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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.