Mario Tennis Open

MARIO TENNIS OPEN

RATING E for Everyone

PLOT Tennis with Mario, but not really

DETAILS Nintendo 3DS, $40

BOTTOM LINE Game over

Nintendo has released a Mario-titled game that, aside from being typically colorful and noisy as a Mario game should be, bears little resemblance in game play to what we expect. Instead, we are left with a mundane tennis game that smacks of carelessness instead of respect for the gaming icon. A tennis game packed with almost no frills and clever gimmicks dooms Mario Tennis Open from the opening serve.

-- Scripps Howard News Service