.: February 16, 2007Mode(s),Mario Hoops 3-on-3, known in as Mario Slam Basketball and in as Mario Basket 3on3 ( マリオバスケ 3on3, Mario Basuke 3on3), is a developed by and published by for the in 2006. The game is the first in which and characters as playable characters, and the second Mario game developed by, the first one being. It is the first Mario basketball game ever to be released, although characters from the series have appeared in the version of. The game was released on the European Wii U Virtual Console on May 26, 2016 and it was released on North American Wii U Virtual Console on November 3, 2016.The game features a series of basketball tournaments on different courts, each of three games. The game uses the Nintendo DS's touch screen extensively, and features items and coins from the Mario series. Critics praised the game for being amusing and fun, but criticized the weak AI and limited multiplayer options, with full basketball games only being playable across two players locally who each had a copy of the game.

Contents.Gameplay The gameplay of Mario Hoops 3-on-3 is centered on basketball games, structured into tournaments that the player must win in order to progress. The tournament ladder is made with graphics based on the original. Each tournament consists of three games with two halves of two and a half minutes each. The one exception is an extra game with the team at the end of the final tournament.

The player can win a tournament by winning the three games on its ladder. Upon winning, the player is awarded either a gold cup, a silver cup or a bronze cup. These cups correspond with winning by more than 200 points cumulatively across the three matches, 100 points, or simply winning all three games.The matches feature three players on each side, with characters drawn primarily from Mario and other Nintendo games, as well as characters from 's Final Fantasy series. During matches, the touch control is used for all actions except for movement, which can be handled by the directional pad.

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The player can also control direction via the touch screen. The top screen of the DS shows the game in 3D, while the bottom screen shows an overhead view of the whole court. Dribbling is performed automatically, but slower if the touch screen is not used actively to dribble.The player can perform multiple moves, such as stealing the ball and passing, by using gestures on the touch pad. The player shoots by drawing a line forward on the touchscreen. Depending on where the character is and how he/she is moving, the shot will either be a normal shot, a special shot or a slam dunk; these shots give the team different numbers of points.

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The basketball court contains multiple coin pads, which give the player coins when dribbled on up to a maximum value; when the player makes a shot, their coins are added to their total point score. There are also items which appear on the court; when used they grant the player special moves.There are two game modes: normal and hard. Hard mode is unlocked after the game is beaten on normal. In addition to the regular tournament game, there is an exhibition mode. In this mode, the player can customize the rules such as the amount of playing time, the number of periods played, and turning items on or off.

Multiplayer is limited to local games, and each player must own their own copy of the game. The game does not have online multiplayer, and the 'gamesharing' option (playing multiplayer across only one copy of the game) only allows for the playing of select minigames, not full basketball games. Music Mario Basketball 3on3 Original Soundtrackby. And Yukio KaneokaReleasedOctober 18, 2006 ( 2006-10-18) (Japan)Length41: 26The game's music was composed and arranged primarily by, with some tracks created by and Yukio Kaneoka. The soundtrack was Soken's first major game soundtrack; he had worked at Square Enix as a sound editor for five years prior to the release of the game and had only composed music for advertisements and minor games prior to Mario Hoops.

The music covers a wide variety of genres and influences, using techno, rock music, African drum beats, and vocal performances. An official soundtrack album containing music from the game, Mario Basketball 3on3 Original Soundtrack, was published by Square Enix on October 18, 2006.

The album contains 31 tracks over a duration of 41:26. Reception ReceptionAggregate scoreAggregatorScore69/100Review scoresPublicationScore7/106.17/106/106.5/10C7.1/107.1/10(AU) 7.4/10(UK) 7/10(US) 6.8/107.5/10The game received 'average' reviews according to video game. While the game was generally praised for its control, graphics, and variety, it was criticized for its simplistic AI, unsatisfactory minigames, and overpowered skills for the Final Fantasy characters. The lack of Nintendo Wi-Fi connection support also hurt the game.411Mania gave the game a score of 7.5 out of 10 and said it was 'a game that could've easily been rated much higher had there been Wi-Fi connectivity, smarter AI and a richer single card download-play option. Not including Wi-Fi was inexcusable as it would have easily been one of the most played games online.

I'd honestly recommend this game for any DS owner out there as I feel the game at least deserves a try. Some will be hooked, some won't, but you can't deny the fun of Mario Hoops 3 on 3.'

Gave it three stars out of five and called it 'fast-paced stylus-swiping basketball action best suited to short matches against friends.' Also gave it three stars out of five, saying, 'The wild combinations of touch-pad and direction keys required to play make this a game you might not wish to use on public transport, and it somehow lacks the charm of previous Mario-themed games. Good, but not great.'

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Product Information. Tennis, anyone? Mario and his buddies are back to compete in their second sporting event on the Nintendo 64. Take the court as one of the following characters, all of whom have starred in one game or another since the days of the 8-bit NES: Mario, Luigi, Peach, Baby Mario, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Paratroopa, Toad, Birdo, Bowser, Boo and Daisy. One new character has been added to the mix, however. It seems Luigi has a nemesis akin to Mario's Wario. Waluigi!Developed by Camelot, the same team responsible for Mario Golf, Mario Tennis is a 3D take on the sport with courts, characters, and music drawn from the colorful world of Mario.

Six modes of play are available: Exhibition, Tournament, Demo, Ring Shot, Piranha Challenge and Bowser Stage. Exhibition lets you play singles or doubles matches against the computer or human opponents, while the Tournament has you trying to beat three different players to win a cup.Demo mode, as you might have guessed, lets you watch the computer play a game to learn some helpful techniques or court strategies.

Those familiar with Mario Golf will recognize the Ring Shot mode, which involves aiming the ball through a series of rings - all while trying to beat your opponent! The Piranha Challenge offers multiple piranha plants that fire tennis balls toward you. To win, you must hit them all past your opponent. Finally, Bowser Stage has you targeting floating power-up cubes on a tilting court.Moves you can perform include serves, lobs, drops and overhand smashes. Other techniques to master are slicing and putting topspin on the ball. Each shot can also be powered-up by holding down the button for a specific duration of time.

You and your opponent will be able to tell when a powerful shot has been delivered by watching its color: an orange, blue or purple streak, depending on the shot.Like Mario Golf before it, Mario Tennis features a reward system for completing the different modes of play. By winning matches in the Tournament Mode as well as the individual Special Matches, players can unlock hidden courts, secrets, and characters. If you're good enough, you might even be able to play as Donkey Kong Jr. The 128-Meg Mario Tennis offers three save files to store your individual accomplishments, and supports the Rumble Pak accessory for vibration feedback.

IT GROWS ON YOU!A good mix of tennis and mario.This game is better than the gameboy color version. In this game you play as a boy or a girl. The boy's name is Clay or you can change it and the girl's name is Ace or you can change that.

You can have power shots to score easy instead of just playing to score and take longer, theirs power shots that can make the opponent move back or other things and theirs power shots to catch the ball if it is to far to reach.In this game you can walk around talk to people and some you can talk to and play them to get better and reach a better rank. You can also play as two people and grow levels and play mini games to make their special experience grow.You can play single and double in this game.

In exhibition you can play as any body you vs in the game in any level like beginner, pro. You could sleep in your drome, mini games you beat you can play again in the mini game icon in the main screen.This game is one of the best sport games I've play for the gba, a good game with real and the Mario world put together. Thanks for reading this review. Easily one of the best in the series, if not the best!A while back, on the failed Nintendo Virtual Boy game system, there was a game called Mario's Tennis, first of the Mario Tennis games. It got the job done as a decent, playable tennis game, while adding some cool 3-D effects, something the Virtual Boy was known for.

Unfortunately, Nintendo could've done a lot more for that game, as it felt like an average tennis game, but with Mario characters. But hey, it was Mario's first tennis game, so that also means that its inevitable successor would be able to improve on the original formula, while adding a whole lot more.Fast forward to the year 2001. The successor to the first game has been created, now titled Mario Tennis(without the 's'). So what's so much better about this game than the first one? Pretty much everything in the game. Way m ore impressive 3-D graphics(at least, at the time), several different ways to play, a huge cast of characters from the Mario universe, and most importantly, great fun!What's new in this game, first of all, multi-player.

Something that the first game did not have, which just about made it obvious that it wasn't going to last long. Anyway, multi-player is loads of fun and the action never slows down, even with all four players on screen. It can also be very addictive, so I'm warning you, watch out!Another feature is a unique one, the control scheme. The one used here in this game has to be the best that I've used in a tennis game. You now have the ability to charge up your shots by pressing a button twice, which will really send the ball flying.

Shots such as lobs, drop shots, and smashes, are really easy to pull off, so there's no need to worry about that. I will say this, your character tends to slide a little bit after letting off of the control stick, but it's nothing that will destroy this game for you. It also depends on who you are using at the time.

The control was actually fine-tuned in the Gamecube sequel, Mario Power Tennis.Now for the modes in the game. You have a lengthy tennis tournament mode, or the standard game of tennis available, with your choice of how many games or sets you want to play. This is the mode you'll be playing most of the time.

Other modes in the game allow you to play with Mario Kart styled items, play a game where you hit the ball through rings to get points, and if you need it, a little practice mode is thrown into the mix. The item box mode is a little fun, if not a bit cheap. Stuff like this works best in the Mario Kart series. Ring mode is also a nice distraction, and more fun than the item mode, in my opinion. The game gets even better if you have the Game Boy Color version and a Transfer pak, more on that in the next section.Characters. Mario and the usual cast are back again, but here's where it gets interesting. Princess Daisy returns after a long hiatus, and a new character Waluigi makes his appearance here.

His name actually makes more sense in Japan, so research this one. You can unlock more characters through tournaments, and if you complete all tournaments with a single person, they become a star character, more skilled. Not only that, but if you use the Game Boy version, the characters you have on the story mode, Alex, Harry, Nina and Kate(or whatever you named them),can be uploaded to the N64 and can be used there to gain EXP, so the replay value increases! This feature is sorely missed on the Gamecube and GBA version, though. Overall, don't miss out on this game! Buy it now!.