Mario Sports Mix

Mario Sports Mix
Developer(s)	Square Enix, Nintendo SPD Group No.4
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Series	Mario Sports
Platform(s)	Wii
Release date(s)	JP November 25, 2010 NA February 7, 2011 EU January 28, 2011 AUS January 27, 2011
Genre(s)	Sports, Volleyball, Hockey, Basketball, Dodgeball, Field hockey
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer (4), Online (4), Co-op (4)
Input methods	Wii Remote + Nunchuk
Compatibility	4 Playable
GameIDs	RMKE01, RMKP01, RMKJ01
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia

Mario Sports Mix is a sports video game developed by Square Enix for Wii video game console. It features volleyball, both field hockey and ice hockey, dodgeball, and street basketball, but typical Mario sports styling, such as power ups, special moves, and arcade-style gameplay. The game features mostly characters and locations from the Mario series with a few guest appearances by characters from Square Enix's Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest series of games. Players can also opt to play as one of their Mii characters.

Problems

D3D12 + SSAA Crash

When using the D3D12 Graphics Backend with the SSAA enhancement enabled, the game will crash when loading any sport. In order to prevent this, either disable SSAA, or change to a different graphics backend.

Enhancements

Anti-Aliasing

Using anti-aliasing causes problems with shadow transparency.

HD Texture Pack

Mario Sports Mix HD Texture Pack by 1vierock

Configuration

Only configuration options for the best compatibility where they deviate from defaults are listed.

Graphics

Config	Setting	Notes
Anti-Aliasing	None	Enables shadows cast over courts to have the correct transparency values

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with Mario Sports Mix since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

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2.0 (r5384)

Compatibility can be assumed to align with the indicated revisions. However, compatibility may extend to prior revisions or compatibility gaps may exist within ranges indicated as compatible due to limited testing. Please update as appropriate.

Testing

This title has been tested on the environments listed below:

Test Entries
Revision	OS	CPU	GPU	Result	Tester
3.0-735	Windows 7	Intel Core i7-2700K @ 3.5 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580	Menus invisible with DirectX 9. Stuttering and significant FPS loss with LLE enabled. Perfect with DirectX 11 and HLE.	Drezus
3.5-1070	Windows 7	Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.1 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650	60FPS constant with DX11 and HLE. Good on 3x Native, probably could do 4x with these specs. DX9 still has invisible textures.	tommyB
5.0-16517	Windows 10	AMD 5950x	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070	Game plays absolutely perfectly. Used Emulated Wii Remote with a Real Wii Remote over Emulated Controller. Single Core was used, though this game does not appear to be dual core sensitive.	JMC4789

Gameplay Videos

Dolphin Emulator 4.0.1 - Mario Sports Mix (1080p HD) - Nintendo Wii

Dolphin 720p - Mario Sports Mix Hockey Gameplay

Dolphin 720p - Mario Sports Mix Basketball Gameplay