
"Mario Sports Mix serves little purpose, save but to further dilute your fond memories of Mario's better sporting days."

Mario Sports Mix is a sports/party game developed by Square Enix (Company) for the Wii (Platform). The game stars the colourful cast of the Mario franchise who enter a sports competition that involve's hockey, volleyball, basketball and dodgeball to win trophies that contain a magical crystal. There are also mini games that shake up each sport's formula that include Dragon Quest (Franchise) and Final Fantasy (Franchise) characters.
Basketball is disputed 2v2 or 3v3. You switch from character to character with the C button and flick the remote to shoot. Flick it harder and your character will jump into the air and slam the remote down for a slam dunk. Like in Mario Slam Basketball, you can dribble onto to coin boxes and get power ups such as banana peels to trip up your opponent. Characters also have special, unblockable moves. This game can also be played with a classic control. Note that you cannot switch your type of controller in the middle of a match.
Volleyball (Concept) is split into two phases: offensive and defensive. Defense is almost done automatically, at the push of a button the selected team mate will dive to catch a smatch. The offense portions focus on building up a play and lining up the smatch. With your cursor, you select which character you wish to use to line up the smatch. This game mode is playable to up to 4 players and involves power ups such as the red shell. The game also depends on the field your playing on. On the Donkey Kong (Franchise) themed one, the field is like a conveyor belt, constantly pushing the players back.
Hockey is played at a fixed camera angle. You navigate your player with the nunchuck's analog stick and take control of the player with the puck which is a coin. Like in Mario Tennis (Franchise), you must charge up your puckshot.
Dodgeball is played with a health bar that goes down every time a character is hit. You can use power ups and fake your throws.
There are four party games in Mario Sports Mix. Each sport has a game for everyone to play. Depending on the sport, the game varies.
In addition to the starting characters from the Mario franchise you can also unlock six characters from the Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest franchises.
