Mario Sports Superstars (2017)

Mario Sports Superstars is a multi‑sport compilation featuring five arcade‑style sports (soccer, baseball, tennis, golf, and horse racing), each with accessible controls and quick matches. Players pick from familiar Mario characters, compete in tournaments or single events, and enjoy local or online multiplayer alongside single‑player challenge modes.

Sport Action baseball soccer golf tennis horse horse racing amiibo multiple playable charactersNintendo 3DS

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Warm, plot-driven, classical in form and earnest.

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COGconnectedAlex EverattApr 201780/100
Unfortunately, with no download play option, you’ll only be able to play locally with friends who also own the game.
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Video ChumsA.J. MaciejewskiMay 20178.2/10
Mario Sports Superstars is bursting at the seams with a varied collection of enjoyable content.
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CGMagazinePhil BrownMar 20177/10
It’s another Mario Sports game and just as satisfyingly predictable or unsatisfyingly unambitious as you imagine.
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Digitally DownloadedMatt SainsburyMar 20171.5/5 stars
For some reason Nintendo insists that Mario Sports games should be vapid experiences that insult the intelligence of the very young children that they seem to be pitched at.
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God is a GeekNick GillhamMar 20174.5/10
After this it might be high time for Mario to put his sportsing behind him and stick to regaling kids with stories of his adventures, rather than his sporting achievements.
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About the game

Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
Developer: Camelot Software Planning, Bandai Namco Studios
Publisher: Nintendo
Released: March 10, 2017
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

IGDB rating 5.9/10 from 9 ratings.

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