Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash

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Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash
File:MarioTennisUS boxart USA.png
Developer(s) Camelot Software Planning
Publisher(s) Nintendo
Director(s) Shugo Takahashi
Producer(s) Hiroyuki Takahashi
Shugo Takahashi
Toshiharu Izuno
Designer(s) Hiroyuki Takahashi
Shugo Takahashi
Programmer(s) Haruki Kodera
Yutaka Yamamoto
Artist(s) Teppei Kamata
Composer(s) Motoi Sakuraba
Series Mario Tennis
Platforms Wii U
Release date(s) NA 20151120November 20, 2015
EU 20151120November 20, 2015
AUS 20151121November 21, 2015
JP 20160128January 28, 2016
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash (マリオテニス ウルトラスマッシュ Mario Tenisu Urutora Sumasshu?) is a video game in the Mario Tennis series developed by Camelot Software Planning and published by Nintendo for the Wii U, released internationally in November 2015, and released in Japan on January 28, 2016.

Gameplay

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Gameplay Screenshot at E3 2015

Players are able to choose from 16 playable characters for use in 1-on-1 matches or 2-on-2 matches.[1] There are power-ups that can give characters special abilities. The game does not require motion controls.[2]

The game has a total of 4 modes: Mega Battle gives the players an ability to use the Mega Mushroom, which allows the player to have more power and better range; Knockback Challenge has the player facing challenging AI opponents; Classic Tennis allows players to change the rules such as "Chance Shots, Jump Shots and power-ups"; and the Online Mode allows players to team up with another player. Online play does not support friend-based matchmaking, only allowing matchmaking with other random players. Players can also use amiibo to play against other players.[3]

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
Aggregator Score
Metacritic 59/100[4]
Review scores
Publication Score
Destructoid 5.5/10[5]
Game Informer 6.75/10[7]
Game Revolution 3/5 stars[6]
GameSpot 6/10[8]
GamesRadar 3/5 stars[10]
GameTrailers 5.7/10[9]
IGN 4.8/10[11]
Nintendo Life 5/10[12]
Nintendo World Report 3.5/10[13]

Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash received "mixed" reviews, according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.[4]

IGN's Marty Sliva gave the game 4.8 out of 10, calling it "a bare-bones, lackluster addition to Mario's sporting adventures". He also compared it unfavorably to its predecessors by stating "that Mario Power Tennis on the GameCube managed to include more characters, interesting modes, and varied courses a decade ago is a bit insulting.".[11] GameSpot's Scott Butterworth similarly criticized the lack of game modes and alternate ways to play and awarded the game 6 out of 10.[8] NintendoWorldReport's Daan Koopman lambasted the game for having "just one stadium, limited online options and less features than the previous two entries."[13]

References

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