I'd be playing doubles with a friend now if we could play doubles online
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Mario Tennis Aces |OT| Where Waluigi Fans Get Served
- Thread starter TheMoon
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I'd be playing doubles with a friend now if we could play doubles online
I haaaate when Nintendo patch notes do this. This doesn't make me very confident in anything meaningful actually having been done to Bowser Jr. but I guess we'll see. We'll have to wait for dataminers to know the specifics. So dumb.
At least the patch might fix the Gyro on/off bug for online tournaments.
From my understanding:
Free play 1 player solo = just you searching for randoms for Quick Play matches (so tiebreakers) in either singles or doubles
Free play 1 player team = Creating a private lobby for friends to play whether singles or doubles
Free play 2 player solo = Search for random doubles matches with a local friend (so two players on one switch)
Free play 2 player team = Creating a private lobby for friends but one of them is a local player on your Switch (so again, two players on one Switch)
In summary, you can only play online doubles with an online friend in the private lobbies with other online friends. You cannot do it with randoms.
I apologize if anyone just played against me while I was Bowser Jr. I've played at least a little with the other characters and a lot with some. Farthest I've gotten in simple was semifinals. This is my first time trying BJ and fucking hell is this character broken.
I literally just played with my opponents like they were toys. Half the time I didn't even double tap or did dumb shit like rushing the net at serve(side note: the ball has to bounce before you can hit it I learned.) Still won the tournament.
My opponents weren't bad players either. Some were other Bowser Jrs. That was probably the only challenge I faced. He either needs some changes or needs to be offline modes only just for funsies. Seriously.
Edit: it was 1 boo, 2 waluigis, 1 Bowser Jr, and a Daisy that I went through like butter. Wtf
I literally just played with my opponents like they were toys. Half the time I didn't even double tap or did dumb shit like rushing the net at serve(side note: the ball has to bounce before you can hit it I learned.) Still won the tournament.
My opponents weren't bad players either. Some were other Bowser Jrs. That was probably the only challenge I faced. He either needs some changes or needs to be offline modes only just for funsies. Seriously.
Edit: it was 1 boo, 2 waluigis, 1 Bowser Jr, and a Daisy that I went through like butter. Wtf
Thanks. You can play againt coms in doubles in team at least.
The names are definitely confusing and I think the descriptions are messed up. It's not clear at all that solo is not private and team is private.
Description for one player team says pairs of players but you can have 4?
Also, i never see my friends listed in invite despite them being online.
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Try to win a tournament with Rosalina in Simple mode. I dare you.
Anyways, a couple of updates from me:
Don't have to go through that nonsense anymore. In case anyone's wondering, for Simple mode the characters I never lost with were Peach, Bowser Jr., and Bowser. I only lost once as Waluigi, Yoshi, and I think Mario.
i did infact she is my main, the idea she is the worst character is laughable, and btw other than the slice, she is better than boo in every way,
Her drop shot and lunge are totally inferior. Boo can actually aim his drop shot to the side (while Rosalina's goes mostly straight) and Boo's lunge is by far the best out of any character. She may have more power but that's kinda worthless since her shots are still too slow for it to matter.
I really need to know how you're getting shots past Bowser Jr., Bowser, and Chain Chomp. Even if you can lob over them she doesn't have a way to guarantee a point if they manage to return it (which they usually do because her lob is below-average) because her control and power are terrible. She can't hog the net because her range is bad and she loses a rally the moment she lunges (Boo can still recover even from close-range lunges).
The most optimal way I found to play her was to remain at mid-range and act like a wall when it came to returning balls, since she's too slow to be able to catch shots from across court. Her curved slices become a complete non-factor against any decent player, so every match became a battle of attrition. It was just completely aggravating how long each match took, in addition to all the times I lost and had to restart. Eventually I got lucky enough to go through a tournament with none of those previously mentioned problem characters showing up and I finally won.
All that said, apparently I lost more as Wario, which is why he's still my character icon on the rankings screen. I bet that'll confuse anyone who doesn't know why he's there lol.
Gamexplain asked Bill Trinen about this style of patch notes at E3. He said it was for the fun of the mystery, exploration, and discovery of datamining it.
I want to know why they wouldn't just come out and say it's confusing for casuals, but given that it's Nintendo they may be crazy enough to believe the core gamers like this stuff.
Downloading the update now. Will be really interesting to see if there's any character changes. Can't tell if those patch notes mean for this update or a future one.
Edit : K it could just be placebo, but I just played a Waluigi and he seemed to gain way less meter than before. Maybe it was just a bad Waluigi, but he beat me and I'm alright. He never had much more than half a meter. I built a good amount more meter than him total as DK.
Edit : K it could just be placebo, but I just played a Waluigi and he seemed to gain way less meter than before. Maybe it was just a bad Waluigi, but he beat me and I'm alright. He never had much more than half a meter. I built a good amount more meter than him total as DK.
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I wish we had actual detailed patch notes on this stuff.
Has anyone tested out Bowser Jr. to see if he has been nerfed in any way?
If the balance changes mean for next patch, then it's basically nothing at the moment since the new ranked doesn't start until sunday. Just rebalancing early adventure mode, and fix a couple bugs.
"Further" implies that there have already been some adjustments, right? Unless they're talking about the beta or internal development.
"Further" implies that there have already been some adjustments, right? Unless they're talking about the beta or internal development.
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That's in the Mansion right? That one's pretty easy--just keep to the center and return the shots directly to Boo and don't get fancy with your shots. You want him to easily return them.
It's the similar challenge on the ship you have to watch out for...
The "Rating" feature is good to hear. Gain points if you win, lose points if you lose. It should have started at 0 rather than start at 2000. By starting at 0 you can instantly see and gauge just how good somebody is by looking at their Rating.
Did it in my first try and don't unterstand what's so difficult about it?! Simply return his shots in the most straightforward way possible and it should be easy as cake.
No quick retry option patched into Adventure Mode, I take it?
At least I've almost finished this bad boy now. This is my first Mario Tennis game, and I've found the singleplayer extremely difficult. I struggled terribly with that match against the squid fellow on the boat, for example. But, to its credit, it definitely forced me to really learn the mechanics of the game, so I can't complain. I just can't get oer the lack of a quick retry, though. Knowing that every failure means at least thirty wasted seconds of mashing and sitting through load times before I can start again saps any will I have to bang my head against some of the harder challenges. It just seems like such an obvious oversight; I can't wrap my head around it :P
At least I've almost finished this bad boy now. This is my first Mario Tennis game, and I've found the singleplayer extremely difficult. I struggled terribly with that match against the squid fellow on the boat, for example. But, to its credit, it definitely forced me to really learn the mechanics of the game, so I can't complain. I just can't get oer the lack of a quick retry, though. Knowing that every failure means at least thirty wasted seconds of mashing and sitting through load times before I can start again saps any will I have to bang my head against some of the harder challenges. It just seems like such an obvious oversight; I can't wrap my head around it :P
He does those special star shots at me... how are you supposed to return those?
Block or use your own Special Shots (with a charged meter) to return them
They're aimed at the other side of the court and go straight past in a fraction of a second... seems impossible to block. If I used my own special shot he wouldn't be able to return it.
If I recall correctly, you're not penalized for him not returning a shot. (But my memory is fuzzy)
Patch notes seem really vague. Did anything improve?
The last point seems to indicate match changes and character balancing will come in future patches rather than this one.
The last point seems to indicate match changes and character balancing will come in future patches rather than this one.
Is it just me or is it easier to block specials now? Played against a bowser junior last night, must have blocked his special atleast 20 times. It took 4-5 trick shots for him refill that meter to a special. So during a couple of points he had 4-5 specials. Insane.
It's just you. Well, not just you, but most people. You've gotten better at the timing as most players have. When I use special shots now, it's never with the expectation I'll get a racket break; it's usually to move an opponent or knock them back so that I score a point with my next return.
So can anyone say if anything has improved with this patch?
Speaking about balance and matchmaking. Vague patchnotes are annoying.
Speaking about balance and matchmaking. Vague patchnotes are annoying.
Yes, I agree, players seems to know how to block. Two rackets per match makes sense
I should add, that i rarely try to block if i dont have atleast yellow meter, so i have enough slow down time.
Im more surprised with how people found time to play this much @_@
I really want this T.T
How can rank #1 play 10x more matches than me and still have his thumb intact?
Thats insane.
Did you win through a disconnect? Or maybe he shut down his system at the last second, idk.
No I won fair and square but even if won through a disconnect. How did he reach the finals this fast? Not possible
Hit the ball when it's to the side of you, not in front or behind. It's timing.
Maybe the system is matchmaking people in different spots on the league.
Hmm, I thought it didn't do that though?
It's meant to be Finalist v Finalist for example.
Woooooo that's awesome news. Looking like they'll be supporting the game for a while, the era of Switch continues.
