Mario Power Tennis Review - Like Smashing your head into a Wall, Reading this is.

Memles

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Here's a little 5.8/10 review from MyGamer.com...while I know not to take it seriously, some of this shit is gold.

Once again, it is also a pain to play on the far court, or far side of the screen. The proportions of the character model’s speed to court size just don’t seem right. Luckily, the Player Cam can be chosen if playing a single player match. This will force the camera to always position itself behind the player. But you are out of luck when playing multiplayer matches.

How in the hell wouldn't that be the case with multiplayer? LAN play, sure, but why? Both have the same disadvantage. Jeesh.

However, thanks to the brainless Power Shot feature, any player can return my “impossible to return” shot with one of these super save shots which involves the player miraculously diving across the screen. If I clearly beat my opponent on a point, why should he be given a second chance? Power shots help the sucky players and hold down the experienced ones. That just does not make sense.

Now this is idiotic. "Cheats" good players? No, you simply don't use your power shot when they have one themselves. It's called strategy.

Just like Mario Tennis 64, Power Tennis uses the same poorly designed play control. Before you make contact with the ball, a double tap of the “A” button will create a topspin shot. In addition, double tapping “B” will create a flatter shot. However, a lob shot is created by tapping “A” then “B” or a drop shot with “B” then “A.” I really do not understand the mentality of this. Why should I hit multiple button combinations when there are plenty of other buttons to hit on the controller? Who wants to hit (and remember) a button combination when they can easily tap a single button?

I didn't understand this, really, until he said this.

Another stupid button combination of “A” or “B” with a “L” or “R” will create a defensive save or an offensive smash.

This guy is inept. You press "Y" and "X" to do these power moves. This guy didn't even read the instruction manual.

With some forgiveness, I can understand why this control scheme was done in the N64 game. The Gameboy Color game of the same name was also created using the same button structure because of the limited amount of buttons on the system’s hardware. Using a transfer pak, information from both games could be exchanged to unlock new characters. Keeping the same play control between the two systems was important when linking the two games together. However, there is no need for this in the GC’s Power Tennis. Currently, there are no plans of making a Mario Tennis for GBA which means that they could have used any button structure. And even if there was a GBA game with GC to GBA linkability, all four of the GBA’s buttons could be used to create a different type of shot.

And this...I'll let this speak for itself. Because...wow. I...wow.

You know, the game has flaws. The power moves are poorly implemented in some instances, and there is no question some features are missing (Tournaments, 2-Player Tournament Mode, etc.) but this guy gives it a 5.8 and mentioned pretty well only power shots, and his own inability to understand how to play MARIO TENNIS is his pitfall.

You know, this may well be the most idiotic review I've read in quite some time.
 
"You know, this may well be the most idiotic review I've read in quite some time."

i'd have given in +0.2 more if i had to give it a score. One of the most over scored games this gen IMO.

Too many niggly little issues and the lack of catering to multiplay beyond the basic "lets play a multiplayer match" is a let down.

I'd agre with the review on one thing : The power shots are shite and switching them off improves the game.
 
DCharlie said:
"You know, this may well be the most idiotic review I've read in quite some time."

i'd have given in +0.2 more if i had to give it a score. One of the most over scored games this gen IMO.

While I disagree, I know your reasons from before, and they make sense; I don't believe the basic tennis game itself is broken, and this guy seems to...and I also agree on the power shots. Wouldn't weigh it as heavily, but either way. It's the guy's reasons that are idiotic, to me.
 
We played this a little while in store the other day. It seems that you can use some of these power shots not just to get "across the court" shots as he's complaining (don't get his complaint here), but shots that go past you...as in the animation of the ball is well past but you return?

This seems an overrated game just like Golf was. Actually, the review press didn't cream their jeans over Golf. Hope they put some better care into baseball.
 
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