Wii U: 9 Hotly Anticipated Games That Actually Make It Worth Buying
7. Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash
Every Mario-themed sports title in existence is always going to be playing second fiddle to the petrol-headed Mario Kart series, and that's a shame, because there's some bloody good examples out there. Imagine taking the pomp and ceremony of Tennis' world-famous Wimbledon tournament and then infusing it with mushrooms (no, not that kind - doping is against the rules, after all), Koopas and Italian Plumbers and you basically have a Mario Tennis game. Leading on from the Nintendo 64 original, Ultra Smash is shaping up to be an excellent party game - even more so than Mario Party itself. Power-ups, including everyone's favourite - the Giant Mushroom - and likely more game modes than you can throw a book at are all to be expected. Now I just need to hope that the game will enable the use of the potato-headed Mii as characters - then I can make it look like Andy Murray and live out the dream of a Murray/Bowser match-up.
Joe is a freelance games journalist who, while not spending every waking minute selling himself to websites around the world, spends his free time writing. Most of it makes no sense, but when it does, he treats each article as if it were his Magnum Opus - with varying results.
