Talk:Special Shot

Split by game?

Granted, I haven't played any of these games aside from Mario Tennis Aces, but these different Special Shots seem to have different mechanics behind them, with the only major similarity being that they're special moves unique to each character in sports games, a trait they share with Power Shots from Mario Power Tennis, Star Skills from the baseball games, Super Strikes and Mega Strikes from the Strikers games, etc. With Mario Golf: Super Rush coming out in a month and it having its own version of Special Shots, I think it's best we decide this now. 18:41, May 26, 2021 (EDT)

I'm on the edge about this. Between Mario Hoops 3-on-3 and Mario Sports Mix, the Special Shot mechanic was simply carried over with minimal changes to accommodate the different controls and modes. Mario Tennis Aces adopts the volleyball and dodgeball iterations of the Special Shot from Mario Sports Mix, using a reticle to aim the ball to the other side of the field. Mario Golf: Super Rush has an inherent reticle-based aiming which allows Special Shots to be performed roughly like in the previous game. I think this is a case where a mechanic slowly evolved between games as opposed to seeing drastic changes that would normally warrant splitting this article. To address the subjects you brought up, Power Shots and Star Skills operate on different bases, as they can't be used to set a predetermined trajectory for the ball like with Special Shots, while Mega Strikes are named and countered differently. -- KOOPA CON CARNE 18:58, June 8, 2021 (EDT)