How Mario Basket 3 on 3 Hoops works

By Spencer . June 13, 2006 . 11:23am

After a successful cameo in NBA Street Volume 3 (cleverly subtitled Mario de Dunk in Japan) Mario gets his own basketball game. Mario Basket 3 on 3 Hoops is a touch screen basketball game coming out for the Nintendo DS. It’s a little hard to imagine, but Mario Basket 3 on 3 has an innovative approach to basketball games. These screenshots help explain how Mario 3 on 3 basket will play.

Dribbling

If you want to dribble you tap on the DS’ touch screen. By adjusting the speed of tapping you can alter the speed Mario dribbles. Tap fast to dribble quickly and slow it down for a slower dribble.

Shooting

Make a stroke towards the direction you want to shoot the ball to have Mario sink a basket. If you want to steal the ball get up close to your opponent and make a stroke in the opposite direction (i.e. towards you).

Special Shots
To do a special shot you need to trace a pattern on the touch screen. As you can see, Mario’s special shot pattern is a “M”.

Here are pictures of more special shots done by Bowser Jr., Daisy and Wario.

TAGS: Mario, Nintendo, Nintendo DS, Screens, Square Enix

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KageNaruto

i think this is another DS game i want! wow i think they are coming out with good games lately, woohoo

Rare-thebanjo

Great looking game! Good graphics, I like, no, not like, LUV!!! the controls with the touchscreen and stylus! It looks great. It actually kinda tests your aim at shooting and cadence of dribble rather than dribbling for you and just letting you move and when you shoot, you simply hit a button and hope for the best. No, its not like that, its better. ITS LOOKIN AWESOME! Its definetely been confirmed: I'm getting this game. Though I do wonder about WiFi, is there going to be WFC on this game? There should be, it would sell a lot better.

Andy

Does not look like a lefty could play since it looks like you need the D-pad to move around and the stylus in the right-hand to do everything else. Thoughts?