Amen. I feel very dissapointed as a Nintendo fan. Not even their good Nintendo Direct of last week makes up for this.
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Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash Review Thread
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Amen. I feel very dissapointed as a Nintendo fan. Not even their good Nintendo Direct of last week makes up for this.
Panic mode Nintendo is best Nintendo.
My first Nintendo console since N64 -___-
bananafactory
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Linkstrikesback
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I wonder if a large part of the reason they were allowed to on gba was that they had other rpg engines to reuse already.
The golden sun art style appealed to me a lot more than the current mii based designs too...
When GameXplain is saying "meh" about a Nintendo game, you know you dun fucked up.
SweetDonuts
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Oh dear.
Blackleg-sanji1
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Lol i was thinking the same. Those guys are always overly optimistic. So when even they cant find the good..well damn
Gentle Rodriguez
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They rushed out a couple games to keep Wii U owners contented while they work on NX stuff, it predictably blew up in their face.
Exactly.
As much hyped as I'm for Xenoblade Chronicles X and as a good game as I think I'll be, it's definitely not going to review well.
Four player is only local.
This is a bigger bummer this morning than Deus Ex getting pushed back six months.
I was hoping this game would rekindle the scream "go fuck yourself" at your best friend competitive streak that the N64 version awoke among my friends during college. We had a tentatively planned child-free get together planned. But, now...this. I won't even bother at a lower price point, and we'll stick with Super Pole Riders, Smash, and the soccer mini-game of Rayman Legends when we want to get furious at each other.
Thanks for nothing Nintendo. Thanks for nothing, bigtime.
Well, you can play local multiplayer exactly like on the N64, but that alone isn't worth the price.
Gaiaknight
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When do Xenoblade x reviews start dropping do we have the embargo end date?
Nintendo should had throw at least a 2nd wave of Super Mario amiibo with the release of this game by making Waluigi, Wario, Koopas, Shy Guys, etc... Not even that.
Look how content we are...
Look how content we are...
Tom Nook Sawyer
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Their reviews are actually pretty critical generally. I remember them laying into Smash 3DS pretty hard
According GameXplain tomorrow they'll do a 3 hour livestream if I got it right because the embargo lifts by then.
End of the month.
Waluigilicious
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Half the characters you mentioned aren't in the game lol.
Does it play well though? Is it the lack of effort concerning courts/modes/characters that make it feel lackadaisical? I want to get this to play multiplayer with groups of people that come over like Mario Kart.
Is it just uninspired tennis? Even though I thought Mario Tennis Open was also barebones, I had a great time with it!
Is it just uninspired tennis? Even though I thought Mario Tennis Open was also barebones, I had a great time with it!
Gaiaknight
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Not even Shy Guys!?? Worst Mario Tennis game re-confirmed then.
Overeaction much again? lol
The Tennis part is fine, the matter is that's it.
cool thanks
Nov 30 is the review embargo. We can stream on Nov. 19.
Gameplay wise the game is solid. Controls and looks great. For local and online multiplayer, you'll have fun. You'll just wish there was more offered from the game.
balladofwindfishes
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Shy Guy wasn't in Open either. Neither was Koopa actually. And actually Paratroopa is the original Koopa in tennis, Open was the first (not RPG) tennis game without Paratroopa or Shy Guy.
This tennis cut from open
- Diddy (from Power Tennis)
- Metal Mario (new)
- Baby Mario (from 64!)
- Baby Peach (new)
- Luma (new)
- Colored Yoshis (I guess?)
- Mii (how???)
And added
- Rosalina
- Spixie
- Toadette
- And also brought Toad back, having not appeared since 64
The roster is awful.
Tom Nook Sawyer
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The 19th? Huh; someone just posted someone streaming the English version on Twitch right now over in the Xeno thread. Is he breaking the embargo?
Mario Power Tennis: HD + Online would have been sooooooooooooooo much better.
Sure is.
Lionel Richie
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Not unexpected, but still sad to see. This one feels really mailed in.
Yoshi's Woolly World is a damn fine game.
Forgot about it, haven't played yet but do want to.
BodiesWithoutOrgans
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When you buy Nintendo you buy quality so wtf Nintendo I am ashamed of you, so many spin offs that just trash and filler
Glorified G
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LOL. Giant fuck you to people who enjoy single player and/or multiplayer.
Who is this game for?
They'll make money because of Amiibo not from the games.
No clue man. It is boggling why no one questioned it existence with so many missing features especially from a team that made the previous with all the features.
Why would they?
Their holiday commercial has been running for over a month and focused mostly on the 3DS, TriForce Heroes, Super Mystery Dungeon and Smash.
Their big holiday bundle is a Wii U with Smash and Splatoon. And their focus as far as big releases go this Holiday is Xenoblade X.
Plus they already had a Direct with amiibo Festival and Mario Tennis last week.
They already did the spins.
The guy said they got special permission from Nintendo. Probably the same with GameXplain tomorrow.
NipplesAndToes23
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Didn't the new Kirby get great reviews?
Quickly compiled list of game modes, character counts, and court counts for each title in the series.
Some of the playable character counts are unfair since the majority of characters in the GBC and GBA games are human characters unlocked in the story mode. As for the court counts, some are simple reskins of each other (earlier games), but later games in the series do have unique styles for quite a few of their court choices. Ultra Smash, of course, does not.
Aside from that, it's clear that Ultra Smash is lacking especially in minigames and multiplayer features. Perhaps they'll come later in updates (online features at least).
Some of the playable character counts are unfair since the majority of characters in the GBC and GBA games are human characters unlocked in the story mode. As for the court counts, some are simple reskins of each other (earlier games), but later games in the series do have unique styles for quite a few of their court choices. Ultra Smash, of course, does not.
Aside from that, it's clear that Ultra Smash is lacking especially in minigames and multiplayer features. Perhaps they'll come later in updates (online features at least).
to be fair they made it painfully obvious when showing this game off that it's just trash filler
Sheriff_Battlesnake
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I will buy it when it's like $15. I don't see this holding value like other Nintendo developed games.
balladofwindfishes
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You're being awfully generous to Open with 8 QR characters. There really was only one "proper" QR character, with Metal Mario. Unique voice, sound effects, etc.
The rest are just alt colored Yoshi. Something Power Tennis had as an easter egg.
I don't know why you would buy this at all tbh
XAMOEL_ART
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the beginning of the Mario cycle?
Tom Nook Sawyer
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Although it kind of says something that even that half-assed QR-bolstered character roster is still ahead of Ultra Smash
User 479360
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Has this one been posted? I don't see it.
We Got This Covered - 2.5/5
http://wegotthiscovered.com/gaming/mario-tennis-ultra-smash-review/
Sorry, on mobile
We Got This Covered - 2.5/5
http://wegotthiscovered.com/gaming/mario-tennis-ultra-smash-review/
Sorry, on mobile
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