20 Best Video Games Of 2018 (So Far)

14. Mario Tennis Aces

The newest entry on this list, Mario Tennis Aces sees Nintendo remind the world why tennis games are so much damn fun.

Aces is every bit as immediately playable as [insert your childhood favourite here - I'm going with Virtua Tennis 2], yet bolsters its array of slices, lobs and drop-shots with timing-based tricks, racket-breaking specials and time-slowing, long shot-making energy drains.

It's as much about mastering tennis as employing the same, "If X, then Y" mentality from hardcore fighting games. Such a setup invites new players and rewards them with a boss fight-filled Adventure mode, yet going online in monthly tournaments is where your real mettle gets tested.