Mario Sports Superstars - Tennis - Star Cup

Mario Sports Superstars is a Mario sports title for the Nintendo 3DS. It features a variety of sports in which Mario and many other characters from the Mario universe can compete, including soccer (previously playable in the Mario Strikers series), baseball (previously playable in the Mario Baseball series), tennis (previously playable in the Mario Tennis series), golf (previously playable in the Mario Golf series), and horse racing (a new sport in the Mario sports spin-offs). The game supports local multiplayer and is able to support two, four, or six players depending on the sport played, though this title is one of the few multiplayer-oriented Mario titles to not feature Download Play; players can additionally play against opponents online, either worldwide against random opponents or with their friends.

The game is primarily developed by Bandai Namco Studios, with Camelot Software Planning, the main developer for the Mario Tennis and Mario Golf series, contributing the golf and tennis portions of the game. The game requires 6,589 blocks of free space if players wish to download the title off the Nintendo eShop. The game is compatible with amiibo, and a new Mario Sports Superstars line of blind-packaged amiibo cards were released for the game. Those who purchase one of the "initial run" copies of Mario Sports Superstars at retail will receive a free, randomly selected amiibo card from that line.

In a similar manner to another sports compilation, Mario Sports Mix, each sport plays out as its own separate mode. The tennis and golf sports play similarly to Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash and Mario Golf: World Tour, the latest iterations of their respective series. Each mode has its own tournament mode, a three-tier system that has eight participating players in total, catered to single players. Three cups are available, with the first cup being the Mushroom Cup, the second being the Flower Cup and the third being the Star Cup. Completing the Star Cup unlocks the Champion's Cup, and completing said cup unlocks Star versions of playable characters, who have increased stats. The player needs to unlock Star characters for each sport individually. Each sport has its own training mode as well, where players can practice shots or techniques freely.

Alongside the main sports modes, additional tabs on the main menu screen include "amiibo Card", "Collection", a settings icon, and a manual icon.

Coins can be earned when a task is completed, such as winning a match in exhibition or winning tournaments or finding crates with coins inside them in horse racing. They are used to buy randomly packaged cards in the shop.

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