Mario Sports Mix

Mario Sports Mix Hockey [ Guide ]

Hockey in Mario Sports Mix is a pretty straight-forward business. You need to score more points than your opponent. In the most basic sense, that means scoring the most goals. You start at the center as a match begins and players grapple for the puck. Then you try to slide the puck along the ground before using a swing of your stick to knock it into the rival team's goal. When that happens, everyone returns to the center of the arena and the process repeats until finally the time allotted for the round expires. There are complications, however. [...More ]

Mario Sports Mix Dodgeball [ Guide ]

Dodgeball matches tend to be over rather quickly, due to the rules of that particular game. To win, you need to knock out your opponents. In a game with default settings, each character on the court starts with a full blue life meter. When a given character takes a hit, part of his or her life meter is removed. The exact amount that disappears depends on the power of the throw, which is affected by the inherent strength of the character who threw the ball and also by the number of coins that character has collected on the court. [...More ]

Mario Sports Mix Basketball [ Guide ]

While the basketball itself in Mario Sports Mix is not difficult the competition sure does heat up in the later levels. So you better study up. The first trick is to spend as long as you can without shooting. In later rounds you should always make a shot if you have an open opportunity. In the earlier rounds, success relies more on your willingness to keep the ball away from your rival. Most of the time, the members of the opposing team won't try to rush you, so it's easy to let the timer tick down and to only make the [...More ]

Mario Sports Mix Unlockable [ Guide ]

This guide will help you unlock all the characters in Mario Sports Mix. Characters Moogle Clear the Mushroom Cup in any sporting event to unlock this character in that sport. Black Mage Follow the secret paths along the Mushroom Cup map's left or right side in your sport of choice and the Black Mage character will join your roster if you beat him in the ensuing event. You can unlock an alternate color scheme by playing as the Black Mage character in 20 matches. Slime Play 28 rounds of the sport of your choice to unlock Slime for that sport. Play with the Slime character on your [...More ]

Mario Sports Mix [ Review ]

What once started off as Mario hurtling around a zany track against friends and foes in a kart (Super Mario Kart on the SNES if you need reminding!), eventually made a company evolve into what we see today as the go-to brand for party games. Nintendo has created not only the most popular video game character in the world, but also one of the most innovative party game franchise available in the market. From Mario Kart, Mario Baseball, Super Mario Strikers, to Super Smash Brothers, and then finally today’s Mario Sports Mix – Mario has been all over the world’s [...More ]

New Super Mario Bros. U - Mario on launch day

Looking Forward this month has a theme. In anticipation of the release of Nintendo's eighth generation console, Wii U, I will be covering three different Wii U games in the coming weeks - and all of them are launch games. First, we have New Super Mario Bros. U, which is the premiere title for the system when it releases on November 18th. In case you haven't been keeping up with all the latest news on New Super Mario Bros. U that has been revealed by Nintendo since E3 2011 when it was revealed as New Super Mario Bros. [...More ]

Looking Forward - New Super Mario Bros. U, Nintendo Land, and ZombiU!

This month's edition of Looking Forward isn't really looking very far ahead. The three games highlighted this month are Wii U exclusive titles that are right around the corner, all scheduled to release on November 18th! New Super Mario Bros. U is looking to bring Mario to Nintendo's Wii U on day one, ZombiU will add a dose of horror to Nintendo's eighth generation console, and Nintendo Land looks to replicate the success of Wii Sports! New Super Mario Bros. U Will New Super Mario Bros. U be a revolution for the "New" subseries, or will the game spell franchise fatigue for [...More ]

Paper Mario: Sticker Star [ Preview ]

Fans of the RPG Paper Mario series would probably say that there’s nothing that hasn’t been seen before with this new installment, titled Sticker Star. After three games in the franchise, what more is there to feature? However, playing the game lets players see that much more could be expected from this adventure featuring the Nintendo icon. For one, battles have been revamped in such a way that attacks and other commands come in the form of, as the title implies, stickers. These stickers can be compiled just like you would in the olden days, and you can consume them as [...More ]

A Round-Up of this Year's Annual Sports Video Games [ Editorial ]

I’m no fan of yearly franchises – to me, 12 months between releases is barely enough time to both rework game mechanics effectively and focus on complaints and wishes from fans. This often results in buggy releases and lacking new features. But, in all honesty, there are a lot of people who would be disappointed if their sports series weren’t updated yearly, so I tend to give these a pass (get it, a pass?... right). Still, it’s important to have a look at what’s new, so let’s go down the list very briefly: Madden NFL13 – On the sight of things, [...More ]

New Super Mario Bros. 2 [ Review ]

Mario has been Nintendo’s mascot and trusty cash cow since virtually his introduction. With games and merchandise in the dozens, Nintendo has been milking the Mario franchise for all its worth, and with fan reactions being as it was – and in fact gaining new fans with each release – this approach does not show any signs of slowing down. Mario and its beloved cast of characters have also been around the block in its several decades of existence, whether it be in racing, playing tennis, or fooling around with each other in a variety of quirky party games. [...More ]