-Dem0- Posted April 24, 2012 Posted April 24, 2012 (edited) Actually I've seen this mentioned a few times already. "Play with friends and other people in your region via Nintendo Network!" "Take on players everywhere in your region online and try to work your way up the rankings!" Is this implying that we can't face anyone worldwide? On the website it said "creating your own group and taking part in an Exhibition match. Use the friend list to add and manage your friends." you think this is going to be similar to the 'communities' from MK7? Edited April 24, 2012 by -Dem0-
dazzybee Posted April 24, 2012 Posted April 24, 2012 To be honest, you know I wouldn't be THAT bother if it was. But I don't think it will. As long as they fix the communities then I like the concept.
Hero-of-Time Posted April 26, 2012 Author Posted April 26, 2012 Nintendo Power only gave this a 7/10. Seems like a low score when you consider it's a Nintendo only magazine. I wonder what they had to say about it?
-Dem0- Posted April 26, 2012 Posted April 26, 2012 Nintendo Power only gave this a 7/10. Seems like a low score when you consider it's a Nintendo only magazine. I wonder what they had to say about it? Maybe they got their back-sides handed to them by the CPU? I'd like to know why as well. hmmm.
darksnowman Posted April 26, 2012 Posted April 26, 2012 That does seem a low score for them to give a Nintendo game. Wonder what they found wrong with it.
Hero-of-Time Posted April 26, 2012 Author Posted April 26, 2012 Many sites seem to have the score but none of them have the review itself. I will be keeping an eye on the internet....
RedShell Posted April 26, 2012 Posted April 26, 2012 Wonder what they found wrong with it. I'm guessing it's the lack of a story/RPG mode. I mean that is a criminal omission, seeing as it was in the previous portable Mario Tennis games, and it would've worked so well with Miis too.
dazzybee Posted April 26, 2012 Posted April 26, 2012 I'm guessing it's the ridiculous bananas shots and awful touch screen control/tell you what shot to play idea. #worstfearscomingtrue By all accounts it's ridiculously easy and thus boring, especially with the cheap touch moves and it telling you what to do (looks at previous comment), the extra modes aren't very good (weird as they look great) and the RPG is a big loss. Sounds like it will just be a multiplayer game. Let's so how it plays tennis!
welsh_gamer Posted April 30, 2012 Posted April 30, 2012 Scored 80% in ONM. While it's as robust a tennis game as any other in the series, Mario Tennis Open feels rather plain. It lacks the clever court design and ridiculous special moves of Mario Power Tennis, which depending on how much of a purist you are, will either mark a gratifying return to the fundamentals or a disappointing loss of spark. Meanwhile the gyroscopic gimmickry falls flat on its motion-sensing face and the use of the touchscreen is too novice-oriented to be of much use past the first couple of tournaments.Still, firm Nintendo Network support allows for a unabated feel of human opponents and towering leaderboards, leading to strong lasting appeal. Local multiplayer through Download Play should ensure Mario Tennis Open's place on any sociable gamer's shelf too. This is no-frills Mario Tennis then, as undiluted and distilled as the series has been since the Virtual Boy.
dazzybee Posted April 30, 2012 Posted April 30, 2012 Hmmm. Promising, I'm not into the all the stupid special moves and actually an awesome multiplayer game is more important to me. yes it would have been nice to have the RPG mode in and all, but at the same time; i love tennis!
Dcubed Posted April 30, 2012 Posted April 30, 2012 Seems like it's closer to the N64 game than the GCN one. TBH, that's probably a good thing. I was hoping that we'd see more special modes like Super Mario Tennis though. Power Tennis was very good in that regard, while the N64 title was very bare bones. Sounds like it lies somewhere in between (both in terms of gameplay and content!)
dazzybee Posted April 30, 2012 Posted April 30, 2012 N64 Mario tennis was easily the best version and possibly the yes tennis game ever! The time I put into that... if it's like that then BOUGHT!!!
darksnowman Posted May 1, 2012 Posted May 1, 2012 Dazzybee, your Mario Tennis views have just earned you the thanks of power, wisdom and courage. If you can vanquish us in a Mario Tennis dual you will... flood the forum?
tapedeck Posted May 1, 2012 Posted May 1, 2012 The N64 version was superb. It was so good that even Waluigi seemed like a good idea. I concur with Dazzy that if this comes close to the angular N64 iteration, count me in. Perhaps I'll start playing my 3DS again to get used to the lower thumb cramp it gives me!!
darksnowman Posted May 2, 2012 Posted May 2, 2012 Tapedeck where'd you come from? You've ruined my analogy. If you want in on it, then I suppose you can be the empty space in the centre of the triforce!
Hamishmash Posted May 5, 2012 Posted May 5, 2012 So all the reviews are criticising this version for not having all the things they criticised the gamecube version for adding?
Dcubed Posted May 5, 2012 Posted May 5, 2012 So all the reviews are criticising this version for not having all the things they criticised the gamecube version for adding? Same thing happened to Mario Golf. They criticized the N64 original for not having enough Mario elements and then criticized the GCN one for having too many. You just can't please them. Hell, most reviewers didn't even mention that you could turn off the power shots in Mario Power Tennis!
Ashley Posted May 5, 2012 Posted May 5, 2012 The N64 version was superb. It was so good that even Waluigi seemed like a good idea. I concur with Dazzy that if this comes close to the angular N64 iteration, count me in. Perhaps I'll start playing my 3DS again to get used to the lower thumb cramp it gives me!! Well you can play by holding the console in one hand (or using one of those stand things) and tapping the screen with your stylus/hand/dialing wand in the other so it shouldn't be too bad for you.
RedShell Posted May 9, 2012 Posted May 9, 2012 N64 Mario Tennis Intro: Awesome! GCN Mario Power Tennis Intro: Epic! 3DS Mario Tennis Open Intro: Riiiiiiiiiiight.... Seriously, what the hell have Camelot/Nintendo been doing during the development of this game!? No RPG mode, no animated intro... Fair play if this had been a launch title, but it's been in development for ages!!
Dcubed Posted May 9, 2012 Posted May 9, 2012 N64 Mario Tennis Intro: Awesome! GCN Mario Power Tennis Intro: Epic! 3DS Mario Tennis Open Intro: Riiiiiiiiiiight.... Seriously, what the hell have Camelot/Nintendo been doing during the development of this game!? No RPG mode, no animated intro... Fair play if this had been a launch title, but it's been in development for ages!! To be fair, I bet this game didn't get nearly the same level of budget as Power Tennis, but not even to have an N64 style intro is really disappointing
dazzybee Posted May 9, 2012 Posted May 9, 2012 It feels like a crazily lazy bare bones version. I almost don't want to get it... But ultimately the multiplayer is what's it about. Watch the intro once, skip it!
-Dem0- Posted May 9, 2012 Posted May 9, 2012 If the games good, that's all that matters, but I'm also in the same boat. I actually thought the 'Intro' was building up to a proper intro. The music made it feel like something was coming up...but it was just the 'Start Screen'
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