I love that you can tell from the title whether or not it's a Jon video

@leonro

7 ай бұрын

They all just feel so much more... random. I assume that he uses the first thing that pops up into his head - which isn't a bad thing.

During the first week of the game’s release I somehow sank enough time into the game to be the #1 worldwide rank for simple mode, and I still find myself going back to play from time to time. The gameplay still feels amazing and is undeniably one of the best Mario sports games to date, really looking forward to what is next for Mario tennis one day and really hoping for a new Mario baseball created with this much care

@mariotennisman

7 ай бұрын

Pretty much did the same as you during that first month. Went on to be 6th ranked in simple mode too. I even had a match against you after telling myself I'd just do a quickie one, not knowing in the moment I was playing the number 1 player at the time hahaha. Though admittedly I actually sucked at the mode with super shots 😅

@bowsershmo21

7 ай бұрын

Omg no way! I didn’t love the trick shots I always got more confused and just preferred the old school way

@mariotennisman

7 ай бұрын

@@bowsershmo21 Understandable, I actually like the implementation of the super shots here even though I was bad at it, it's why I just concentrated playing the simple mode too. Pays well that I'm also a tennis player 😉

@isaiahthechristiangamer8716

7 ай бұрын

Aren’t you the Bowser that’d played against a Smash Player named “ZeRo”?

There ain’t no way this game is 6 years old

@brady9592

7 ай бұрын

No shot

@pickleshanks

7 ай бұрын

That really surprised me. I feel like it just came out in 2021 or something 😵‍💫

@leonro

7 ай бұрын

I still remember the re-release free demo 😅

@DanielNevesBL

7 ай бұрын

It’s not 6 yo till June 24😊

That game is easily one of the most underrated switch games. It's very fun

@AshTheDuke

7 ай бұрын

Does the motion controls work properly accurately

The core gameplay itself is the best in the series, but they really should've brought over the other elements from Power Tennis. That would've made it the best entry yet.

@CrowTRobot

7 ай бұрын

OR the single player campaign from the GBC/GBA games.

@CaptainJLinebeck

7 ай бұрын

It's interesting because I remember Power Tennis being considered pretty mediocre when it came out because of how much it changed from Mario Tennis 64

@UltimateTS64

7 ай бұрын

@@CaptainJLinebeck Maybe because I grew up with Power Tennis, but that game is goated

@blazefa519

7 ай бұрын

​@@CrowTRobotThere is a single player campaign in Aces

Aces is in my top 3 Mario sports games of all time, alongside Mario Strikers Charged and Mario Golf World Tour.

It’s unfortunate this game kinda gets lumped with the other two sports games on Switch because tbh it’s probably the best Mario Sports games we’ve gotten in like…15 years?

I never played the old Mario tennis games. I took a risk getting Aces and absolutely fell in love with it. The core gameplay is so much fun. It's great seeing someone talk about its quality!

@ianswift3521

5 ай бұрын

the 3DS Mario Tennis game is really good if you liked the Switch game

I’m glad to see this game get more respect. “Modern Mario sports bad” is often just parroted nowadays without giving some of the games a closer look.

@leonro

7 ай бұрын

This one has great mechanics, but it still suffers from the more sanitised way most modern Nintendo sports games are now. Variety is quite lacking because of how barebones they are. The other new sports games also don't have any improvements in the mechanics, which is why there's such a big gap between them - but it's still far from what it could have been if the content was more like the gamecube one, for example.

@audoodle9963

7 ай бұрын

idk as a kid who grew up with the GameCube one it just ended up being playing tournaments over and over and sometimes playing the mini games. I know this game doesn't have as many map gimmicks as power tennis but I keep seeing people act like power tennis and strikers aren't just the same gameplay loop over and over.

I stopped putting time into Aces when they added the option to split Zone Shot and Zone Speed onto separate buttons. Since Zone Speed is so useful to use just a little bit of gauge, you could bait a Zone Shot by aiming directly at your opponent and forcing them to use up a lot of meter. After the button split, the rallies just became way too long, so much so that they had to reduce the number of games played to win a match online. Rest in peace, Zone Traps.

Even the latest Mario and Sonic game had unique outfits for the characters, and there's a bigger variety there too thanks to all the different events. It's great stuff that I'm surprised it took them so long to implement in Mario sports games.

Lol, the outro where Jon's offering to listen when I'm having a crisis, how sweet and coincidental

Still playing to this day with a buddy and we’ve recently started to get the hang of blocks. Didn’t feel fair that when I blocked their special they could easily smack the ball to other side of the court… after that game I realized I still haven’t been utilizing another pillar to the gameplay mechanics- slowing down time with meter. That realization made me appreciate the game and its gameplay depth so much more!

For me I never cared about the gimmick maps in the sports games and I'll always defend the gameplay and mechanics of this and Battle League because those are the things that are going to have me keep coming back to the games.

Mario Tennis Aces. I hear you like this game, Jon. Upon buying it on release, I enjoyed it. More than five years later? I still like it. The refined tennis features helps make this game shine. It is fun to manage the use of your gauge and perform tricky shots. I also like how everyone has a unique Power Shot. One thing that I like about Aces is its general aesthetic. Each character has a defined color, and the courses all are easy on the eyes. I also like seeing their emblem pop up each time a point is scored. At first, I didn't know how to feel with Mario wearing a full tennis outfit. After playing the game, I quite like it. You bring up a fair point in that this is an example of Nintendo allowing Mario to be more of a fleshed out character rather than a simple company mascot. I still like his overalls though. I don't think that anybody can argue about the roster. 30 distinct characters in the final game is beyond impressive. Granted, half of them were part of free updates, but I can overlook it. I like seeing Chain Chomp and Pauline newly playable, and it's great to have Birdo, Diddy Kong, and Petey Piranha return with HD models. It's fantastic. Based on all that, I think that Mario Tennis Aces will likely age the best of the Mario sports on Switch. I'm more of a Mario Golf: Super Rush fan, but Tennis holds up strong. It kinda helps that this game came out in 2018, so it had more time to gain a redemption arc. Good video, Jon. I like hearing your voice...🤗

I can't believe this game is almost 6 years old. I remember playing it back when it first came out in 2018. I come back to it every now and then but the online is just so dead...

I feel like this was the only Mario sports game that received a mostly positive reception at launch, and it was because of the new mechanics. I always saw someone stating in some sort of way how much it feels like a fighting game.

It's my favorite in terms of moment to moment gameplay. That being said, I really disliked how they trickled out content like characters over time which hurts when the base game felt pretty barren.

@maj-solidsnake1808

7 ай бұрын

too bad They nerfed so many caracters

Great video, Jon! Love whenever you talk about this game!

I played it back then in 2019 or so, sell it cause I needed the money, but I have just bought it again. I love this game, from its visuals to that incredible gameplay feeling

I remember watching Jon’s Mario Tennis Aces video from when he was with Nintendo Life and it made me go out and buy it. I haven’t played it a whole lot but it’s a lot of fun everytime I boot it up.

Honestly Power Tennis on GCN is the best Mario Tennis to this day, but Aces comes pretty close imo.

@traviscunningham7062

7 ай бұрын

Mario Power Tennis was also on the Wii.

@maj-solidsnake1808

7 ай бұрын

Second The gba version is better and ace third

@lol-ih1tl

7 ай бұрын

The gameplay of Mario Power Tennis was ass though.

@sistakastet

7 ай бұрын

For me mario tennis 64 is the best by far. Best core gameplay , that game did not need extra abilities to be fun.

I still play it with my friends. In fact, yesterday friday night we made a tournament and spent like 7hs playing it. I have to say that we don't use power, we play in simple mode and found it more intense, more strategic and faster for us ( we are 6 friends playing it), is the best sport/fight game on switch. We use Simple Full Stadium Only

@maj-solidsnake1808

7 ай бұрын

Yeah faster and better i think

I play this game every few months for days at a time because I have so much fun with it.

It’s nice to see so many other people who appreciate Mario tennis aces for what it is, not what it wasn’t! It has its issues for sure, but it’s a great game, that sadly got overlooked as time went on! TBH I feel the same about Mario golf Super Rush (anyone remember when a bunch of sites were falsely spreading you had to beat the story mode to unlock courses? Cause that wasn’t true)

My main issues with aces is it poor lag compensation and the online tournament format who fragments already low populations like south america where this game is completely dead.

So true, one of my favorite games! Hopefully Camelot makes the next Tennis game the ideal one.

I've played a lot of this game over the past month, and at first I had a LOT of trouble finding any matches, and that's still kind of true. (I'm European btw). I think because the game is so old, most of the remaining players on it have gotten really good and so for newer/lower level players there aren't as much opponents to find. I've gone from D to B rank so far and i do find more opponents now but not usually as quickly as in the video.

Loved this game - got into the top 50 in the U.K. rankings. Nothing beats returning a special shot when you’ve got no slo-mo left on your meter! I probably played John….

Aces is awesome. Its like a cross between smash bros and tennis. Love it

I have just gotten this game. I’d wanted to play it for years, but put it off because I figured it was past its relevancy. Finally I just figured that doesn’t matter and that I like Mario Tennis. Glad to see others still enjoy it!

what a coincidence! yesterday i played a bit of n64 mario tennis, and decided to pop in Aces for the first time in a few years. its such a fun, and beautiful game. Id definitely play it more often if i had friends to play it with. randoms online can be fun, but dealing with bad connections, or long wait times to actually find another player kills the excitement to play for me. Unfortunately Aces returns to the pile of games im trying to sell to put money towards a ps5 or nintendos next platform.

That point about great multiplayer not needing variety is a good one. You'll know about this one Jon, but Mario Bros multiplayer vs on the gba. There's one stage layout, only a couple of obstacles and a couple of enemies that change. I could play that till the end of time.

I'm currently replaying Aces at the moment, but yeah, this is legit the inly good Mario sports game in the modern era because it now only feels good to play 5 years later, but the free updates it had were handled miles better than anything Super Rush and Battle League did. The single player mode is indead the worst outing becaude its just a glorified mission mode with no cutscenes and weird voice clips they use from a decade old. All in all, Mario Tennis Aces is legit still a pretty soild game for thr Switch, and it makes me a little disappointed that Mario Sports game on the Switch peak with this, but kinda went on a downard spiral to mid following it. Also, this game being 5 years old doesn't feel real. Time does not exist

I hope they make a direct sequel next gen! Honestly the core is so good, I hope the next game is pretty much just post DLC Aces with even more added on top of it. (Also with a more Mario-ey artstyle and bring back Sprixie princess thnx)

@retrohero2762

6 ай бұрын

I want Camelot to make a new Golden Sun before they make another Mario Sports game

@roninreef90

6 ай бұрын

A tennis aces deluxe for the switch 2 doesn’t sound too bad 🥹

I’m still playing Mario Golf: Super Rush

It’s been 2024 for a little bit now and it’s going pretty well. The video was excellent by the way.

That’s good that a game can still get play time years later.

What even is time!? SIX YEARS!!!!!????

I remember getting good at this game, playing online and finding other players who were just as good as me, and having matches with them that would last 20 minutes. It was more fun than I ever had with games like call of duty

I absolutely loved this game. It's so good. The gameplay is so clean

If only Mario Gold: Super Rush and Mario Strikers: Battle League could have been as successful post-launch as Mario Tennis Aces was.

That's an unusually long load time for Smash Bros. Are you comparing a physical copy of Smash versus a digital copy of Mario Tennis by chance?

@qw2_yt

7 ай бұрын

i own digital and ive had loads like that once every now and then

Whenever you’d that last video on it I got it and loved it, it’s so underrated

I’d be very rich everytime I hear Jon talk about how good Mario tennis aces is

So many games to play, it's tough to find time to play games like these, multiplayer stuff. Wish I'd put more time into this game.

Great video! I also feel like Mario Golf Super Rush was good too. I put about 20 hours into each of these games and I feel like I got my money’s worth.

8:26 They REALLY didn’t wanna use Charles Martinet if they didn’t have to haha

I absolutely love this game but struggled to find games online.

Glad to see this game get the recognition it deserves. An absolutely brilliant title.

I beg to differ on Mario Golf I adore Mario Golf Super Rush, it's a really wonderful game, especially for a golf game.

I enjoy this and Super Rush. I know the switch mario sports games get a bad rap, but the only one i think really earns it is Battle League. I get why one wouldn't consider this or super rush as the best in their respective series, but I think they're solid.

Aces is beautiful, one of the best Mario Sports titles period and def should be played to this day I really wish they had finished it I've taken a look at the game files and there's so many ideas they left scrapped, unfortunate that Nintendo forced Camelot, Next Level, etc to do these ever green updates

@GavinsBazaar313

7 ай бұрын

I have not found anything about these alleged ideas bring scrapped, only minor stuff like HUD changes. Can you show me?

@tbtb66

7 ай бұрын

@@GavinsBazaar313 I plan to make a video about it in the future None of it is on Mariowiki or TCRF because nobody cares There's a few scrapped courts, court gimmicks, NPCs, etc E.g. The Piranha Plant Forest court has an unused gimmick where half of the whole court would be covered in water

Looks really fun and addictive. Will give it a try

always have loved this game the only thing its rlly missing is maps and better maps

The game does load fast, probably because it doesn't have a load of cool gimmick courses and items to load.

I absolutely concur!!! I know it sounds wild, but when it comes to party games, my friends and I will often pick this over smash.

If you have someone to play with IRL, it’s incredibly fun and intense!

Of course you're still playing it, Jon 😂

It’s got the best gameplay of any Mario Sports game and it’s not close. Great character roster, fun adventure mode, and some good side modes to boot. If you lump it with Super Rush or Battle League you have either not played it, dropped it after the first month, or are lying to yourself.

@MischievousMike

7 ай бұрын

@PkKirby I think super rush is more enjoyable from a casual standpoint. It’s controls are easier to understand and my friends love playing with the motion controls. I agree with you though the depth of gameplay here is great and can lead to some awesome rallies

@PkKirby

7 ай бұрын

@@MischievousMike Casually I can agree with that statement. However, Super Rush did remove the depth from the previous titles that a lot of fans like myself enjoyed. It also did a much worse job spreading out content.

@MischievousMike

7 ай бұрын

@@PkKirby yeah they definitely shouldn’t have removed the old power meter from previous golf games, it was always so satisfying to hit your shot with perfect timing

@666slateran666

7 ай бұрын

Gamecube one is better

@PkKirby

7 ай бұрын

@@666slateran666 Less characters, no single player past tournament mode, worse gameplay, worse graphics, I guess if you only played it for the minigames you can make that claim.

I bought Tennis Aces & Golf Super Rush a few years ago and I barely started playing Golf this week lmao. Tennis is next from the backlog!

Unironically my biggest problem with this game is that the alternate/traditional costumes were locked behind online tournaments in a specific window. I missed out on them completely which sucks because I prefer to have the Mario crew the classic overalls rather than the standard tennis look.

I played and beat the game when it was in the "trial week" for NSO users (you could play the full game for a week) and never had the need to play it ever again. When I am hungry for Mario Sports in switch I use Mario Golf and progress through the long path to 100%

I think I got this game free as a My Nintendo Reward for my birthday one year, and by that point, all the updates and DLC were already up, so that was cool. It was pretty fun, but I haven't really gone back to it after beating the Story Mode.

Ive been considering aces lately. I played strikers on switch and love it, but i also played the tennis games on virtual console. And i like it.

Ngl booting up Mario Tennis Aces seems faster than booting up Mario Tennis 64 (considering booting up the N64 app of course)

Thank you John for reading the comments. That is wholesome. A happy 2024 you, too😀

@GVG

7 ай бұрын

Hope it's a great year for you!

Still playing as well! Top 80 in USA

Great way to end the year!

Great video. I too boot up Mario Tennis Aces from time to time. It just feels really good to play

I never understood the hate this game got. I mean, you can play as a damn CHAIN CHOMP!!!

Mario sports games feel like if the Mario spin off series known as Mario Kart had spin off titles of its own.

Listen, it might be a good game, but it's just like the Switch strikers. I don't want something that offers less than the last big entry. It's a downgrade from Mario Power tennins in everything but the roster. I want special moves (that are more than just a cutscene) and wacky gimmicky courses back. (and yes, the 3ds and Wii U games aren't "the last big entry")

@Kudo005

7 ай бұрын

I agree to an extent. But the actual gameplay is quite advanced and all thr characters play differently so it's by far the core best gameplay in the series. And I'm a GameCube fanboy. Now I'd say Mario power tennis is still a better game especially for playing with friends because of the minigames and gimmicky and whacky courts. All the courts in aces are incredibly bland in aces. Like how did we go from DK Jungle, Mario Sunshine, a factory etc. to a generic forest, generic desert etc lol. I wish they had a balance in the next games i.e a ton of gimmicks and fun courts but also advanced gameplay and mechanics like aces if you want

@ThePlayLog

7 ай бұрын

I would argue that the Power Shots in Power Tennis are less engaging because it ultimately devolves into waiting for a person to use the offensive version so you can counter with the defensive version I'll agree that this game needed more Mario-esque/gimmicky courts tho for the sake of options

@Kudo005

7 ай бұрын

Really this could be a case study on most switch games. They lack charm and personality. I'll always personally prefer the n64 and gamecube era as the best era of nintendo

@666slateran666

7 ай бұрын

​@@Kudo005gamecube had the best mario sports period

@666slateran666

7 ай бұрын

​@@Kudo005it's called soul and switch games lack it

The Mario Sports games this generation are interesting because Camelot and Nintendo have practically perfected the gameplay mechanics of each of the sports, especially tennis. However, the presentation quality of each of these games are severely lacking, especially Mario Strikers Battle League which feels like a watered-down version of the series, especially when compared to the edgier, cooler, crazier visuals and tone set by Mario Strikers Charged. The gameplay itself is fine, but the potential of where to take these sports games remains high while we're constantly being underwhelmed by the amount of available content within the games themselves.

Jon, you're a sweet person

To answer your question, 2023 Jon, so far 2024 is doing alright by me. But it's only day 2, so we'll see how it goes.

heh the wholesome ending was worth to stay till the end

Im happy to see people enjoying this game but for me still deserve the frak this game receive then and now. For all the complains this game receive the only "fix" was increase the character rooster. But seeing people giving this game some love even today gives me hope to Nintendo still making mario sports and improving

based. i can understand the backlash for a lot of the other mario sports titles on switch, but this one is easily the most content rich.

I was looking through my most played Switch games and was somewhat surprised to see this one near the top of my list, with well over 100 hours logged. While the single player mode was fairly mediocre, the actual tennis mechanics are by far the best the series has ever had, and the online mode is competitive and addicting.

I just learned that Mario super sluggers never came out in Europe and that’s truly devastating

Something I'm not a fan of in this game is the music, I know it's been the same composer for a while but throughout the whole game I can't tell the difference between going from menu music to gameplay music to pause music etc.

I still play it regularly too when I have get togethers. It's a favorite of ours

Windjammers is very, very similar.

I saw reviews for this game and walked away. Maybe I'll reconsider. Thanks for the video.

by the way, only mario sport title that was the 2nd in HD. if all other mario sport titles are this good on their second try, not sure many will complain. (like they did for golf and soccer)

Nice video dude ! Thanks for our game 😂😂😂

I could barely understand the controls of this game and had to stop playing because I couldn’t progress the story

@Htbaa

7 ай бұрын

I managed to finish it but totally agree on the controls.

“It’s good” Yup, that makes sense. 🙂

Watching this video 4 hours before 2024, and things are still going okay

I love Mario Tennis aces, I like to compare it to the new strikers game. Strikers core gameplay is amazing, but the lack of that " ko mechanic" like the racket breaking make it so much more boring you know that the only way to finish the game is to wait for the timer to stop it's awful. If it had been given a proper story mode, a similar roaster and a ko mechanic it would have been a masterpiece. Mario tennis aces is really the gold standard

This is the best Mario sport game on switch, but it’s not better than sluggers on the Wii

I saw the video title and thought, that's gotta be Jon

Hoping Camelot can work on Golden Sun 4 next

I have 160 hours in this game and probably 120 are searching for an opponent online

saying this game has a much better roster than mario kart 8 when 23/30 of the characters are in mario kart 8 and 8 has characters like funky kong, wiggler, lakitu, baby mario and luigi (who are popular despite people hating the other babies), and link isabelle and the animal crossing characters. Also even for all it's filler mario kart 8 avoided giving us paratroopa so to say it's a roster without filler. I'm not sure if I'd fully agree.

@audoodle9963

7 ай бұрын

also wait the return of Mario having character? because he wears outfits? ...shouldn't that be odyssey?

I don't like that game because of the return shots, I found them really hard to pull off and I kept forgetting which button combination I was meant to press, I liked the older Mario Tennis games because I found it easier to control.

It at least has gameplay vs the open world crap that is constantly released.

Finally someone who doesn’t pretend that the game is “bad” after claiming to have loved it when it came out.

@666slateran666

7 ай бұрын

The game is barebones like all modern mario sports

@super8bitable

7 ай бұрын

@@666slateran666 Barebones? A decent sized character roster with a story mode and other different modes really isn’t “barebones” lmao. You’re confusing it with Mario Strikers Battle League.

@666slateran666

7 ай бұрын

@@super8bitable nope, go back and see how many game mods and side things the gamecube or even the n64 version had. It's a soulless shell of what mario sports used to be

This game could have a booster pack treatment It definitely needs more content