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Mario Tennis Open

Instantly jump into the multiplayer fun, locally or online, as your Mii or your favorite Mushroom Kingdom character. Discover simple touch screen controls as well as strategic depth with different tennis…

62 20 May 2012

Mario Tennis Open is a sport developed by Camelot, released 20 May 2012 on Nintendo 3DS.

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What Mario Tennis Open is

Mario Tennis Open is a sport game developed by Camelot and released in 2012. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo 3DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Instantly jump into the multiplayer fun, locally or online, as your Mii or your favorite Mushroom Kingdom character. Discover simple touch screen controls as well as strategic depth with different tennis swings, both which propel the tennis experience into an ever-intensifying crescendo of fun as the volleys go on.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Mario Bros. series

Mario Tennis Open is the 60th of 66 entries we hold in the Mario Bros. series. The next entry was New Super Mario Bros. 2 in 2012. Its critic score of 62 is 12 points below the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Super Mario World at 100.

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How it was received

Mario Tennis Open holds a critic score of 62 out of 100. That places it above 29% of the 1,609 rated sport games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 8 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Mario Tennis Open launched on 20 May 2012, within three weeks of Max Payne 3, Diablo III, Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition and Plague Inc.. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Max Payne 3, Diablo III, Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition, Plague Inc..

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When did Mario Tennis Open come out?
Mario Tennis Open was released on 20 May 2012 for Nintendo 3DS.

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