Mechanical Depth
Mario Charm
Difficulty Spikes
Mario Tennis Aces is a deep, engaging arcade sports game that, while not as accessible as its predecessors, still brings a hearty does of classic Mario fun.
Top Critic Average
Critics Recommend
Mechanical Depth
Mario Charm
Difficulty Spikes
Mario Tennis Aces is a deep, engaging arcade sports game that, while not as accessible as its predecessors, still brings a hearty does of classic Mario fun.
Mario Tennis Aces Gameplay Pt. 3 - Nintendo Treehouse: Live | E3 2018
Mario Tennis Aces Gameplay Pt. 1 - Nintendo Treehouse: Live | E3 2018
Mario Tennis Aces - Adventure Mode Trailer - Nintendo Switch
Mario Tennis Aces is a well-made, fast-paced, and fun tennis game, but it has some disappointing game modes and may not be all that engaging for solo players.
Mario Tennis looks back to its glory with this fun - if a little fuzzy and fiddly - take on tennis.
A bizarre coming together of Smash Bros. and Mario Tennis that strangely works, even if the Adventure mode occasionally frustrates.
The core arcade tennis is fun, and collecting rackets and leveling up Mario's tennis abilities through the campaign is a worthwhile endeavor, even if a few difficulty spikes hurt the pace
Aces is the most complex and Mario Tennis game yet, but its online modes are missing some key features.
With Mario Tennis Aces, Nintendo has delivered a worthy successor to the N64 original.
We're used to seeing Wii U games transfer to Switch, but for Ultra Smash to have moved across without a substantial makeover would have been disastrous. Aces, wonderfully, is anything but that – it's a superb arcade sports game that's generous with its suite of player options and only occasionally guilty of being a little cheap in its Adventure Mode. The presentation is spot on, and the core tennis action is absorbing whether you're trading simple strokes or firing off special shots. Some animations and voice overs are identical to Ultra Smash's, but everything around them has been overhauled to quite splendid heights. This is something of a Switch Port Plus, then – not quite a whole new experience, but so improved as to be near unrecognisable next to its preceding title.