To be fair, the complaints go beyond difficulty spikes. The adventure mode is short and some found it repetitive, its RPG elements are very superficial (leveling etc), offline tournament mode is extremely limited (so single-player options in general are limited), local multiplayer is limited in terms of options & level-selection, local multiplayer utilises split-screen (which seems unnecessary in a tennis game), and, judging by the pre-tournament demo, the online performance is a bit sketchy - though to be fair a number of reviewers are with-holding final judgement until a day one patch comes through.

It sounds like the core mechanics are very strong and that the game is, broadly, a return to form for Camelot - but it also sounds like there are strange limitations and that, as a single-player experience, it's still shallow despite the addition of Adventure mode, so it's probably more akin to Arms and Splatoon (though Adventure mode can be done in 2-3 hours apparently) in that it's best enjoyed as a multiplayer title. I'm still getting but am a bit disappointed by the limited single-player content and confused by the possible limitations with local multiplayer, but these things could easily be changed if there's post-launch support beyond extra characters (it won't take much to add extra settings and options to offline tournaments and local multiplayer matches).

Almost 80, very good for a sport game... I haven't played Mario Tennis since GameCube, but my friends still like the newer versions, and GC was great fun.

http://www.metacritic.com/game/switch/mario-tennis-aces

it dropped to 78.

Sports games get good scores, just look at NBA2K. 

TheSixthAxisJun 20, 2018

70

Mario Tennis Aces looks and performs as well as anything you'd expect from the House of 'Tache, but its family friendly appearance disguises a brutally difficult single player experience that will surely alienate younger players. With a high skill threshold, it also loses out on the simple delights of pick up and play local multiplayer, but for those willing to put in the time and effort there's still enjoyment to be found in its surprisingly challenging, albeit embellished, take on the sport.

WTF? When did kids become snowflakes (or assumed to be by the reviewer) that don't like a challenge? When I was at that age, mastering a game was all I had on my mind. I am sure pretty much most on here would feel the same.

But 79 score is good score in any case espacily for sport game, and sports games usually don't get great scores highest rating PS4 sport game is 88 and NBA 2K18 have 80 meta score.

2K17 and 2K16 have scores in the high 80s. 

Point is sports game can get higher scores, depends on good they are. 

Y'all can't say Nintendo as a pass or Mario as one cause removing points because of difficulty is so stupid.
And some sites calling this a Ultra smash port. What the heck this is literally the opposite.

MTA getting robbed no :(

Nintendo hardware sells it's games just as much as Nintendo games sell it's hardware. It's this thing where, you buy a Switch in 2018 and you buy what? Mario, Zelda, oh and the latest game that recently came out, Kirby.

Games that have no buisness dominating sales charts do so on Nintendo consoles because it's a high selling console with very little choice in the way of major releases.

And 2K18 has 80.

Point is that sports games usualy dont have high scores, fact that highest rating PS4 sports game has score 88 prove my point.