Mario Power Tennis

Mario Power Tennis is a game for the Nintendo GameCube. 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.

Opening Movie

Before starting the game, there is an intro movie that shows Bowser, Wario, and Waluigi teaming up against the Mario Bros.

The movie begins with a tennis tournament. The Mario Bros. are playing a match against Wario and Waluigi. The Mario Bros. win, and as Wario complains, Waluigi sees a picture of the Mario Bros. on a tournament board. They vandalize the picture, but the cops see them and pursue a chase. The two 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 stuff?", Bowser approaches them and offers an alliance to destroy the Mario Bros.

As Mario and Luigi are about to play a match against Yoshi and Donkey Kong, Bowser takes the picture of Yoshi and DK and replaces it with Wario and Waluigi. And then Bowser shows up behind the picture. Peach is shocked at this point and has a worried expression on her face. Wario and Waluigi catapult Bob-ombs at them, but they reflect them with their tennis rackets. Bowser enters and launches a Bullet Bill at them, and Mario knocks it back with his racket, causing a giant explosion.

Incredibly, there are no fatalities. Mario slowly gets up, looks around, grins, and mutters, "Oh, Mama mia."

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.

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.

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.

Playable Characters, their power shots and their skill types

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 Characters, their power shots and their skill types

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

Baby Mario and Baby Luigi do it all and are secret characters

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	Default
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

Trivia

• Wario and Waluigi are often seen as a comic relief in this game.
• Luigi hands out most of the tropheys to the characters.

Artwork

• TennisMario.jpg

  Mario

• TennisPeach.jpg

  Peach

• MPTArt.jpg

  Daisy

• Yoshitennis.jpg

  Yoshi

• WarioTennispower.jpg

  Wario

• Waluigitennis2.jpg

  Waluigi

• MPT DonkeyKong.jpg

  Donkey Kong

• MptDiddy.jpg

  Diddy Kong

• TennisBowser.jpg

  Bowser

• TennisJr..jpg

  Bowser Jr.

• MPT KoopaTroopa.jpg

  Koopa

• MPT Boo.jpg

  Boo

• TennisGuy.jpg

  Shy Guy