Today's Nintendo Direct showcased a slew of new characters coming to Mario Tennis Aces, alongside a brand new game mode.
First, four new characters were revealed to be joining the roster as part of the Version 2 Update. These four characters include:
- Birdo (All Around)
- Shy Guy (Technical)
- Koopa Paratroopa (Technical)
- Petey Piranha (Powerful)
These four characters can be unlocked through online play, with more characters confirmed to be coming between now and June 2019.
A new Co-Op Challenge mode was also detailed during today's presentation. The Co-Op Challenge will feature limited time online missions, rewarding new outfits and colour variations for certain characters. One of the examples shown of this during the Direct was a blue variant for Shy-Guy, along with new outfits for Chain Chomp and Boo.
The Version 2 update, containing the four new characters and co-op challenge, will be available beginning September 19th, so grab your tennis shoes and get ready to hit the court!
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I've been waiting for a price drop for this one. It looks like the kind of game I'll play for two days get board of and never touch again.
This game is mediocre in my opinion
Contrary to my harsh critique of Maker getting the shaft in New Super Mario Bros. U's favour, I'm instead pleased by this announcement, even though I don't have the game yet. As is the case with Splatoon 2 and Kirby Star Allies, the devs ensuring that Nintendo fans get the most out of the 60 bucks/pounds/euros they shelled out is not a common sight in the loot box era, and as such must be encourage with all the praise we can give. That's all I'm going to say on the matter.
Eh, still not enough to make this seem remotely interesting....
I've been waiting for Shy Guy to be playable for a while. Finally glad they made it so.
Chain Chomp wearing a hat is the cutest thing ever.
This is a fantastic game. Possibly my favorite Mario sports title ever. Well, that would go to Mario Golf World Tour, but this is definitely my second favorite and by far the best Mario Tennis game ever made.
Bring on the free DLC!
I deleted this game. No swing mode online killed it for me. Such a stupid omission.
Perfect news! I adore this game! The co op mode looks fun, and most importantly: Ring Mode is coming back baby!!!
Keep coming back to Aces for online, amazing gameplay. New game modes, yes! Keep those coming please
Already traded mine in towards Spiderman, zero regrets there
This game was screaming for additional content. This is welcome news.
This was a pleasant surprise. I play a few matches each week, but I've been waiting for a more substantial content update. A decent start, and it seems like it might eventually get more characters than the datamined list suggests. Plus my main in 64+Power (Paratroopa) is finally back!
Keep it coming Camelot, lets get full match customization options and online doubles co-op next time.
Yes! Shy Guy! Time for him and Boo to rule the world.
Finally, Birdo! Jeez did it take them a while.
I've somehow managed to log 45 hours on this and over the last week I've been playing it everyday again,after a break from it.More than 40 hours of that has been spent playing 'Simple' rules, love it! Yes it's a little lacking in modes but the gameplay more than makes up for it.This new co-op mode is very welcome though.
Just wish they'd add another defensive character only Waluigi and Bowser Jr so far.
@OorWullie Simple mode is the way to go.
Maybe they can bring Wiggler back from Power Tennis. He was a defensive character, right?
@Mgene15 I couldn't agree more.
If you have friends over for local multiplayer, this game is an absolute blast.
It's a bit short on content, so I'm happy they're going to keep updating it for the first year. It kinda seemed like there's some new single player content too based on that trailer?
@fadedcolors we're getting new story content too.
Was hoping for a Mario Golf announcement in the direct Oh well, it's bound to happen eventually.
@Luke937 it's exactly that. I've already traded it for eShop credit.
I don’t recall a nintendo game that gave me more disappointment than this one
Steadily fleshing out a meager re-servíng.
As long as the updates are free though, it's at least a bit of a plaster on an open wound that really ought to have been stitched up.
Logged nearly 70 hours on this. Best mario tennis and yes it beats the gamecube version in my opinion. Online is great and more content is welcome.
Online games do harm to the backlog, mario kart 8, rocket league, splatoon 2, Fifa 18
And still 3ds and Wii u games to finish 😢
Hmm, maybe time for me to buy the game????
Still not sure if it's worth buying yet.
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