This. Alienating your core fanbase can be fatal, as Sega found out the hard way. The Wii U's player base may be small, but it comprises the most faithful Nintendo loyalists, who have stuck with them brough thick and thin. If Nintendo loses them, they'll have no audience left at all. 

and the absence of motion controls makes it even worse for me, are they even targeting their audience or what?

Is the definition of MEH made videogame.

You cannot say that is bad because the mechanics look as efective as previous Mario Tennis, but is so shallow and unexciting that is criminal. Dissapointed. I wasn't very interested on it on the first place but this and Crapmiibo Festival shows the worst face of Nintendo and I hope they don't repeat this.

A shame because the basic gameplay and visuals have been well received. With a decent amount of game modes and options this game would'be 75+, waste of potential. Might eventually pick it up if the price is right because (local) multiplayer will still be good.

I guess this game is a demonstration of why Nintendo did the right thing in delaying Star Fox and Zelda. Clearly this game should also have been delayed, but they didn't want to leave a barren holiday season even more barren. It's just a real shame because the backbone of a great Mario Tennis game is there, but the feature set is woefully lacking.

And though I don't religiously follow Metascores, I find them to be a very good indication, particularly when it comes to games that I'm on the fence about.

Yep, Nintendo are stuck between a rock and a hard place right now. Attempting to transition onto both NX and mobile while still putting out some kind of support for 3DS and Wii U. This and Amiibo Festival screamed "filler" when they were revealed at E3, and it's a huge shame given the core mechanics of Mario Tennis are still great judging by reviews, that there's so little on top of that. Recycled animations, lack of content and polish is not what you expect from a Nintendo published title. 

Hopefully the delays will do Star Fox and Zelda a world of good, and I do think, given Atlus and Intelligent Systems' pedigree, FExSMT could be quite good, but at least one of these late 2015 games should have been scrapped and resources put elsewhere. Personally I could really do without Amiibo Festival. While Mario Tennis is certainly a rushed filler title, at least it's not a naked cash grab like Amiibo Festival. 

Look I agree with you. Seeing the options and modes that other racing games have these days puts mario kart to shame. 

Some genres get attacked for a short campaign or no campaign. Multiplayer only games are treated as criminal. Some games without multiplayer also a bad deal.

Few modes and bunch of recycled tracks in Mario Kart though. Perfect score!

I think its the 4 player split screens. Little content is okay eith more screens.

Same thing with Smash Bros. Lots of players, little depth or value, great scores.

I think they have great gameplay though. It just seems they lack what is expected of most games.

And now we're in disagreance lol.

Smash is the opposite end of the spectrum when it comes to things to do. As I said earlier it should be the template for Nitnendos other games