(Played via NSO)
This one is surprisingly difficult to rate. I like tennis games, I like the other Mario Tennis games I've played, and when I played Mario Tennis 64 way back in October, I had a pretty good time. It's a very basic tennis game, but it does what it's supposed to do, though I did find it a bit stale at times like a lot of early 3D tennis games. Still, had a fun time going through the singles tournament with Yoshi that did start out very easy, but ramped up quite a bit by the final cup and thus ended up being quite challenging, but also very satisfying to complete.
By this point, the game was a pretty clear 3/5. Fun, but maybe a bit to barebones and not very memorable. Then I thought I'd unlock the final character by completing the doubles tournament, which turned out to be a nightmare when being paired up with an AI partner who seemed to always be in the way, could't return a serve without giving the opponents a free smash opportunity, and overall didn't really seem to try to win us any points ever. Not exaggerating at all when I say that trying to win the star cup with this brain dead partner was one of the most frustrating things I've done in a game in a very long time. Not that I'm perfect, by the way, and that every lost point was because of the AI, but it genuinely felt like it was playing against me more often than not. I did win in the end, though, but a part of my sanity was probably lost after the countless replays of that final.
With a lot of rage within me, the game sunk to being more of a 2.5, and I felt pretty done with Mario Tennis. It was still at that 2.5 until yesterday, Christmas Eve, where I found myself playing some Mario Tennis multiplayer to kill some time, and, maybe not very surprisingly at all, I had a very good time with it this time. I mean, every game is fun when you play it with someone you don't actively dislike, so maybe it was the company more than the game that made me enjoy it more, but having two people that really aren'y very good at this game face each other in really tight matches and laughing at our mistakes and sometimes even getting some really long, tense games where we played as if we were somewhat competent was such great time that I just have to retroactively give back that 0.5 to the, ultimately not really very important, score. It's still a very simple tennis game that could feel a lot smoother to play, but find a loved one to play it with, and it's a grand ol' time for everyone involved!
I should really check out the actual Switch Mario Tennis game at some point.
This one is surprisingly difficult to rate. I like tennis games, I like the other Mario Tennis games I've played, and when I played Mario Tennis 64 way back in October, I had a pretty good time. It's a very basic tennis game, but it does what it's supposed to do, though I did find it a bit stale at times like a lot of early 3D tennis games. Still, had a fun time going through the singles tournament with Yoshi that did start out very easy, but ramped up quite a bit by the final cup and thus ended up being quite challenging, but also very satisfying to complete.
By this point, the game was a pretty clear 3/5. Fun, but maybe a bit to barebones and not very memorable. Then I thought I'd unlock the final character by completing the doubles tournament, which turned out to be a nightmare when being paired up with an AI partner who seemed to always be in the way, could't return a serve without giving the opponents a free smash opportunity, and overall didn't really seem to try to win us any points ever. Not exaggerating at all when I say that trying to win the star cup with this brain dead partner was one of the most frustrating things I've done in a game in a very long time. Not that I'm perfect, by the way, and that every lost point was because of the AI, but it genuinely felt like it was playing against me more often than not. I did win in the end, though, but a part of my sanity was probably lost after the countless replays of that final.
With a lot of rage within me, the game sunk to being more of a 2.5, and I felt pretty done with Mario Tennis. It was still at that 2.5 until yesterday, Christmas Eve, where I found myself playing some Mario Tennis multiplayer to kill some time, and, maybe not very surprisingly at all, I had a very good time with it this time. I mean, every game is fun when you play it with someone you don't actively dislike, so maybe it was the company more than the game that made me enjoy it more, but having two people that really aren'y very good at this game face each other in really tight matches and laughing at our mistakes and sometimes even getting some really long, tense games where we played as if we were somewhat competent was such great time that I just have to retroactively give back that 0.5 to the, ultimately not really very important, score. It's still a very simple tennis game that could feel a lot smoother to play, but find a loved one to play it with, and it's a grand ol' time for everyone involved!
I should really check out the actual Switch Mario Tennis game at some point.