Mario Hoops: 3 on 3

Great fun, AI can get frustratingly difficult (if not downright unfair) at later levels.

User Rating: 8.4 | Mario Basket: 3 on 3 DS

By chronobyte | Review Date: September 25, 2006

It's a fun 1-on-1 (it claims 3-on-3 but the game feels like a 1-on-1) basketball game with a twist. The game is fairly easy to pick up. And has enough variety to keep it interesting.

Control is pretty solid. I like the idea of tapping the touchscreen to control the rate of dribbles. It's got bright, colorful graphics with nice visual effects (especially the special shots).

The AI can get frustratingly difficult. I like challenging games and all that but at times I can't help feeling that it's borderline challenging/straight up unfair. You'll have no difficulty early on but the difficulty level ramps up quite steep after.

I'm only around 5 hours into the game so far so I still have a lot to discover yet. But so far it doing a fine job keeping my interest.

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