There is no denying that Mario tennis games have a legacy. I grew up playing Mario Tennis on the Nintendo 64 and later on the GameCube, enjoying its simple mechanics and character-driven matches.

Developed by Square Enix and released on the Nintendo DS in Japan on July 27, 2006, before reaching the rest of the world, Mario Hoops 3-on-3 is the only dedicated basketball game in the Mario Sports ...

You wouldn’t know it by looking at critic scores, but one of the best sports video games of the 2000s came out on this day 18 years ago. Mario Super Sluggers brought some of the funnest baseball ...

Sports are foundational to gaming as a medium. From Pong to NES Baseball, the infancy of the medium was littered with just-about-recognisable renditions of real-life sports in an attempt to conjure a ...

The Nintendo Switch generation sent many long-running Nintendo series to new heights, but it wasn’t quite as kind to Mario’s athletic ambitions. Mario Tennis Aces, Mario Golf: Super Rush, and Mario ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. New Mario sports games typically only come around once in a generation. So to get a fresh installment of tennis featuring a deep roster of ...

Mario has played plenty of different sports in his near 40 year career but which ones has he truly mastered? Out of all the different sports series, which games have gone above and beyond to bring the ...

The Thousand-Year Door, these games starring Nintendo's favorite Italian plumber are truly perfect throughout.

Mario Tennis Fever kicks off the Switch 2 era of Mario sports games with a fresh take on the long-running series. This time, Fever Rackets are the hot new feature, spicing up gameplay with unique ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Mario’s sports spin-offs during the Switch era have been mostly ...

Another Super Bowl has come and gone, which means another year where I wonder why we don't have a Super Mario football game. It's an unusual gap in the otherwise-illustrious athletic career of ...