Solid and definitely has an audience. There could be some hard-to-ignore faults, but the experience is fun.

I preordered this game in April and was excited to receive it. I was tempted by the ￡5 preorder discount so I did. Went to my local smyths to pick it up. Seamless experience. Game is extremely fun. Worth a buy!

‘Mario Tennis Aces' delivers a satisfying, though brief, game of tennis.

Playing virtual tennis feels great; Accessible; yet offers some depth; Surprisingly funny writing; Strategic and thrilling online matches

Story mode is too short; …and there's not much to do after

A bizarre coming together of Smash Bros. and Mario Tennis that strangely works, even if the Adventure mode occasionally frustrates.

Fantastic battling additions to tennis gameplay; Looks amazing; Courts are regularly inventive

Adventure mode can be incredibly frustrating

Mario and his pals from the Mushroom Kingdom have certainly been in their fair share of sports titles over the past thirty years, from karting to golf, football to baseball, they've seen and done it all.

Nintendo and Camelot released Mario Tennis Ultra Smash for Wii U in 2015, and it was a shallow impersonation of the other games in the franchise. It did not have a campaign or interesting modes, and the one thing that set it apart, the Mega Mushroom power-up, was lame.

Andy Murray and Steffi Graf are just finishing off their opponents. They're against Tim Henman and Sue Barker off Question of Sport in the mixed doubles finals at Wimbledon, and suddenly The King of England Cliff Richard stands up and starts singing.

Given we live in a world where people want to have an opinion hurled at them as quickly as possible, know this about Mario Tennis Aces: If you're planning to play it with friends you should go and purchase it now.

A ridiculously good core mechanic that never gets old; One of the finest multiplayer experiences on Switch; Accessible and deep simultaneously; Could offer something for quite some time

Single-player may leave some wanting; RPG system is light at best

Nintendo looks to raise a racquet on Switch, with a new sports game that features online multiplayer and a story campaign.

The core tennis action is excellent and the extra abilities are better balanced than most recent games; Full suite of online options and an enjoyable simplified mode

The special moves can still be intrusive and frustrating; Story campaign is repetitive and has a very uneven difficulty curve

A tennis game with a narrative doesn't seem all that unusual, but when that tale involves a forgotten kingdom and a tennis racket called Lucien that controls people via its possessed grip tape, you know this is probably isn't quite the brand of tennis you see on the ATP tour.

Bright; solid visuals; Cohesive controls; Good array of game modes

Punishingly hard at times; Some courts are downright unfair; Too complicated to pick up and play