![]() The character roster from which you can initially choose is supplemented by three Final Fantasy heroes and also Cactuar (the little cactus guy from the same series who fired waves of needles at you whenever you met him in a desert), Moogle and Slime (from the Dragon Quest games). Square-Enix decided to make things interesting. It’s a nice mix, even before you find out about the unlockable characters. You have your slow characters, your fast but weak ones and the middle ground sort who can manage special moves that are difficult to counter. Character selection is simple enough just pick from the handful of characters-all familiar folk such as the two plumbers, Toad, Peach, Daisy, Wario, Donkey Kong and the like-and then you’re off to the match. Then you get to decide whether to play in a Tournament or in an Exhibition match (or to try your hand at a frustrating mini-game that is best forgotten), and you can select the number of human players and how many members are on each team and such. While each of those ideas on its own could been wonderful, though, some of that potential wonder and depth was left behind when the developers decided to combine everything and press it onto a single disc.įrom the title screen, you now select the one sport that interests you. ![]() Dodgeball probably never had a chance of working, except maybe as a DS title. The same is true of the basketball mode, and perhaps even volleyball. A hockey game featuring the beloved plumber could have, with proper attention and supplemental modes, easily made sense as its own release. Perhaps things would have been different if Nintendo had continued its previous policy of releasing one sports title at a time. Unfortunately, none of that adds up to an especially positive recommendation. Developed by Square-Enix, the new release appears to do all of the same things right that its predecessors did and even throws in what is perhaps the strangest boss battle that you’ll ever see in a sports title. Now there is Mario Sports Mix, a compilation of four sporting events-basketball, dodgeball, hockey and volleyball-that arrived on Wii last week. That release was followed by a string of quality tennis, soccer, baseball and track and field games, always with polish and plenty of fun to go around. Mario Golf on the Nintendo 64 was one of the most addictive golf games ever released, a clever and well-executed take on golf made memorable by the crew of golfers that included numerous favorite characters from the Mushroom Kingdom. When you sit down to play a Mario sports title, you have the right to expect something special. That means either playing 60 matches within that sport, which takes a lot of time, or it means playing through challenging hidden paths where the difficulty level is ratcheted up to an eventually absurd level that is made entirely too frustrating for most players within the game’s target audience because it’s so cheap." "You start fresh in each sport and you have to unlock every character and arena in each event.
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