Mario Tennis Open
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Mario Tennis Open
Like the earlier Mario Tennis titles, Mario Tennis Open incorporates characters, settings, and scenarios from the Mario franchise. Players can engage in standard tennis matches but also play special variants with different rules and objectives. Twenty-four distinct playable characters are available, each with special qualities that are used to the players' advantage. Mario Tennis Open is also the first Mario Tennis game to feature simultaneous online play, although region locked to the game's region.
Mario Tennis Open received mixed to positive reviews, gaining aggregate scores of 69.54% on GameRankings and 69 on Metacritic.
Gameplay
Mario Tennis Open features variants of tennis matches, played either in singles or doubles. Different shots (lobs, slices, and dropshots) can be executed with different button combinations or by selecting them from the Nintendo 3DS touch screen. In addition, the player can use the 3DS gyroscope to turn the in-game camera by rotating the entire console during gameplay.[5] Mario Tennis Open does not feature any RPG elements, unlike the previous handheld games Mario Tennis and Mario Tennis: Power Tour.[6]
Mario Tennis Open features twenty-four playable
Mario Tennis Open supports both
Reception
Aggregator | Score |
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Nintendo Life | [20] |
Nintendo Power | 7/10[21] |
Nintendo World Report | 7.5/10[22] |
Official Nintendo Magazine | 80%[23] |
Mario Tennis Open has received mixed to positive reviews, with aggregate scores of 69.26 percent on GameRankings and 69 on Metacritic. Nintendo Power scored Mario Tennis Open 7.0 out of 10 in its May 2012 issue.[21] Game Informer gave the game an 8 out of 10 while Nintendo World Report gave it a 7.5 out of 10.
As of August 12, 2012, the game has sold 280,000 copies in Japan.[24] As of March 31, 2013, the game has worldwide sales of 1.11 million.[25]
Notes
- ^ マリオテニス オープン (Mario Tenisu Ōpun)
References
- ^ "Mario Tennis Open Launches 24th May in Japan". Nintendo Life. February 22, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
- ^ "Mario Tennis Open for North America on 20th May". Nintendo Life. February 22, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
- ^ "Mario Tennis Open' Served to Europe on 25th May". Nintendo Life. February 22, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
- ^ McFerran, Damien (2012-10-03). "More 3DS Download Titles Coming To Japan's eShop". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
- IGN.com. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
- ^ Dawson, James (14 April 2012). "Mario Tennis Open's Lead Designer Explains the Lack of RPG Elements". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- ^ Ronaghan, Neal (3 May 2012). "Mario Tennis Open Guide: Characters". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
- ^ a b Red, Carmine M. (5 April 2012). "Mario Tennis Open: Impressions". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
- IGN.com.
- ^ "Mario Tennis Open". GameRankings. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- ^ "Mario Tennis Open". Metacritic. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
- ^ Patterson, Eric L. (16 May 2012). "EGM Review: Mario Tennis Open". Electronic Gaming Monthly. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
- ^ Minkley, Johnny (17 May 2012). "Mario Tennis Open Review". Eurogamer. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
- ^ RawmeatCowBoy (15 May 2012). "Mario Tennis Open Review Famitsu". Famitsu. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
- ^ Helgeson, Matt (16 May 2012). "Mario Tennis Open". Game Informer. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
- ^ Raze, Ashton (17 May 2012). "Mario Tennis Open Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
- GamesRadar. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
- ^ "Mario Tennis Open". GameTrailers. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
- IGN.com. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
- Nintendo Life. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
- ^ a b "Mario Tennis Open Review". Nintendo Power. May 2012. p. 84.
- ^ Ronaghan, Neal (10 May 2012). "Mario Tennis Open Review". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
- ^ Dean, John (17 May 2012). "Mario Tennis Open review". Official Nintendo Magazine. Archived from the original on 20 May 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
- ^ "「New スーパーマリオブラザーズ2」が首位返り咲き。また、ニンテンドー3DS本体の累計販売台数が700万台突破 (集計期間:2012年08月06日〜2012年08月12日)". Famitsu (in Japanese). ファミ通.com. 2012-08-15. Archived from the original on 2012-11-23. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
- ^ "Top Selling Software Units - Nintendo 3DS Software". Nintendo. Nintendo. 2013-03-31. Archived from the original on 2017-04-11. Retrieved 2013-04-24.
External links
- Mario Tennis Open American site
- Mario Tennis Open Japanese site
- Mario Tennis Open Australian site
- Mario Tennis Open European site