Mario Sports Mix

Mario Sports Mix is a Mario sports game for the Wii, featuring Mario and company competing in hockey, basketball, dodgeball, and volleyball. This game was developed by Square Enix, who also developed Mario Hoops 3-on-3.

Gameplay
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 in Mario Hoops 3-on-3. The coins that the players gather will be added up to the score. Also in this sport, there's a shot clock on the bottom-left hand corner of the screen so the characters can shoot within the time limit.

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 will also have the ? Panels on the floor that gives the players items or coins that will increase the score. Also, the puck is a coin.

Dodgeball
Dodgeball will be played by throwing a ball (most of the time). There will be 2 teams of 2 or 3 and a colored Yoshi (red and blue, according to which team they are on) on their team. Players will have HP and lose a portion when they get hit, except for the colored Yoshi. The colored Yoshi can never be "knocked out", but can not ever leave the box at the back of the court. Players can not control the Yoshis unless they encounter the ball, which is all they will ever try to do. If a Player loses all their HP, they can sent the Yoshi of their team into the box. However, unlike the Yoshis in the box they can leave if they hit someone. If they manage this they get a small portion of health back and can move freely again. Items can be used to hinder the opposing teams and make them lose their vitality.

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.

Characters
There are 19 playable characters. All are categorized by 5 groups: All Around, Technique, Speed, Power, and Tricky.

The Final Fantasy characters from Mario Hoops 3-on-3 make a return in this game. Additionally, the Dragon Quest character Slime will make an appearance, previously in Itadaki Street DS.

All Around

 * Mario
 * Luigi
 * Yoshi
 * Ninja
 * Mii

Technique

 * Peach
 * Daisy
 * Waluigi
 * White Mage

Speed

 * Toad
 * Diddy Kong
 * Bowser Jr.

Power

 * Wario
 * Donkey Kong
 * Bowser

Tricky

 * Black Mage
 * Moogle
 * Cactuar
 * Slime

Non-Playable

 * Red Yoshi
 * Blue Yoshi
 * Yellow Yoshi
 * Pink Yoshi
 * Cyan Yoshi

Locations
There will be 14 locations all together.

Items
As in most Mario games, there are items available during the gameplay of Mario Sports Mix. These items are available by touching the various ? Panels.
 * Green Shell
 * Red Shell
 * Banana Peel
 * Mini Mushroom
 * Super Star
 * Bob-omb
 * Coin

Party Games

 * Feed Petey
 * Harmony Hustle
 * Bob-omb Dodge
 * Smash Skate