Mario Sports Mix — The game plays a lot like past Mario sports games, with features such as powerful special moves and over-the-top arcade gameplay, including the use of a "coin buyback system" that allows players to collect coins that are immediately spent to add extra points. to the next goal they score. Both cooperative and competitive local multiplayer modes are featured: depending on the sport, 2 players (2v2) or 3 players (3v3) can play co-op multiplayer, and 4 players (2v2) can play. competitive multiplayer in 2 teams of 2 people.