{"id":135936,"date":"2026-02-04T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-197051"},"modified":"2026-02-04T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T18:00:00","slug":"this-mario-tennis-fever-ad-is-giving-us-big-nintendo-wii-vibes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/02\/04\/this-mario-tennis-fever-ad-is-giving-us-big-nintendo-wii-vibes\/","title":{"rendered":"This Mario Tennis Fever Ad Is Giving Us Big Nintendo Wii Vibes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/73d11f01fd214\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/73d11f01fd214\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/73d11f01fd214\/large.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"MoSMYLZ5LCg\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MoSMYLZ5LCg?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\">\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Nintendo is gearing up for its next Switch 2 release of the year in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/mario-tennis-fever\">Mario Tennis Fever<\/a>, which will serve up tons of multiplayer fun and expensive adventure mode on <strong>12th February 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>So, it&#8217;s no surprise we&#8217;ve got a brand new commercial to prepare us for some time on the courts with our friends and family. But it&#8217;s also reminding us of days long gone by, when Wiimotes were in every household and playing a few rounds of golf or bowling with your mum or grandma was a once a week affair rather than just a holiday thing.<\/p>\n<p>As you&#8217;d expect, Mario Tennis Fever is going all-in on showing off the multiplayer side, but in a way that very much harks back to the Wii. At least, it does to us. A slice of a motion-controlled match between the kids, the family serving up family goodness on the sofa? Oh, and do we spy the purple and green Joy-Con 2 in there, as well?<\/p>\n<p>There are a few snippets of gameplay in there, too \u2014 some of the Fever Racket skills, the Wonder Flower, different types of nets \u2014 but ultimately, Nintendo is clearly pushing the family-friendly and Wii-era of multiplayer here.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/previews\/round-up-the-final-previews-are-in-for-mario-tennis-fever\">Previews for Mario Tennis Fever dropped yesterday<\/a> from a number of outlets, and we also got a little bit of time with the game on Switch 2. And things are looking pretty positive so far. Game, set, match, then? We&#8217;ll have to wait just over a week to get our hands on the racket.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><em>Looking forward to Mario Tennis Fever? Let us know in the comments<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:196981,196024 @ 1770281485 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] Nintendo is gearing up for its next Switch 2 release of the year in Mario Tennis Fever, which will serve up tons of multiplayer fun and expensive adventure mode on 12th February 2026. So, it&#8217;s no surprise we&#8217;ve got a brand new commercial to prepare us for some time on the courts with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135936\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}