Mario Sports Ultimate

Mario Sports Ultimate is an upcoming sports game for the Nintendo Switch and the third installment in the Mario Sports series. As it directs as a sequel for Mario Sports Superstar, the game is set to release on 2021, which also features the first installment of the Mario Sports series to have a story mode set on a island where you have to complete missions and boss fights in a game of sports.
== The Game's Opening ==
The game's opening begins with Mario and Wario playing a Tennis Match against Luigi and Waluigi when Waluigi fires the Tennis Ball back to Mario, Mario then did a power shot, sending the ball to the screen. Transiting to Baby Mario and Baby Luigi playing a Hockey Match against Roy Koopa and Rango, Roy and Rango taunt to Baby Mario and Baby Luigi, as the match begins, Baby Mario and Rango are beginning to start with the serving, having Baby Mario shoot the puck, he passes it to Baby Luigi, who is able to hit the puck to the goal where a Boom Boom is the goalkeeper. Transiting to Waluigi, Princess Peach and Bowser Jr., who are performing some Rhytmic Gymnastics, they're all dancing well. Transiting to Princess Daisy and Wario, who are playing a soccer match against Spewart and Rosalina, Daisy started going with the soccer ball, Wario stands ready, then Daisy passes the soccer ball to Wario, as Spewart tries to stop the ball from going to Wario, but fails to proceed which goes to Wario anyways, Wario then encounters a Sledge Bro. as a goalkeeper, Wario then kicks the ball to the goal. Transiting to Mario, who is playing a match of Basketball with Bowser, Bowser intimidatingly starts to keep Mario from getting the ball in the basket, Mario then jumps up in the air, performing a slam dunk, ending the opening cutscene.
== Gameplay ==
The gampelay has similar mechanics to Mario Sports Mix and Mario Sports Superstars, you can play up to 4 players in the gameplay, this gameplay also returns the physics of the other previous Mario sports titles like Mario Tennis Aces for each element.
=== Sport Elements ===
The game features many sports elements, many mechanics return from previous other sporting games, but with a few edits on it.
Game 	Description
Basketball 	"Nothing beats a good dribble on the slam dunk! Join Mario & Co. for a game of Basketball"
Soccer 	"Only real people have the dares to kick a ball and hurting theirselves! Join Mario & Co. for a game of Soccer!"
Tennis 	"Forehand! Backhand! Slice! Lob! Anything, anything and ANYTHING in this one! Join Mario & Co. for a game of Tennis!"
Rhythmic Gymnastics	"We don't care if it's just dancing, it's dancing to the true classicals! Join Mario & Co. for a game of Rhythmic Gymnastics!"
Golf 	"Who the heck said that it's too hard to get a Hole-in-One, that's because you don't golf too much! Join Mario & Co. for a game of Golf!"
Hockey 	"Grab a puck and hit it with the Hockey Stick and try to get it in the goal! Join Mario & Co. for a game of Hockey!"
Swimming 	"Go get some refreshing in the water in a race of swimming, make sure not to lose breathe.... And please don't watch the females swimming... Join Mario & Co. for a game of Swimming!"
Horse Riding 	"Meet your own unique horse and ride with it... Even though we have bigger horses for Wario and Bowser... Join Mario & Co. for a game of Horse Riding!"
Baseball 	"Make a trip on a massive field with a baseball bat and a baseball glove! Join Mario & Co. for a game of Baseball!"
== Game Modes ==
=== Adventure Mode ===
The game features a story mode set on an island called Athletia, the map is styled similar to the 3D-Platformers when your not on a mission. The story's plot is that Mario and his friends are trying to rescue the Sport Spirits from King Bowser and the other baddies, who is using them to be the best sporter in the world, the missions can be selected by walking to a NPC in the island.
More information about the adventure mode can be seen here.
=== Sports Mode ===
Sports Mode acts like the game's Free-for-All mode, you can pick various sport elements to play and you can pick playable characters for the mode
=== Multiplayer Mode ===
Multiplayer acts the same as Sports Mode, but instead you can play with up to 4 players.
=== Online Tournament ===
Online Tournament acts the same as Online Match, but instead you have to level up in the tournament to become the champion, when you participate in a online tournament, various characters and outfits can be unlocked, if you miss the Online Tournament, the said character will appear on the Sports Shop after the tournament ends.
=== Online Match ===
Online Match acts the same as Multiplayer Mode, but instead you play with other 3 players that are in another location, you can play with your friends who has the system and the game, and you can play with random people around the world.
== Characters ==
=== Default Playable Characters ===
These kind of characters can be played as in the start, each character has a skill category, and the victory themes return from Mario Strikers Charged, as the victory themes of the characters who appeared in Mario Strikers Charged gets recycled in this game.
Character	Name 	Skill Type	Victory Theme
 	Mario 	All-Around	Alternative Rock
 	Luigi 	All-Around	Flamenco
 	Wario 	Powerful 	Polka
 	Waluigi 	Technical 	Bluegrass
 	Princess Peach	Technical 	Techno
 	Princess Daisy	Speedy 	Synth/Punk Rock
 	Rosalina 	Powerful 	Remix of the Star Wars Theme Song
 	Toad 	Speedy 	Remix of Another One Bites the Dust from Queen
 	Yoshi 	Speedy 	Energetic Broadway
 	Donkey Kong 	Powerful 	African Drums
 	Diddy Kong 	Defensive 	Hindustani Classical
 	Bowser 	Powerful 	Hard Rock
 	Bowser Jr. 	Defensive 	Surf Rock
=== Unlockable Playable Characters ===
The game also has unlockable characters you can play as, you can unlock SOME of them after completing a mission on Adventure Mode, and you can unlock some of them by getting the said points, and you can unlock some of them on the Online Tournaments.
Character	Name 	Skill Type	Victory Theme
 	Larry 	Speed 	Remix of The Mine Song by Lazytown
 	Morton 	All-Around	Remix of Psychosocial by Slipknot
 	Wendy 	Defensive 	Remix of Oops!... I Did It Again! by Britney Spears
 	Iggy 	Technical 	Remix of Entombment of a Machine by Job For A Cowboy
 	Roy 	Powerful 	Remix of Ridin by Chamillionaire
 	Lemmy 	Tricky 	Remix of Hallo vriendjes by Bassie & Adriaan
 	Ludwig 	Defensive 	Remix of Hungarian Dance No. 5 by Johannes Brahms
 	Topper 	Speed 	Remix of the Title Theme of Seinfeld
 	Hariet 	Technical 	Chanson
 	Spewart 	Powerful 	Klezmer
 	Rango 	Defensive 	Remix of Moskau by Dschinghis Khan
 	Birdo 	Tricky 	Remix of The Turkish March
 	Koopa Troopa 	Speedy 	Remix of I like to move it! from Madagascar
 	Shy Guy 	Defensive 	Piano Tune with Sirens
 	Spike 	Powerful 	Rock and Roll
 	Boo 	Powerful 	Remix of the Merry-Go-Round theme from Super Mario 64
 	Chain Chomp 	Powerful 	Remix of the Cascade Kingdom theme from Super Mario Odyssey
 	Pianta 	Powerful 	Samba
 	Thwomp 	Powerful 	R&B
 	Baby Mario 	Speedy 	Remix of Finger Family
 	Baby Luigi 	Technical 	Remix of Baby Shark
 	Petey Piranha	Defensive 	Calypso
=== Echo-Playable Characters ===
The idea of Echo-Playable Characters returns from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Echo-Playable Characters have the same behavior for a Playable Character the Echo-Character originates from, but with a different design, voice and victory theme, you can purchase them on the Sports Shop.
Character	Name 	Echo Character for	Victory Theme
 	Toadette 	 	Remix of Call Me Maybe! by Carly Rae Jepsen
 	Dry Bowser	 	Remix of the Final Boss Battle theme from New Super Mario Bros.
 	Dry Bones 	 	Hip-Hop Remix of the Fortress Theme from New Super Mario Bros.
=== Outfits ===
These outfits can mostly be unlocked in Online Mode, if the player doesn't meet in the online mode the outfit they can unlock, it will appear in the Sports Shop
Outfits 	Outfits
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=== NPCs ===
There are more than one of the NPCs, they're usually seen in the audience, and one of some of the group of the NPCs are playable characters
* Toads
* Lumas
* Piantas
* Nokis
* Koopa Troopas
* Goombas
* Shy Guys
* Boos
* Peepas
* Hammer Bros
* Sledge Bros
* Kritters
* Spikes
* Bonneters
* Tostarenans
* Lochladies
* Steam Gardeners
* New Donkers
* Shiverians
* Bubblainians
* Volbonans
* Pokios
=== Bosses ===
The Characters Required indicating absolutely nothing but a empty space means that you can pick any character for the boss battle.
Boss(es)	Name 	Character(s) Required	Sports Element used	Battled in
 	Birdo 	 	Tennis 	Athletia Beach
 	Petey Piranha and 3 Koopa Troopas	 	Soccer 	Piranha Jungle
 	Rango 	 	Rhythmic Gymnastics	Brrr!-Village
== Gallery ==
Mario Sports Ultimate Logo.png|The Game's Logo
Heroes confronting Petey Piranha.png|Mario, Luigi, Wario and Waluigi confronting Petey Piranha and Koopa Troopa
== Trivia ==
* This is the first game that marks the first playable appearance of the Broodals
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