Topic: Mario Tennis Aces is the most disappointing Switch game for me so far

I too enjoyed Aces. Once I got the hang of how I could do things, I liked the adventure more. But my favorite mode was online with simple rules.

That said, Sega Superstar Tennis on 360 is still my fav arcade style tennis game.

@ReaderRagfihs The game isn’t that balanced, but super shots are far more than overwhelming. With some practice, you can deflect it almost every single time.
The controls also get better when using a Pro Controller. In all, the full game is much better than the demo, like most other games.

I’d like to chime in and say that, while the game didn’t live up to its potential and certainly cut some corners, it was by no means an abject failure. The base game is solid, and in my eyes marks the first genuinely good expansion of the base mechanics in the series’ history. At it’s core I think it’s a good tennis games.

That doesn’t eliminate the fact that it contains some baffling design choices and signs of being rushed out - at least at launch. The initial lack of options in how many sets you could play and on what courts was just... weird, and the story mode felt a little forced and unfinished. It’s a bit of a minor gripe but I found it strange that, upon obtaining one of the four main jewels that the story is based around, the only indication you get is a single line of text telling you just that. No animation, or even an imagine of what this jewel you’ve been seeking looks like. It’s just like “you got the red jewel”, and you just sort of have to believe it’s red. Initially there was also no restart option upon failing a mission which was a bit baffling.

So anyway, I don’t think it’s a bad game, but it didn’t live up to the game it should have been. With games like Zelda and Mario knocking taking their respective series to a whole new level, it was a bit sad to see Mario Tennis fumble, especially after getting so much of the core game right.

@ReaderRagfihs Yeah that is something that I have against the game in general to be honest. Like I said the simple rules game has taken a hit by all the focus being on the multitude of special moves, and you are right about those being more so about overwhelming your opponent. As a result it isn't good at being a traditional tennis game and the way it is mean to be played isn't really tennis anymore.

I got the game for Christmas and though I haven't played a huge amount of it yet (only around 4-5 hours), I really like what I've played. I'd be playing it more if I didn't have so many other games distracting me... Anyway, I haven't finished the story mode yet but it's fun, I don't see what people have against it. (Then again, this is my first Mario Tennis game so I can't compare it against the RPG-style story modes that some of the previous games had.) I like the special moves too. If I wanted a simple or realistic tennis game I wouldn't buy one with Mario on the cover. Plus it's got one of the most interesting playable character line-ups of any Mario spin-off (Chain Chomp! Luma! Pauline!), and the graphics are some of the best I've seen on the Switch.

Here's my problems and opinions on the game. To me its terrible 1 star. Each person should of paid 1 penny for this game. To support companies that make games like this is to be a fool i will leave it at that. So problems with the game. Story mode typical ***** yea. But here's my problem forces you to play with charge shot. The story gets difficult further in yea but alot of gamers that game should be able to get through these being forced to use charge shot. Its a tennis game you hit it center left and right lob it drop shot it spike but your timed in the the stage every mistake losses seconds and even though you can aim the ball that does absolute nothing when you have objects moving around a wall and the game isn't designed to hit these specific shots becuz its a tennis game center left right high lob so with out forced, spoon fed down your throat with charged shot so you can aim to hit specific targets rather than trying to aim the ball hit it with how a reddit user put 40 different ways and just losing to a game that's flawed in design as well as time just sucks a game that yes would never have me go back through. Ever. When you play anything else other than cpus. The whole meta of the game is a ***** flawed serve and return policy so you don't get a power shot and become unbalanced or have to jump. So if two-four ppl are good it's literally back of fourth red blue purple and white all the time unless you use a 12 year olds fantasy gimmick and zone shot or special. A+'s don't even use that bs until they smashed the other opponent and said mine as well.....iguess? So its really boring for a half ass game to be produced and I can't even have fun with the zone shots or power shots bscuz everythings so fast. Obviously can hardly change settings so if you want to show someone how to play with all this crap it will take decades explaining how much ***** they ment to put in and didn't mean to put it. I either jump for the ball of im stiff. No explanation in the settings of the game. Higher rankers know some good techniques. Why the hell doesn't it say anything about anything in the settings. Basic how to on the zone shot special shot trick shot and abruptly ends. No time to spend learning this entire new mechanic if you haven't really played Nintendo games becuz why even bother? Its not like you learn speedy new things that will take your brain time to adjust to this. Lack of content but my opinion is strictly on the games design. Nintendo knew what they were doing. This stems from the exact problem of triple a games. Right up there with call of duty and battlefield 5. You want a new amazing shooter that feels real its called call of duty modern warfare. Well there's 20 guns in which you only take a shot gun and camp. Isn't that fu?! Or wait you customize any gun and it doesn't matter if its more powerful than anything else. This guy had faster ads speed walking speed walking while aiming speed. I mean I know I just shot you first but you had ads faster as my bullets are digging into your face and kill me isn't that fun?! Competitive? I mean I know you just shot me with a 1000 rate of fire Famas but my g18 1000 rate of fire of full auto is way better than your pos assault rifle.