Reminder: The Mario Tennis Aces Pre-launch Online Tournament Begins Today

I have never been so hyped for a silly demo. I love a quality Mario sports title and I hope tonight will prove that all the glowing previews I've read were correct.

I’m loving it so far. It’s super.
Lost a lot of matches as that trick shot is hard to master but pleasing when it’s pulled off. Lots of feature shots. Lots of characters.
Get it

Hell.. YES!

I am so excited

@JHDK I've never been hyped for a Mario Sports title before, but I really, really want this to be good. Since Virtua Tennis is apparently dead, and tennis games in general seem to be a thing of the ancient past (I guess, because they translate pretty well to games, even to motion controls hint VR hint, there is really not point in making them anymore ...), this seems like the last chance for a good long while to replace VT3.

Now, if they remaster Demon Souls and make Nier compatible on Xbox One, I can finally retire my PS3 to attic

Yeah i will try this.looks good.this will be my first tennis game ever

I'll miss tonight as I'm US, and I'll be sleeping before work, but I'm excited for tomorrow! Hope this lives up to the hype.

Looking forward to it!
I don't usually play Mario sports games because I don't have anybody to play with, but online play and a story mode should be enough for me

Downloading the Japanese version now which I'm assuming has already started.

@1UP_MARIO "I’m loving it so far. It’s super."

Where are you if I may ask? Your profile says UK but I don't think the UK gets it for another hour after you posted.

We dont' get it until 9PM, so for us it's less "today", more "tonight".

Gonna jump on with my son in 5 minutes to see what the game is like. If we both like it, will pre-order.

@rjejr I got it from Jap eshop. I also have a jap account

@1UP_MARIO Thanks. Are you actually taking place in online tournaments in Japan w/ that account? Thats' impressive if their online is working that well.

I never did set up any extra accounts on our Switch, PS4 has US, Hong Kong, Japan and UK but I set those about years ago when those accounts were all getting a different demo or PS3 theme each week. Rarely touch them any more so I didn't see the need on Switch to go through the trouble.

Can’t wait for 9 PM to come around. 😊

Ugh... Still waiting!

@rjejr it works really well, I downloaded from the jap eshop but was playing with my uk account. I wanted to play it early as with the uk time I was middle of work.
Edit. Online is working well. I get like 3 good games than 1 bad. It will obviously be better with my uk account

I guess I’ll try it out

@1UP_MARIO Thanks. Maybe I should go make a UK account and start playing now.

Cool, I’ll jump in tonight after work.

I'm so in!

@rjejr Japanese account has its benefits. Helped me with my PS3

I just gave it a go and won a tournament. Each of my opponents were trying to use the special moves as much as possible when they clearly haven't got the hang of them. I didn't need to use them so won playing basically. It plays very well and the special moves seem like a fun addition once I get used to them. I won't play anymore though because I don't want to see too much before the game comes out

Wow, 9pm on the east coast? Might as well just start in on the 2nd.

@RandomDave yea those trick shots can really win a game or badly make you lose a game

Such a busy weekend but can't wait to jump into this for a casual try. Was going to buy physical but since it is double gold points and only 2.6gb I will be preordering if it makes me smile even a little bit

Wow! This game plays extremely well. Definitely gonna pre-order. Again, my maxim of give me a decent Demo and I will buy the game.

Does anyone know yet what the prize is for winning a tournament?

Too much input lag, it ruined my hype :S

Definitely going to try this out, I'm really happy they are doing a demo since I'm still on the fence about the game.

@ryancraddock Has anyone across the Atlantic noticed if that "Play against COM" option became available, too? I've gotta wait 9 more hours

Excited to try this out

The gameplay's very solid - lots of new stuff to learn.

Cannot wait!!

I'll be on this Sunday. I work doubles fri and Sat sadly.

Why is it always either tennis or golf that nintendo link with Mario? If they're going to attach their mascot in tenuous ways to sports, they could at least show a bit more imagination. After all, In most other areas nintendo has never been short of that.

I wanted to play in casual mode using the gesture controls (like Wii Sports) but that doesn't seem enabled for the demo. That's the make or break test that means pre-order or ignoring for me.

@Kirby-in-Kirkby ...what sports do you want, then? He's done kart racing, basketball, football/soccer, baseball.. what else is there?

Top tip: You can see the strength of someone's internet connection when deciding to challenge them. If it's too low for your liking (1 or 2 bars) you can decline the match and look for another opponent.

@Mew Cricket! or Bowling...actually I'd buy Mario Bowling. Hockey too.

@ralek85 - not really ancient past. There are two mainstream tennis releases due this year.

I have been playing for 4 hours now and I think it is the best entry in the series. Heaps of fun! I have already won 4 online tournaments and accumulated ~6000 points online. Especially close matches are really thrilling!

Can you play online with friends in the demo?

I'm getting to the semi's at best then bring annihilated. I'll be miffed if come Monday I've not won one Grand Slam.

@1UP_MARIO
You live in UK, right ?
What is your country setting for your European e-shop ? (I live in Indonesia, but i have USA 3DS , country setting = USA, Georgia)
Well.... i need a guide for setting my e-shop account when i get European New 3DS machines to play PAL region 3DS games.
And for your Japanese e-shop account on Switch, what setting did you put ?

So, the demo of USA version is already out now ?

@Mew I'd forgot about the football one and didn't know he was in baseball and basketball titles. I wouldn't really call Mario Kart a sports game though, racing has traditionally been considered its own genre. Anyway, I still stand by my original point, there are dozens of sports still to explore while the same few favourites seem to be returned to over and ever.

@Kirby-in-Kirkby
Nintendo still NEVER make.....
Mario Boxing / Kickboxing
Mario Karate & Judo
Mario Bodybuilding
Mario Swimming
Mario Billyard
Mario Gymnastic

@norwichred Are you talking about Tennis Tour though? That's out already and I cannot for the life of me recommend it. It's kinda a mess to say the least, and it might as well not exist.
Aces on the other hand is all-out arcade, compared to VT (for better or worse, depending on ones taste), but afaik, there is nothing that compares to VT and there hasn't been for the last roughly 10 years (Grand Slam on the Wii wasn't all that bad, but that was also back in '09, and even Top Spin 4 hails from '11). Whether you consider that ancient past or not ... well, that's your prerogative of course. To me and as far as games go, it pretty much is ancient. ^^

Argh, I was beaten twice due to terrible lag, I’ll try again later!

I have won 11 tournaments online now and accumulated 13,200 points. Add me if you dare ,)

@Anti-Matter best to make a japan switch account. Japan always has most games and demos first.

@1UP_MARIO
I mean, what city you set when you make Japanese e-shop account ?
Tokyo or Osaka or something else ?
And what about your European e-shop account ?
I guess you set UK, (city name).
Can you please help me ?
I have a plan to buy Japanese / European 3DS machine so i need to know what is the best city should i choose when i set the hometown for e-shop account.

@Anti-Matter For the switch account you don’t need the city I just put japan.

For 3ds. If your buying pal 3ds you can put London as city

@Anti-Matter just google any uk business address and you should be fine. But I’d recommend a japanease region 3ds more as it has more exclusives

@1UP_MARIO
Okay, thank you for the help.

So far it is very fun. But I mostly played against the CPU because in the online matches I had a lot of lag.

I the game has substantial singleplayer content I will probably buy it.

It's pretty cool though if I buy it I think I'll be sticking to the classic mode. Too many times I would run instead of doing a zone shot & if I got the zone off I'd hit the net way too often. That & I noticed I score more using regular shots than anything else while my opponent had to rely on that meter.

I am going to play a match or two just to get the Mario costume, then probably just do some CPU training to get a feel for the game. I really don't care for competitive gaming.

@DockEllisD They need to bring back Mario Baseball.

95% of my friends list are playing this demo right now. I suspect that could have a bit to do with the lag that I have experienced. The practice mode though works fine, and I will probably play this more offline than on.

I'm already enjoying it more than Ultra Smash.

input lag is so bad... but game is so good

@stuie1234
Yeah this was me too. I can appreciate that the game is good, but I was just cannon fodder online. Not sure why I’m so bad at this game...

@grougrou It runs perfect for me until the final and then when I’m so close to a victory the speed drops and I’m worthless on the court.

@Riderkicker I had the same issue, but once I got used to it the matches became like Dragon Ball Z fights and it was pretty fun trying to counter my opponent and sometime I hung on by the skin of my teeth by KOing them.

I've had fun with this game so far, but both of my online matches suffered from occasional lag that caused me to miss returning the ball to the other player. Nonetheless, the polish and fun that Camelot was known for regarding Mario sports games appears to all be present in their latest tennis offering.

Out of my 4500 gold coins that I had accumulated, I just used 3000 to pre-purchase this game for only $29.99. It turns out Wario was on to something when he went all in on gathering as many gold coins as possible - they come in handy!

@NIN10DOXD
I can't find the Demo from E-shop.
Where is it ?
Should i have to click the Pre-Purchase button first & register ?
My account is USA region.
And one thing, i will buy the game in Physical retail so i don't want to double dip the same game from e-shop.

@Anti-Matter Go to the news section and click on the Mario Tennis pre-purchase news story. On the top right of the screen, there should be an icon for downloading the demo.

Played a little bit this morning and have to say I am very impressed. Must buy for me Had to laugh at Yoshi when I got him to taunt the opponent. For some reason I just wanted to keep looking at that huge replay screen on the court that shows the match for the people who are in the game, looks beautiful.

@dleec8
Aah...
I have founded.
Thank you.

Gave it a quick go and surprise how much I enjoyed it. Definitely a “easy to play/hard to master” type game.

@Anti-Matter I am always happy to help another Nintendo Lover such as yourself

@stuie1234 No worries man, I got battered myself when I started playing online and lost my first 5 games in a row. Then I went on a winning streak and just now got to the final match in a tournament, but lost it. The game is full of strategy, and playing more and more online shows you the different types of shots that are better in certain situations, and you also start to learn how to fake-out the other player and make them think you are about to do something that you are not actually about to do. Try playing with different characters too. I got destroyed as Mario, but started obliterating my opponents as Peach.

This game is a lot more complex than I thought. Got wrecked hard at the beginning, but eventually got the hang of things.

It's a great game. obviously the more bars a person has the less laggy the game will be, but there's definitely more satisfaction to be garnered by winning with regular tennis shots rather than the fancy tricks, I'd very much like to play the game in pure tennis mode.

Is there something I’m not getting? Or are there already hackers messing around? I just had a match against Waluigi, but he’s not a selectable character in the demo...

@1UP_MARIO Not entirely true... Just check the number of games available and you’ll notice that in Japan we’re over 200 games short when compared with the US (most of them indies, but still...) Also there are games like ARMS or Kirby with demos in the US but not in Japan.
If I may say so, Japan is treated as secondary to the US except for, obviously, Japanese publishers, and even some Japanese publishers make weird decisions sometimes. I’m referring specifically to Nippon Ichi Software which is releasing Yomawari in the West but not in Japan (unless they announce it at a later date)

Just finished playing the demo. I liked it quite a bit, the zone shots and quick shots are cool to do, and boy, does it feel good when I do a special shot and I break my opponent's racquet. The only bad part is, of course, the input lag when there's a poor connection and that really screwed up my game at times. Other than that, it was fun while it lasted - I think MTA is one of the better Mario sports games in recent years.

@maruse You would have to accumulate a set number of points to unlock Waluigi and other unlockable characters.

This game seemed really fun at first but suddenly it's the most rage inducing game I've played since the nes. The lag players are horrible, but worse, suddenly every player is an advanced expert that can block every shot, hit the just the right corner and seemingly never miss. And some of them have over 3000 points so they've played a lot. Some have under 100 points. How are people who played only a few rounds able to destroy me completely. I'm fairly decent at the game considering it's 48 hours old. How is seemingly everyone online, even those with only a few games under their belt suddenly able to annihilate me completely? I've lost 9 of 10 games today, and the win was against a total lagger. Wasnt like this yesterday, nor is it remotely fun. No idea how everyone else got twice as good as me in 2 days...yikes. sigh I hate online games.... Ever moving goal posts...

The game is really fun but man are there some good players out there already and the system does not match points/time played as it should do. This means you come along having played three games and get pitted against someome who has 3000 point score meaning they've been playing for the last eight hours straight.

@Ryu_Niiyama There's not a lot to go on from with JUST bowling, is there?

@MarioLover92 Oh, I see... I didn't know that. I haven't played the demo enough to accumulate any significant amount of points so I wasn't aware you could unlock more characters.
Nice to know it wasn't a cheater.

@Mew Toss a banana peel at your opponent so they mess up a shot. Get a blue shell or a mega mushroom that is a automatic strike. Mini mushroom to give better accuracy but is only useful for picking up spares. Blooper makes the pins vanish (obscures camera), boo steals the ball as it heads down the runway. Either make the power ups show up randomly in the lane (maybe even time it so you have to throw the ball harder) or have a chance to get them if you bowl a strike. Lots you can do with bowling. Just like they do with hockey or tennis or kart racing. The limit isn't the game...