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Mario Sports Superstars

Released: 3/24/2017

Five full-on sports—Soccer, Tennis, Golf, Baseball, and Horse Racing—bring the challenge and depth you demand to Nintendo 3DS™ systems. Take on friends and rivals in local or online multiplayer*, hone skills in training, or tackle single-player tournaments. Whether you pick Mario, Waluigi, or one of sixteen others, you're on the road to superstardom! Before long, you'll have mastered the ins and outs of each sport: learn when to use an infield shift in Baseball, change your team’s formation in Soccer, and more. Even Horse Racing is surprisingly deep! Build a stable of horses and train them well to win the day in the first-ever horse races in series history. But remember: these aren't normal sports—they're Mario Sports. Expect unexpected thrills and power up to stomp the competition.

Five full-on sports—Soccer, Tennis, Golf, Baseball, and Horse Racing—bring the challenge and depth you demand to Nintendo 3DS™ systems. Take on friends and rivals in local or online multiplayer*, hone skills in training, or tackle single-player tournaments. Whether you pick Mario, Waluigi, or one of sixteen others, you're on the road to superstardom! Before long, you'll have mastered the ins and outs of each sport: learn when to use an infield shift in Baseball, change your team’s formation in Soccer, and more. Even Horse Racing is surprisingly deep! Build a stable of horses and train them well to win the day in the first-ever horse races in series history. But remember: these aren't normal sports—they're Mario Sports. Expect unexpected thrills and power up to stomp the competition.

Five full-on sports—Soccer, Tennis, Golf, Baseball, and Horse Racing—bring the challenge and depth you demand to Nintendo 3DS™ systems. Take on friends and rivals in local or online multiplayer*, hone skills in training, or tackle single-player tournaments. Whether you pick Mario, Waluigi, or one of sixteen others, you're on the road to superstardom! Before long, you'll have mastered the ins and outs of each sport: learn when to use an infield shift in Baseball, change your team’s formation in Soccer, and more. Even Horse Racing is surprisingly deep! Build a stable of horses and train them well to win the day in the first-ever horse races in series history. But remember: these aren't normal sports—they're Mario Sports. Expect unexpected thrills and power up to stomp the competition.

Critics
61
Metacritic
70

Score Breakdown

61.0

Critic Average

37 reviews

N/A

Steam User Score

Less than 50 reviews

70

Metacritic User Score

63 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
N/A
Metacritic Disparity
-9.0
Combined Disparity
-9.0

Average of both sources

Review Timing

22 early (59%)15 launch window (41%)0 late (0%)

Review summary

Updated May 14, 2017

Based on 37 scored critic reviews, critics give this game an average score of 61.0/100. Critics score this game 9.0 points lower than Metacritic users.

How these comparisons are calculated
Sources behind this summary(5 recent of 37)+
  1. A.J. MaciejewskiviaVideo Chums
    May 14, 2017·Launch window
    82/100View review
    Metacritic 70/100 · +12.0 pts
  2. Luciano HowardviaThe Digital Fix
    Apr 27, 2017·Launch window
    60/100View review
    Metacritic 70/100 · -10.0 pts
  3. Laurie JonesviaExpansive
    Apr 16, 2017·Launch window
    70/100View review
    Metacritic 70/100 · 0.0 pts
  4. Alex EverattviaCOGconnected
    Apr 4, 2017·Launch window
    80/100View review
    Metacritic 70/100 · +10.0 pts
  5. Daniel DehesaviaLevelUp
    Mar 31, 2017·Launch window
    60/100View review
    Metacritic 70/100 · -10.0 pts