Mario Tennis: Power Tour
Mario Power Tennis (also known as Mario Tennis: Power Tour in North America) is the Game Boy Advance counterpart of Mario Power Tennis for the GameCube. It is very similar to Mario Tennis in gameplay and plot, though it has the addition of Power Shots. Though it is the counterpart of Mario Power Tennis, the two games cannot be connected in any way.
Plot
The player, either Max (Clay in North America) or Tina (Ace in North America), is a student in the Royal Tennis Academy. After learning that six masked challengers have dethroned the Academy champions, Max/Tina sets out with his or her doubles partner (either Max or Tina; opposite of whatever character the player picked) to advance in tennis rankings to qualify entering the Island Open and find out who the masked characters are.
Max and Tina advance through the academy, defeating the Junior, Senior, and Varsity classes to ensure their entry to the Island Open. After participating in, and winning the Island Open, the duo still have not found out who the masked tennis players are. Mario appears and then reveals that he and other Mario characters were the masked players. Max and Tina are then taken to the Mushroom Kingdom in the Toad Express to play in the Peach Tournament. After winning the Peach Tournament, the game can be played again, with matches singles tennis matches instead of doubles.
Playable Characters
- Mario – All-Around
- Luigi – All-Around
- Princess Peach – Technique
- Donkey Kong – Power
- Waluigi – Defense
- Bowser – Power
- Sophia – All-Around
- Meg – Technique
- Mason – Power
- Chad – Power
- Sasha – Technique
- Sylvia – Speedy
- Chris – Speedy
- Kyle – All-Around
- Linda – Speedy
- Shawn – Defense
- Gary – Power
- Jet – All-Around
- Kyoko – Technique
- Micki - Technique
- Roy – All-Around
- Emi – Speedy
- Paula – Speedy
- Whisker – Power
- Tori – Technique
- Elroy – All-Around
- Flit – Tactical
- Skipper – Defensive
- Barb – All-Around
- Sass – Power
- Chas – Speedy
- Mel – Speedy
- Dweezil – Defensive
- Mynx – Technique
- Willy – Tactical
- Sheri – All-Around
Game Footage
Quotes
For a full list of quotes, see here.
Trivia
- Alex, Harry, Nina, and Kate, from Mario Tennis appear as coaches in the Academy.
- Willy's Power Shots resemble psynergies from the Golden Sun series. Camelot, the maker of the game, also made the Golden Sun series, so this is most likely a nod to that.
- There is an NPC in the clean-up crew after the Island Open celebration that resembles Link. He is located near the top of the screen when the player wakes up on the field.
- Mel's looks are strongly based on the looks of Chun-Li from the Street Fighter series.
- If an error is caused while playing multiplayer mode, an image of Mario leaving Yoshi to ride Luigi is seen. This is the only appearance Yoshi has in the game.
- This marks the only time Waluigi has appeared in-game without Wario.
- In the North American version of the game, the bus for the Island Open boards from the left-side door and departs while on the left side of the road. This was a localization oversight; in Japan, people drive on the left side of the road.
Gallery
North American box art
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European box art
