What is Mario Hoops 3-on-3?
{{italictitle}} '''''Mario Slam Basketball''''' (Mario Hoops: 3-On-3 in America and Mario Basket 3-On-3 in Japan) is a [[Sport|sports]] [[video game]] developed by [[Square Enix]] and published by [[Nintendo]], released for the [[Nintendo DS]] in 2006. (2007 in European countries.) As Square developed the game, Several [[Final Fantasy]] characters are playable alongside [[Super Mario|Mario]] characters. The gameplay is based around three versus three [[basketball]] matches, with items, similar to the ones in [[Mario Kart]]. Alongside regular matches, there is a [[tournament]] mode where multiple matches are played one after another, with rewards such as new characters, balls, and costumes. The game was rereleased for the [[Wii U]] in 2016. [[Category:2006 video games]] [[Category:Mario sports games]] [[Category:Final Fantasy games]] [[Category:Square Enix games]] [[Category:Basketball video games]] [[Category:Crossover video games]] [[Category:Nintendo DS games]] [[Category:Video games developed in Japan]] [[Category:Virtual Console games]] [[Category:Virtual Console games for Wii U]] {{video-game-stub}}