A new Mario Tennis Aces patch is inbound. Nintendo’s latest serving will (finally) nerf Bowser Jr. That’s not all, however. Mario Tennis patch 1.1.2 offers a number of fixes throughout the game. There’s a fair number of changes coming with the 1.1.2 patch, which goes live tomorrow, July 19th. We’ve outlined the main changes below, with a list of the full patch notes given. Aren’t we lovely?
Mario Tennis Aces Patch 1.1.2: Bowser Jr. Ain’t the Boss no More
Up to this point, Bowser Jr. has been almost impossible to play against in Mario Tennis Aces. His long reach and fast movement provide for unfair match-ups across the board. The new Mario Tennis patch will nerf him to some extent. Nintendo has “adjusted how fast Bowser Jr. can move when charging a shot and lowered the angle at which he hits the ball back.” Hopefully this means that Bowser Jr. won’t own every single court from tomorrow. What’s good is that Nintendo isn’t done with nerfing Bowser Jr. They “plan to adjust the balance of [Bowser Jr.] further in time for the August tournament.”
Mario Tennis Aces Patch 1.1.2: Other Changes
Every character is changing from tomorrow. The “range within which a character is able to return a ball” has been reduced, as well as “how much energy is used when doing a Trick Shot to hit a ball that goes behind them,” which has gone up. Trick Shot Spamming is no longer a viable a tactic, it seems. “The distance you can move and the scope between left and right ” is now shorter. Although Nintendo has “shortened the time it takes to successfully recover energy,” the amount of “energy used when a Trick Shot is late” has increased.
Mario Tennis Aces Patch 1.1.2: Full Patch Notes
These are all changes for the good, and should make for more interesting matches (especially when Bowser Jr. is playing). The rest of the 1.1.2 patch notes can be read below, whereas the full patch notes can be found here.
- “Other Changes
- Revised errors with text display.
- Notice about the Rating system in Online Tournament
- A ranking display based on Rating will be added to the ranking board starting with the August 2018 tournament.
Along with this change, the Rating will not be shown on the Total Points Ranking board. If you want to check your Ratings for July, please check the Tournament chart. - Your Rating will change on a monthly basis based on the results of the previous month’s play. (This will be reflected starting with the switch from July to August.)*Ratings of 2,000 or less -> Start at 2,000
*Ratings from 2,000-2,500 -> Same rating will be maintained
*Rating of 2,500 or more -> 1/10 of the value will be added to 2,500
*Value will be reset to 2,000 if the player did not play the previous month or if any questionable data is present”
- A ranking display based on Rating will be added to the ranking board starting with the August 2018 tournament.
To update Mario Tennis Aces to version 1.1.2, all you need to do is play Mario Tennis Aces tomorrow while connected to the internet. The update will download automatically.
