Review Information
Game Reviewed Mario Basketball 2.0, by OneEyedParrot
Review Author Vitiman
Created Nov 1 2016, 7:01 PM

General Commentary and Game Overview
Ooh, basketball! And to top it all off, it's basketball 2.0! The latest and greatest of basketball, right?

Eh, nah.
 
Pros It's multiplayer
Two point oh!
The music choices are hilarious
 
Cons Just about everything else
 
Impressions
Gameplay
3 / 10
Sports games are always a mixed bag. Sports FAN games are even more of a mixed bag, and by "mixed bag" I mean something more akin to a heaping pile of garbage... bag. Unfortunately, for as much as Mario Basketball (2.0!) really tries, it just fails in every aspect.

The physics are awful. You can't aim the ball at all, and the worst part is you can tell OneEyedParrot really tried to make the physics not total crap, buuuut... they just are. A shame, but there you go.

Lastly, when the timer went out after I managed to score only one measly goal... guess who the game proclaimed won? The other player. Bleh. Maybe I made my only goal on the wrong basket, but I doubt that because it was the one facing me when the game started - unless the one behind you was your basket. Oh well, who can say for sure? Not me, because I don't care.
 
Graphics
3 / 10
Even for its time, this must have been a real eyesore to look at. Perhaps that's how OneEyedParrot lost their other eye?

Hah, in all seriousness though, it's pretty gaudy. SMA2 sprites? Really? Why? Even though the Luigi is more Luigi-like, that palette makes it very not worth it. Not to mention nothing else is really from SMA2, so it just sticks out. Very indicative of the time this game was made, as SMA2 was hot off the presses as the latest Advance title if I'm not mistaken.
 
Sound
5 / 10
Speaking of "very indicative of the time this game was made", we have the music. You have a song from Mario Sunshine that's poorly transcribed alongside one from Luigi's Mansion that's poorly transcribed. On top of that, some really REALLY bad techno basketball anthem theme that's so cliche and generic it really makes me feel like I'm watching ESPN in 2002. How early 2000s can you get? I love it.
 
Replay
2 / 10
Very much doubt I'll ever come back to this one, except maybe to play with someone else for a laugh. It's not very good, nor is it fair.
 
Final Words
2 / 10
A very featureless basketball game that has wonky, weak physics and gives the opposing team wins even when they have no points. Remind me, how were so many of the reviews up until this point positive?

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