Pretty fun tennis game with cool power ups. But it's barebones content is noticeable after a few hours
2015 nintendo personified
It was my intention to play this game for my marathon (I mean honestly does anyone actually play this game for any other reason than pure obligation?) but because my shitty Wii U disc reader refuses to recognize the completey spotless disc I guess I have to skip it now. I know I'm dodging a bullet here, but honestly I can't help but be a bit dissapointed tbh, if Nintendo was actually good at preserving their games, even the bad ones, I wouldn't have had to skip another game on this marathon like this.
You know when a game is bad when your younger self drops it within a week after playing it. (Ultra Smash? More like Ultra Tra-)
This was decent fun as a kid but objectively it kinda sucks lol
jogo mais eem graça e conteúdo do mundo ganhou uma estrela só por ter rosalina
Really depends, what is an ultra smash? Is it a move in the game, is it the game itself, or is it just 2 words that have no business being with eachother
i think i got scammed
Literalmente a coisa mais sem conteúdo que eu já joguei
It's literally just tennis
Pretty nice tech demo! I can’t wait to see what the game looks like when it’s finished!……… What do you mean this is the final game?
the 1 star is cause the sprixie princess was a really cute new character to add and wish she came back more
Scott the Woz told me so
i paid too much for this and i downloaded it for free on my hacked wii u.
Bland and boring, its like watching paint dry but with toad.
Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash offers the core tennis gameplay you'd expect from the series, with colorful visuals and responsive controls. However, it suffers from a severe lack of content; modes are sparse, the roster feels limited, and its main gimmick, Mega Battles, feels disruptive rather than fun. While local multiplayer with friends can create some enjoyable moments, Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash ends up as a disappointingly barebones experience within the franchise.
I'll settle for a 1 star rating instead of 0.5 because at least the core tennis gameplay is still... passable, I suppose? But what a letdown overall. Bare bones in terms of content, still heavy on gimmicks that slow the pace of gameplay & just a lackluster experience when compared to its predecessors. Mario Tennis for N64 came out 15 years prior & it blows this game out of the water.
I haven't played much of this game but, it's bland and boring.
Oh god I got this game for Christmas in 2015 and even younger me thought it sucked.
This game was one of the last things I ever asked Santa to get me for Christmas before I kinda found out he didn't exist the next year or so. How fitting that this waste of a game disc was the thing that basically killed Christmas for me.
Cannot believe this is how you try to remember Iwata soon after his passing.
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This is a great example what happens when you have the structure of a good game but your publisher really wants a release for the holidays.
While the core tennis mechanics are as solid as ever and the character graphics delight, there is very little to Ultra Smash. No tournament mode, replaced by a simple knockout challenge. Only one simplistic mini game. Unlockable courts are here, but they're just swaps of the same basic arena instead of truly unique locales. The online is barebones, with no proper options to play with friends. Perhaps some more interesting original mechanics would have pushed this game forward, but the jump shot and Mega Mushroom add very little. Ultra Smash is a hollow experience. It is not bad on a technical level and the base tennis game play is still fun, but too much feels missing to make this one worthwhile.
I do find it cute that the green Sprixie Princess from 3D World was an unlockable character, though. A shame she's stuck in this game and not included in Aces.
While the core tennis mechanics are as solid as ever and the character graphics delight, there is very little to Ultra Smash. No tournament mode, replaced by a simple knockout challenge. Only one simplistic mini game. Unlockable courts are here, but they're just swaps of the same basic arena instead of truly unique locales. The online is barebones, with no proper options to play with friends. Perhaps some more interesting original mechanics would have pushed this game forward, but the jump shot and Mega Mushroom add very little. Ultra Smash is a hollow experience. It is not bad on a technical level and the base tennis game play is still fun, but too much feels missing to make this one worthwhile.
I do find it cute that the green Sprixie Princess from 3D World was an unlockable character, though. A shame she's stuck in this game and not included in Aces.
Wow! This is boring.
I'm a big fan of the Mario Tennis series and this particular entry is my least favorite one. Not sure if releasing this game late into the Wii U lifecycle had anything to do with the lack of content and the overall low-effort feel on behalf of Nintendo.
Graphics are colorful and appropriate for a Mario Tennis game but the overall gameplay and feel for the game feel off, rushed, and low-effort.
Graphics are colorful and appropriate for a Mario Tennis game but the overall gameplay and feel for the game feel off, rushed, and low-effort.
Ultra smash fans lowkey the chillest people you can ever meet. They don't complain, they don't cry like paper mario fans, they don't do anything. Sure there's like maybe 7 people on Earth that are fans of this game but they chill af and dont do nothin and i like that
Yeah, this isn't great.
Less fun than watching tennis (AKA a crowning achievement in unfun)
Gets boring really quick
Genuinely one of, if not the most mind numbingly boring experiences of my life