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| caption = Promotional art, showcasing some of the game's playable sports and characters
| caption = Promotional art, showcasing some of the game's playable sports and characters
| developer = [[Bandai Namco Studios]]<br>[[Camelot Software Planning]]{{efn|[[tri-Crescendo]] assisted with development.}}
| developer = {{ubl|[[Bandai Namco Studios]]|[[Camelot Software Planning]]{{efn|Special Work by [[tri-Crescendo]] assisted with development}}}}
| publisher = [[Nintendo]]
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| series = ''[[Mario Sports (series)|Mario Sports]]''
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| genre = [[Sports video game|Sports]]
| genre = [[Sports video game|Sports]]
| modes = [[Single-player]], [[multiplayer]]
| modes = [[Single-player]], [[multiplayer]]
| director = {{ubl|Naohiro Hayashi|Shugo Takahashi}}
| director =
| producer =
| producer = {{ubl|Fumihiro Suzuki|[[Hiroyuki Takahashi (game producer)|Hiroyuki Takahashi]]|Shugo Takahashi}}
| designer = {{ubl|Hiroyuki Takahashi|Shugo Takahashi}}
| designer =
| programmer = {{ubl|Sangbae Nam|Haruki Kodera|Yutaka Yamamoto}}
| programmer =
| artist = {{ubl|Takanori Ikezawa|Satoshi Tamai}}
| artist =
| writer =
| writer =
| composer = [[Motoi Sakuraba]]
| composer = [[Motoi Sakuraba]]
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'''''Mario Sports Superstars''''' is a 2017 [[sports video game]] developed by [[Bandai Namco Studios]] and [[Camelot Software Planning]] and published by [[Nintendo]] for the [[Nintendo 3DS]]. The game contains five sports minigames: [[association football|football]], [[baseball]], [[tennis]], [[golf]], and [[horse racing]], and was released in March 2017.
'''''Mario Sports Superstars''''' is a 2017 [[sports video game]] developed by [[Bandai Namco Studios]] and [[Camelot Software Planning]] and published by [[Nintendo]] for the [[Nintendo 3DS]]. The game contains five sports minigames: [[association football|football]], [[baseball]], [[tennis]], [[golf]], and [[horse racing]].


==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
The game consists of five sports – [[association football|football]], [[baseball]], [[tennis]], [[golf]], and [[horse racing]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Makuch|first=Eddie|date=2016-09-01|title=New 3DS Mario Sports Game Announced, Looks Pretty Fun|url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/new-3ds-mario-sports-game-announced-looks-pretty-f/1100-6443216/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160904141542/http://www.gamespot.com/articles/new-3ds-mario-sports-game-announced-looks-pretty-f/1100-6443216|archive-date=2016-09-04|accessdate=2017-01-05|website=GameSpot}}</ref> Despite the number of sports contained, they are not [[mini-games]], but rather, full-scale recreations of each sport.<ref>{{cite web|last=Crecente |first=Brian |url=http://www.polygon.com/2016/9/1/12749854/mario-sports-superstars-3ds |title=Mario Sports Superstars coming to 3DS next spring |publisher=Polygon |date=2016-09-01 |accessdate=2017-01-05}}</ref> For example, the soccer part of the game contains eleven versus eleven gameplay, the same as is standard in the sport.<ref name="gameinformer">{{cite web|last=Marchiafava |first=Jeff |url=http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2016/09/01/mario-sports-superstars-combines-five-sports-in-one-handheld-package.aspx |title=Mario Sports Superstars Combines Five Sports In One Handheld Package - News |website=GameInformer.com |date=2016-09-01 |accessdate=2017-01-05}}</ref> Each individual sport contains single player tournaments, local multiplayer, and online multiplayer game modes.<ref name="gameinformer"/>
The game consists of five sports – [[association football]], [[baseball]], [[tennis]], [[golf]], and [[horse racing]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Makuch|first=Eddie|date=2016-09-01|title=New 3DS Mario Sports Game Announced, Looks Pretty Fun|url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/new-3ds-mario-sports-game-announced-looks-pretty-f/1100-6443216/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160904141542/http://www.gamespot.com/articles/new-3ds-mario-sports-game-announced-looks-pretty-f/1100-6443216|archive-date=2016-09-04|accessdate=2017-01-05|website=GameSpot}}</ref> Despite the number of sports contained, they are not [[mini-games]], but rather, full-scale recreations of each sport.<ref>{{cite web |last=Crecente |first=Brian |url=http://www.polygon.com/2016/9/1/12749854/mario-sports-superstars-3ds |title=Mario Sports Superstars coming to 3DS next spring |publisher=Polygon |date=2016-09-01 |accessdate=2017-01-05 |archive-date=2016-12-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215003356/http://www.polygon.com/2016/9/1/12749854/mario-sports-superstars-3ds |url-status=live }}</ref> For example, the soccer part of the game contains eleven versus eleven gameplay, the same as is standard in the sport.<ref name="gameinformer">{{cite web |last=Marchiafava |first=Jeff |url=http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2016/09/01/mario-sports-superstars-combines-five-sports-in-one-handheld-package.aspx |title=Mario Sports Superstars Combines Five Sports In One Handheld Package - News |website=GameInformer.com |date=2016-09-01 |access-date=2017-01-05 |archive-date=2016-11-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106070504/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2016/09/01/mario-sports-superstars-combines-five-sports-in-one-handheld-package.aspx? |url-status=dead }}</ref> Each individual sport contains single player tournaments, local multiplayer, and online multiplayer game modes.<ref name="gameinformer"/>


==Development==
==Development==
The game was first announced during a [[List of Nintendo Direct presentations|Nintendo Direct]] on September 1, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|last=Goldfarb |first=Andrew |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/09/01/mario-sports-superstars-announced-for-3ds |title=Mario Sports Superstars Announced for 3DS |publisher=IGN |date=2016-09-01 |accessdate=2017-01-05}}</ref> The title was co-developed by [[Bandai Namco Studios]] and [[Camelot Software Planning]], with the latter having developed games in the ''[[Mario Golf]]'' and ''[[Mario Tennis]]'' series.<ref>{{cite web|last=McFerran |first=Damien |url=http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2016/09/mario_sports_superstars_is_a_collaboration_between_camelot_and_bandai_namco |title=Mario Sports Superstars Is A Collaboration Between Camelot And Bandai Namco |publisher=Nintendo Life |date=2016-09-05 |accessdate=2017-01-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=von Benjamin Jakobs Ver |url=http://www.eurogamer.de/articles/2016-09-05-mario-sports-superstars-camelot-und-bandai-namco-arbeiten-daran |title=Mario Sports Superstars: Camelot und Bandai Namco arbeiten daran • |website=Eurogamer.de |date=2016-09-05 |accessdate=2017-01-05}}</ref> tri-Crescendo assisted on design.<ref>{{Cite web |title=株式会社トライクレッシェンド 製品情報 |url=https://www.tri-crescendo.co.jp/works.html |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=株式会社トライクレッシェンド |language=ja}}</ref> While Nintendo's ''[[List of Mario sports games|Mario Sports]]'' line has featured stand-alone entries in soccer (''[[Mario Strikers]]''), baseball (''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]''), tennis (''Mario Tennis'') and golf (''Mario Golf''), they had never featured horse racing, or compiled all these sports into one compilation.<ref>{{cite web|last=Fahey|first=Mike|date=2016-09-01|title=Mario Sports Superstars Is All The Mario Sports|url=http://kotaku.com/mario-sports-superstars-is-all-the-mario-sports-1786045581|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160902045159/http://kotaku.com/mario-sports-superstars-is-all-the-mario-sports-1786045581|archive-date=2016-09-02|accessdate=2017-01-05|website=Kotaku.com}}</ref> Additionally, all of the sports except tennis had previously been featured in minigames in the ''[[Mario Party]]'' series. The game was released in PAL regions on March 10, 2017, in North America on March 24, 2017, and in Japan on March 30, 2017.<ref name="na release">{{cite web|last1=Romano|first1=Sal|title=Mario Sports Superstars launches March 24 in North America|url=http://gematsu.com/2017/01/mario-sports-superstars-launches-march-24-north-america|website=Gematsu|date=24 January 2017|accessdate=24 January 2017}}</ref> As with Camelot's previous ''Mario'' sports games, the soundtrack was written by [[Motoi Sakuraba]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Greening|first1=Chris|title=Motoi Sakuraba scores Mario Sports Superstars|url=http://www.vgmonline.net/motoi-sakuraba-scores-mario-sports-superstars/|website=Video Game Music Online|date=12 March 2017|accessdate=12 March 2017}}</ref>
The game was first announced during a [[List of Nintendo Direct presentations|Nintendo Direct]] on September 1, 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last=Goldfarb |first=Andrew |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/09/01/mario-sports-superstars-announced-for-3ds |title=Mario Sports Superstars Announced for 3DS |publisher=IGN |date=2016-09-01 |accessdate=2017-01-05 |archive-date=2017-01-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105090253/http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/09/01/mario-sports-superstars-announced-for-3ds |url-status=live }}</ref> The title was co-developed by [[Bandai Namco Studios]] and [[Camelot Software Planning]], with the latter having developed games in the ''[[Mario Golf]]'' and ''[[Mario Tennis]]'' series.<ref>{{cite web |last=McFerran |first=Damien |url=http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2016/09/mario_sports_superstars_is_a_collaboration_between_camelot_and_bandai_namco |title=Mario Sports Superstars Is A Collaboration Between Camelot And Bandai Namco |publisher=Nintendo Life |date=2016-09-05 |accessdate=2017-01-05 |archive-date=2017-01-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105084435/http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2016/09/mario_sports_superstars_is_a_collaboration_between_camelot_and_bandai_namco |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=von Benjamin Jakobs Ver |url=http://www.eurogamer.de/articles/2016-09-05-mario-sports-superstars-camelot-und-bandai-namco-arbeiten-daran |title=Mario Sports Superstars: Camelot und Bandai Namco arbeiten daran • |website=Eurogamer.de |date=2016-09-05 |accessdate=2017-01-05 |archive-date=2017-01-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105175746/http://www.eurogamer.de/articles/2016-09-05-mario-sports-superstars-camelot-und-bandai-namco-arbeiten-daran |url-status=live }}</ref> tri-Crescendo assisted on design.<ref>{{Cite web |title=株式会社トライクレッシェンド 製品情報 |url=https://www.tri-crescendo.co.jp/works.html |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=株式会社トライクレッシェンド |language=ja |archive-date=2022-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205101037/https://www.tri-crescendo.co.jp/works.html |url-status=live }}</ref> While Nintendo's ''[[List of Mario sports games|Mario Sports]]'' line has featured stand-alone entries in soccer (''[[Mario Strikers]]''), baseball (''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]''), tennis (''Mario Tennis'') and golf (''Mario Golf''), they had never featured horse racing, or compiled all these sports into one compilation.<ref>{{cite web|last=Fahey|first=Mike|date=2016-09-01|title=Mario Sports Superstars Is All The Mario Sports|url=http://kotaku.com/mario-sports-superstars-is-all-the-mario-sports-1786045581|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160902045159/http://kotaku.com/mario-sports-superstars-is-all-the-mario-sports-1786045581|archive-date=2016-09-02|accessdate=2017-01-05|website=Kotaku.com}}</ref> Additionally, all of the sports except tennis had previously been featured in minigames in the ''[[Mario Party]]'' series. The game was released in PAL regions on March 10, 2017, in North America on March 24, 2017, and in Japan on March 30, 2017.<ref name="na release">{{cite web|last1=Romano|first1=Sal|title=Mario Sports Superstars launches March 24 in North America|url=http://gematsu.com/2017/01/mario-sports-superstars-launches-march-24-north-america|website=Gematsu|date=24 January 2017|accessdate=24 January 2017|archive-date=26 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126165521/http://gematsu.com/2017/01/mario-sports-superstars-launches-march-24-north-america|url-status=live}}</ref> As with Camelot's previous ''Mario'' sports games, the soundtrack was written by [[Motoi Sakuraba]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Greening|first1=Chris|title=Motoi Sakuraba scores Mario Sports Superstars|url=http://www.vgmonline.net/motoi-sakuraba-scores-mario-sports-superstars/|website=Video Game Music Online|date=12 March 2017|accessdate=12 March 2017}}</ref>


==Reception==
==Reception==
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''Mario Sports Superstars'' received mixed reviews according to [[review aggregator]] [[Metacritic]].<ref>{{cite web |last=|first=|date=March 24, 2017 |url=http://www.metacritic.com/game/3ds/mario-sports-superstars |title=Mario Sports Superstars Metacritic Listing |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=May 25, 2017}}</ref> [[Destructoid]] called it a "lazy experience, one developed solely for the purpose of selling what are basically ''Mario''-branded Topps cards."<ref>{{cite web |last=Andriessen |first=CJ |date=March 31, 2017 |url=https://www.destructoid.com/review-mario-sports-superstars-428568.phtml |title=Review: Mario Sports Superstars |publisher=[[Destructoid]] |accessdate=May 25, 2017}}</ref> [[Nintendo Life]] stated though that as a single player experience, it was "totally functional yet painfully lifeless".<ref>{{cite web |last=McMahon |first= Conor |date=March 8, 2017 |url=http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/3ds/mario_sports_superstars |title=Review: Mario Sports Superstars |publisher=[[Nintendo Life]] |accessdate=May 25, 2017}}</ref> By May 2017, the game had sold over 92,829 copies in Japan.<ref>{{cite web |last=Romano |first=Sal |date=May 24, 2017 |url=http://gematsu.com/2017/05/media-create-sales-51517-52117 |title=Media Create Sales: 5/15/17 – 5/21/17 |publisher=Gematsu |accessdate=May 25, 2017}}</ref>
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| MC = 62/100<ref name="mc-3ds">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/mario-sports-superstars/critic-reviews/?platform=3ds |title=Mario Sports Superstars for 3DS Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=2021-10-23}}</ref>
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| NLife = {{Rating|5|10}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=McMahon |first1=Conor |title=Mario Sports Superstars Review (3DS) |url=https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/3ds/mario_sports_superstars |website=[[Nintendo Life]] |date=8 March 2017 |access-date=23 October 2021 |archive-date=23 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023233355/https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/3ds/mario_sports_superstars |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| GI = 6.5/10<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Shea |first1=Brian |title=Mario Sports Superstars - A Shallow Sampling |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/games/mario_sports_superstars/b/3ds/archive/2017/03/31/mario-sports-superstars-game-informer-review.aspx |magazine=[[Game Informer]] |date=31 March 2017 |access-date=23 October 2021 |archive-date=23 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023212704/https://www.gameinformer.com/games/mario_sports_superstars/b/3ds/archive/2017/03/31/mario-sports-superstars-game-informer-review.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| Destruct = 5/10<ref>{{cite web |last1=Andriessen |first1=CJ |title=Review: Mario Sports Superstars |url=https://www.destructoid.com/reviews/review-mario-sports-superstars/ |website=[[Destructoid]] |date=31 March 2017 |access-date=23 October 2021 |archive-date=23 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023233355/https://www.destructoid.com/reviews/review-mario-sports-superstars/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| NWR = 5.5/10<ref>{{cite web |last1=Koopmaan |first1=Daan |title=Mario Sports Superstars (3DS) Review |url=http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/44266/mario-sports-superstars-3ds-review |website=Nintendo World Report |date=8 March 2017 |access-date=23 October 2021 |archive-date=23 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023233355/http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/44266/mario-sports-superstars-3ds-review |url-status=live }}</ref>
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}}''Mario Sports Superstars'' received mixed reviews. According to [[review aggregator]] [[Metacritic]], the game had an average score of 62/100, based on 45 critic reviews.<ref>{{cite web |last=|first=|date=March 24, 2017 |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/mario-sports-superstars/critic-reviews/?platform=3ds |title=Mario Sports Superstars Metacritic Listing |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=May 25, 2017}}</ref> ''[[Destructoid]]'' called it a "lazy experience, one developed solely for the purpose of selling what are basically ''Mario''-branded Topps cards."<ref>{{cite web |last=Andriessen |first=CJ |date=March 31, 2017 |url=https://www.destructoid.com/review-mario-sports-superstars-428568.phtml |title=Review: Mario Sports Superstars |publisher=[[Destructoid]] |accessdate=May 25, 2017 |archive-date=May 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170527072456/https://www.destructoid.com/review-mario-sports-superstars-428568.phtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''[[Nintendo Life]]'' stated that while the game offered five games in one it failed to offer a definitive version of anything adding that "as a multiplayer title it could be fun to climb the ranks online, but as a single player experience it's totally functional yet painfully lifeless." concluding that "''Sports Superstars'' laid out the groundwork, but just needed to take a few more risks".<ref>{{cite web |last=McMahon |first=Conor |date=March 8, 2017 |url=http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/3ds/mario_sports_superstars |title=Review: Mario Sports Superstars |publisher=[[Nintendo Life]] |accessdate=April 23, 2024 |archive-date=May 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524025223/https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/3ds/mario_sports_superstars |url-status=live }}</ref>

By May 2017, the game had sold over 92,829 copies in Japan.<ref>{{cite web |last=Romano |first=Sal |date=May 24, 2017 |url=http://gematsu.com/2017/05/media-create-sales-51517-52117 |title=Media Create Sales: 5/15/17 – 5/21/17 |publisher=Gematsu |accessdate=May 25, 2017 |archive-date=May 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170528101556/http://gematsu.com/2017/05/media-create-sales-51517-52117 |url-status=live }}</ref>


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| MC = 62/100<ref name="mc-3ds">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/3ds/mario-sports-superstars |title=Mario Sports Superstars for 3DS Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=2021-10-23}}</ref>
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| NLife = {{Rating|5|10}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=McMahon |first1=Conor |title=Mario Sports Superstars Review (3DS) |url=https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/3ds/mario_sports_superstars |website=[[Nintendo Life]] |date=8 March 2017 |access-date=23 October 2021}}</ref>
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| GI = 6.5/10<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Shea |first1=Brian |title=Mario Sports Superstars - A Shallow Sampling |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/games/mario_sports_superstars/b/3ds/archive/2017/03/31/mario-sports-superstars-game-informer-review.aspx |magazine=[[Game Informer]] |date=31 March 2017 |access-date=23 October 2021}}</ref>
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| Destruct = 5/10<ref>{{cite web |last1=Andriessen |first1=CJ |title=Review: Mario Sports Superstars |url=https://www.destructoid.com/reviews/review-mario-sports-superstars/ |website=[[Destructoid]] |date=31 March 2017 |access-date=23 October 2021}}</ref>
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| NWR = 5.5/10<ref>{{cite web |last1=Koopmaan |first1=Daan |title=Mario Sports Superstars (3DS) Review |url=http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/44266/mario-sports-superstars-3ds-review |website=Nintendo World Report |date=8 March 2017 |access-date=23 October 2021}}</ref>
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Mario Sports Superstars
Promotional art, showcasing some of the game's playable sports and characters
Developer(s)
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Composer(s)Motoi Sakuraba
SeriesMario Sports
Platform(s)Nintendo 3DS
Release
  • PAL: March 10, 2017
  • NA: March 24, 2017
  • JP: March 30, 2017
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Mario Sports Superstars is a 2017 sports video game developed by Bandai Namco Studios and Camelot Software Planning and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. The game contains five sports minigames: football, baseball, tennis, golf, and horse racing.

Gameplay

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The game consists of five sports – association football, baseball, tennis, golf, and horse racing.[1] Despite the number of sports contained, they are not mini-games, but rather, full-scale recreations of each sport.[2] For example, the soccer part of the game contains eleven versus eleven gameplay, the same as is standard in the sport.[3] Each individual sport contains single player tournaments, local multiplayer, and online multiplayer game modes.[3]

Development

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The game was first announced during a Nintendo Direct on September 1, 2016.[4] The title was co-developed by Bandai Namco Studios and Camelot Software Planning, with the latter having developed games in the Mario Golf and Mario Tennis series.[5][6] tri-Crescendo assisted on design.[7] While Nintendo's Mario Sports line has featured stand-alone entries in soccer (Mario Strikers), baseball (Mario Super Sluggers), tennis (Mario Tennis) and golf (Mario Golf), they had never featured horse racing, or compiled all these sports into one compilation.[8] Additionally, all of the sports except tennis had previously been featured in minigames in the Mario Party series. The game was released in PAL regions on March 10, 2017, in North America on March 24, 2017, and in Japan on March 30, 2017.[9] As with Camelot's previous Mario sports games, the soundtrack was written by Motoi Sakuraba.[10]

Reception

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Mario Sports Superstars received mixed reviews. According to review aggregator Metacritic, the game had an average score of 62/100, based on 45 critic reviews.[16] Destructoid called it a "lazy experience, one developed solely for the purpose of selling what are basically Mario-branded Topps cards."[17] Nintendo Life stated that while the game offered five games in one it failed to offer a definitive version of anything adding that "as a multiplayer title it could be fun to climb the ranks online, but as a single player experience it's totally functional yet painfully lifeless." concluding that "Sports Superstars laid out the groundwork, but just needed to take a few more risks".[18]

By May 2017, the game had sold over 92,829 copies in Japan.[19]

Notes

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  1. ^ Special Work by tri-Crescendo assisted with development

References

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  1. ^ Makuch, Eddie (2016-09-01). "New 3DS Mario Sports Game Announced, Looks Pretty Fun". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2016-09-04. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
  2. ^ Crecente, Brian (2016-09-01). "Mario Sports Superstars coming to 3DS next spring". Polygon. Archived from the original on 2016-12-15. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
  3. ^ a b Marchiafava, Jeff (2016-09-01). "Mario Sports Superstars Combines Five Sports In One Handheld Package - News". GameInformer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-06. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
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