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'''''Mario Sports Superstars''''' is a ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' sports title for the [[Nintendo 3DS]]. It features a variety of sports in which [[Mario]] and many other characters from the ''Super Mario'' universe can compete, including soccer, baseball, tennis, golf, and horse racing. Horse racing is the only new sport in the ''Super Mario'' sports spin-offs, while the rest of the sports have seen stand-alone games prior to ''Mario Sports Superstars''. The game supports local multiplayer and is able to support two, four, or six players depending on the sport played, though this title is one of the few multiplayer-oriented ''Super Mario'' titles to not feature Download Play. Players could additionally play against opponents over [[Nintendo Network]], either worldwide against random opponents or with their friends. However, the service was terminated on April 8, 2024, making the game no longer playable online.<ref name=Shutdown> {{cite|author=@NintendoAmerica|date=October 4, 2023|title=As of early April 2024, online play and other functionality that uses online communication will end service for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U software. Thank you very much for your continued support of our products.|url=https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1709418623566020975|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=February 17, 2024}}</ref><ref name=ShutdownUpdate> {{cite|author=@NintendoAmerica|date=January 23, 2024|title=Update: as of 4/8, online play and other functionality that uses online communication will end service for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U software. Thank you very much for your continued support of our products.|url=https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1749963072998166670|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=February 17, 2024}}</ref>
'''''Mario Sports Superstars''''' is a ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' sports title for the [[Nintendo 3DS]]. It features a variety of sports in which [[Mario]] and many other characters from the ''Super Mario'' universe can compete, including soccer, baseball, tennis, golf, and horse racing. Horse racing is the only new sport in the ''Super Mario'' sports spin-offs, while the rest of the sports have seen stand-alone games prior to ''Mario Sports Superstars''. The game supports local multiplayer and is able to support two, four, or six players depending on the sport played, though this title is one of the few multiplayer-oriented ''Super Mario'' titles to not feature Download Play. Players could additionally play against opponents over [[Nintendo Network]], either worldwide against random opponents or with their friends. However, the service was terminated on April 8, 2024, making the game no longer playable online.<ref name=Shutdown> {{cite|author=@NintendoAmerica|date=October 4, 2023|title=As of early April 2024, online play and other functionality that uses online communication will end service for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U software. Thank you very much for your continued support of our products.|url=https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1709418623566020975|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=February 17, 2024}}</ref><ref name=ShutdownUpdate> {{cite|author=@NintendoAmerica|date=January 23, 2024|title=Update: as of 4/8, online play and other functionality that uses online communication will end service for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U software. Thank you very much for your continued support of our products.|url=https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1749963072998166670|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=February 17, 2024}}</ref>


The game is primarily developed by [[Bandai Namco Entertainment|Bandai Namco Studios]], with [[Camelot Software Planning]], the main developer for the ''Mario Tennis'' and ''Mario Golf'' series, contributing the golf and tennis portions of the game. The game required 6,589 [[block]]s (843.3 MB) of free space if players wished to download the title off the [[Nintendo eShop]] until March 27, 2023. The game is compatible with [[amiibo]], and a new ''Mario Sports Superstars'' line of blind-packaged amiibo cards were released for the game. Those who purchased one of the "initial run" copies of ''Mario Sports Superstars'' at retail received a free, randomly selected amiibo card from that line.
The game is primarily developed by [[Bandai Namco Entertainment|Bandai Namco Studios]], with [[Camelot Software Planning]], the main developer for the ''Mario Tennis'' and ''Mario Golf'' series, contributing the golf and tennis portions of the game. The game required 6,589 [[Memory Card|blocks]] (843.3 MB) of free space if players wished to download the title off the [[Nintendo eShop]] until March 27, 2023. The game is compatible with [[amiibo]], and a new ''Mario Sports Superstars'' line of blind-packaged amiibo cards were released for the game. Those who purchased one of the "initial run" copies of ''Mario Sports Superstars'' at retail received a free, randomly selected amiibo card from that line.


==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==