Choose from a wide range of shots to develop your tennis strategies even further. Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash is the latest instalment of the Mario Tennis series for Wii U. Show off your Mario Tennis skills in one-on-one singles or two vs. two doubles matches as you play with and against family, friends or the computer!
Experience a brand new kind of Mario Tennis where you can return even really high balls either by unleashing the new jump shot to reach for a ball going high over your head, or by picking up a Mega Mushroom to grow your character to a tremendous size in Mega Battles. Turn the match to your advantage by dispatching high balls with the powerful ultra smash.
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Gamer_U
24 Feb 162#1
I'll bite when it's £14.99 or less but since Nintendo hasn't added more content to the game there's little reason to get it.
nicblaney to Gamer_U
24 Feb 161#2
Yeah I had been looking at this on Amazon but the reviews put me off. I love tennis games though so I'm still tempted
Quikfinder to Gamer_U
24 Feb 16#3
It's certainly no Mario Tennis 64, but its not bad!
Gamer_U
25 Feb 161#4
The only bad Mario Tennis game that exists is the Virtual Boy one and that's because.. Virtual Boy!
Quikfinder
25 Feb 16#5
Oh god... not the virtual boy :stuck_out_tongue: Lol to be fair, Wario Land on Virtual boy was amazing!
Gamer_U
25 Feb 16#6
Just tried playing it on the emulator and the tennis ball keeps going through the racket. Plus, this Mario Tennis isn't really much fun. :-/
gordonla1984
25 Feb 161#7
As someone who owns this, I don't think I could recommend it yet at this price. The amiibo function should have been scanning a plethora of figures and playing as them in increasingly bigger tournaments and building up a ranking... Can't fault the gameplay (okay I can, your amiibo partner often hits the ball right at you - if they were going to do this they should have implemented a duck manouver, which might have been fun), but I've played it 3 times max.
meathane to gordonla1984
25 Feb 16#8
Worth knowing, thanks man. I miss the GameCube days where game 'collecting' wasn't a thing and you'd pick up loads of stuff like this for about a tenner. Might bite at 15, def bite if it ever drops to a tenner
drkdtvngr
25 Feb 161#9
I'd hold out for it to drop a little lower. genuinely can't believe how little content there is in this game - think Splatoon on launch day
chongox
25 Feb 16#10
the game is a bit short on content, and the gimmick modes are very swallow and you would play the simple mode in less than 24hs.
that being said if you like tennis games the gameplay is quite solid, online is not very populated but you can spend an afternoon playing with people. at this price being a mario game is a stealt
Gamer_U to chongox
27 Feb 16#16
Better off buying Mario Power Tennis (Wii or GameCube) which is cheaper, has more content and so its replay value will last for ages. I've seen the gameplay and in that regard it looks fine but the animation is exactly the same for every single one of them which honestly gets tiresome as there's no variety.
noahsdad
25 Feb 16#11
Mario Tennis on 3DS is probably better, it has a few different game modes and is not perfect but quite playable and fun. Often available for £10-12ish NEW too. Admittedly have not played Wii U game) but like you have read bad reviews and about it being rushed out, and references and comparisons to ET Atari 2600 on here can never be good (off topic link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35560458 )
I am still finding it hard to buy this game for my kid at this price! Think I will wait for a £15 deal like gamer-u.
nicblaney
25 Feb 16#12
Is a £15 price point likely? Knew the ps4 market like the back of my hand but all I know about Nintendo is that the first party games tend to stay pricey
focux007
25 Feb 16#13
good price, very minimalistic game though, basically no point booting on your own, like Mario party i suppose. I'd pick it up for 20 though if you like your marios
danovan123
26 Feb 16#14
Can this be played with the wii remote ?
danovan123
26 Feb 16#15
Never mind just checked it uses everybody control type compatible on the wii u
noahsdad
27 Feb 16#17
Well thats the question I guess none of us know the answer to. I'd expect its unlikely to fall to £15 being Mario even if its been critically doomed. Maybe something inbetween or just a flash deal then, maybe I should buy it at this price myself, still not rushing in but thinking about it.
EDIT: I am assuming you bought a Wii U then nic ? If so you won't regret it, great machine whatever the nutters say on here.
nicblaney
27 Feb 16#18
Yeah went ahead and bought the Amazon deal - totally in love with it. Splatoon is the best thing I have played in a long while (rubbish at it mind!). My ps4 is great but this is just much more fun and seems a better fit for me at this moment in my gaming life.
You will also be pleased to know that I had to cancel my Pokemon 2ds preorder to help with funds. I still have my black n blue one though! :wink:
chongox
27 Feb 16#19
My main problem with the game is the online bits being too spartan, not even give the chance of the rematch with another player, or play with friends is a silly one.
regarding the content, i think is a shame, that GC mario have more modes, and giimmicks and so on, however i mainly play with friends or online when alone, so IN MY PARTICULAR CASE, is like complaining of single player campain in COD when i only play online.
Im quite happy with the game, just feels like a missed opportunity to be a greater game.
Gamer_U
27 Feb 16#20
At one point I was expecting Nintendo to pull a Splatoon on MTUS but Ninty never did. Second worst Mario Tennis game to date. :disappointed:
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Choose from a wide range of shots to develop your tennis strategies even further. Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash is the latest instalment of the Mario Tennis series for Wii U. Show off your Mario Tennis skills in one-on-one singles or two vs. two doubles matches as you play with and against family, friends or the computer!
Experience a brand new kind of Mario Tennis where you can return even really high balls either by unleashing the new jump shot to reach for a ball going high over your head, or by picking up a Mega Mushroom to grow your character to a tremendous size in Mega Battles. Turn the match to your advantage by dispatching high balls with the powerful ultra smash.
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that being said if you like tennis games the gameplay is quite solid, online is not very populated but you can spend an afternoon playing with people. at this price being a mario game is a stealt
I am still finding it hard to buy this game for my kid at this price! Think I will wait for a £15 deal like gamer-u.
EDIT: I am assuming you bought a Wii U then nic ? If so you won't regret it, great machine whatever the nutters say on here.
You will also be pleased to know that I had to cancel my Pokemon 2ds preorder to help with funds. I still have my black n blue one though! :wink:
regarding the content, i think is a shame, that GC mario have more modes, and giimmicks and so on, however i mainly play with friends or online when alone, so IN MY PARTICULAR CASE, is like complaining of single player campain in COD when i only play online.
Im quite happy with the game, just feels like a missed opportunity to be a greater game.