Review Information
Game Reviewed Mario Pong, by RetroMarioFan1985
Review Author Cruise Elroy
Created Sep 29 2016, 10:57 PM

General Commentary and Game Overview
Settle down, settle down! Put down your pitch forks for a sec. I know it's my job to make sure boring games like these don't get through, but it seems as though this game got accepted while I was on a holiday. I mean...how could any of the Quality Control see any good in this game? It's boring and repetitive. On behalf of the Quality Control team, I would like to apologize to anyone that had the misfortune to download this game.

...where do I even start?
 
Pros I actually can't think of anything positive to say for this game. There's...nothing.
 
Cons - Bland, repetitive gameplay
- A carbon copy of pong
- Overused SMB3 graphics AGAIN
- Uninteresting soundtrack
- Nothing that makes this special compared to standard pong
 
Impressions
Gameplay
1 / 10
You use a paddle to hit a ball back and forth to score points. That's it. It's literally just a clone of pong but with Mario. I mean, couldn't the creator have spiced it up in some way? Perhaps he could have had fireballs to dodge? Or maybe prevent your movement being restricted to only moving up and down? There really isn't anything to do. I got a score of up to 20 to make sure I wasn't missing out on anything, but there's not a single thing that separates this from your standard pong clone. It's hard to talk about anything that hasn't been said before.
 
Graphics
1 / 10
Oh look here, more SMB3 graphics! Boy, do people ever get tired of these already? I mean, all the Hello clones haven't been doing the graphical style many favors, but couldn't they have picked something else? Anything else? They're just a bore to look at and, once again, doesn't separate it from other games.
 
Sound
1 / 10
One track that loops over and over and a grand total of 3 sound effects. Pass.
 
Replay
2 / 10
I know I'm going to sound really weird saying this, but...it's really worth checking out. It's one of those "see it to believe it" games. You'd be surprised by how bland and unoriginal it is; this may just be the most uninspired fan game to hit MFGG in modern times.

I can't recommend playing it more than once, however. One time is enough for me.
 
Final Words
1 / 10
This is beyond basic. It's just pong, and that's it. No special features, no cool powerups, no minor changes to the game, nothing. I would advise playing something much more worth your time, like Abducted Toad.

Comments
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SMBXfan
Sep 29 2016, 11:13 PM
Not just pong, I beat it.
 
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Friendly Dictator
Oct 1 2016, 12:41 AM
Quote (SMBXfan on Sep 29 2016, 7:13 PM)
Not just pong, I beat it.

thats weird because it is just pong
maybe there's something wrong with your computer?
 
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SMBXfan
Oct 1 2016, 2:19 AM
Quote (Friendly Dictator on Oct 1 2016, 1:41 AM)
thats weird because it is just pong
maybe there's something wrong with your computer?

No way, I had a totally different experience. In fact, I thought this review was a small joke because the game changes over the playthrough. (One thing wrong was that the game ended in a error message.)

EDIT: I WILL NOT TRY TO TELL A LIE!
 
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Simpson55
Oct 1 2016, 8:53 AM
Yeah you forgot about the scene where luigi tries to kill mario.
 
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SMBXfan
Oct 12 2016, 3:50 AM
I've written a simple review of this game. Spoiler alert.

P.S. Nice joke, Blutorus.
 
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