Hello Kitty is the latest Super Monkey Ball guest character

Sega has announced Hello Kitty as the latest playable character in Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania.

The DLC character will be available to purchase for $4.99 (or equivalent) on the game’s October 5 release date.

Hello Kitty joins Persona’s Morgana as planned premium DLC, while Yakuza’s Kazuma Kiryu, Beat from Jet Set Radio and Sonic and Tails have previously been revealed as unlockable characters in the game.

You can watch the Hello Kitty reveal trailer via the embed below:

Sega previously teased plans to bring “several iconic guest characters” to Banana Mania, while character ‘skins’ based on classic Sega consoles like the Dreamcast, Saturn and Game Gear will also be available as DLC.

Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania was announced during a Nintendo Direct in June. It will contain remasters of Super Monkey Ball, Super Monkey Ball 2 and Super Monkey Ball Deluxe running on the same engine as Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD.

The game will be released on October 5 for Switch, PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PS4 and PS5.