was still very simple for a nintendo console title. It feels like games this simple might have existed for the N64 when 3D was a novelty so building literally anything was bleeding-edge high-tech million dollar projects (PilotWings 64), but in the NGC era games were much more polished and deep than this. I think its every hacker's dream to publish something they coded in a month and have it be an overnight success.
NEVERMIND MOST OF THIS, I JUST REALIZED THIS IS NOT A PORT, BUT A SIMPLER REMAKE
This is immediately what my mind went to.
If you haven't seen Smiling Friends, you're in for a treat. Zach Hadel is a genius.
The mix of 2D animation, 3D animation, claymation, stop motion, live action rotoscoping, and comping in guest animators like Joel Haver and David Post amazing. You know they appreciate the art form.
You've probably already seen the gif of this scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zxL77g1em4