| Mario Sports Superstars[1] | |
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 International cover art, featuring the game's playable sports and some of the its playable characters. | |
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| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
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| Series | Mario sports |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo 3DS |
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| Genre(s) | Sports |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Mario Sports Superstars is a sports video game developed by Bandai Namco Studios and Camelot Software Planning and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS handheld video game console. The game contains five sports minigames, football, baseball, tennis, golf, and horse racing, and was released worldwide in March 2017.[2][3]
Gameplay[]
The game consists of five sports – football, baseball, tennis, golf, and horse racing.[4] Despite the number of sports contained, they are not mini-games, but rather, full-scale recreations of each sport.[5] For example, the soccer part of the game contains eleven versus eleven gameplay, the same as is standard in the sport.[6] Each individual sport contains single player tournaments, local multiplayer, and online multiplayer game modes.[6]
Development[]
The game was first announced during a Nintendo Direct on September 1, 2016.[7] Despite Nintendo's ownership of the Mario franchise, the title was co-developed by Bandai Namco Studios and Camelot Software Planning, with the latter having developed games in the Mario Golf and Mario Tennis series.[8][9] While Nintendo's Mario Sports line has featured stand-alone entries in soccer (Mario Strikers), baseball (Mario Super Sluggers), tennis (Mario Tennis) and golf (Mario Golf), they had never featured horse racing, or compiled all these sports into one compilation.[10] Additionally, all of the sports except tennis had previously been featured in minigames in the Mario Party series. The game was released worldwide in March 2017.[2] As with Camelot's previous Mario sports titles, the soundtrack was written and arranged by Motoi Sakuraba.[11]
Reception[]
Mario Sports Superstars received mixed reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic.[12] Destructoid called it a "lazy experience, one developed solely for the purpose of selling what are basically Mario-branded Topps cards."[13] Nintendo Life stated though that as a single player experience, it was "totally functional yet painfully lifeless".[14] By May 2017, the game had sold over 92,829 copies in Japan.[15]
References[]
- ↑ Bandai Namco Studios, Camelot Software Planning, Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development. Mario Sports Superstars. (Nintendo). Scene: Staff Credits. (March 10, 2017) "Bandai Namco / General Director: Naohiro Hayashi [...] Programming Director: Sangbae Nam / Art Director: Takanori Ikezawa [...] Producer: Fumihiro Suzuki [...] Camelot / Game Design Lead: Hiroyuki Takahashi, Shugo Takahashi / Director: Shugo Takahashi / Art Director: Satoshi Tamai [...] Game Design: Norisumi Osawa, Syota Iwadate / Programming Lead: Haruki Kodera, Yutaka Yamamoto / Producers: Hiroyuki Takahashi, Shugo Takahashi [...] Music: Motoi Sakuraba / Nintendo [...] Producers: Toshiharu Izuno, Shinya Saito, Keisuke Terasaki, Toyokazu Nonaka"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Romano, Sal. "Mario Sports Superstars launches March 24 in North America". Gematsu. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Jason, Ganos. "Mario Sports Superstars launches in Japan on March 30th". Nintendo Wire. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "New 3DS Mario Sports Game Announced, Looks Pretty Fun". GameSpot. 2016-09-01. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Crecente, Brian (2016-09-01). "Mario Sports Superstars coming to 3DS next spring". Polygon. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ 6.0 6.1 Marchiafava, Jeff (2016-09-01). "Mario Sports Superstars Combines Five Sports In One Handheld Package - News". GameInformer.com. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Goldfarb, Andrew (2016-09-01). "Mario Sports Superstars Announced for 3DS". IGN. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ McFerran, Damien (2016-09-05). "Mario Sports Superstars Is A Collaboration Between Camelot And Bandai Namco". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ von Benjamin Jakobs Ver (2016-09-05). "Mario Sports Superstars: Camelot und Bandai Namco arbeiten daran •". Eurogamer.de. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Mario Sports Superstars Is All The Mario Sports". Kotaku.com. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Greening, Chris. "Motoi Sakuraba scores Mario Sports Superstars". Video Game Music Online. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Mario Sports Superstars Metacritic Listing". Metacritic. March 24, 2017. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Andriessen, CJ (March 31, 2017). "Review: Mario Sports Superstars". Destructoid. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ McMahon, Conor (March 8, 2017). "Review: Mario Sports Superstars". Nintendo Life. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Romano, Sal (May 24, 2017). "Media Create Sales: 5/15/17 – 5/21/17". Gematsu. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
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- Notes
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Mario sports games 
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| Tennis | Console | Tennis • Mario Tennis • Mario Power Tennis • Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash • Mario Tennis Aces |
| Handheld | Mario's Tennis • Mario Tennis: Power Tour • Mario Tennis Open | |
| Golf | Console | Golf • NES Open Tournament Golf • Mario Golf • Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour • Mario Golf: Super Rush |
| Handheld | Mario Golf: Advance Tour • Mario Golf: World Tour | |
| Soccer/Football | Super Mario Strikers • Mario Strikers Charged • Mario Strikers: Battle League | |
| Baseball | Mario Superstar Baseball • Mario Super Sluggers | |
| Mario & Sonic | Summer Olympic Games | Olympic Games • London 2012 Olympic Games • Rio 2016 Olympic Games • Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 |
| Winter Olympic Games | Olympic Winter Games • Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games | |
| Sports Compilation | Mario Sports Mix • Mario Sports Superstars | |
| Other | Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix • Mario Hoops 3-on-3 • Super Mario Spikers (Cancelled) | |
| Related | SSX on Tour • NBA Street V3 • Wii Sports • Mario racing games • Tokyo '64 • Strike | |
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