Super Mario Rally Tennis Test – tennis spectacle in your own four walls
The set makes a good impression at first glance
© Nintendo / EPOCH Dream Meadows
The basic gameplay is really fun. Conceived as a kind of pinball game, one player is at the end of each side of the field and moves either the Mario or Luigi figure to the left or right. At the push of a button, two pinball arms snap together, causing the ball to move across the field. This is equipped with a ball on the underside, so that it slides wonderfully over the transparent playing field. If you manage to reach the end of the field with this or if the shot over the middle of the field fails, there is a point. It is counted in the classic tennis manner and a display on the edge of the field helps you not lose sight of the score.
The set is great also the compatibility with figures from other sets that EPOCH Games is known for. This means that you can swap out Mario and Luigi if you have other characters. As a result, favorites like Bob-omb or Monty Mole quickly took up the bat with us to play more matches. The assembly is really very quick and can also be done by children's hands, which can also be said about the entire game.
Unfortunately, the two pinball constructions don't work very well
© Nintendo / EPOCH Traumwiesen
Unfortunately, the biggest and most decisive point of criticism for us are the substructures of the game characters themselves, with which you complete the matches. These are placed on two rails at the end of the field, where they do not snap into place. This makes the entire movement feel very awkward, as children keep accidentally lifting the figures so that they leave the field. This ultimately leads to inaccurate shots or unnecessary points, which was very frustrating in the test. In addition, unlike the game ball, the two pinball machines are not equipped with a ball on the underside, but with a plastic wheel. As a result, the movements also feel imprecise and goal-oriented play is not really possible.
The rest of the game makes a solid impression overall, at a price of At around 40 euros, the individual parts seem too cheaply cobbled together. The playfield display doesn't snap into place and the complete assembly of the play figures unfortunately doesn't feel very valuable. The construct is clearly too light in weight, which prevents children from playing with it adequately. Here it would have made sense to increase the weight of the pinball constructions, to equip them with a ball as a means of locomotion and to just snap them onto the playing field. After a few rounds, the fun was gone and we went back to other sets from EPOCH Games, such as the air hockey game, because they work much better.
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