Mario Hoops 3 on 3: Missing the Freethrows
BlitzGear
75% score
This is a DS game that shouldn't be worth $29.99. There are numerous reasons for this...opinion. One example would be the controls,and another reason would be the unreliable teammates. But let's get down on the controls first. The there are two control schemes: The touch screen layout and the button layout. The touch screen layout is not difficult, but can be frustrating for some gamers.For instance,swiping up shoots the ball, while swiping horizontaly in either the left or right directions will pass the ball to one of your teamates. This seems simple yet sometimes the game will think you meant to shoot when you actually wanted to pass, and vis a' versa. The button layout is easier to use, although you cannot perform special moves using this layout. The other thing that plaques this game are the unreliable teamates.If the ball is rolling on the court,WILL NOT go and retrieve it. They also won't make any defensive or offensive plays,making the entire game seem like a 1-on-3 match. The final strike is the sloppy multiplayer. Single card download play is just a dribble race or collect-all-the-coins mode, and the game doesn't support Wi-Fi.All in All, this makes for a terrible multiplayer experience. So to conclude this review, I would just like to say that,unless you just HAVE to have Mario sports games, $30 can get you WAY better games than this,especially on this console.Thank you for reading this review, if you did.
