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Mario Tennis Fever

Camelot Software Planning · Game · ESRB E · Feb 12, 2026

41Not yet

Skip it for now. It scores 41, well short of the 85 a Keeper needs. The weakest part is the critic score.

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Where the 41 comes from

Critics9/40

Critic score 76. A 70 earns nothing and a 98 earns all 40 points.

Audience7/20

Audience score 74. A 60 earns nothing and a 98 earns all 20 points.

Track record12/15

Camelot has made Mario tennis and golf games since the 1990s, and the series is steady rather than great.

Staying power13/25

Nintendo left it out of its May 2026 financial report, which lists only games past 1 million copies, so it had not reached that mark.

Scores used: Metacritic 76 (112 critics), user 7.4 (276 ratings). Numbers checked September 16, 2026. See the main source.

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