Video summary
Nintendo has surprised players by releasing a free update for *Mario Tennis Fever*, introducing a special match mode, a new stage, and an exclusive racket themed around the classic *Mario Galaxy*. The video highlights the immediate impact of this new "Black Hole" racket, which features powerful gravitational abilities that can suck opponents into space or alter ball trajectories in unpredictable ways. While the creator initially expresses excitement about testing these mechanics in competitive singles matches, they quickly realize that the new equipment is incredibly strong, potentially breaking the game's balance and making it difficult to counter without using special abilities like Star Shots. The update seems designed to bring back nostalgia for fans of the original Wii era while adding fresh strategic layers through its unique physics-based gameplay.
The creator attempts to test their skills in ranked play but faces significant challenges due to their own lack of recent practice, having recently taken up pickleball and real-life tennis as hobbies. Despite being a high-ranked player previously, they struggle with the new mechanics, often slipping or failing to return shots that would have been easy months ago. The match becomes increasingly chaotic as the Black Hole racket proves too powerful, allowing the opponent to dominate rallies effortlessly. Even when the creator manages to win points, they are demoted in rank due to a single loss, highlighting how the new update has shifted the competitive meta so drastically that previous skills and strategies are no longer effective.
The video also explores the new special rules and modes, including a Galaxy-themed court with meteorites and cosmic helpers like Shadow Mario, though the creator finds these features more entertaining in casual play than in serious ranked matches. A significant portion of the footage is dedicated to a disastrous doubles match where the creator's teammate, Toad, struggles immensely with positioning and timing, leading to a one-sided defeat against an opponent named Daisy. The frustration mounts as the team fails to coordinate, with Toad repeatedly missing shots or dying prematurely, forcing the creator to carry the entire load alone until they eventually quit the lobby in embarrassment.
Ultimately, the video concludes that while the free update adds fun novelty and nostalgic elements like the *Mario Galaxy* theme, it fundamentally alters the competitive landscape of *Mario Tennis Fever*. The new Black Hole racket is deemed so overpowered that it renders traditional tennis strategies obsolete, making high-level play feel unfair and frustrating for veterans. Despite the chaos and the creator's eventual decision to give up on ranked matches after a particularly humiliating loss, they acknowledge that the update successfully revitalizes interest in the game by offering fresh content, even if it means accepting a steep learning curve and a complete overhaul of the existing meta.
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I thought this was done. I thought it
was over. I thought the ranked grind
pain was finally finished forever. But
Nintendo remembered. That's right. Out
of nowhere, Nintendo decided to put out
an allnew free update for Mario Tennis
Fever. Introducing a new special match,
stage, and racket, all themed around
Mario Galaxy. Was this for the movie?
Why are we getting this now? First
things first, I just want to try out the
new racket in actual competitive
singles. I'm still A minus. I'm still,
you know, I I don't know my world
ranking, but we're going to find it out.
Ooh, I got to get my PD back. My PD used
to be legendary on the server. And now
with the black hole racket. Yeah, we
just got even better. Uh, okay. Bad
news. Even though I'm playing on the day
the update came out, that took a while
for me to actually get Oh, I'm on first
serve. He's using the He's using the new
racket, too. Respect. Get that out of
here. Oh, that's a bad bounce. I kind of
forgot how to play. I kind of forgot how
to play. It's been a little Oh, I should
have lobbed that, you know. Funny story
actually, since this game has come out,
it's been so long that I actually picked
up both pickle ball and tennis as real
hobbies. Obviously, I'm not great. I
have to lob that. Yeah, get back the
left. Oh, I thought it was Uh-oh. Uh-oh.
Um, so I just have to play around that
now, dude. Don't make me go into it.
[music] Now, this guy is working me.
Hold on. Now that it's my serve, let me
show them what I'm really all about.
Get out of here. That's right. That's
right. He didn't know I was here to
play. He had me 3-1.
Let's go. How does he get by that?
Oh, that's easy. Black hole. Yeah. And
you get a black hole, too. Perfect.
That's in a great spot. All right. Well,
we want to do what he did pretty much.
We want to lob it to the black hole and
then just cross him up with the
gravitational field. I don't know. I
don't know about this racket yet, but it
might be top tier. It might be top tier.
He's going to get sucked in. That would
have been so broken. Oh god, I got to
get back.
Pety, hit the ball. Why did he not hit
the ball
to the right? And we just kill him. Just
kill him. Just kill him. It's that easy.
I haven't played in months. This is an S
minus rank. I don't believe it. What
happened to the game I love?
No, I did return it.
I still have a chance.
Even through the black hole. No. No. The
black hole. No, I slipped. What? Um,
okay, dude. I'm playing in an
astronomical an anomaly, dude. I can't.
And I'm still going to win the match.
I'm still going to take the point. Two
black holes on my side of the field. I'm
still winning.
Also, anyway, I was going to say since
I've actually picked up tennis and
pickle ball, bro, the Mario characters
are kind of freak athletes. Tennis is
hard. Oh god.
Nice.
Yeah, I'm just cooked. I'm just cooked
there. There was there was no
counterplay to that. Six 65. If we win
this point, [music] we take him to
deuces. No ace.
Get that [ __ ] out. No. Pey, get over.
No. We do not deserve to lose to this
guy. Oh god. Well, we kind of did. We
went down 03 before we locked in. It's
fine. It was actually a good showing for
the new racket, though. I mean, it
seemed pretty strong. [music] Am I going
to lose points? Ah, just a few. I'm
still top 2,000 in the world. There is
not 2,000 players in this game. Uh, they
I I lost one match, so they demoted me
to another A minus player. I don't even
know what racket he's using. He's taking
his time, too. He's thinking about it.
Oh, get that [ __ ] out of here. Oh,
>> what? He hit the ball so hard [laughter]
it actually blew right by me. Damn. My
my serves are ass today.
All right, we're just going to pop that
up. He might go crazy with it.
All right, we have to lob that again.
Drop it. Oh, what a drop. Oh my god, he
was You could see it in his character's
eyes. He did not expect that. I I wanted
to watch that replay.
And wait.
Oh, let's go. Return that.
I'm right there. I'm right there.
I'm on the net. I'm playing net. I'm
playing. Get that [ __ ] out of here.
The fact that he actually defended that
is insane. All right, bro. Enough.
Enough. Enough. Enough. We just got We
had to use our superpower to stop it.
All right, we have the black hole. The
only problem is it is pretty high up on
the court. I think we just lobbed to it.
Oh my god, this
OP ass racket, man. It's too much. I
actually don't know if it's OP. It used
to be pretty good.
Okay, star shot. Okay, we're playing it
too much.
Oh no, Petey, why? You didn't need to
dive for that. We're We've got that.
[music] We've got good reach. Oh, that's
a good serve, though.
Okay.
Oh my god. See, look. Look. And I slip.
And I slip. Come on, man. Come on,
Petey. We're down two. We've had where
Oh, give me the ace, though.
I'm hitting it right to him. I'm
committing tennis as cardinal sin. Get
that [ __ ] out of here. Bam. Oh, that
feels so good. Oh, that feels so good. A
star shot. It just is beautiful. Oh my
god. Black hole one. We could We can
afford to just use another super, by the
way, on taunting.
That's two black holes.
Oh, he's literally lost. He's lost in
space.
Um, why did I
why did I lose that point? I've got to
be trolling. Okay, another another serve
from Yoshi here.
I'm going to hit same side every time.
It's going right every time. Lob left.
Hell no. What's the mix? What's the mix,
Yoshi? What's the mix? All right, come
on. We need to get at least one more
point while this is up.
That's a late serve, but that might
actually
Oh, bad bad lob. Bad l
Oh, what a miss. He was so afraid he
went early. I saw him get up off his
feet. If you reach, I teach.
Oh, that should be an ace every time.
Oh, he got wor. He got the black hole.
Got him at the very end. We have a
chance to put the game away. A seventh
point for the match. I'm going to hit
him with a drop first. Drop to his
right. I'm going hit him with a lob. I
played him I played him down the middle.
Ah. Okay. Okay. We're We're going
deuces. We're going deuces. That's fine.
It's been an even match. I'm hit him
with a drop first. Drop to his dominant
side. I'mma punish. He reaches. I teach.
He can't get back. He can't get back.
We're up advantage. We're up advantage.
We each used our special ability. The
only thing is mine actually stays on the
board with a chance to put him away with
the serve. I'm going to get in close.
I'm going to get in close. Ah, that's a
bad serve. That's a new move.
Get back to that black hole. OH.
[screaming]
OH my god. Yoshi. I didn't mean to kill
him. I didn't know it was going to take
him into the black hole, dude. No other
racket's done that before. [laughter]
Oh my god. At the end of the day, it's
just tennis. Actually, now that I'm
looking at my world ranking going up, I
think I had to kill him.
Oh, dude. I was AFK. Puffy. Come on,
man. I was AFK. You can't do that.
Oh, he actually took advantage. He took
me for a fool. I was AFK, man. How do
you know I didn't have like an emergency
come up? Get that out of here. Pop shot.
Changing Chan players do have a certain
way of breathing out of their mouth. If
I if I I got this game three back on.
I'm already pissed.
Oh, that's that's just over. That's amaz
That's a 50/50. True. Right down the
middle. Star shot. He's never going to
get All right, let's get in close.
Get in close. I've learned some things
about tennis now. Now I know it's kind
of meta to be in the up. Oh, we saved
it. Go, go, go, go, go. Don't let HIM
RETURN THAT. OH, [screaming]
PEY, NO. OH, GOD. WOW, that is terrible.
Oh, god.
This is really bad, guys.
I can't I can't I can't play the game. I
I literally can't play the game. I've
got the Bermuda Triangle of Electricity.
I had a black hole on my screen. I
actually just I had to lob it up. Can we
get a Get a lob. Get a lob.
I should have I should have drop shot at
that. Return fire. Get that [ __ ] out of
here. Oh my god, that felt good. That
felt good. Okay, we've got one thing
established on this thing. Get in close.
Get in close. Beautiful serve. If it
wasn't the worst serve you've ever Oh,
he gave me one. Never mind, Puffy.
You're actually a good friend for that.
That would
Oh my god. him that I did him with an
ace. [laughter] He was a good friend
until I killed him for no reason.
Oh, that's that's just weak.
No. No. That is tremendously bad. It was
a decent return on his part. You know,
I'm not going to Okay, you want to just
play it to that one side, huh? So,
you're just going to play it to that one
side, man. I'm going to die. My health
bar is actually going low. I'm going to
end up like Yoshi if I'm not careful.
Okay. Of course, he's trying to play
this stupid line [ __ ] I'm still going
to get the point, man. That's the thing
is he's underestimating. He's playing
the most obvious. All right, let's get
out. Let's get out. This one's just a
mix.
Bob it.
Oh, I should have just smacked it. I
thought he was going to drop shot. All
right, we got to get one. We got to take
him back one.
Oh, no. You got to be joking. You got
Why did Petey hit that ball like a
little [ __ ] It was such an easy
return. I could return that in real life
and that says so because I suck. No,
don't take my points away, please. Oh,
where you where you going? Where you
going? You're not going to catch me off
guard like the last guy. Come on. Come
on. Come on. Show me what's up. Show me
what's up. Show me what's up. Ref, can
you please give this guy a timer penalty
or something? Like, what is this?
Oh my god. I got to play that. Hello.
All right. This guy's ass. This guy
literally doesn't know tennis. I hate to
say it. Drop shot. Oh, bring him in low
so I can take him high.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa.
I'm right there.
I reset it.
I'm still there. I'm still there.
I'm still there. I'm not there anymore.
Yeah, that's that's going to go. That's
going to go. All right. Can we please
get an ace? Damn.
Okay, so he he does have his metal box.
He's He might be afraid of the black
hole like Oh,
how did he hit it so close to the net?
This is a really bad start. Also, I
don't think we're going to get the
galaxy court in ranked, huh? Kind of. Oh
my god, I deserve to lose. Yep. He
didn't even You know what? I'm just glad
he used this power up. He didn't have to
do that. Can Can I serve at some point
this year?
Oh,
Yoshi, what are you doing, man? Okay, my
serve. Oh,
it's like what good is a serve when
you're going to play it like that, man?
Pop it over his head.
Embarrassing, bro.
That was actually very D. I don't know
why PD took forever to hit that. All
right, we need an ace. We need Look at
him. Are you taunting me? Ah, yeah, you
actually were right to do that.
I'm I'll match your I'll match your
energy.
Let's go. All I had to do was make
contact. Oh my. That is a That is a
deadly black hole. Don't believe me?
Watch the play.
I'm I'm going to send it back to him.
And then he Oh, goodbye Yoshi. Another
victim. And guys, it just so happened to
be a Yoshi. Okay, it just so happened to
be Yoshi. It started Wait, what?
Recovering in 10, but why is he still
playing? His ass is not recovering.
Oh no, it's getting Oh, they're going to
they're going to have to get guards out.
Somebody's got to cool down the players.
It's getting disrespectful.
And I could have ended him with an ace.
Oh god. Obvious. Okay, I can't get
there. Wait, I can get there. Play it to
the side of the black hole. He got He
suck sucked in. Drop it to the black
hole. It's over. Oh no, he got worked.
The new black hole racket just did him
in 73. An embarrassing stat line if I've
ever seen one. That was also just
disrespectful. I killed him and got a
body shot. Like that was a bad set for
him. I'm going to try. Can I play the
new mode? You guys think Dorian would
let me join? I'm just going to join.
Maybe they're doing the new special
rules. Hi guys. Oh, you're both Dorian.
Well, nice to meet you. I'm Doya. Um,
can we play the new Galaxy court
>> later? Oh my god, I found a lobby and
they actually did start it. Bro, are
they going to hate me if I play Pey or
is that fine? I I don't know, guys. Am I
supposed to not be sweating, guys? I
want to use the new racket. Is that
cool? Oh, I'm so happy I made new
friends. All right, we're finally here.
Wow, the stage looks beautiful, dude.
It's taking me right back to 2008, that
Nintendo Wii.
Oh my god, I'm in a I'm in a bot lobby.
[laughter] I'm sorry, guys. I didn't
know. I'm not actually used to playing
doubles. I I play it very rarely. Drop
shot. Oh [ __ ] I'm sorry, Toad. Toad,
get there. It's weird. I actually have
to trust the team. I'm so Oh my god, I
feel actually embarrassed now. I played
that horribly. I came way over to the
right side. I'm supposed to just play in
my zone. No. Hell no. Oh god. Toad, I'm
sorry. Black hole is on is on board.
Toad, you got to get there. Nice, Toad.
I'm right there with you. What a shot,
buddy. What a shot. Let's go, Toad. All
right, I'll receive. Let me put it back
in play. Oh, Daisy is getting just 100%.
I got you. I got Toad. Stick to your
side, man. Now I got to Now I got to
play with a black hole on my I'm getting
Toad. I would have been so mad.
I didn't think Oh, good [ __ ] Toad. I'm
getting sucked.
Oh god, the black holes are actually
pulling me everywhere. Rejected.
Rejected. Oh, I'm doing everything.
Toad's not even getting the touch. He's
not getting the touch he wants. Daisy
does have both of our fever shots
available, though. That could be an
issue. I'm going to let Toad play a
little bit. I'm going to play my side.
I'm going to pop it up to Mario. He
seems like the weak player. Oh, Daisy's
going for body shots. Now I got to
return fire. Daisy dives. Mario looking
for something. He's not going to find it
on my side. And Daisy gets blown by.
Match one goes to me and Toad. Oh, they
even have star bits. They had those last
time. Am I just blind? Oh wow. The match
continues the effects from last match.
Oh no. Oh no, guys. Oh, this is just
horrible for them.
Mario, you have to wait for Daisy to Oh
god, Daisy.
Toad, get back. Get back. Get back. We
are not losing to one guy. No, I refuse
it. I refuse it. Get back. Get back,
Mario. Get out. All right. Good night.
Oh, what's the matter, Daisy? Were you
dead for 10 seconds? Wanted to come back
in the game, huh? Sit that one out.
Daisy still I think Daisy doesn't know
what fever shots are. Oh god. Gonna be
honest, that's on you, Toad. He played
it to your side. Can this ice please go
away? I can't Toad. Thank you. I can't
play like this.
Great. Also, why does the ice take away
my HP? I'm like on death's door right
now.
OH
GOD.
Oh no. Break point. And Toad's all
alone. If he does this, I'm gonna name
my firstborn son Toad. Lobbit. You got
to lob it. Buy some time. I'll win the
match if you buy time. He's fight. No.
Toad. Toad. Uh-oh. Wait. Why did this
get sweaty all of a sudden? Come on,
Toad. We got this. I shouldn't have
died. I shouldn't have died. They caught
me off guard. Get that out. Play your
game, Toad. Play your game. Play your
game. I got it. I got it. I do. I do. I
dove.
Oh god. Toad, I'm so sorry.
No,
I'm failing the team. I'm trying to be a
hero. I'm trying to be a hero. I I need
to just play tennis. I need to play the
beautiful sport that is tennis. I need
to remember my fundamentals.
Toad, what is that positioning, man? She
can't play it that close. Okay, get in
close. I need an ace. No.
Oh god. Cover both sides. What a lob.
What a lob.
Toad, don't mess up my timing. Stick to
your stick to your side, buddy.
Oh, how do you let that be a body shot?
You had so much time to react. Okay,
we're down three now. Toad, what?
I'm not losing to this. I'm not losing
to I'm not losing to this. This isn't
real. This isn't real. This isn't real.
Return it.
Beautiful draw. Come on. Like I said,
I'm not losing to these scrubs. Get an
ace.
Hey, that's over my head. You got to go.
You
>> Toad, you are actually disappointed the
[ __ ] out of me, buddy.
Oh god.
And you [ __ ] die. You die as we're
about to get 71. I don't care what it
takes. I will onev2 if I have to.
[snorts]
>> All right.
I'm thinking about disconnecting, too,
man. [ __ ]
Hey, Toad, are you AFK, buddy? You AFK,
buddy? Like, uh, is that is that what
we're going to do?
>> We get a Toad, get on your side. Oh my
god, he's actually useless.
Oh my god, he's actually ruining
everything.
I I stayed even though we switched
course cuz I wanted to run back so bad.
And now I'm I'm drowning in your mud.
This is unreal. Oh, wow. Hey. Hey, wait
a minute. Wait a minute. Hold on. That's
my guy. That's my guy.
I'm still in the mud. I'm still in the
mud. Pop shot.
I'm sorry. Real realistically though,
your mud is actually ruining my life.
I'm going to play so close to net. It's
Oh my god.
I did not hit it over there, Toad. You
got to believe me. Come on, Toad. Don't
fake me out. Don't fake me out, buddy.
Don't fake me out. God damn it. Oh,
I'm going to break my controller. I'm
going to break my headset. I'm going to
I'm going to break something.
Oh, yes. That's how you get back. That's
how you get back. [ __ ] yeah. Put it
there, Toad.
These videos are always just not like
it's just competitive. It's No, you dare
try to hit me. I will put
I mean, Toad is just playing the he's
playing doubles meta like incorrect.
Okay.
Okay. That was actually me. And then you
just starshot it. You just starshot it.
That's right. That's right. You played
that one, right? Let's go. Oh my god.
The connection is horrible right now.
Doesn't matter. Connection doesn't
matter. What matters is winning. Let's
go. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. These
guys are trash. They've always been
trash.
I can't get that. If they even dare hit
it back, it's going over their heads. Oh
my gosh. I'm going left. You got to
starshot that.
Where's he going? I Oh, that was a bad
hit.
I think both me and Toad used abilities
and both of them ended up on our side.
Toad died. Oh no. No, he's not dead. I'm
going to die. I'm going to die.
Wobb it over, Daisy.
Oh my god, these guys are trash. We
actually took advantage. I'm I'm one HP.
Hey, one HP. It does mean that we're
playing at a very real disadvantage. Lob
it. I can't hit that. I didn't even want
to try. I I can't play that. I'm sorry.
I can't I can't I can't. It's deuce.
It's deuce. I'm I'm so dead.
Lobbit. Lob it. I'm just I'm keeping
Daisy out of the meta right now.
That's you, Toad. Oh no. Lobbit. Lobbit.
See, I tried to keep her out the whole
game, but she's just hugging the wall
and mashing.
Oh god, you have to get that.
What happened? I died. No.
Lob it. Play it slow. Play it slow. Play
it slow. Play it slow.
>> I'm leaving the lobby.
I'm getting the hell out of here. I'm
not playing that [ __ ] again. Wait, did
my teammate also leave? I know he blames
me. I blame him for the record. Man, it
kind of sucks that I can only do the
actual mode by myself. I just have to I
just have to play against a bot. That's
embarrassing. All right, I'll play Diddy
Kong. No, wait. I'll play Mario, bro.
It's Mario Galaxy at the end of the day.
Wa! Wait, this looks sick. Wait, this is
so cool. How come the actual thing
doesn't So, can I hit these meteorites?
Let's see. I can't I can't hit them with
anything. Oh my god, this broken curve
shot. I just want to see everything the
update has to offer. Oh, weird bounce.
Hey, and I spawn a black hole because of
it. That's all right. See, this is what
the online matches should be. Bounce it
over. Oh sh Oh god. Oh god. Oh god. Oh
god. Oh god.
I I need to hit that one.
How did I miss that? All right, let's
see. No, I want to hit one of these fire
ones. I I can't do it.
I can't do it.
Go back left corner.
>> Oh, wait a minute. Wait a minute. I
didn't know about this. I didn't watch
the whole trailer. Cosmic helpers have
appeared. Okay.
Oh, it's Shadow Mario. Yo, help me out.
Help me. Help me. Oh, never mind. Yeah,
I'm I'm good. He disappeared. All right.
Pretty cool mode. Pretty cool mode. I
guess I'll just go back to rank, though.
I mean, realistically, I'm not going to
sit here and play this mode with a bot.
No disrespect to Roselina, of course. I
mean, you have a wonderful home here.
Oh, d Wait, hold on. Have they always
had a
Now I'm just forgetting. Have we always
had a Mario Wonder court? I don't
remember this court either. Did I miss
another free update? [laughter]
Oh god. All right. See, this is the
Roselina I remember, bro. This This is
how Rosalas are supposed to play. Just
really annoying. Oh god. Now I have to
play against my own black hole,
of course. Goodbye, Roselina. Enjoy your
free play.
Jeez.
Oh. Oh my god. Where's it going? I'm
right in your face. I'm right there. I
should have lobbed it. I should have
lobbed it. I'm so ass again. I'm I'm I
made my Ah, that black hole ruined my
life. I'm glad I chose the black hole
racket, man. It It It's so strong and I
love using it against myself. It just
makes the game so much fun. I definitely
lobed that. And how is this black hole
still here? I'm going to die again. I
should have just died. I have no HP. I
should I literally should have just died
and given up point.
Great. Great.
Oh, [laughter]
yes.
Yes, dude. Yes. I love dying to my own
black hole 70 times. Yes, I do. How did
you know? I love it. Lobbed it. Thank
you. Finally, I'm playing correct. Prop
shot.
Oh, no. No. No. No. [music] No.
>> I hate this game. [laughter] I think I'm
I think I'm washed. When you find out
you're goat washed, bro. Like, I think
I'm I I think I'm washed. I think I'm
washed. I think I I'm so washed. It's
insane, bro. I don't even know what to
say. I I just I I give up. I actually
have to give up after that cuz that
that's just embarrassing, bro. That's
embarrassing. I came on. Haha, I can't
wait to play the haha funny update.
Yeah, new update. Galaxy update. They
washed. I'm washed. All right, it's it's
over.