Mario Sports Superstars

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Mario Sports Superstars
Promotional art, showcasing some of the game's playable sports and characters
Developer(s)Bandai Namco Studios
Camelot Software Planning[a]
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Director(s)
  • Naohiro Hayashi
  • Shugo Takahashi
Producer(s)
Designer(s)
  • Hiroyuki Takahashi
  • Shugo Takahashi
Programmer(s)
  • Sangbae Nam
  • Haruki Kodera
  • Yutaka Yamamoto
Artist(s)
  • Takanori Ikezawa
  • Satoshi Tamai
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 sports minigames: football, baseball, tennis, golf, and horse racing, and was released in March 2017.

Gameplay[edit]

The game consists of five sports – football, 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[edit]

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] Additionally, all of the sports except tennis had previously been featured in minigames in the Mario Party series. 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[edit]

Mario Sports Superstars received mixed reviews. According to review aggregator Metacritic, the game had an average score of 62/100, based on 45 critic reviews.[11] Destructoid called it a "lazy experience, one developed solely for the purpose of selling what are basically Mario-branded Topps cards."[12] The Sixth Axis felt that the game "should feel like a generous package, but each of the different sports feel lightweight or stripped back".[13] 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".[14]

By May 2017, the game had sold over 92,829 copies in Japan.[15]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ tri-Crescendo assisted with development.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Makuch, Eddie (2016-09-01). "New 3DS Mario Sports Game Announced, Looks Pretty Fun". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2016-09-04. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
  2. ^ Crecente, Brian (2016-09-01). "Mario Sports Superstars coming to 3DS next spring". Polygon. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
  3. ^ a b Marchiafava, Jeff (2016-09-01). "Mario Sports Superstars Combines Five Sports In One Handheld Package - News". GameInformer.com. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
  4. ^ Goldfarb, Andrew (2016-09-01). "Mario Sports Superstars Announced for 3DS". IGN. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
  5. ^ McFerran, Damien (2016-09-05). "Mario Sports Superstars Is A Collaboration Between Camelot And Bandai Namco". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
  6. ^ von Benjamin Jakobs Ver (2016-09-05). "Mario Sports Superstars: Camelot und Bandai Namco arbeiten daran •". Eurogamer.de. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
  7. ^ "株式会社トライクレッシェンド 製品情報". 株式会社トライクレッシェンド (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  8. ^ Fahey, Mike (2016-09-01). "Mario Sports Superstars Is All The Mario Sports". Kotaku.com. Archived from the original on 2016-09-02. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
  9. ^ Romano, Sal (24 January 2017). "Mario Sports Superstars launches March 24 in North America". Gematsu. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  10. ^ Greening, Chris (12 March 2017). "Motoi Sakuraba scores Mario Sports Superstars". Video Game Music Online. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  11. ^ "Mario Sports Superstars Metacritic Listing". Metacritic. March 24, 2017. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  12. ^ Andriessen, CJ (March 31, 2017). "Review: Mario Sports Superstars". Destructoid. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  13. ^ Leighton, Dominic (March 16, 2017). "Review: Mario Sports Superstars". The Sixth Axis. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
  14. ^ McMahon, Conor (March 8, 2017). "Review: Mario Sports Superstars". Nintendo Life. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
  15. ^ Romano, Sal (May 24, 2017). "Media Create Sales: 5/15/17 – 5/21/17". Gematsu. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  16. ^ "Mario Sports Superstars for 3DS Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  17. ^ McMahon, Conor (8 March 2017). "Mario Sports Superstars Review (3DS)". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  18. ^ Shea, Brian (31 March 2017). "Mario Sports Superstars - A Shallow Sampling". Game Informer. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  19. ^ Andriessen, CJ (31 March 2017). "Review: Mario Sports Superstars". Destructoid. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  20. ^ Koopmaan, Daan (8 March 2017). "Mario Sports Superstars (3DS) Review". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved 23 October 2021.

External links[edit]

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