Nintendo DS Media | Mario Hoops 3 on 3

Mario Hoops makes all your favourite Mushroom Kingdom residents available for some blazing basketball action on your DS, current playable celebrities include Wario, Luigi, Yoshi, Bowser, Princess Peach, Koopa and of course the main man himself; Mario! Players can create their teams from three of the available characters (the final roster of which has yet to be announced) and pit them against either a CPU controller opponent or some friends using up to four DS' and their wireless communication functions.

What separates this title from other sports titles (apart from it being developed by Square Enix of course) is it's use of touch screen for control input. Most aspects of the game, including basic actions like passing and shooting are performed by tapping and slashing away at the touch screen. We haven't got much in the way of Hands-on reports for the title just yet, but the whole system sounds impeccable to us, provided all goes to plan that is.

Mario Hoops will be making its way into stores later this year in the US, September to be exact, but in the meantime be sure to check out the new screenshots below. Stick with C3 for more updates soon!