Aug. 15, 2023

S1E01: Tennis Games -or- What's All That Racket?

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Mike and Jaymo serve up hot takes on Tennis (NES, 1984), Super Tennis (SNES, 1991), Smash Tennis (SNES), and Mario Tennis (N64, 2000) in their epic quest to research and review every retro game in the Nintendo Switch Online catalog!

Mike starts off with a crash course of tennis basics, Jaymo argues that a tennis game is the first speaking role for Mario, the story mode that Smash Tennis set up but then hid is explored, and they match up Mario Tennis' modes to determine if items are better or worse for tennis gameplay.

Let them know whether you think these "classics" are Ninten-Do's or Ninten-Don'ts! Thanks for listening, and don't forget to Subscribe to get more retro goodness delivered straight to your feed! You can also join the fun on ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://theoldswitcharoo.com⁠⁠⁠⁠, where you'll find access to our Discord, social media, and so much more!

Game on, everyone.

 

(0:00) Intro

(2:30) Tennis 101 with Dr. Lund

(18:02) Tennis (NES)

(34:41) Super Tennis (SNES)

(49:07) Smash Tennis (SNES)

(1:01:53) Mario Tennis (N64)

(1:23:40) NintenDO or NintenDON'T

 

PS: Big thanks to Gametropolis for teaching us so much about Smash Tennis. Check out their video here!

Tennis manual

Super Tennis manual

Smash Tennis manual

Mario Tennis manual

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Nintendo Power Issue 135, August 2000, page 20 for Shigeru Miyamoto