Mario Tennis Aces Brings a Story Mode to the Popular Sports Series

<p>The <em>Mario Tennis <&sol;em>games are probably the best Mario sports titles&comma; ever&period; Period&period; So it&&num;8217&semi;s a no-brainer for Nintendo to bring the popular sports franchise to the Nintendo Switch&period; During today&&num;8217&semi;s Nintendo Direct Mini&comma; Nintendo announced <em>Mario Tennis Aces <&sol;em>would be coming to the Switch in Spring 2018&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>What is most compelling about this announcement is that <em>Mario Tennis Aces <&sol;em>will feature a story mode that includes boss battles&period; This is the first time the series has featured a story mode since the GameBoy Advance title&comma; <em>Mario Tennis&colon; Power Tour<&sol;em>&period; The story mode looks like it will bring a bunch of interesting challenges to players that still revolve around the mechanics of tennis while also bringing players to unique environments that helps give the game its individual personality&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;132941" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-132941" style&equals;"width&colon; 1600px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-132941" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;01&sol;11112847&sol;MTABago3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"&lpar;Mario Tennis Aces&comma; Nintendo&rpar;" width&equals;"1600" height&equals;"900" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-132941" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;Mario Tennis Aces&comma; Nintendo&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Gameplay seems similar to previous titles in the franchise&comma; but the Nintendo Direct mentioned &&num;8220&semi;new wrinkles in tennis gameplay&&num;8221&semi; and cited predicting other player&&num;8217&semi;s strokes&period; It will be cool to see some update to the tennis mechanics&comma; but I&&num;8217&semi;d be perfectly content with just a vanilla <em>Mario Tennis <&sol;em>experience&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;132940" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-132940" style&equals;"width&colon; 1600px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-132940" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;01&sol;11112811&sol;MTABago2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"&lpar;Mario Tennis Aces&comma; Nintendo&rpar;" width&equals;"1600" height&equals;"900" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-132940" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;Mario Tennis Aces&comma; Nintendo&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>It&&num;8217&semi;s great to see <em>Mario Tennis Aces <&sol;em>coming to the Nintendo Switch and offering up a Story mode for those who just want to play some tennis and enjoy the Mario aesthetic&period; Will you be picking up the game when it launches this Spring&quest; Let us know in the comments below&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;a&lowbar;u7g5BlfiY">Nintendo Direct<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;