Comments on: Game Review: Mario Power Tennis (Wii Controls)

By: james braselton

james braselton — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:37:13 +0000

hi there what no play coins or game coins like nintendo 3ds

By: Skidmark

Skidmark — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 11:13:06 +0000

I was underwhelmed with this game at first too…….until i realised that you can swing really early and really late (a lot earlier and later than wii sports) By swinging very early, before the ball is anywhere near your racquet, you can return the ball at very acute angles – almost parallel to the net sometimes.
I still find lobs very tricky to pull off at will though, if i have a bit of time at the back of the court i can get one working but hardly ever from the net. The cpu players can pull them off with ease though. grrrr.
I now play it on ACE with my opponents on Star level and have some truly EPIC rallies. This game needs time to grow on you, time to learn the finer points and the subtle changes needed in your swing speed. I highly recommend it.

By: Simon Windmill

Simon Windmill — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:38:52 +0000

I’ve only tried this for a couple of matches, but I thought the Wii controls were fine too. Probably not as accurate, but a hell of a lot more fun.

Re: Superstar Tennis on the 360 though, it can be picked up very cheap along with a handful of good Arcade titles. We’re talking around 10 bucks or so (because it is/was a pack-in disc, it’s plentiful in the aftermarket)

By: Dr. Matt Carlson

Dr. Matt Carlson — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:02:05 +0000

Really, Cary?

What about the controls bothered you? Did you like the Wii Sports Tennis controls? I felt this was just an extension of those controls, with a little bit more control over one’s options. Caveats: I was always playing with the nunchuk controller so movement wasn’t an issue (I wouldn’t want to control my player with the d-pad while using the wiimote…) and I felt (if anything) that the control scheme was a bit too forgiving (ie. it was too easy to swing correctly.)

I guess I did find an occasional difficulty in making the trick shots work. (ie. my volleys were “plain” hits more often than not, when I was trying for top spin or back spin…) But I chalked some of that up to my beginner status with the game…

By: Cary

Cary — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:37:12 +0000

I missed out on Mario Tennis on the GameCube, so I picked this version up instead. I thought the Wii controls were awful. I’d recommend Sega Superstars Tennis on the Xbox 360 instead. Good review, though. –Cary