Mario Sports Superstars Review

When the Mario Sports franchise took off in the late 90’s with Nintendo 64 entries Mario Golf and Mario Tennis, it seemed as though Nintendo had a hit on their hands. Unfortunately as they attempted to reach out to other sports during the Gamecube era, the series dropped in quality quickly. The easy to pick up and play sports games, started getting a little too generic and were a little too simple. In 2013 when Mario Golf: World Tour was released it seemed as though new life had been instilled in the series. Mario Sports Superstars attempts to reinvent the series by bringing back some classic Mario sports (tennis and golf), some that haven’t seen the light of day for a while (baseball and soccer), and a brand new sport (horseback riding). The results are middling.