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Slush's Mario Tennis Impressions
Well now. We're currently on the verge of Camelot's third cameo competition game, and it's the first one that doesn't involve the sport of golf. Mario Tennis will arrive anyday now, and it's gotten rave reviews by the internet community, possibly the most of any cameo game to date. Having had a chance to play Mario Tennis, I can safely say that all praise is justly deserved. The DKU tradition of good games live, as a mere ten minute session with the game was enough to tell me that it's a keeper. What's so great about it? You've probably asked yourself this once or twice. How can everyone be raving about a TENNIS game? That's a good question. I'll do my best to answer it.
Screw that, I can't.
You just have to play it. That's my only recommendation. There's something purely magical about this one. I dare to say it's on Rareware's level. Seriously. I never was a big fan of tennis, but this game just CLICKS. The graphics are seriously improved from Mario Golf. Remember how choppy DK looked in that game? He's much smoother in this one. All the characters are. The tennis courts look all nice and dandy as well. It's basically set in stone that this has the best graphics of any cameo game so far. So let's move on....
One of the more interesting aspects of this game is the fact that Donkey Kong Jr., the YOUNG version, appears in this game alongside his older self. Baby Mario has done it for the last two Camelot cameo sports games, and now DK gets to play with himself. At first I was opposed to this, but it does make for some interesting fodder. For hardcore DK fans, this may be the primary reason to buy this game. It really is a historic event in that aspect.
One huge improvement over Mario Golf for the N64 in this game is the character selection. All characters are playable from the start, except Shy Guy and Boy Donkey. Also, there are no "jaybrones" like Charlie in the game. Except I liked Charlie. No matter, all the characters have already been established elsewhere, or will play huge roles in the DKU in the future. Which brings us to a little swishy kiwi named Waluigi. Waluigi is a new character, the brother of Wario apparently, and Nintendo is betting their life on him. Which means he'll be popping up everywhere, also meaning it will force us to cover games like "Waluigi Counts His Gerbils" and "Waluigi In Leatherville."
The different courts, as mentioned above, look great. While they have the generic ones, the true beautys are hidden in the game. Such gems as a court on Donkey Kong Island and a court in the sky above the Mushroom Kingdom will dazzle, seduce, and have their way with you. As for the brief sound I've heard in the game, it's impressive as well but pretty much standard fare. DK still has his "carburator voice," Yoshi still has his hopping gonorrhea voice, and Mario still has his italiana greasaballa voice. Still, there's nothing really wrong with any of those, and would you really want Mario to start sounding like a German dictator for no reason other than change? Ich Nine Bien Question Blachen!
So what's the verdict, you may ask? Is this game worthy of my time? Is it worthy of my attention? Is it worthy of my money? Well; if you hated Mario Kart 64, Mario Party, Super Smash Bros., the Mario Golf games, and Mario Party 2....BUY IT. You'll love this one. It blows all other cameo games out of the water. It even dares to challenge some of Rare's top contenders for who most deserves to be plugged into your console. We may be biased and we may not be the best people to turn to for game purchasing advice. However, we feel this game will be worth it. Even those stuffy inside experts agree with us. You know you have a winner when we can all agree.
by SirSlush2
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