Mario Sports Mix

Mario Sports Mix is an upcoming Mario sports game for the Wii, featuring Mario and company competing in hockey, basketball, dodgeball, and volleyball.

Gameplay
As in other Mario sports games, there will be special signature moves. There will be cooperative play, as well as versus. Cooperative play will be up to three players, while competitive will be up to four players. A Wii Remote and Nunchuk control style has been revealed so far as a control scheme of the game. Players will be able to perform actions through moving the Wii Remote, such as jumping or hitting a volleyball.

Basketball
It will be played in a similar way as Mario Hoops 3-on-3. The coins that the players gather will be added up to the score.

Volleyball
As in Mario Hoops 3-on-3, there will be ? panels in the floor, which will give items to the players who step on them. The coin system will also be the same.

Ice Hockey
Like the other sports, Hockey also had the ? panels on the floor that gives the players items. Also, the puck is a coin.

Dodgeball
Dodgeball will be played by throwing balls, with 2 teams of 3 and colored Yoshis representing a team as seen in the E3 video. Players will have 4 sections of HP and lose a section when they get hit. As shown in screenshots, items can be used to hinder the opposing teams and make them lose their vitality.

Playable
The Japanese website confirmed that there will be 19 playable characters in total.
 * Mario (all around)
 * Luigi (all around)
 * Peach (technique)
 * Daisy (technique)
 * Yoshi (all around)
 * Toad (speed)
 * Wario (power)
 * Waluigi (technique)
 * Donkey Kong (power)
 * Diddy Kong (speed)
 * Bowser (power)
 * Bowser Jr. (speed)

Non-Playable

 * Shy Guy
 * Blue Shy Guy
 * Koopa Troopa
 * Lakitu
 * Pianta
 * Toads
 * Yoshis
 * Birdos
 * Boos
 * Miis

Confirmed Locations

 * DK Dock
 * Bowser Jr. Blvd.
 * Koopa Troopa Beach
 * Bowser's Castle
 * Mario Stadium
 * Peach's Castle
 * Luigi's Mansion

Items
As in most Mario games, there will be items here. The confirmed ones are:
 * Green Shell
 * Red Shell
 * Banana
 * Mini Mushroom - This mushroom will shrink the ball
 * Bob-omb
 * Blue Egg

Special Abilities
As in Mario Hoops 3-on-3, this game is shown to make use of character specific abilities. These abilities would allow the characters to unleash a powerful move in the variety of sports in the game. When used, they will completely change the gameplay of the sports. Each special ability will be unique to each character and these moves tend to vary from the sport that the player is playing.