Fantastic battling additions to tennis gameplay
Looks amazing
Courts are regularly inventive
Adventure mode can be incredibly frustrating
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Mario gets about, doesn’t he? In the past year, he’s been on a globetrotting Odyssey, joined forces with some Rabbids to save the world (again), and now he’s donning his sneakers in time to surf the astroturf in Mario Tennis Aces. It’s been three years since we last had 🐼a Mario Tennis game, and it’s fair to say♔ that there’s been quite the hype around Mario’s latest adventure, especially since it’s the first game since Mario Tennis Power Tour on the Game Boy Advance to feature a story mode.
And what a story mode that is. Talk about a game that very much moves tennis beyond the ordinary. A magical racket named Lucien, or the Legendary Racket of Bask as its formerly known, has been found by Wario and Waluigi and has possessed Luigi. It turns out this racket is capable of destroying entire kingdoms and is basically the Mario Tennis Aces equivalent of the Infinity Gauntlet. If the bad guys manage to collect five Power Stones, the full power of Lucien will be restored - a la 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Avengers: Infinity War but without all that finger clicking. Daisy and Peach are apparently too important as diplomats to go o꧟n the ♐adventure, so it’s up to Mario and Toad to track down Wario, Waluigi and the possessed Luigi along with Lucien.
Of course, it’s never just a case of wandering straight up to where the baddies are hiding, but rather undertaking numerous challenges along the way as you try to reach the areas containing the power stones. Some of these trials will just consist of straightforward matches, but usually with some funky court activities, such as piranha plants that eat your ball or ship masts that must be avoided. They add a lovely element of surprise and additiꩵonal tactics to the play, and all of the courts can be brought over to the freeplay modes once you’ve defeated your foe. There are even boss battles (yes, you read that right), with your shots acting in lieu of actual attacks. Meanwhile, other Adventure challenges are more tricksy, such as knocking down boards with your balls to score enough points before a timer runs out. Some of them are utterly brilliant, with the difficulty meaning that completion is just tantalisingly out of reach for that ‘just one more go’ mentality.
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