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Mario Hoops - 3 On 3: Reviews

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Game Score: 7/10

Hey there, Mario Hoops is a great and fun game. i am a big fan of the mario sports and this one has done me proud.

I will start wit the good:

Control is laid out in an interesting way has a good number of different courts and characters has control options for left- and right-handed players.

And the bad:

Requires second copy of the game for real multiplayer single-player isn't too engaging minigame modes are lame.

Mario Hoops 3 on 3 is a Mario-themed basketball game that uses the Nintendo DS touch screen for shooting, passing, sidesteps, and just about every other move you can pull off. It's a good use for the touch screen that's often clever and gives you a variety of moves to choose from at any given moment. That sets up some unique strategies that come into play when you're going up against another player. But the teams you face in the single-player mode aren't nearly as much fun.

It's not uncommon for one team to score more than 400 points by the time the game is done.
As the title indicates, the game pits teams of three players against one another. The ballers include Mario, Luigi, Bowser, Wario, Peach, Yoshi, Dixie Kong, and so on, though despite the wide selection of characters, there only seem to be a few different types of players. As you'd expect from a Mario-themed sports game, liberties are taken with the rules of basketball. The biggest one is the way scoring works. You'll never see a two-point basket in this game. Instead, the number of points you score for a basket varies and seems dependant on the type of shot and how many coins you're holding onto when you score. Question-mark tiles litter the floor of the court, and dribbling on them while tapping the touch screen earns you coins. You can also earn coins while dunking by executing a charge dunk, which leaves you hanging up in the air near the basket while coins ring up. That leaves you wide open to get bopped by one of the opposition, though, making the shot risky. Many of the moves in the game also have countermoves. To stop steal attempts, you can hold the stylus on the screen. From there, moving the stylus around moves the ball in the player's hands, letting you dribble on the other side of your player to dodge the swipes of an incoming steal. But that, of course, can be countered by a charged-up steal. The list of different moves goes on, and many of them have proper countermoves. If you were playing against a player of similar skill, the moves and countermoves can be interesting.

Overall it is a decent game which really needs better A.I
If you really want a sports game to play this is the one at the front of the line!

7.5/10

Cheers