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Mario Sports Mix
Mario. The name everyone knows without asking who that is. The character, which has a habit for jumping and repeatedly saving women in distress (well, just one really), has appeared in numerous titles over the past 20 years. Over time, Mario has become similar to comfort food. Whenever you pick up a Mario game, you know you'll have a great time playing it, but this time around, Mario has become too comfortable. Mario Sports Mix is a small mix of four different game types: basketball, hockey, volleyball, and dodgeball. All four are played exactly how they are known to be played, except they have been tweaked just a bit. There are hints and markers which guide you along the way. In volleyball, a spot on the ground is highlighted with a circle to inform players where the ball is expected to land. In dodgeball, arrows flash a couple of times toward the person that an opposing player is aiming for. These are helpful considering the camera angle doesn't give much of a view, but some players will find that the hints make the game too easy. Panels pop up throughout matches in every sport offering players a chance to make an epic comeback if they fall behind. Stepping on panels either provides coins or items.
Mario Sports Mix Review
The amount of sports Mario and his bros have competed in over the years is absurd. He's like Bo Jackson, only more talented (and unlike Bo, someone our younger readers recognize). Back in 2006, Mario tried his hand at some 3-on-3 basketball on the DS. SquareEnix has taken that game and expanded on it, with a few new sports, for Mario Sports Mix. The problem is, the original game wasn't all that fun to begin with, and someone seems to have forgotten that over the last four years. Mario Sports Mix is a compilation of four sports: basketball, hockey, volleyball, and dodgeball. There are three tournaments for each sport, and players can also do single-player and multiplayer exhibition modes. Now, traditionally, Mario sports games are various degrees of good. They find a nice balance between an actual sport game and the wackiness of a Mario game. Mario Sports Mix does not do this. Check out the Video Review I will admit that it has the high polish that one would expect in a Nintendo sports game. The character animation is fluid and energetic. Each character animates and controls differently, has unique special moves, and oozes all the charm and whimsy that has made me like these games in the past.
Mario Sports Mix Review
Mario has a difficult life. After a busy day of bopping goombas on the head and throwing fireballs at sentient cacti, the last thing he wants to think about on his off days is the trials and tribulations that go along with platforming. So he has taken up a few sports in his free time. Mario Sports Mix isn't the first time the mustachioed mascot has dabbled in the athletic arena, and it's far from his best effort. The four sports included in this compilation are a poor blend of real-life rules and the off-the-wall flair common in the Mushroom Kingdom, and the result is a shallow and often boring competition that lacks any sort of compelling hook. Stripped-down versions of basketball and hockey are so random and sluggish that it's harder to stifle a yawn than it is to score, and volleyball is so simple that it takes all your energy just to stay focused for an entire point. Dodgeball is the worst of these uninspired events, failing to muster a smile even during its best moments. Mario Sports Mix controls well enough and packs the cartoony charm you would expect from a mascot game, but it's hard to care about such trivialities when the core package is so utterly lacking in the most important facet: fun.
Mario Sports Mix Review
Mario Sports Mix is not the game I expected. For one thing, despite the standard assortment of pick-up-and-play games, the game's tournament mode ties together in a simple but incredibly bizarre tale. Also, despite the fact that they're not to be found anywhere on the box or in the game's opening cinematic, you can play as characters from Square Enix's Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest universes. That second point shouldn't come as a huge surprise; Nintendo has released screens that show the playable Slime character, and you can recruit a Moogle by completing the basic Mushroom Cup in any tournament. But things go a bit deeper, and weirder, than that. The trophies you earn for each event are more than just trophies -- they're made of crystals that apparently fell to Mario's planet from some meteor. If you've never played a Final Fantasy game, the entire set up utterly nonsensical (or at least as nonsensical as anything can be in a world where an Italian plumber, anthropomorphic mushrooms, and giant turtles all play basketball together). And if you are familiar with Final Fantasy, you get to wonder at how they wedged a story about gathering the four Crystals of Light into a Mario sports-themed game.
Mario Sports Mix (Preview)
Anyone coming planning on picking up Mario Sports Mix on February 7 knows exactly what they are getting into when they pop that game into their Wii. Fun and familiar characters, power-ups, and lax representation of real world sports, it's all in the title. Building on the original Mario Golf and Mario Tennis, and now we can add Volleyball, Dodgeball, and Hockey (with Basketball making a return) to the already large mix of sports. At a recent event, in which journalists from both coasts competed to be crowned the best Mario Sports player in the nation (I was eliminated in the quarter finals, for those curious), we were given substantial time to play around with each sport. While this is a mix, Nintendo promises that each sport would be substantial enough to warrant it's own purchase. Playing through these games, I can see a point to what they are saying, however, I think the four pack combo is a better deal than an individual purchase. Anyway, with some hands-on, it's clear that developer Square Enix aimes to keep Mario Sports Mix casual friendly, although I wouldn't say each game is immediately easy to pick and understand. Every game uses the wiimote and nunchuck control scheme, and everything can be broken down into a button press or a waggle.
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02/2011
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Mario Sports Mix preview (Preview)
GamePro contributor Heidi Kemps takes it to the court in Mario's latest sports outing, tackling soccer, basketball, volleyball, and hockey. If you keep your eyes peeled, you might see a Final Fantasy cameo as well. My take: Mario Sports mix may be written off by the "hardcore" gaming crowd with nary a second thought, but the more broad audience the game targets will definitely get a kick out of it. The games are all easy to learn, have a good variety of play options, and feature fun and interesting gimmicks that make them more accessible and appealing than a straight sports sim. The Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest tie-ins might also prove enticing enough to bring more "serious" gamers into the sports mix with their more casual companions, as well.
Mario Sports Mix (Preview)
I am not a sporty person, and I only barely enjoy watching professionals who are paid to be good at them. It's even more rare that I'm interested in playing sports game. Games like Mario Sports Mix are a prime exception, however. In this case, Nintendo seemingly manages to maintain the thrilling high energy we get from watching a sporting match but simplifies the controls to feel engaged in what's going on in the game. To keep the game feeling challenging, they throw a few power-ups and special items into the mix. While I can understand the appeal of simulation sports games, the approach that Mario Sports Mix takes is less about the sport itself and more about the act of competition. This is like a Wii Sports mini-game collection, only each minigame has a set of slightly more complicated scoring rules, features Mario and friends, and I can throw turtle shells at the opponent. Familiarity of Basketball, Volleyball, or Hockey is only necessary to figure out what ball to use, and what the court will look like. On the show floor, I was able to check out a Volleyball versus match, and it was easy to simply pick up the controls to play.
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Mario Sports Mix | $44.8 | See it |
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Mario Sports Mix | $44.99 | See it |
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Mario Sports Mix | $45.27 | See it |
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Mario Sports Mix - Nintendo Wii | $49.98 | See it |
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Nintendo Mario Sports Mix (rvlprmke) | $55.13 | See it |
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Mario Sports Mix [Japan Import] | $79.55 | See it |
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NEW Mario Sports Mix Wii (Videogame Software) | $99.99 | See it |
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New Nintendo Mario Sports Mix Sports Game Complete Product Standard Retail Supports Wii | $133.98 | See it |
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