Mario Hoops 3-on-3

released on Jul 27, 2006

Get that magic touch. There are plenty of basketball games out there, but none with the hands-on control of Mario Hoops 3-on-3. Players use the touch screen to get their game on as they execute tricky dribbles, special passes and sweet shots - all with strokes and taps of the stylus. Players choose their teams of three characters from the Mario universe and hit the parquet. Power-ups like Red Shells and Bob-ombs can turn the tide as they chase down coins - they will affect the score, so players collect as many as they can as they drive to the hoop. Whether playing against friends on a local wireless connection, jamming through a tournament or just playing mini-games, there's a mode for everyone.


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Very fun, and one of the best Mario sports games every, surprisingly. The great ost, fun mechanics and large roster makes this a hidden gem.

Cómo siempre, los juegos de deportes de Mario son divertidísimos de jugar, y la mecánica de hacer patrones concretos en la pantalla táctil de la DS para los especiales de los personajes le daba un toque distintivo e interesante a la hora de jugar

This game is tricky for me to talk about. This has so much style, content, mechanics, and characters, it hits every single checkbox on a game that I would like. With that said the controls are not comfortable at all, as you do everything with the stylus and touchscreen. To be fair, there is an option to play with buttons, but it is so stripped down you are effectively handicapping yourself. If you can get a handle on the controls, this is a fantastic sports game for a console that doesn't have any available on it.

This game FUCKS. This is Mario Sports Mix but actually way better, because it only focuses on fleshing out one sport.

It was pretty good for being a Mario sport game developed by Square Enix. I kind of want to revisit it just because I remember the music and the character art being straight fire.

If you werent there when this game was big I'm sorry. YOU DONT KNOW BALL!! You missed out on PEAK mario multiplayer. This shit brought every kid together with the battle mode and the basketball gameplay is so satisfying that I've been wishing for a sequel ever since. Mario sports mix basketball technically is the sequel but It just doesn't compare.

The d-pad and touch-screen centric control scheme for a basketball game is initially a little odd, but as soon as you get the feel of it it’s a very natural and satisfying approach to thinking and feeling like you’re playing basketball.

The music is really great and the graphics are awesome and very polished, it’s up there with the best-looking 3D titles on the DS. It’s a shame then that despite the varied and wonderful environments, theres a pretty limited amount of things to do once you’ve beat the brief campaign. Even in the game’s heyday the lack of internet play meant you were limited to playing the game with others on local play who also owned a copy of the game. I might rate it higher if I had someone beside the simple AI to hone my skills against.