Software:Mario Sports Superstars

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Short description: 2017 video game
Mario Sports Superstars
Promotional art, showcasing some of the game's playable sports and characters
Developer(s)
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Composer(s)Motoi Sakuraba
SeriesMario Sports
Platform(s)Nintendo 3DS
Release
  • PAL: March 10, 2017
  • NA: March 24, 2017
  • JP: March 30, 2017
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Mario Sports Superstars is a 2017 sports video game developed by Bandai Namco Studios and Camelot Software Planning and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. The game contains five different sports: association football (soccer), baseball, tennis, golf, and horse racing.

Gameplay

The game consists of five sports – association football (soccer), baseball, tennis, golf, and horse racing.[1] Despite the number of sports contained, they are not mini-games, but rather, full-scale recreations of each sport.[2] For example, the soccer part of the game contains eleven versus eleven gameplay, the same as is standard in the sport.[3] Each individual sport contains single player tournaments, local multiplayer, and online multiplayer game modes.[3]

Development

The game was first announced during a Nintendo Direct on September 1, 2016.[4] 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.[5][6] tri-Crescendo assisted on design.[7] 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.[8] The game was released in PAL regions on March 10, 2017, in North America on March 24, 2017, and in Japan on March 30, 2017.[9] As with Camelot's previous Mario sports games, the soundtrack was written by Motoi Sakuraba.[10]

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic62/100[11]
Review scores
PublicationScore
Destructoid5/10[15]
Game Informer6.5/10[14]
Nintendo Life5/10[13]
Nintendo World Report5.5/10[16]

Mario Sports Superstars received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[17] Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received weak approval, being recommended by only 18% of critics.[12] Destructoid called it a "lazy experience, one developed solely for the purpose of selling what are basically Mario-branded Topps cards."[18] Nintendo Life stated that while the game offered five games in one it failed to offer a definitive version of anything adding that "as a multiplayer title it could be fun to climb the ranks online, but as a single player experience it's totally functional yet painfully lifeless." concluding that "Sports Superstars laid out the groundwork, but just needed to take a few more risks".[19]

By May 2017, the game had sold over 92,829 copies in Japan.[20]

Notes

  1. ↑ tri-Crescendo assisted with development.

References

  1. ↑ Makuch, Eddie (2016-09-01). "New 3DS Mario Sports Game Announced, Looks Pretty Fun". http://www.gamespot.com/articles/new-3ds-mario-sports-game-announced-looks-pretty-f/1100-6443216/. Retrieved 2017-01-05. 
  2. ↑ Crecente, Brian (2016-09-01). "Mario Sports Superstars coming to 3DS next spring". Polygon. http://www.polygon.com/2016/9/1/12749854/mario-sports-superstars-3ds. Retrieved 2017-01-05. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Marchiafava, Jeff (2016-09-01). "Mario Sports Superstars Combines Five Sports In One Handheld Package - News". Game Informer. https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2016/09/01/mario-sports-superstars-combines-five-sports-in-one-handheld-package.aspx. Retrieved 2017-01-05. 
  4. ↑ Goldfarb, Andrew (2016-09-01). "Mario Sports Superstars Announced for 3DS". IGN. http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/09/01/mario-sports-superstars-announced-for-3ds. Retrieved 2017-01-05. 
  5. ↑ McFerran, Damien (2016-09-05). "Mario Sports Superstars Is A Collaboration Between Camelot And Bandai Namco". Nintendo Life. http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2016/09/mario_sports_superstars_is_a_collaboration_between_camelot_and_bandai_namco. Retrieved 2017-01-05. 
  6. ↑ von Benjamin Jakobs Ver (2016-09-05). "Mario Sports Superstars: Camelot und Bandai Namco arbeiten daran •". http://www.eurogamer.de/articles/2016-09-05-mario-sports-superstars-camelot-und-bandai-namco-arbeiten-daran. Retrieved 2017-01-05. 
  7. ↑ "株式会社トライクレッシェンド 製品情報" (in ja). https://www.tri-crescendo.co.jp/works.html. 
  8. ↑ Fahey, Mike (2016-09-01). "Mario Sports Superstars Is All The Mario Sports". http://kotaku.com/mario-sports-superstars-is-all-the-mario-sports-1786045581. Retrieved 2017-01-05. 
  9. ↑ Romano, Sal (24 January 2017). "Mario Sports Superstars launches March 24 in North America". http://gematsu.com/2017/01/mario-sports-superstars-launches-march-24-north-america. Retrieved 24 January 2017. 
  10. ↑ Greening, Chris (12 March 2017). "Motoi Sakuraba scores Mario Sports Superstars". http://www.vgmonline.net/motoi-sakuraba-scores-mario-sports-superstars/. Retrieved 12 March 2017. 
  11. ↑ "Mario Sports Superstars for 3DS Reviews". https://www.metacritic.com/game/mario-sports-superstars/critic-reviews/?platform=3ds. 
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Mario Sports Superstars". OpenCritic. https://opencritic.com/game/4036/mario-sports-superstars. 
  13. ↑ McMahon, Conor (8 March 2017). "Mario Sports Superstars Review (3DS)". https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/3ds/mario_sports_superstars. 
  14. ↑ Shea, Brian (31 March 2017). "Mario Sports Superstars - A Shallow Sampling". Game Informer. https://www.gameinformer.com/games/mario_sports_superstars/b/3ds/archive/2017/03/31/mario-sports-superstars-game-informer-review.aspx. Retrieved 23 October 2021. 
  15. ↑ Andriessen, CJ (31 March 2017). "Review: Mario Sports Superstars". https://www.destructoid.com/reviews/review-mario-sports-superstars/. 
  16. ↑ Koopmaan, Daan (8 March 2017). "Mario Sports Superstars (3DS) Review". http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/44266/mario-sports-superstars-3ds-review. 
  17. ↑ "Mario Sports Superstars Metacritic Listing". Metacritic. March 24, 2017. https://www.metacritic.com/game/mario-sports-superstars/critic-reviews/?platform=3ds. Retrieved May 25, 2017. 
  18. ↑ Andriessen, CJ (March 31, 2017). "Review: Mario Sports Superstars". Destructoid. https://www.destructoid.com/review-mario-sports-superstars-428568.phtml. Retrieved May 25, 2017. 
  19. ↑ McMahon, Conor (March 8, 2017). "Review: Mario Sports Superstars". Nintendo Life. http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/3ds/mario_sports_superstars. Retrieved April 23, 2024. 
  20. ↑ Romano, Sal (May 24, 2017). "Media Create Sales: 5/15/17 – 5/21/17". Gematsu. http://gematsu.com/2017/05/media-create-sales-51517-52117. Retrieved May 25, 2017. 



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