Mario Power Tennis

Mario Power Tennis is a sports game for the Nintendo GameCube and Wii. It is the sequel of Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64. In this game, Mario and his various friends (and enemies) meet up to play a few rounds of tennis. Like previous Mario sports titles, all the playable characters have special Power Shots to make the game more interesting. Additionally, there are courts in the game that have special effects and events during the game. Also, there are special games for each court to play with.

The Game's Opening

Mario & Luigi celebrating their win against the Wario/Waluigi team.

The game's opening begins with Mario and Luigi playing a match against Wario and Waluigi. The Mario Bros. win the match, as Wario and Waluigi complain about their loss. The next day, Wario & Waluigi see a picture of the Mario/Luigi team on the "Peach Dome Tournament" board and are furious to see that their opponents have knocked them out of the running. Wario & Waluigi vandalize the Mario/Luigi team picture, but the Buckethead police catch them in the act and pursue a chase to arrest them. Wario & Waluigi run to Peach Tower and try to hide in what they think is a janitor's closet, but the closet has no floor, and the two fall into a training room. As Wario wonders, "What's this dump?", Bowser approaches them and offers an alliance to get revenge against the Mario Bros. After hours of training and seeing others playing their tennis matches, they carry out their plot to crash the "finals tournament" later that evening at the Peach Dome.

Wario & Waluigi attempting to get away from Bowser's falling airship loaded with a massive amount of Bob-Ombs.

As Mario and Luigi are about to play a match against Yoshi and Donkey Kong during that time, Bowser takes the picture of Yoshi and DK and replaces it with Wario and Waluigi. Bowser shows up behind the picture. Peach, Toadsworth, and all the attendees are baffled as to why Wario, Waluigi, and Bowser invaded the Peach Dome to crash the tournament without warning. But Wario and Waluigi wasted no time catapulting Bob-ombs at the Mario Bros. However, Mario & Luigi reflect the same Bob-Ombs back at them with their tennis rackets. Bowser launches a Bullet Bill from his airship at them, and Mario knocks it back with his racket, causing a giant explosion. This revealed that the airship had an enormous amount of Bob-Ombs, and everyone couldn't believe the painful result to come - especially Peach who noticed the "massive Bob-Omb explosion threat" firsthand.

Bowser's airship starts to descend out of control, and unfortunately has Wario and Waluigi in its crosshairs. Wario and Waluigi try to get out of the way, but to no avail. The airship crashes down and creates the massive explosion with Bowser, Wario, and Waluigi being the "victims", as a result of their Peach Dome invasion attempt completely foiled.

Additional Snapshots

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  Toadsworth and Peach presiding over the "finals tournament" at the Peach Dome.
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  Peach in major shock after seeing Bowser's "destroyed" airship containing a massive amount of Bob-Ombs.

Skill Types

• All Around: A character that is a little bit good in all categories.
• Speedy: A character that can get to the ball in time, but lacks raw strength.
• Power: A character that can hit the ball with great force, but lacks speed.
• Technique: A character that can place the ball on the corners of the net.
• Tricky: A character that can curve the ball, which can confuse the opponent on where it's going.
• Defense: A character that can easily hit the ball from any position.

Starting Participants

Character	Skill type	Offensive Power Shot	Defensive Power Shot
Mario	All Around	Iron Hammer	Spin Jump Return
Luigi	All Around	Squeaky Mallet	Poltergust Return
Peach	Technique	Super Peach Spin	Sweet Kiss Return
Daisy	Technique	Wonder Flower	Flowerbed Return
Wario	Power	Thunder Cast Shot	Ultra-Hand Return
Waluigi	Defense	Whirluigi	Swimming Return
Bowser	Power	Fire Breath	Spinning Shell Dash
Donkey Kong	Power	Barrel Cannon Blast	Boomerang Banana Return
Diddy Kong	Speedy	Acrobatic Banana	Barrel Jet
Yoshi	Speedy	Rainbow Flutter	Rolling Egg Return
Bowser Jr.	Tricky	Magic Paint	Rolling Brush Return
Koopa Troopa	Speedy	Water Bomb	Water Shell Dash
Boo	Tricky	Boo Blast	Boo Brigade Return
Shy Guy	Technique	Lightning Spear	Spear Dance Return

Unlockable Participants

Character	Skill type	Offensive Power Shot	Defensive Power Shot
Fly Guy	Tricky	Tornado Twist	Tornado Return
Paratroopa	Technique	Energy Ball	Sky Dive
Wiggler	Defense	Anger Management	Flutter Return
Petey Piranha	Power	Sludge Racket	Piranha Swingback

Audience

During the game, Toads, Piantas and Nokis are in the audience. During the intro, the crowd contains Piantas, Nokis, Birdos, Ukikis, Goombas, Paragoombas, Bumptys and Lakitus.

Courts

Name	Gimmick	Mini-Game	Availability
Peach Dome	None. A standard Court, with no gimmicks or add-ons whatsoever.	Artist On the Court	Default
Luigi's Mansion Court	Ghosts harass the players, slowing them down.	Terror Tennis	Default
Wario Factory Court	Conveyor belts either slow down or speed up a player.	Chain-Chomp Challenge	Default
Delfino Plaza Court	Piranha Plant's spit goop onto the field, slowing down a player.	Tic-Tac-Glow	Default
Gooper Blooper Court	Moving tiles make it easier to hit the water, thus, getting an out.	Gooper Blooper Volley	Default
DK Jungle Court	Klaptrap's cling onto players, slowing them down.	Balloon Panic	Unlockable
Bowser's Castle Court	Tilting stage, makes it difficult to hit the ball in the court.	Mecha-Bowser Mayhem	Unlockable
Mario Classic Court	Classic Mario Bros. enemies walk onto the court, blocking the players.	Coin Collectors	Unlockable

Game Modes

• Exhibition
• Tournament
• Minigames

New Play Control: Mario Power Tennis

Box art of the Wii version

A remake of the game for the Wii in the "New Play Control" selection has been announced. The game will make use of the Wii Remote. The game will not be like the one for the Nintendo GameCube because it will mostly use the Wii's controls. It will also be possible to view your screen in 16:9 widescreen mode unlike the GameCube version. This is yet the only New Play Control game that doesn't use the Nunchuck.

Trivia

• In the game's opening, Baby Mario and Baby Luigi can be seen in the crowd at the beginning. Additionally, on the tournament board, Toad and Toadette participate, though they are not playable in the game.
• This is the only Mario game so far that has blooper-reels in the credits. If the player wins the Star Cup or Thunder Cup, the player will see the first half of the Opening Movie as a blooper reel. If the player wins the Planet Cup, a second set of bloopers will continue where the last set left off.

Artwork

Character Artwork

• MarioMPT1.PNG

  Mario
• MarioMPT2.PNG

  Mario
• MarioMPT3.PNG

  Mario
• MPTMario1.PNG

  Mario
• MPTLuigi.PNG

  Luigi
• MPTPeach1.PNG

  Peach
• MPTDaisy1.PNG

  Daisy
• Yoshitennis.jpg

  Yoshi
• MPTWario.PNG

  Wario
• MPTWaluigi.PNG

  Waluigi
• MPTDK.PNG

  Donkey Kong
• MPTDiddy.PNG

  Diddy Kong
• TennisBowser.jpg

  Bowser
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  Bowser Jr.
• MPT KoopaTroopa.jpg

  Koopa
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  Paratroopa
• MPTBoo.PNG

  Boo
• TennisGuy.jpg

  Shy Guy
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  Petey Piranha
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  Wiggler

Promotional Artwork

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  Game Logo
• MPTLogo.PNG

  Japanese Logo
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  Beta Logo (prior to final names)
• MPTSpecial.PNG

  Mario preparing to serve
• MPTGroup.PNG

  Group Picture (for U.S. and PAL boxarts)
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  Japanese Logo- Wii Version

References

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